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I’d take that now?22nd will do.....
I’d take that now?22nd will do.....
We already had the clear out and look where we are......clean slate and start again......exactly what Stockport and Chesterfield said years agoWhen are people going to realise that we cannot keep burning through managers like this? Sol Campbell had to go for numerous reasons, but apart from that changing managers every few months isn't the answer. We need stability.
The squad at MM's disposal just isn't good enough as a collective at the moment. He's tried to strengthen with some signings, but his ability and freedom to get in what he feels he really needs has been ruined by Ron Martin's handling of club finances. Pre-season preparation was also ruined, with just 4 weeks given for him to get to know, assess and prepare his players and with no access to B&L gym facilities, once again all due to Ron Martin's handling of club finances (and a little bit due to the 'Rona).
I think relegation is an inevitability right now and it might be time to just accept it. Take it on the chin, have a complete clear-cut in the summer - and I mean completed with no professional player on our books surviving it. Too many pre-existing and, now, new players poisoned by the losing mentality here. Completely wipe the slate clean and start again from scratch. Preferably with MM in my opinion.
22nd will do.....
We already had the clear out and look where we are......clean slate and start again......exactly what Stockport and Chesterfield said years ago
We already had the clear out and look where we are......clean slate and start again......exactly what Stockport and Chesterfield said years ago
This is hard to type, but the club has now become an embarrassment to the town of Southend. Hard to type and hard to read, but unfortunately true.
We’ve scored a third of your goals .. reckon you lot will be fine and will beat Tranmere, remember Harrogate put 4 past us without moving into 2nd gear .. 2 points from a possible 24 isn’t bad luck it’s being way out of our depth.Unlucky folks football is never fair, we were murdered by Harrogate today in every way but one ( The important one) we scored 2 goals to their 1, but we should have lost heavily, they had 21 shots to our 11
The manager hasn’t been allowed to adequately replace them though
He hasn’t filled the essential positions correctly.
He trialled one keeper but didn’t sign one. Oxley is National League South standard at best.
He signed a centre back but doesn’t play him or plays him at full back. Perhaps because he is not big the strong and commanding centre back we need. Dieng and Taylor are hopeless and when Lennon is our best centre back we have problems.
He signed a strong tackling central midfielder who at 35 wasn’t fit. Now he’s 36 he’ll be slower and less fit (when he’s not suspended because he’ll get there even later now he’s even older). He has, however, signed three other midfielders but they are not tough tackling so can’t replace him. All three would probably be OK in a decent side but don’t solve our current biggest midfield problem.
He signed a forward who is quality when he‘s fit but when will that be. He missed Barnet’s two most important games last season. Has he been fit since? Any way he’ll need a decent centre forward to play off and he hasn’t signed one.
No idea what he’s done to our player of the year, who looks like every bit of self belief, confidence and effort has been drained out of him. That’s not the never say die Elvis we saw last season
.....and we did play well for thirty minutes but they quickly sussed us out. Once their manager saw that we were playing only one forward who is not yet up to this league he changed tactics to stop letting us attack at will.
They scored, our heads dropped and back came the backwards passing and throw ins and free kicks. Absolutely pathetic. We never looked like scoring. Hardly surprising because we have released/sold all our goalscorers and not replaced them.
We hardly won a ball in the air at the back and up front.
AFTER MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS OF MAINLY ENJOYABLE UPS AN DOWNS I’M REALLY BECOMING QUITE SICK OF IT!
We must win on Tuesday, if not then we’ve hit the proverbial ‘iceberg’ and we sink.
You could be right, we already swimmin’ with da fishesIMO we're already half way down to the sea bed?.