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jog onIf you go down fans who say they won’t attend often change their minds if the club is doing well, a few wins and local opposition and crowds will soon rise.
jog onIf you go down fans who say they won’t attend often change their minds if the club is doing well, a few wins and local opposition and crowds will soon rise.
After 59 years of football league football at Southend if I want to watch non league football I might as well watch Manor or Leigh Ramblers as it's cheaper .....Sorry I'm just not interested in the visit of the mighty Wealdstone or thinking I'm Billy big Bol***ks when I visit some tiny town .Honestly how many of us look at the National league or are remotely interested.I love to visit and the visits of the big clubs with history .The damage to future support should also not be underestimated .We suffer enough for a town our size from the London pull and what Ron has achieved will make sure no kids with street cred will want to been seen dead in a Southend shirt or admit to supporting their local team.Having fully supported Ron's original aim of a stadium to allow us to compete in the championship we are now left with a situation where quite frankly we are going to be a laughing stock ....a 22k stadium in the NL!! not entirely down to him that one but the council really have helped create this scenario .Out of interest, those who said no, is this because you don't really go anyway? (Pandemic aside)
jog on
And that's even if we ever build to capacity.
My biggest hope is that the stadium gets the green light. 3 sides get built and Ron makes his money and then leaves the club to a younger wealthier person or persons to run it effectively and restore some of the clubs reputation which is frankly mud to most at this time.
Then, when we in better financial shape and back in the football league, we can think about finishing the stadium.
We have no place building a 21k stadium in the national league.
There a few divvy posters on here from Col Ewe and other teams but Cap is one of the good ones. His statement rings true for any club that drops out of the league
After 59 years of football league football at Southend if I want to watch non league football I might as well watch Manor or Leigh Ramblers as it's cheaper .....Sorry I'm just not interested in the visit of the mighty Wealdstone or thinking I'm Billy big Bol***ks when I visit some tiny town .Honestly how many of us look at the National league or are remotely interested.I love to visit and the visits of the big clubs with history .The damage to future support should also not be underestimated .We suffer enough for a town our size from the London pull and what Ron has achieved will make sure no kids with street cred will want to been seen dead in a Southend shirt or admit to supporting their local team.Having fully supported Ron's original aim of a stadium to allow us to compete in the championship we are now left with a situation where quite frankly we are going to be a laughing stock ....a 22k stadium in the NL!! not entirely down to him that one but the council really have helped create this scenario .
Ron's appointments since Bond have been truly appalling and financially have killed us leading to the embargo which has been the major reason we are here now .Will I give Ron another penny after so many broken promises and mismanagement....No .He will have to earn my support by an instant return to the EFL I suggest you listen to Ron's talk sport appearances to see how deluded that hope could be.
Yes of course. That old myth.
Over funded. Who's fault is that for not having a ceo or refusing any additional backing. Poor judgement again by a chairman out of touch out of his depth and out of money.
Of course we are the chelsea of league 1 and 2 and what success we have had.
No other club spends as much as us or has any success etc.
Ron is a terrible chairman. He can't run the club and is financially unfit to run the club. He has dug himself into a financial whole and the club is now suffering.
Whos idea was it to chase larson etc and appoint Sol and his crew for circa 1 million a year?
Who agreed to kightly, ferdinand, Cox and Ridgewells wages, knowing we could not afford it and they were mostly over the hill with no sell on value?
Maybe if we had a ceo better decisions would be made. But yet again we spend money on utter **** and not on things that matter.
Almost every decision Ron makes is **** poor, misguided or risks the clubs status and integrity.
Anyone who defends him is just as bad. We are heading into non league after another managerial fiasco and having been embargoed for a whole year.
Wake up Rigsby.
Haha I remember that...people actually saying they were not going to go because of the awful football!The team have been overfunded and thats why the debt keeps increasing. Its why bills have not been paid.
In the last season there is another fan myth emerging, that Ron has spent money on his "Stadium pension pot dream."
Paying off 20 plus players and coaching staff, all of whom us fans wanted gone. Plus record injuries meaning extra players were needed......Thats why we couldn't pay the bills and ended up on an embargo........The irony is Ron has acted like the wealthy fool so many fans think is the answer for a dream chairman.
But all us fans wanted improvements......Remember when Luggy's brand of football was to direct and wouldn't get us out of L2......To change that has ended up costing us £5m a season.
Hang your head in shame @Tinks. Us West standers are way too young to enter the mausoleum that is the East Stand.I will of course continue to go as will my husband, son and daughter.
Both my children have been raised at that club and although I am saddened at our demise it is still my club.
Whether I decide to get a ST is another matter as I suspect they will reduce the capacity and could even look at closing one stand (which most likely would be the West)
Cheers DWB, I try to be objective if I can, but football forums are emotional places and we can all say things we don’t mean in the heat of the moment. I might stay off here Tuesday evening
Hang your head in shame @Tinks. Us West standers are way too young to enter the mausoleum that is the East Stand.
I don’t think asking on Shrimperzone will get a reflection of the amount of fans who will still attend in the NL. If you’re on here it’s more likely you are die hard.. whereas I think in general there will be a massive reduction in fans. I think we will get about 2500/ 3000 fans for home games. I think away support will be significantly less compared to normal as well.