Pre-Match Thread Grimsby Town v Southend United, Friday 19th November, 1945KO, NL (Live on BT Sport)

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I live about half an hour away from Grimsby and it's somewhere I try and avoid going to, it's a total dump with only vape shops, tan shops and bookies still open.

I'll end up going to the match despite not expecting to get any kind of result and countering the entire time about how bloody cold it is

From my recollections going there in 2005, there's a fantastic fish & chip shop called 'Ernie Bishops (?), in Cleethorpe's town centre!.

 

[LCBB72]

From my recollections going there in 2005, there's a fantastic fish & chip shop called 'Ernie Bishops (?), in Cleethorpe's town centre!.

Wasnt he in Coranation Street .

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Wasnt he in Coranation Street .

Whoops i meant 'Ernie Becketts', that was the only good thing about our day & evening there!.

 

[FarmdogSUFC]

The only ticket u need is at home with BT sport

I'll ask Barry for one

 

[Evening Echo]

ECHOSPORT talks to Grimsby Live reporter Elliott Jackson ahead of Friday's match with Southend United.

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[Shrimper]

New owners

 

[Evening Echo]

GRIMSBY Town boss Paul Hurst insists he will be paying little attention to Southend United’s struggles when the two teams meet at Blundell Park on Friday night.

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[gatecrasher]

New owners with ambitions beyond their own pension and genuine love for the club, a decent scouting policy and not currently being run as paddock for old and lame pit ponies

 

[WestyReturns]

Hurst explains how Grimsby Town have avoided Southend's relegation hangover

The Mariners have been riding high at the top of the National League whilst the Shrimpers are battling to avoid relegation

www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

Common knowledge where our problems are.

 

[LCBB72]

Whoops i meant 'Ernie Becketts', that was the only good thing about our day & evening there!.

Dave Collins daughter has a cafe in the market , shame it was not a Saturday game she could of given the Southend supporters a discount .

 

[Barling Magna]

So here we are then. The clash of the former League 2 titans. Grimsby's recent poor run gives us some hope that we may avoid being mullered but it's difficult to see anything but another defeat. Of course there is always hope and underdogs can triumph but it hurts when I consider the contrasting fortunes of the two recently relegated clubs. The future is bright for us with the triumvirate in charge aided by Stan, but the present is painful. Our next fixture against Maidenhead offers a much better chance of success for us, so tonight is simply to be endured and to try to discern seeds of change in our poisoned soil.....

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

SHAUN Hobson insists Southend United must start to enjoy their football if they are to hit top form this season.

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Interesting this:

“When you get older football changes.

“It’s not like it is when you’re younger when you just go out and play with a smile on your face'.

Apart from the missing comma, I wonder whether Mr H is referring to the likes of White and Demi, maybe even Dunne?

Two of the three carry a lot of baggage from the previous three seasons.
They got torn a new one against Woking, and it must be hard to take.
It seems one minute they're saving Southend's League One bacon against Sunderland; the next(ish) they're overrun by a mid-table team who have no pretensions of league grandeur.

As for the rest, about 'enjoying football'? Good luck with that, Shaunie.
I would suggest your development went out of the window when you joined Blues.

 

[Jim Levenstein]

Arnold
Hopson, Lopaki, Ralph
Walsh, Agogo, Fergie, Dunne, Dennis
Murphy, Dalby

Dunne to play slightly behind midfield 3, and Fergie to play forward of midfield 3 and supporting forwards,
So more a 3-1-3-1-2
Dennis and Walsh are fit, young lads so lots of running.
Make Dunne captain.

Lopaki lol is that even remotely close to his name

 

[Petejames]

Are Grimsby at full strength or have they got a few out injured?

 

[Jim Levenstein]

Looking forward to seeing how bad we look on the tv. It's bad enough in the flesh but always looks worse on screen

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Interesting this:

“When you get older football changes.

“It’s not like it is when you’re younger when you just go out and play with a smile on your face'.

Apart from the missing comma, I wonder whether Mr H is referring to the likes of White and Demi, maybe even Dunne?

Two of the three carry a lot of baggage from the previous three seasons.
They got torn a new one against Woking, and it must be hard to take.
It seems one minute they're saving Southend's League One bacon against Sunderland; the next(ish) they're overrun by a mid-table team who have no pretensions of league grandeur.

As for the rest, about 'enjoying football'? Good luck with that, Shaunie.
I would suggest your development went out of the window when you joined Blues.

I actually do wonder if White and Demetriou have been finished off by the last few seasons. White vs Woking just looked miserable, like he was drained of energy. I noticed also that there were still no cheers when the team was read out. There’s still a hell of a lot of work to do before players (and fans) start enjoying matches again. Nothing better to fix that than a few wins but I doubt that’ll happen tonight! I’ll be watching on tv but not with any expectations. Fair play to anyone making that trip from Essex.

 

[Cricko]

Do you have to have BT sport or the monthly £25 pass to watch the game or do Now Tv or somebody else allow you to?

Thanks in advance guys.

 

[Kris]

Unfortunately you have to pay for the monthly pass if you don't have BT, unlike Sky, which offers a daily pass. If you can bear to watch Premier League games they have several live games, which may or may not be a bonus.

Make sure you keep an eye on the date as after the monthly pass expires it automatically renews.

 

[Shepshead]

Completely agree. I had to check their League position again as they looked so much better than us. Shocked that it has taken them 10 years to put a mid table team together after they dropped out of the league.

They also spent a period of those 10 years in the NL north. They clearly spent real money on assembling their current squad but that doesn’t always get you promoted. They are currently 10th because there are 9 more consistent teams.

 

[bigmolt]

According to their Facebook page the Blue Boar Prittlewell are showing tonight’s game!!!!