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  1. OldBlueLady

    Customary "Who will be our first opponents" thread

    Please choose who you think will be our first opponents in the season ahead. Would you please be so kind as to COPY & PASTE the list with your name alongside who you think we will have - and let's fill all the gaps please. Winner wins nothing at all except a pat on the back and a little pos...
  2. Ref Watch ..... Cheltenham H

    A mere 1,245 days and 193 refwatches ago, we won a home League match on a Tuesday evening! Even that was courtesy of a late winner after Mohsni had earlier been sent off. On the face of it, we will never get a better chance to end that record than against a Cheltenham team in free-fall who...
  3. Ref Watch ....... Tranmere A

    We haven’t won at Tranmere for 20 years, so 3 points there is overdue. My best memory of Tranmere away games is a Colin Flatt double in our 2-1 win in 1967. The man in charge is fourth year referee Carl Berry from Cheam in Surrey, so quite a trek for him too, although as the UK and...
  4. Ref Watch ....... Rochdale

    Our last eleven home matches against Rochale have produced 8 wins and 3 draws. The last home defeat was in 1985. These matches included a 4 goal haul, two 5s and an incredible recovery from 3-0 down at half time for a point. Anyway, the man in charge tomorrow is second year referee Carl Berry...
  5. Ref Watch ..... Bristol Rovers.

    Freddy Eastwood's last game in a Southend shirt in Bristol went rather well; a repeat tomorrow would be good. The man in charge is first year referee Carl Berry from Cheam in Surrey. He has refereed Southend just once before, the season opener and customary win against Hereford at home. He...
  6. Ref Watch ...... Rotherham

    Weather and pitch permitting, the man in charge tomorrow evening is Iain Williamson from Berkshire who is in his 8th season as a League referee. Played non-league for Walton & Hersham until injury forced him into refereeing. He did absolutely no games at all the season before last which would...
  7. ldnfatso

    Have the MODS got a more refined sense of humour than LDNFATSO???

    Yesterday i posted what i thought was a bit of light hearted banter. The gist was that Liverpool had fielded an ineligible player in their 9-0 demolition of us and that we were awarded a bye because of it! Within an hour the MOD's deleted it (not before i'd accumulated the customary red rep i...
  8. Slipperduke

    Brazil Are Crap

    Ecuador 1-1 Brazil Noboa, 89 Baptista, 73 One of the eternal joys of watching South American football is the sight of those famous yellow shirts buzzing around the pitch, flicking the ball to one another as if 30 yard first time passes were the easiest thing in the world. They play as...
  9. BLUEBLOOD

    2nd Round Review and Quarter Final draw

    Before we make the draw for the Quarters lets remind ourselves how things went last time out ... Nevermind 36 Tommy 13 (73%) Doolittle 26 Sgt Pepper 26 (50%) Doolittle on pens London Calling 36 His n Hers 20 (64%) Dark Side of the Moon 25 A Night at the Opera 16 (61%) The Stone...
  10. Slipperduke

    Benitez Must Improve

    It's two wins from two for Liverpool in the Premier League and European qualification has been secured, but has success ever been this abject? If the sign of a champion is the ability to win when you play badly, then Liverpool should have the title wrapped up by Christmas, because I don't think...
  11. Ref Watch .... Port Vale

    Probably just as well we had an experienced level headed referee at Tranmere, some of the keen-to-get-on upstarts would probably have carded Macca and Bailey. Anyway for the final round of normal matches, Leeds get their customary Select Group referee and we have Andy Woolmer from Northampton...
  12. Uncle Leo

    The fbm report - Bristol Rovers

    Neither myself or Matt have had the chance to upload this yet, so I'm putting it on the forum for the moment. BLUES CLUELESS AS ROVERS RETURN WITH POINTS Southend produced one of the worst displays in recent times as they slumped to yet another home defeat – this time to a lowly and very...
  13. Kent Shrimper

    Powerleague - Bishopsgate

    I was playing the customary tuesday lunchtime 5 a side at Worship street today and low and behold there was a fellow shrimper in goal for the other team, i was wondering if he posts on here and also whether anyone else based in the City plays Tuesday lunchtimes for there company?
  14. The case of the Curtains ...

    Dedicated to SlipperDuke. Having to set the scene first..This occured about 10 years ago ..I had at that time spent many months decorating my bedroom in the then "Vogue" colours of the time...Beige on Beige. She was a Girl (and I use that term loosly) who I had known some 20 odd years. She...
  15. bertiebigbanana

    My ratings from tonight

    flavs..7...Made at least one customary great reflex save. Only critsism would be his well documented reluctance to control the 6 yard box. Hammell...7...Fairly solid performance. His job is made more difficult by having to think for gower as well as himself. Hunt...6... Better performance from...
  16. wiggy

    Wiggy's ratings

    Flavs 7 the customary excellent stop and immaculate as always, deserves better! Hammel 6 give away needless corners and not the prospect i thought he was, pre season. Hunt 5 too slow and out of position Barratt 8 back to his best and as good as Sodge Clarke 8 much improved and looked...
  17. Sean 2

    Catering,Catering,Catering

    Watching my team getting stuffed akin to the turkey i would be presented with in two days time,i sat in despair as we were rucked and mauled by the bruisers that were Birmingham. Christ,i couldn't even hurl abuse at the opposing manager seeing as i always admired him as a player and a...
  18. Uncle Leo

    Southend vs Southampton

    BATTLING BLUES GET WIN AT LAST What a difference a week makes. Morale and spirit hit a new low after last Saturday's abject performance against a very ordinary Wolves side. The local press ran a feature through the week revolving around the supporters views on what had gone wrong. Some -...
  19. No Desire, No Movement, No Skill!

    I know people don't like these sort of posts, but I'm fuming after getting back from one of the most depressing displays I have ever seen. I haven't read other posts so I'm sure there are other posts of similar nature. The players simply had no desire to win today against a below average side...
  20. Matt the Shrimp

    Slipperduke's Slippery Column

    <span style='color:navy'>Slipperduke's Slippery Column #9 There's something inherently funny about the Far Right. They've been preaching their flimsy master-race doctrine for years, unaware that when your knuckles graze the pavement as you walk, you're not really in a position to talk about...
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