Pre-Match Thread Blackburn Rovers V Southend United

[Massimo Giovanni]

Big game again this weekend with Rovers likely to be as "up" for it and as quick out of the blocks as Plymouth.
Ewood Park ought to have a good playing surface and dealt with all the rain Up North.

I do not know of any fresh injury concerns so I expect SCP to send out the same starting 11 as Monday.

In advance - well done to all travelling Shrimpers. UTB!

 

[RHB]

I reckon you're right on the starting eleven Massimo, the million dollar question is which Southend United will turn up. It would be oh so nice to record the double over the League leaders.

 

[Barling Magna]

Rovers have gone eight games without defeat, their last loss being at Home Park so we can understand that. I hope we do better than we did down in Devon - maybe we're Blackburn's jinx club?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Rovers have gone eight games without defeat, their last loss being at Home Park so we can understand that. I hope we do better than we did down in Devon - maybe we're Blackburn's jinx club?

They haven't beaten us since 1980.

I seem to remember Brett Angell did well against them.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Reckon same starting XI, with MAF on the bench in place of Lapoodle.

 

[WESTY_SUFC]

They haven't beaten us since 1980.

That's put the curse on it:scared:

 

[Barling Magna]

They haven't beaten us since 1980.

Yikes! You shouldn't have said that.......

 

[Tommy2holes]

Should be well attended as for most it will be a new ground to tick off the list.

I would expect around 800 + Shrimpers making the long journey north.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

According to our website, 463 sold so far....top job ..:clap:

 

[Barling Magna]

I wonder if Jack Payne will be playing against us.........?

 

[MK Shrimper]

We're going to get tonked. And that isn't reverse psychology.

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

They haven't beaten us since 1980.

I seem to remember Brett Angell did well against them.

Yep. Kenny Dalglish went out and signed Colin Hendry the next day after Bretty gave them a mauling...

 

[Jonesheshrimp]

Yep. Kenny Dalglish went out and signed Colin Hendry the next day after Bretty gave them a mauling...

What a team they was back in the day, the S A S strike partnership, Alan S, the best striker of all time? Maybe some would say.

 

[Jai]

We are away, so we will lose heavily to nil. Still going for a day out on the beers and a new ground tick.

 

[Napster]

To be fair, we haven't played them much since 1980...

02 Feb 1980 Southend United v Blackburn Rovers 0-1
05 Nov 1991 Southend United v Blackburn Rovers 3-0
10 Mar 1992 Blackburn Rovers v Southend United 2-2
05 Aug 2017 Southend United v Blackburn Rovers 2-1

 

[LennySUFC]

Really looking forward to this one, and hoping to make it beyond Manchester without the game being called off this time!

Unchanged side, 800+ SUFC, 3-0 win, easy.

 

[Mick]

They haven't beaten us since 1980.

I seem to remember Brett Angell did well against them.

Yikes! You shouldn't have said that.......

We've never, ever won there!

Is that better?

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

We should have won in 1992; however ref decided to stretch added time to as long as it took for Rovers too get level. IIRC 3 minutes were signaled and they scored after 5 extra with last kick of game.

 

[effy67]

I remember some small bloke called David Speedie scored for them ....

 

[secondalibi]

We should have won in 1992; however ref decided to stretch added time to as long as it took for Rovers too get level. IIRC 3 minutes were signaled and they scored after 5 extra with last kick of game.

Yes, I was there. It felt like the ref was waiting for them to score. I also remember when David Speedie scored for them he celebrated by giving our fans a couple of V signs. To be honest I think we'd given him stick all night.