Echo News Concerns growing for Southend United, on and off the pitch

[Evening Echo]

A TURBULENT week for Southend United ended with a timid defeat at Carlisle United on Saturday as fears for the future of the Shrimpers begin to grow both on and off the pitch.

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[AustScullyPriorPowell]

When was the last time, things were ok/good at the club, we was playing well and supporters were content ?

Assume, it was under Powell pre Hopper and co injuries !!! Dunno, so long ago

 

[Supershrimper]

When was the last time, things were ok/good at the club, we was playing well and supporters were content ?

Assume, it was under Powell pre Hopper and co injuries !!! Dunno, so long ago

Probably when Powell came in after Brown had "lost" the dressing room, although that as we know was just a temporary blip.

Probably the season 16/17 season when we finished 1 point off the play-offs.

 

[Reynardine]

Solace from a friend of mine who supports Bristol City:

"It's looking desperate for Southend right now but I'm sure better times will return. In the early 1980s Bristol City suffered three successive relegations in plummeting from the old Division One to Division Four, and were bottom of Division 4 for a while before finishing in mid-table (and winning promotion the following season). Perhaps Southend will do likewise?"

 

[Strykr]

Probably when Powell came in after Brown had "lost" the dressing room, although that as we know was just a temporary blip.

Probably the season 16/17 season when we finished 1 point off the play-offs.

Some people were still ****ed off we didnt make the playoffs....

 

[Tampa Blue]

Accurate article and probably will result in Chris Phillips being banned from Roots Hall

 

[RHB]

I've spent the last 48 hours reading Zoners' views of our current predicament both on and off the pitch. So reading Chris Phillips' article has cheered me up even more (not). I know he is only expressing his views but reading this on top of the views of everyone else on here just about finishes me off for the afternoon. I know times is hard, I can see it for myself but I don't have the benefit of an ignore button as a mod. Grumpy moan over, time to move on to the next Southend crisis.

Posted in a ordinary capacity!

 

[stewart]

Solace from a friend of mine who supports Bristol City:

"It's looking desperate for Southend right now but I'm sure better times will return. In the early 1980s Bristol City suffered three successive relegations in plummeting from the old Division One to Division Four, and were bottom of Division 4 for a while before finishing in mid-table (and winning promotion the following season). Perhaps Southend will do likewise?"

We can only cross our fingers and hope

 

[GBJ]

I've spent the last 48 hours reading Zoners' views of our current predicament both on and off the pitch. So reading Chris Phillips' article has cheered me up even more (not). I know he is only expressing his views but reading this on top of the views of everyone else on here just about finishes me off for the afternoon. I know times is hard, I can see it for myself but I don't have the benefit of an ignore button as a mod. Grumpy moan over, time to move on to the next Southend crisis.

Posted in a ordinary capacity!

The bad news is, I expect this situation to get a lot worse, before it gets better.

And now, I’m off to spread more joy ??

 

[RHB]

The bad news is, I expect this situation to get a lot worse, before it gets better.

And now, I’m off to spread more joy ??

Yeah, thanks for that.?

 

[rararblue]

I think that Ron is probably doing the only thing that he can, at the moment. Chipping away at the HMRC debt (don't think we be wound up while it keeps getting reduced) and juggling players in the embargo restricted squad.
The big worry is have we got the money to pay players through the season. If we can avoid any EFL points deductions, we might get away with keeping our Football League status.

 

[graingerroad54]

Did I hear right that Ron is thinking of issueing shares to raise much needed dosh? No advance from the parties involved in the buying of RH then.

 

[Cricko]

Did I hear right that Ron is thinking of issueing shares to raise much needed dosh? No advance from the parties involved in the buying of RH then.

Like he did before you mean, which are worthless.

 

[greyerfox]

It is a staggering thought that just one week's wages for Gareth Bale would be enough to clear our HMRC debt, with about 100K spare to rebuild the squad. As a former Spurs player once famously remarked, it's a funny old game.

 

[euroshrimper]

Accurate article and probably will result in Chris Phillips being banned from Roots Hall

I thought it was a good article by Chris and summed up our dire situation very well. What continues to worry me is again no suggestion from our Chairman as to how he is going to resolve our financial situation. Why is he not asking for help or some form of support either from us the supporters or some wealthy people who live in Essex or have connections outside........ He may not want to admit he needs help but its obvious he does........

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

I've spent the last 48 hours reading Zoners' views of our current predicament both on and off the pitch. So reading Chris Phillips' article has cheered me up even more (not). I know he is only expressing his views but reading this on top of the views of everyone else on here just about finishes me off for the afternoon. I know times is hard, I can see it for myself but I don't have the benefit of an ignore button as a mod. Grumpy moan over, time to move on to the next Southend crisis.

Posted in a ordinary capacity!

It is depressing and I’ve considered giving this place a swerve til things improve because I honestly can’t find much positive to post right now. I’ve tried! There’s only so many ways you can say “we’re skint”, “we’re unfit”, “we need players” and “we need the embargo lifted”. Until any of that’s rectified, GBJ is right, it’s gonna get worse before it gets better.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Like he did before you mean, which are worthless.

I've still got the shiny brochure. A thing of beauty, promising all sorts. Reading it, £6 a share sounded good at the time. Oh dear!

 

[Bromley Blue]

I've still got the shiny brochure. A thing of beauty, promising all sorts. Reading it, £6 a share sounded good at the time. Oh dear!

I think I’d buy some now just to try and keep the club going. I’ve already donated the money owed to me from last season’s season ticket. We effectively need 5000 people to donate/invest £100 each. 5k is the sort of gate we’d expect in League Two and probably equates to about 3 or 4 games. With no income from ticket sales it’s all we can do right now

 

[bluesfansince1952]

Correct me if I am wrong.....if we fail to come up with the requisite 493,000 or so we will go into liquidation rather than administration.
If we somehow can raise the money it will not necessarily mean the lifting of the embargo.
If we do not find a way to sign some new players we will surely be relegated. In the present circumstances it is hard to see the Club remaining viable as a non league entity so that would likely mean the end.
Realistically, our only hope is to make some signings soon. To do that we will need to clear the HMRC debt, and, perhaps come up with some more money to reassure the EFL in the hope the embargo would be lifted.
Or am I missing something?
The total sum required will likely be nearer a million than half a million and the sooner the better!
If I am wrong about this please educate me. At present our chances of survival look to be slim indeed. It seems a question of 'when' rather than 'if'.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

I'm not so worried about the National League, I'm worried about the very existence of the club.
Not something I want to contemplate, but will accept relegation if it means the club survives.
What makes me angry is teams like Bury and Macclesfield had a bonanza day if they got 3,500 through the gate.
We average 6,000 - and are in much the same cack as they were.