palexander
Life President
What a nightmare... we got our tickets pretty late and ended up with a choice of first or last row. I chose last and things were looking good as the hard rain lashed down before kick-off...
But we quickly realised that we couldnt see the opposite end of the pitch without ducking down - but people standing in front made it virtually impossible. I thought we were gonna have 'an Oxford' as fans shouted and argued about sitting down etc. f**king stupid stadium...
Anyway, my feeling of the first half is that we had all the pressure (only because I dont remember having to duck much to watch the other end). Best chance fell to Petts who's half-volley was snatched and sailed over the bar.
Second half we re-located to the disabled enclosure to the right of the Blues fans for a grounds-eye and probably not much better view, but it was better than constantly up and down - so if you saw 2 guys and 2 gals shivering on there own over that side, that was us...
The second-half seemed a frantic affair, with Grimsby coming back into the game and we resorted to panic lumps. Gray did nothing, a description that could be labelled at a lot of the players today. Rumours were going round about other scores, that was doing my head in, but when the word was raised about Bury with us at 1-1, we went totally spastic - even Flavs was trying to get the score as the match was going on.
Wasnt to be though and it was not lost today. We were top of the league and had it all in our hands and a combination of bad form, injury and some odd team selection has cost us dear. I fear if we will even get to Cardiff, let alone break the seeming jinx...
Final point about the Grimsby 'fans' today. Absolutely shocking scenes. If the FA look at the Bury game, they should also look at ours as it was so obvious the ref got edgy about blowing up. NO announcements by the PA (i.e. "DONT GO ON THE PITCH") NO attempt by police/stewards to stop it and it was lucky that with so many Blues in the ground that something major did not kick off (minor scuffles on the pitch). Best bit of the day was the PA saying "SORRY, BUT SOUTHEND WILL NOT COME OUT TO SEE THE FANS" - 2 seconds later, Kevin Maher came bounding out the tunnel dragging the other guys with him. To be fair, probably wasnt the smartest thing to do as it brought the 2 crowds of fans together again - to be seperated by horses :-(
Walking back to the car, it seemed to be kicking off all over the place and a big incident at the pub seemed to be the hub... Ho-Hum...
But we quickly realised that we couldnt see the opposite end of the pitch without ducking down - but people standing in front made it virtually impossible. I thought we were gonna have 'an Oxford' as fans shouted and argued about sitting down etc. f**king stupid stadium...
Anyway, my feeling of the first half is that we had all the pressure (only because I dont remember having to duck much to watch the other end). Best chance fell to Petts who's half-volley was snatched and sailed over the bar.
Second half we re-located to the disabled enclosure to the right of the Blues fans for a grounds-eye and probably not much better view, but it was better than constantly up and down - so if you saw 2 guys and 2 gals shivering on there own over that side, that was us...
The second-half seemed a frantic affair, with Grimsby coming back into the game and we resorted to panic lumps. Gray did nothing, a description that could be labelled at a lot of the players today. Rumours were going round about other scores, that was doing my head in, but when the word was raised about Bury with us at 1-1, we went totally spastic - even Flavs was trying to get the score as the match was going on.
Wasnt to be though and it was not lost today. We were top of the league and had it all in our hands and a combination of bad form, injury and some odd team selection has cost us dear. I fear if we will even get to Cardiff, let alone break the seeming jinx...
Final point about the Grimsby 'fans' today. Absolutely shocking scenes. If the FA look at the Bury game, they should also look at ours as it was so obvious the ref got edgy about blowing up. NO announcements by the PA (i.e. "DONT GO ON THE PITCH") NO attempt by police/stewards to stop it and it was lucky that with so many Blues in the ground that something major did not kick off (minor scuffles on the pitch). Best bit of the day was the PA saying "SORRY, BUT SOUTHEND WILL NOT COME OUT TO SEE THE FANS" - 2 seconds later, Kevin Maher came bounding out the tunnel dragging the other guys with him. To be fair, probably wasnt the smartest thing to do as it brought the 2 crowds of fans together again - to be seperated by horses :-(
Walking back to the car, it seemed to be kicking off all over the place and a big incident at the pub seemed to be the hub... Ho-Hum...
