Post-Match Thread and Ratings Halifax Town 0-0 Southend United

[RHB]

A point on the road is not to be sniffed at. All post match stuff here please, you know what to sdo.

 

[Loan Shark Linda]

Out of the relegation zone and 2 points outside the playoffs. Good result

 

[Ricey]

Two games unbeaten and only conceded 2 goals in 3 games.

 

[Tribal Chief]

Disappointing to drop points when you miss a penalty, but from listening to the wireless, sounds like a fair result. We are a long way from being a playoff team until we get the walking wounded back on the park.

 

[blueblueblue]

Two points from 9 isn't good enough.That's relegation form.

 

[Boreham Blue]

Did we test the keeper apart from the penalty? Missing the pen is easy to focus on but lack of firepower goes beyond the spot kick

 

[davewebbsbrain]

The top 5 make for interesting viewing. Hopefully we will be up there before long

 

[LennySUFC]

2 away points at sides who battered us last season in the same fixtures is a positive and hopefully a sign of how we’re progressing.

Concerning to have only scored 1 goals in the opening 3 matches though.

Onto a big game Saturday then.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

The defence dug in - and there've been precious few times when we've said that in recent times.
But we've got to find a better way to get the ball into the strikers.
That midfield looked OK on paper before the game but where was it in the 90 minutes?

 

[RHB]

Two points from 9 isn't good enough.That's relegation form.

Have a rest mate. two draws way from home against teams we lost to last season is not bad going, especially with the decent injured players yet to come back into the side.

 

[blueblueblue]

Have a rest mate. two draws way from home against teams we lost to last season is not bad going, especially with the decent injured players yet to come back into the side.

Is that not relegation form then? Add it up, if we continue like that we'll be relegated. That's all I'm saying and what I said.

You have the most rose tinted glasses on here.

 

[Southend schoolboy]

Finally hard to beat after how many years? get a few off the physio table and we’ll be fine

 

[Tommy2holes]

It's a positive that we have taken draws from two very tough league games but we have to take and make more in the final 3rd.

 

[GBJ]

A draw away from home isn’t to be sniffed at. Powell will get some flack, but he scored two pens in pre-season, so he wasn’t the worst choice of taking the spot kick. It happens

That being said, the need for someone to put the ball in the back of the net is obvious. One goal in three games is concerning.

On paper, these opening three games weren’t very favourable and I think the vast majority of us felt some trepidation about such a tough start to the campaign.

The positive is, we aren’t rolling over to teams - especially good teams. The negative is, we can’t punish these teams, which will be the factor that makes or breaks our season.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

You have the most rose tinted glasses on here.

Come on mate. That was as uncalled for as it was inaccurate.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Pleased with the clean sheet think that is a settled back 5 for now but the midfield and forwards look poor. Mooney has been a big disappointment. Yes we need a striker but you need to feed the goat! Crossing, set plays, been a problem for seasons now. You're asking those front 3 or 4 players to get double figures realistically to have any chance of promotion and the only goal so far has been a piece of magic from Wreh.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

A very bright first half-hour, then we hung on for dear life for most of the second-half. This sounded an extremely well earned point. The positives tonight were a clean sheet and a shed load of experiece for our younger players. In all honesty the majority of us would have been delighted to get a draw at Solihull and a further point from a very long trip, only a few days later. to Halifax...................especially after the disappointment of Boreham Wood.

 

[Tommy2holes]

Pleased with the clean sheet think that is a settled back 5 for now but the midfield and forwards look poor. Mooney has been a big disappointment. Yes we need a striker but you need to feed the goat! Crossing, set plays, been a problem for seasons now. You're asking those front 3 or 4 players to get double figures realistically to have any chance of promotion and the only goal so far has been a piece of magic from Wreh.

Been saying this since pre season. Scored loads and assisted loads last season and young player of the year in the national league.

Haven't seen much from him yet to suggest he is a game changer and one of the better players in this league.

 

[Tampa Blue]

"Southend United Nil" has a certain ring to it unfortunately

 

[gatecrasher]

I'll take that, id of thought at best 4 points was what I was expecting from those first 3 so 2 isn't bad....0 would of been bad. We are competitive now, which as has been mentioned hasn't been us for at least 4 seasons! A few tweaks and maybe playing two up top when personnel allows and I dont think a push for the playoffs will be beyond us