Two consecutive 1-0 home defeats followed our 3-0 defeat at league leaders Chesterfield - 3 games, no goals, no points.
The place we’re going to try to put it right is Marsh Lane, home of Oxford City who, whilst we were slipping to a late 1-0 loss, were themselves getting thumped 7-1 just up the A13 at Dagenham.
Make no mistake, both teams are in a bit of bother - Oxford are adrift and rock bottom of the National League whilst after Tuesday night’s results we’re only one place outside the relegation positions on goal difference. Both teams should therefore be fighting for their National League lives on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams, as you’d expect, are on a poor run of form at the moment with The Hoops in even worse form than us.
Managed by Ross Jenkins, the former Watford midfielder (and the second, and less famous, person of that name to have played for Watford!) they are playing at this level for the first time in their 140 year history having been promoted via the National League playoffs last season. They look pretty much doomed to drop back down a level again at the end of this season. Our clubs don’t really have a lot in common with a massive gulf in our support with their average home crowd this season being under 1000 - however they are the club where former Southend manager, and England World Cup winning captain, Bobby Moore cut his managerial teeth in the late 70s (with Harry Redknapp as his assistant).
The starting XI for blues at Roots Hall last Saturday was the one many of us, including myself, would have picked. However something was just not right with it - for my money it was the predictability of our attacks and lack of a plan B.
So who would you pick this week to put things right on the artificial pitch in Oxford, and what do you predict the result will be?
The place we’re going to try to put it right is Marsh Lane, home of Oxford City who, whilst we were slipping to a late 1-0 loss, were themselves getting thumped 7-1 just up the A13 at Dagenham.
Make no mistake, both teams are in a bit of bother - Oxford are adrift and rock bottom of the National League whilst after Tuesday night’s results we’re only one place outside the relegation positions on goal difference. Both teams should therefore be fighting for their National League lives on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams, as you’d expect, are on a poor run of form at the moment with The Hoops in even worse form than us.
Managed by Ross Jenkins, the former Watford midfielder (and the second, and less famous, person of that name to have played for Watford!) they are playing at this level for the first time in their 140 year history having been promoted via the National League playoffs last season. They look pretty much doomed to drop back down a level again at the end of this season. Our clubs don’t really have a lot in common with a massive gulf in our support with their average home crowd this season being under 1000 - however they are the club where former Southend manager, and England World Cup winning captain, Bobby Moore cut his managerial teeth in the late 70s (with Harry Redknapp as his assistant).
The starting XI for blues at Roots Hall last Saturday was the one many of us, including myself, would have picked. However something was just not right with it - for my money it was the predictability of our attacks and lack of a plan B.
So who would you pick this week to put things right on the artificial pitch in Oxford, and what do you predict the result will be?
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