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Zone Update Revelling In It...
Kris
Available in weeks, not months
If Revell keeps playing the way he has in recent weeks I think he will keep his place regardless of who else is available. As a targetman he offers us something different and his performances in that role have been superb in recent weeks.
My gut feeling is that Freedman will oust Laurent once fully fit, and the latter and Barnard will be on the bench (what options to have in reserve!).
Pubey
Guest
10/12/08
Revelling In It
Never one to favour a cringe moment I have to admit I felt mildly uncomfortable as ‘The Face’ from A-Team entered Boots and Laces last week to watch his son train with us.
The reason I was uncomfortable was due to the fact I haven’t seen Captain Barrett that excited since he saw that Graham Gooch hair replacement advert in the Daily Star! It was like a belated version of Jim’ll Fix It (maybe Rev’ll Fix It – future idea!) for Barrett, where I’ve never seen a person so starstruck in my life.
To be honest I wasn’t sure who The Face was to begin with and Adam started to explain, but he was talking so fast due to the nerves I had to ask Betsy, who told me, in a rhyming poetic way of course!
I think Dirk Benedict (Face) was a bit embarrassed, especially as whilst most of us made do with our 5 mega-pixel camera phone, Adam ‘Mr Technology’ Barrett pulled out one of those 1920’s camera’s for his pics, you know, the ones on the tripod where the powder shoots out of them every time a picture is taken!!
Later that evening we had our Christmas party with our wives and girlfriends over in Billericay where it was hard to get a word in edgeways due to it being Lee ‘Fonzee’ Barnard’s home turf, and he seemed to know everyone and everything about the place, or at least that’s what he thinks!
And guess who I was sat next to at the table? It was only Captain Marvel who was still harping on about how Face really could make a tank out of a matchstick box. This did give me a chance though to ask his wife about how Adam’s computer course was going. She told me, and wait for it, you won’t believe this:
ADAM BARRETT HAS DONE MOST OF HIS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ONLINE!!!
Yes not only has he learned how to turn a computer on, he can use the internet – with this in mind, the art of using Microsoft Paint and Excel is imminent!
On the pitch, obviously we are disappointed with our current form and especially the performance up at Leicester at the weekend. They are the league leaders and we felt we let ourselves down as they are where we want to be, and ultimately where we think we can be.
Obviously giving away an early goal doesn’t help, but I think we were frustrating them somewhat, especially straight after half time where we had out best spell.
But then they played to their strengths, hitting a long ball up to Howard who flicked it to Fryatt and he finished like the way he is finishing everything at the minute.
Then the penalty was awarded which I think was a bit harsh, especially after seeing the one not given in the Tottenham match on Monday but sometimes you get them and sometimes you don’t, thus clearly making the match over.
However we now know what level is expected from us this season and we look forward to getting them back to Roots Hall where they’ll get a much tougher tie.
I know I say this a lot, but I thought those fans that travelled on Saturday were immense and the Football Club is proud to have such dedicated supporters, and we all thank you for making the effort.
Now we welcome Huddersfield Town here on Saturday, which is now a massive game for us, especially as they are a team who has won at both Leeds and Brighton recently. We need to get back to winning ways, especially with this Christmas period coming up and whilst we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, we need to if we are going to achieve what we set out to do this season – get promoted. We know that our season will fizzle out if we aren’t in the promotion chasing pack come January and we’ll be doing everything we can to ensure we are there – no excuses whatsoever.
Speaking of Christmas, I’ve nearly finished my outfit after my Sunday trip to Bluewater where I secured a pair of size 10 Cinderella shoes and silver gloves (which I embarrassingly got caught trying on) ready to don at the Christmas party. All that I need to do now is get a wig but rest assured when I find a shop with decent ones, Adam Barrett will be the first person I call!
Anyway, with a festive feel to things this week here’s a bit of a treat for you:
Mince Pies – my favourite Christmas treat (after Quality Street of course!)
Take care everyone, and I’ll see you soon.
Up the Blues!
Revs
Revelling In It
Never one to favour a cringe moment I have to admit I felt mildly uncomfortable as ‘The Face’ from A-Team entered Boots and Laces last week to watch his son train with us.
The reason I was uncomfortable was due to the fact I haven’t seen Captain Barrett that excited since he saw that Graham Gooch hair replacement advert in the Daily Star! It was like a belated version of Jim’ll Fix It (maybe Rev’ll Fix It – future idea!) for Barrett, where I’ve never seen a person so starstruck in my life.
To be honest I wasn’t sure who The Face was to begin with and Adam started to explain, but he was talking so fast due to the nerves I had to ask Betsy, who told me, in a rhyming poetic way of course!
I think Dirk Benedict (Face) was a bit embarrassed, especially as whilst most of us made do with our 5 mega-pixel camera phone, Adam ‘Mr Technology’ Barrett pulled out one of those 1920’s camera’s for his pics, you know, the ones on the tripod where the powder shoots out of them every time a picture is taken!!
Later that evening we had our Christmas party with our wives and girlfriends over in Billericay where it was hard to get a word in edgeways due to it being Lee ‘Fonzee’ Barnard’s home turf, and he seemed to know everyone and everything about the place, or at least that’s what he thinks!
And guess who I was sat next to at the table? It was only Captain Marvel who was still harping on about how Face really could make a tank out of a matchstick box. This did give me a chance though to ask his wife about how Adam’s computer course was going. She told me, and wait for it, you won’t believe this:
ADAM BARRETT HAS DONE MOST OF HIS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ONLINE!!!
Yes not only has he learned how to turn a computer on, he can use the internet – with this in mind, the art of using Microsoft Paint and Excel is imminent!
On the pitch, obviously we are disappointed with our current form and especially the performance up at Leicester at the weekend. They are the league leaders and we felt we let ourselves down as they are where we want to be, and ultimately where we think we can be.
Obviously giving away an early goal doesn’t help, but I think we were frustrating them somewhat, especially straight after half time where we had out best spell.
But then they played to their strengths, hitting a long ball up to Howard who flicked it to Fryatt and he finished like the way he is finishing everything at the minute.
Then the penalty was awarded which I think was a bit harsh, especially after seeing the one not given in the Tottenham match on Monday but sometimes you get them and sometimes you don’t, thus clearly making the match over.
However we now know what level is expected from us this season and we look forward to getting them back to Roots Hall where they’ll get a much tougher tie.
I know I say this a lot, but I thought those fans that travelled on Saturday were immense and the Football Club is proud to have such dedicated supporters, and we all thank you for making the effort.
Now we welcome Huddersfield Town here on Saturday, which is now a massive game for us, especially as they are a team who has won at both Leeds and Brighton recently. We need to get back to winning ways, especially with this Christmas period coming up and whilst we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, we need to if we are going to achieve what we set out to do this season – get promoted. We know that our season will fizzle out if we aren’t in the promotion chasing pack come January and we’ll be doing everything we can to ensure we are there – no excuses whatsoever.
Speaking of Christmas, I’ve nearly finished my outfit after my Sunday trip to Bluewater where I secured a pair of size 10 Cinderella shoes and silver gloves (which I embarrassingly got caught trying on) ready to don at the Christmas party. All that I need to do now is get a wig but rest assured when I find a shop with decent ones, Adam Barrett will be the first person I call!
Anyway, with a festive feel to things this week here’s a bit of a treat for you:
Mince Pies – my favourite Christmas treat (after Quality Street of course!)
Take care everyone, and I’ll see you soon.
Up the Blues!
Revs
BILLERICAY BLUE
Rose Tinted Brigade Member⭐⭐🦐
:D
Has to be one of the best yet.
Keep it up Revs.
Has to be one of the best yet.
Keep it up Revs.
Shrimpersarmy
Available
Woooooooo :flamer:
Pubey
Guest
agreed... best one yet! the banter with Barrett is brilliant
I so want to see some photos of the Christmas bash!
pickledseal
cowboy
I think Revs should get these published! :)
Rev's Season
Perhaps with Barretts Banter too!
Rev's Season
Perhaps with Barretts Banter too!
Pubey
Guest
Barrett could take the photos!
TheSouthendUnitedRunner
The poster formerly known as BoyWonder2 ⭐🦐
Another super read, keep it up Revs!
This week's one
Revelling In It
It goes without saying that we were very disappointed with Saturday’s game against Huddersfield, and everyone has had to do some real soul searching since.
We were massively geared up for the game, and before three o’clock we were adamant that we’d get something from it. Then kick-off arrived and it ended up being one of those performances every footballer dreads.
To say we were flat would be an understatement and I don’t think anyone came off thinking they’d had a good game. We didn’t offer any threat going forward and to not have any number of decent chances at all is unacceptable, especially at home.
We know, and we’ve been saying this for a while, that there is more to come from us and that we are a top six side, but at some point the talking has to stop and we all need to put it in to action.
We know where we should be and everyone is to blame for this. It is easy to point fingers but it is much harder to look at yourself and your actions, and I know that everyone has been doing their own self evaluation since the game. We have an immense team spirit here at the Club and we need this too pull us through. We have to die for each other out there (special reference to anyone who’s seen the film Any Given Sunday) in order to grind out the results we require, starting at Hartlepool on Friday.
Having the game on a Friday night suits us in many ways. Firstly, it gives us the earliest opportunity to rectify the wrongs of late, and secondly, if we get a result up there before the Saturday round of games, it’ll give us that psychological edge going into the Christmas period.
Speaking of which, I’ve got quite a busy Christmas Day lined up.
I’ll be getting up at about eight as we’ve got training at 9am. Unfortunately the days of me getting up to look in my stocking are long gone, especially after the let down of last year – not even an orange, unbelievable! Then after training I’ve got three different families to visit which, although a hassle in terms of travel, means I get three Christmas dinners that day – I’m sure the Club dietician would disagree with my pre-match preparation but think of the carbs I’ll have consumed!! Then I’m back to Southend that night ready for Northampton on the Boxing Day, and unfortunately Christmas is pretty much over for me then.
I’d like to tell you of something which happened last week, but if you’re easily offended you might want to miss the next few paragraphs out of your weekly read.
Recently ‘Watchdog’ reported on a story about a batch of Nike football boots which were delivered smelling of cat pee. Well within the ranks of SUFC we have one of the tightest people known to mankind (you know, the type of person who steels pens from betting shops, or scrounges pennies off you to stop him having to break into a brand new £20 note!) who was fed-up with his current pair of boots. Knowing his next door neighbours owned some cats he was able to loan his boots to their litter tray for the night. The next day he took the boots to the shop he got them from, got a full refund, went to another sports shop and bought his original boots at a cheaper price then he’d originally paid for them - tightness personified!
Speaking of anonymous people, last week we did our ‘secret Santa’ draw, ready for us all to open on Christmas Day. Whilst I cannot divulge who I got, see who you can guess from these cryptic clues:
Revs’ Christmas Tartlets (no jokes please!) – NOT MINCE PIES!
Makes 12
Ingredients:
25g butter
100g currants
100g Demerara sugar
1 egg
A few drops of vanilla essence
How the magic happens:
Anyway all, take care and I’ll see you all soon, hopefully three points better off by that stage!
Up the Blues,
Revs
Revelling In It
It goes without saying that we were very disappointed with Saturday’s game against Huddersfield, and everyone has had to do some real soul searching since.
We were massively geared up for the game, and before three o’clock we were adamant that we’d get something from it. Then kick-off arrived and it ended up being one of those performances every footballer dreads.
To say we were flat would be an understatement and I don’t think anyone came off thinking they’d had a good game. We didn’t offer any threat going forward and to not have any number of decent chances at all is unacceptable, especially at home.
We know, and we’ve been saying this for a while, that there is more to come from us and that we are a top six side, but at some point the talking has to stop and we all need to put it in to action.
We know where we should be and everyone is to blame for this. It is easy to point fingers but it is much harder to look at yourself and your actions, and I know that everyone has been doing their own self evaluation since the game. We have an immense team spirit here at the Club and we need this too pull us through. We have to die for each other out there (special reference to anyone who’s seen the film Any Given Sunday) in order to grind out the results we require, starting at Hartlepool on Friday.
Having the game on a Friday night suits us in many ways. Firstly, it gives us the earliest opportunity to rectify the wrongs of late, and secondly, if we get a result up there before the Saturday round of games, it’ll give us that psychological edge going into the Christmas period.
Speaking of which, I’ve got quite a busy Christmas Day lined up.
I’ll be getting up at about eight as we’ve got training at 9am. Unfortunately the days of me getting up to look in my stocking are long gone, especially after the let down of last year – not even an orange, unbelievable! Then after training I’ve got three different families to visit which, although a hassle in terms of travel, means I get three Christmas dinners that day – I’m sure the Club dietician would disagree with my pre-match preparation but think of the carbs I’ll have consumed!! Then I’m back to Southend that night ready for Northampton on the Boxing Day, and unfortunately Christmas is pretty much over for me then.
I’d like to tell you of something which happened last week, but if you’re easily offended you might want to miss the next few paragraphs out of your weekly read.
Recently ‘Watchdog’ reported on a story about a batch of Nike football boots which were delivered smelling of cat pee. Well within the ranks of SUFC we have one of the tightest people known to mankind (you know, the type of person who steels pens from betting shops, or scrounges pennies off you to stop him having to break into a brand new £20 note!) who was fed-up with his current pair of boots. Knowing his next door neighbours owned some cats he was able to loan his boots to their litter tray for the night. The next day he took the boots to the shop he got them from, got a full refund, went to another sports shop and bought his original boots at a cheaper price then he’d originally paid for them - tightness personified!
Speaking of anonymous people, last week we did our ‘secret Santa’ draw, ready for us all to open on Christmas Day. Whilst I cannot divulge who I got, see who you can guess from these cryptic clues:
- Bronzing lotion
- A book on Microsoft Word 95 for dummies
- A kids computer from Toys ‘R’ Us (for 2-6 year olds)
- New set of eyes because his son has been keeping him up all night, and he’s been looking weary at training – although this could just be because of old age!
Revs’ Christmas Tartlets (no jokes please!) – NOT MINCE PIES!
Makes 12
Ingredients:
25g butter
100g currants
100g Demerara sugar
1 egg
A few drops of vanilla essence
How the magic happens:
- Roll out pastry, cut and line 12 patty tins (that’s little tray spaces for those not in ‘the know’!)
- Melt butter and add to a bowl containing all of the other ingredients. Mix well.
- Divide equally between the 12 pastry cases
- Bake at 200 degrees Celsius (obviously pre-heat the oven) or Gas Mark 6 for 15-20 minutes
- Optional, but recommended, when cold simply decorate with a bit of icing sugar and cherries
Anyway all, take care and I’ll see you all soon, hopefully three points better off by that stage!
Up the Blues,
Revs
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Ooo-er! Dunno what happened to the recipe bit there!
But looks like Geoffrey King is trying to get in on the action too:
Geoffrey King Exclusive
I started writing this piece as requested to send a Christmas message to our supporters but got half way through it and felt so miserable having written about the “Credit Crunch”, redundancies, the banking crisis and the latest pyramid hedge fund scam from the Unscrupulous States of America that I decided to abandon the article and to take Marks (the Marketing Manager) other suggestion and provide a rival for the Dish of the Week route!
Working on the basis that the lead up to Christmas for some is lunch or dinner invitation laden and indeed Christmas itself is something of a feast then something light might go down well hence the following.
Finely chop or better still crush 3 garlic gloves and sauté in 6 dessert spoonfuls of oil. Add 1lb of peeled medium sized tiger prawns adding a healthy sprinkling of Cayenne Pepper (to taste). Allow to simmer on a low heat for 3 to 4 minutes, then add the juice from two lemons and allow to simmer for a further minute before adding two table spoons of dry sherry and cooking for a further three minutes.
Spoon the prawns into a large bowl and pour some of the liquor from the pan over the prawns. Sprinkle with a small amount of Maldon Sea Salt. Serve hot.
Call the dish what you like and take as much credit as you need.
In the meantime have a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year,
Geoffrey King
Chief Executive,
Southend United Football Club
But looks like Geoffrey King is trying to get in on the action too:
Geoffrey King Exclusive
I started writing this piece as requested to send a Christmas message to our supporters but got half way through it and felt so miserable having written about the “Credit Crunch”, redundancies, the banking crisis and the latest pyramid hedge fund scam from the Unscrupulous States of America that I decided to abandon the article and to take Marks (the Marketing Manager) other suggestion and provide a rival for the Dish of the Week route!
Working on the basis that the lead up to Christmas for some is lunch or dinner invitation laden and indeed Christmas itself is something of a feast then something light might go down well hence the following.
Finely chop or better still crush 3 garlic gloves and sauté in 6 dessert spoonfuls of oil. Add 1lb of peeled medium sized tiger prawns adding a healthy sprinkling of Cayenne Pepper (to taste). Allow to simmer on a low heat for 3 to 4 minutes, then add the juice from two lemons and allow to simmer for a further minute before adding two table spoons of dry sherry and cooking for a further three minutes.
Spoon the prawns into a large bowl and pour some of the liquor from the pan over the prawns. Sprinkle with a small amount of Maldon Sea Salt. Serve hot.
Call the dish what you like and take as much credit as you need.
In the meantime have a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year,
Geoffrey King
Chief Executive,
Southend United Football Club
Clinton Baptiste
Life President⭐
Funny how both Dougie and Revs have pretty much slated our performance on saturday yet Tilly thought we were just unlucky. Good to see that the players themselves know how bad they were and hopefully will be a good response on Friday night.
Irish_Shrimper
Ant from across the Pond
Shame Geoff King passed up the opportunity for using the West Stand hamburgers as his dish of the week. I am very curious as to what goes into one of those fine things :puke
sufccolchester
Coach
I'm sure Tilly knows just how bad they were too but as a manager he needs to hold back on public abuse of his players. I hope he finds a way to inspire them for Friday.
Jedi Shrimper
formerly Drastic™
Great one this week from Revs, good to see the players take responsibility.
And the secret santa business is brilliant.
And the secret santa business is brilliant.
Southend_Lady
Ginger Sam
Does anyone think that Revs is perhaps being a bit optimisic saying that we are a top 6 side?! Personally I don't think we are anything close to that right now.
Emu
Jess PHB
Not right now we aren't.
All depends on who we get in in Jan. If we get a creative CM and at least 1 CB (that doesn't back off all the time) and hopefully Harding then things could change for the better! (I hope!!)
Em.
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