Post-Match Thread and Ratings Salford City 3-0 Southend United

[OldBlueLady]

Glad I saved my money tonight!

Might I suggest Mr Molesley gets on the phone to Mr Tilson and at least listens to what he has to say? At least he has some experience of this kind of situation and he had plenty of ideas. I don't think there would have been the wholesale change of backroom staff if he had come in!

 

[GBJ]

I am not sure where the MM fan club is now but these are not SUFC kids out there any more - they are MM recruits walking around as if SUFC is not good enough for them ...

Huh? There were only three of MM’s recruits in that starting XI today.

 

[RHB]

Has Tom Clifford done something very wrong that MM chose Richard Taylor as a replacement for Ralph rather than him. I'm totally baffled by that substitution, perhaps someone could explain?

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

If Sturrock isn't too poorly with his Parkinsons could we get him in to help guide Mark? Both from the same neck of the woods so may know each other.

Molesley was born in Hillngdon and Sturrock near Aberdeen. About 25 years apart and 500 miles apart.

 

[amsemp]

Rons biggest mistake was to allow pressure from fans inside Roots Hall to push him to sack Chris Powell. I defy anyone to say we didn’t at least resemble a proper football club with him in charge and even with a possible relegation in sight that the club didn’t have a clearer future ahead of it.

On one hand I agree, but on the other hand I really don‘t. Powell did wonders with Brown’s squad, but for me, a lot of our problems began when he released the vast majority of our characters and saddled us with the likes of Mantom, Hyam, Lennon and co. His recruitment was poor and we’re still paying for it. Yes he signed some good players (Humphrys and Hopper), but once those bigger characters left we never looked or felt like the same team.

Love the bloke dearly, just saying it as I see it.

 

[Shrimper]

Our next two games vs Tranmere and Oldham are 6 pointers. If we don't win at least 1, then I fear our future

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

Rons biggest mistake was to allow pressure from fans inside Roots Hall to push him to sack Chris Powell. I defy anyone to say we didn’t at least resemble a proper football club with him in charge and even with a possible relegation in sight that the club didn’t have a clearer future ahead of it.

Don’t agree, did you go to Peterborough away??
Incidentally two of the donkeys that powell signed and are still here because they aren’t good enough to get another club played tonight ... Lennon And dieng ... they were part of the defence that again let in three... the other tosser that he signed is now playing for a pub team ...

 

[SUBBlue]

Molesley was born in Hillngdon and Sturrock near Aberdeen. About 25 years apart and 500 miles apart.

Yeah so if Molesley walked 500 miles & Sturrock walked 500 more they’d be the men who walked 1000 miles to fall down at Rons door..

 

[dannypav]

We were 10 seconds away from beating Exeter - how did that happen ?
Not relevant to tonight I know , but really thought after those two draws we were making progress.
Tonight was embarrassing

 

[thenobster]

Does MM shout and get angry? If not.... he needs to. Soon

 

[Rayleigh boy]

Huh? There were only three of MM’s recruits in that starting XI today.

Only 3 ?

Have a word with your best friend and tell him to start coaching throw ins -

 

[Jai]

Don’t agree, did you go to Peterborough away??
Incidentally two of the donkeys that powell signed and are still here because they aren’t good enough to get another club played tonight ... Lennon And dieng ... they were part of the defence that again let in three... the other tosser that he signed is now playing for a pub team ...

Hang on, I thought Lennon and Dieng were the ones playing for a pub team

 

[Jai]

We were 10 seconds away from beating Exeter - how did that happen ?
Not relevant to tonight I know , but really thought after those two draws we were making progress.
Tonight was embarrassing

I don't think we appreciate how big a goal that could prove to be. We just needed to hold on, get a bit of confidence and belief. Confidence is a huge part of football and we have absolutely zero.

There is a lot of hate for the style of play at the moment and I can understand it because when you have players who have no confidence, it can look horrendous. But we don't have the players to play physical stuff.

 

[OllieSteph44]

Don’t agree, did you go to Peterborough away??
Incidentally two of the donkeys that powell signed and are still here because they aren’t good enough to get another club played tonight ... Lennon And dieng ... they were part of the defence that again let in three... the other tosser that he signed is now playing for a pub team ...

Yes Peterborough was awful. But isolated performances at that level are normal if few and far between. It wasn’t like that every week and it certainly wasn’t the norm.

Btw Yes Dieng and Lennon were part of a poor performance tonight and were Powell signings but so to were Hopper, Bishop, Humphrys, Hutchinson and Kelman who have all moved on in order to maintain the existence of the club and all would’ve formed part of a future under Powell that looked a lot less bleak than what it does now!

 

[GBJ]

Only 3 ?

Have a word with your best friend and tell him to start coaching throw ins -

Kyle Taylor, Sterling & Olayinka. That’s three.

Sorry for wrecking your agenda.

 

[Fitz]

Interested to hear which magical managerial appointment you think we can make that’s going to make a squad of players barely good enough to stay up in the Conference, stay up in League 2.

I’m not sure there is one and hate us changing managers all the time. Loved it when we had Tilly, Sturrock and Brown and only 3 mangers in 13 years! That said really not sure MM is the answer, given our current showing. I accept the **** cards he has been dealt but I’m not seeing any ray of light so far!

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

I'm not being dramatic when I say we need 5 or 6 new signings.

This current team would be lucky to finish mid table in the national league.

The young players MM has brought in seem way out of their depth.

I'm really starting to think my concerns at the start of the season are becoming true ... MM doesn't know how to manage and recruit for professional senior football.

There is no way , this set of players can turn this around.

I will run the length of Southend High Street in nothing but a pair of speedos if Southend stay up with this team

 

[Stuart W]

I think the saddest thing about tonight is that we are only 2 points below the safety mark and we have 117 points to play for, yet for most on here (including yours truly), we look cast iron certainties for the National League.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

just getting back to that free kick just in our half that we managed to pass back to Oxley sorry but I'm obsessing about how inept we were in taking it). Now Salford did what all reasonable second division teams do with their free kicks. They sent their big lads up, got them to muscle in and smashed the ball in to the box. It isn't pretty but it's effective. Why Lennon and Dieng who both have a decent height and are both reasonable headers couldn't do this is beyond me. We passed it back to our keeper. Goodness me. We passed it back to our keeper.

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

Yes Peterborough was awful. But isolated performances at that level are normal if few and far between. It wasn’t like that every week and it certainly wasn’t the norm.

Btw Yes Dieng and Lennon were part of a poor performance tonight and were Powell signings but so to were Hopper, Bishop, Humphrys, Hutchinson and Kelman who have all moved on in order to maintain the existence of the club and all would’ve formed part of a future under Powell that looked a lot less bleak than what it does now!

It was like that every week you’re off your nut if you think it wasn’t ... it was woeful