Sheena and Morris

[Jonny_Stokes]

How are our rejects settling in?

I've had it on good authority that Morris was only released because we're too skint to give him a testimonial. So neck-and-neck to see who goes out of business first, as well as enjoying a point-for-point battle in our respective divisions. Joy.



J_S

 

[EastStandBlue]

Morris has largely been accepted as one of the better (best?) players to join us this summer, and he has been impressive...

 

[Beefy]

He's definitely got a touch of the Flahavans about him, for better or worse. Saturday was the first I'd seen of him in a Southend shirt and he was certainly kept busy. Thought he maybe could have done better on the first, although I've not seen a replay.

 

[palexander]

I thought that too Beefy - thought he should have come and cleared it out, but on viewing the replay, I dont think there was much he could have done...

 

[Smiffy]

He's the only reason we are not below Barnet and Macclesfield...Yet

 

[Beefy]

I thought that too Beefy - thought he should have come and cleared it out, but on viewing the replay, I dont think there was much he could have done...

Whoever the keeper is if there's a goal scored from a cross into the six yard box your initial thoughts have to be about whether the keeper should have done better. it was a cracking cross at pace though, to be fair.

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Sounds about right. His shot-stopping really is excellent, and I suppose he won't have too many decent crosses to deal with. Glad he's settled in.

Just looking at it from my - generally inadquate - point of view, are Grant and Easton looking a bit too similar in the middle?

 

[mattytheshrimper]

He's the only reason we are not below Barnet and Macclesfield...Yet

very true!! he was great against shots

 

[Beefy]

Sounds about right. His shot-stopping really is excellent, and I suppose he won't have too many decent crosses to deal with. Glad he's settled in.

Just looking at it from my - generally inadquate - point of view, are Grant and Easton looking a bit too similar in the middle?

Saturday was the first time they've played as a 'two' in the middle and it didn't work well. Neither seemed to know what the other was going to do although Grant tended to go forward towards the start and Easton did it in the second half.

I wouldn't say that they are similar players but I'm not sure if either are ideally equiped to drive us forward from the middle.

 

[Mick]

Sounds about right. His shot-stopping really is excellent, and I suppose he won't have too many decent crosses to deal with. Glad he's settled in.

Just looking at it from my - generally inadquate - point of view, are Grant and Easton looking a bit too similar in the middle?

No, I rarely get them mixed up!

 

[palexander]

Whoever the keeper is if there's a goal scored from a cross into the six yard box you're initial thoughts have to be about whether the keeper should have done better. it was a cracking cross at pace though, to be fair.

As you say, it was an excellent delivery and ones keepers must hate - I think its one of them where you dont know whether to stick or twist. There was a defender their too, so perhaps he felt he had a better chance of dealing with an effort on target, than coming and getting in a mess on the 6 yard line?

EDIT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8913099.stm

Just watched it again, I dont think he could have go it, it looks about 15 ft in the air and drops to about 6ft right on the corner of the 6 yard box, so by the time he got the flight of it, it was over him. Personally I dont think I can blame him.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Been the best performer so far by some stretch, he was superb at Aldershot in the conditions that could easily have ended 2 or 3. Saturday he was the same although I thought he could have done a little better with the third, he had a long time to see it and it wasn't hit that hard.

 

[sufc tommy]

morris made a supurb save in the first half