Pre-Match Thread Southend United v Maidenhead, Tuesday 19th September, 19:45ko, NL

[Sandbach Shrimper]

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Ladbrokes have us favourites to win this evenings fixture!

27/10 with Paddy Power. The bookies are probably just as ignorant to what's going on at the club as most of the media is.

 

[fbm]

I, like @RHB, am totally against any pitch invasion tonight, Saturday or against Oxford City. The management team are already under huge pressure and working miracles.

They do this DESPITE our owner and we all support them for doing so. There seem to be nowhere near enough superlatives to describe our feelings for the management team and the players so far, the effort they are putting in against all odds to keep trying to get results in the face of complete adversity.

Has anyone considered how they might feel if we then go and make it worse by invading the pitch, which could give us a points deduction or even worse, getting the game abandoned meaning we will probably have to forfeit the match with a 3-0 defeat?

This is not helping the club. Yes, it will get attention but who are we trying to appeal to? What on earth do we think is going to happen at this stage? No new buyer is going to come in, we've been in the press, on the TV and radio, people know and don't really care. Ron doesn't give a stuff either by the looks of things.

Any sympathy or understanding I have for the protesters (which is considerable bearing in mind I actually have been against the protests in general) will go sailing out of the window as soon as someone goes on the pitch. #MartinOut and saving the club are linked, but saving the club must be done, first and foremost.

 

[MountainDrew]

I, like @RHB, am totally against any pitch invasion tonight, Saturday or against Oxford City. The management team are already under huge pressure and working miracles.

They do this DESPITE our owner and we all support them for doing so. There seem to be nowhere near enough superlatives to describe our feelings for the management team and the players so far, the effort they are putting in against all odds to keep trying to get results in the face of complete adversity.

Has anyone considered how they might feel if we then go and make it worse by invading the pitch, which could give us a points deduction or even worse, getting the game abandoned meaning we will probably have to forfeit the match with a 3-0 defeat?

This is not helping the club. Yes, it will get attention but who are we trying to appeal to? What on earth do we think is going to happen at this stage? No new buyer is going to come in, we've been in the press, on the TV and radio, people know and don't really care. Ron doesn't give a stuff either by the looks of things.

Any sympathy or understanding I have for the protesters (which is considerable bearing in mind I actually have been against the protests in general) will go sailing out of the window as soon as someone goes on the pitch. #MartinOut and saving the club are linked, but saving the club must be done, first and foremost.

If drastic action isn’t taken then all that hard good work from the management team and players will be of no use come October the 4th.

We need the awareness to be on another level tonight

 

[Fitz]

Looks like a gate of around 4k tonight - lowest league crowd for a long time!

 

[Harry Bullocks]

I'm assuming you've included the "Maidenhead Massive"

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

 

[RHB]

If drastic action isn’t taken then all that hard good work from the management team and players will be of no use come October the 4th.

We need the awareness to be on another level tonight

If it's a pitch incursion then awareness will not be a problem. But for every action there is a reaction and if the ref decides to abandon the game what will the outcome be then? I doubt Ron will reaching for his 'Sign here' pen as a result.

 

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[fbm]

If drastic action isn’t taken then all that hard good work from the management team and players might be of no use come October the 4th.

We need the awareness to be on another level tonight

Corrected.

At this stage none of us actually know what's going to happen on October 4th and if we survive but get relegated then no one will be thanking the people who invaded the pitch and cost us 3 points if they are the points that would have kept us up.

 

[Target man]

I, like @RHB, am totally against any pitch invasion tonight, Saturday or against Oxford City. The management team are already under huge pressure and working miracles.

They do this DESPITE our owner and we all support them for doing so. There seem to be nowhere near enough superlatives to describe our feelings for the management team and the players so far, the effort they are putting in against all odds to keep trying to get results in the face of complete adversity.

Has anyone considered how they might feel if we then go and make it worse by invading the pitch, which could give us a points deduction or even worse, getting the game abandoned meaning we will probably have to forfeit the match with a 3-0 defeat?

This is not helping the club. Yes, it will get attention but who are we trying to appeal to? What on earth do we think is going to happen at this stage? No new buyer is going to come in, we've been in the press, on the TV and radio, people know and don't really care. Ron doesn't give a stuff either by the looks of things.

Any sympathy or understanding I have for the protesters (which is considerable bearing in mind I actually have been against the protests in general) will go sailing out of the window as soon as someone goes on the pitch. #MartinOut and saving the club are linked, but saving the club must be done, first and foremost.

I agree.

Originally I was for it purely for the benefit of player welfare. But Kev has said he will get a team out so we should respect and support that. A pitch invasion will only hurt and affect us. RM won't give a damn. The coaching team and players could and should have walked, but out of loyalty, this small group hasn't. If anything, we owe that loyalty to them by giving them our full support back. Lots of ways to protest, I'm sure something has been arranged. But stay off the pitch guys.

 

[Callum]

Wanna hear Martin out across the whole stadium again while the rat sits in his hole

 

[Holy Joe]

Corrected.

At this stage none of us actually know what's going to happen on October 4th and if we survive but get relegated then no one will be thanking the people who invaded the pitch and cost us 3 points if they are the points that would have kept us up.

Posted in another thread - very rare to be deducted points for pitch invasions. Brighton had a suspended 3pt deduction for pitch invasion which after another pitch invasion a 2pt deduction was actually imposed.

 

[Danshrimper]

Corrected.

At this stage none of us actually know what's going to happen on October 4th and if we survive but get relegated then no one will be thanking the people who invaded the pitch and cost us 3 points if they are the points that would have kept us up.

3 point deduction based on what National League rule/precedent? Scunthorpe invaded the pitch last season, no deduction. Oldham invaded the pitch this season and the game was stopped early, no deduction.

I’m not saying people should invade the pitch. But this points deduction scaremongering is completely baseless.

 

[Smiffy]

3 point deduction based on what National League rule/precedent? Scunthorpe invaded the pitch last season, no deduction. Oldham invaded the pitch this season and the game was stopped early, no deduction.

I’m not saying people should invade the pitch. But this points deduction scaremongering is completely baseless.

Indeed. We’ve invaded the pitch on two or three occasions since we have been in the NL. No fines and no points deductions. Doesn’t mean it won’t happen if course, but it’s unlikely.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Indeed. We’ve invaded the pitch on two or three occasions since we have been in the NL. No fines and no points deductions. Doesn’t mean it won’t happen if course, but it’s unlikely.

Not intending to go on the pitch but just as a back up plan do you think Cricko would give me a bunk up over the wall?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Blues fans to protest again during match with Maidenhead

SOUTHEND United fans will be holding another protest during tonight’s match with Maidenhead United at Roots Hall.

www.echo-news.co.uk

Good A 25th minute protest apparently representing the rat's 25 years in charge of the club.

 

[in the know]

More concerned about player safety and the affect to the teams pressure on the opposition .. if we were to get an early goal, then have to stop for a pitch invasion, then go on to lose!.

 

[Target man]

More concerned about player safety and the affect to the teams pressure on the opposition .. if we were to get an early goal, then have to stop for a pitch invasion, then go on to lose!.

Tonight is a complete lottery.

1. We might have a goalkeeper
2. We might have 12 players
3. We might have 13 or 14 players
4. We might have away fans
5. We might have floodlights
6. We might have tennis balls
7. We might have a pitch invasion

Have I missed any other possibilities??

 

[seve le six]

It was okay for 77 years !

But our opponents then couldn't have one either.

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704068457849872741

Kev, Daz and Benno seen outside National League headquarters chanting:

"WE WANT MARTIN IN, SAY WE WANT MARTIN IN"!