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Pre-Match Thread Southend United v Woking, Saturday 13th November, 3.00pm, NL

Starting XI and Result

  • Steve Arnold

    Votes: 81 87.1%
  • Rob Howard

    Votes: 53 57.0%
  • Jason Demetriou

    Votes: 14 15.1%
  • John White

    Votes: 41 44.1%
  • Kacper Lopata

    Votes: 82 88.2%
  • Shaun Hobson

    Votes: 70 75.3%
  • Nathan Ralph

    Votes: 63 67.7%
  • Charlie Sayers

    Votes: 8 8.6%
  • Jack Bridge

    Votes: 79 84.9%
  • Nathan Ferguson

    Votes: 29 31.2%
  • James Dunne

    Votes: 48 51.6%
  • Abu Ogogo

    Votes: 13 14.0%
  • Harry Phillips

    Votes: 52 55.9%
  • Zak Brunt

    Votes: 82 88.2%
  • Louis Walsh

    Votes: 18 19.4%
  • Terrell Egbri

    Votes: 5 5.4%
  • Matt Dennis

    Votes: 10 10.8%
  • Rhys Murphy

    Votes: 74 79.6%
  • Sam Dalby

    Votes: 74 79.6%
  • Matt Rush

    Votes: 12 12.9%
  • Harry Seaden

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Erin Kinali

    Votes: 6 6.5%
  • ...

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • ...

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Win

    Votes: 45 48.4%
  • Draw

    Votes: 19 20.4%
  • Lose

    Votes: 6 6.5%

  • Total voters
    93
  • Poll closed .

Shrimpergonzo

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The next visitors to Roots Hall have something in common with Manchester United - they also have a 100% losing record against the mighty Shrimpers!

We've only played Woking once before, and it was a rare victory wearing the custard splat shirt under the tenure of Alvin Martin. We won 2-0 at their place in the cup (goals by Nathan Jones and Phil Gridelet) - highlights can be seen here for those interested:


At the time we were similarly in the doldrums, albeit 3 divisions higher than we are now.

The Cardinals sit comfortably mid-table at the moment, 7 points ahead of blues, but their recent form has been somewhat mixed. They had a blank weekend last weekend after being dumped out of the cup by Horsham and the previous Tuesday they lost at home to Bromley. It will possibly be a chance for us to see what we missed out on with former trialist winger Jordan Maguire-Drew who has 6 appearances for them this season and has scored one goal. However he started the last game on the bench.

As for blues, we feared the worse after last Saturday in as much as our two blades loanees looked likely to be unavailable for this fixture - however with Zak's red card being rescinded and Kacper's Skyscanner skills finding him an earlier flight back from international duty in Bucharest it seems maybe both will be potential starters after all.

Rhys Murphy went off with what looked like a nasty dead leg late in the game last Saturday and it remains to be seen whether any of the other injured players will be back.

Despite the final score on Saturday, it wasn't a bad performance (compared to some earlier this season anyway) and there seems to be a bit more confidence around the team now. It remains to be seen who Kev and the gang will pick to start in an effort to get back to back home wins (and a rare one with a Saturday 3pm Kick Off one to boot), but who would you choose to start and what do you predict the result to be?
 
Will be a tough game - they are exactly the kind of side we struggle against - fast tricky and athletic. Tahvon Campbell has been a revelation and Rohan Ince has had his problems in the past but technically is well above this level.

Ince and Solomon Nwabuokei make for a very athletic and energetic midfield so we will somehow have to counter that.

That said, their form going into this one isn't the best so we have a chance if we have a good day.
 
They beat Chesterfield, notts county and D&R consecutively about a month ago which is worrying. Since then though for whatever reason (injuries maybe ?) they’ve been pretty average. A benchmark game to measure progress this one. A mid table team so hopefully a point or three but whatever the result hopefully a positive improved performance.
 
Not sure where Tahvon Campbell has suddenly found this run of form, he's never looked especially convincing before.
 
Duncan Jupp will be the SUEPA Match Day Event guest on Saturday. Aim is that we'll meet him in the Shrimpers Bar at 1.00 pm before going on to other stuff, so if you are around bright and early on Saturday do say hi, and be sure to give him a great Roots Hall welcome as he is introduced on the pitch circa 2.50 pm. And yes, as with every guest these days, he will be asked if hes brought his boots .......

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Will be a tough game - they are exactly the kind of side we struggle against - fast tricky and athletic. Tahvon Campbell has been a revelation and Rohan Ince has had his problems in the past but technically is well above this level.

Ince and Solomon Nwabuokei make for a very athletic and energetic midfield so we will somehow have to counter that.

That said, their form going into this one isn't the best so we have a chance if we have a good day.
Max Kretzschmar is a goal-scoring midfielder who, like Tom Whelan, could have been snapped during the summer. Kretzschmar will need watching.
 
im off the thinking Kinali will be given an opportunity ,but you havent named him in the poll.
 
Max Kretzschmar is a goal-scoring midfielder who, like Tom Whelan, could have been snapped during the summer. Kretzschmar will need watching.
We was never in for Tom as he wanted to move closer to his family. It's what happens in non league
 
We was never in for Tom as he wanted to move closer to his family. It's what happens in non league
Thanks for the information. I thought Whelan left Chesterfield because Danny Rowe could not guarantee him a first team place. Whelan is from Liverpool but played much of his football in the South-West so maybe Eastleigh was an attractive option.
 
Does anyone know whether Ralph or Murphy are match fit for Saturday.

Cannot go to this one as it’s my wife’s birthday, and she wasn’t keen on me taking her as part of her birthday celebration. Can’t think why ! ?
 
Optimistic ... but not confident.

We NEED to win these games. But I'll be happy with a draw if it came to it.
 
any news on any more loanees as expected a few more as the squad still needs more quality imho - especially in the goal scoring department
 
Would either of the 2 people who have voted for Seaden over Arnold in goal, care to explain?
Genuinely baffled on this one as cannot see it. Great to have Harry as a back up keeper in the squad, but that is it for this season.
 
Would either of the 2 people who have voted for Seaden over Arnold in goal, care to explain?
Genuinely baffled on this one as cannot see it. Great to have Harry as a back up keeper in the squad, but that is it for this season.
According to the poll numbers 4 folks have opted to play without a gk?
Oh my, they are so very funny!
 
Be interesting to see another week of progression and how we have continued to adapt as a team to the instructions and training from the new team. I would expect over the coming weeks those differences will become more and more clear and from what we have seen so far I look forward to that.

Big Steve
Howard Hobson Kacper Ralph(if fit) Bridge
Dunne Phillips
Brunt
Murphy Dalby
 
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