Pre-Match Thread Southend v Oxford

[Batman]

I can see it being a cagey game but I can se us nicking it 1-0 but then I could be wrong.

 

[Magnum PI]

If we get at them early then we should be ok, but if we start like we did against Morecambe then it could be a disaster

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

Theyre miserly and so are we so could be a drab game. Interesting stat that Chris Phillips said we have only won 2 out of our last 20 odd games in November.

One of the two game we have won in November, when we beat Oxford 4-0 in 2004!

 

[Austin the Shrimper]

1-0 Southend
Hall
6578
Constable sent off

 

[BluesMike61]

1-0
One piece of Hall magic to unlock Oxford's defence.
6845

 

[Evening Echo]

Kane's Oxford mission

SOUTHEND United’s Kane Ferdinand wants to celebrate his latest international call up with another memorable win over Oxford this weekend.

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[Cricko]

His real name is Kev you know.

 

[silentshrimper]

A similar game to the Morecambe one, there will only be one goal in it and our run could end here, I will go for 1-1, then we win the LDV game thanks to our strong squad.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Nah, we'll win, 2-0 for me.

 

[wally4pm]

Following on from my sucessful predicition of the Macclesfield score and that the Creepies would be surprisingly held by Accrington, I will now enhance my reputation even further by advising you that the score will be 3-1 to the mighty Shrimpers. Have a punt on Dickinson to score one of them.
Whilst I'm on a roll, how about the Creepies being held to another draw?

UTB

 

[Pubey]

Following on from my sucessful predicition of the Macclesfield score and that the Creepies would be surprisingly held by Accrington, I will now enhance my reputation even further by advising you that the score will be 3-1 to the mighty Shrimpers. Have a punt on Dickinson to score one of them.
Whilst I'm on a roll, how about the Creepies being held to another draw?

UTB

Lottery numbers as well please mate.

ta

 

[Tommy2holes]

I hope your right mate , but i think a draw is on the cards . Oxford are a side im expecting to be in the top 3 come the end of the season so a win would go a long way to increasing distance on the chasing pack

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

an chance to go 9 points clear of the 4th place, that would be nice!

 

[Evening Echo]

Leonard learns from old heads

SOUTHEND United’s Ryan Leonard will not be short of advice if he is recalled to the team for tomorrow’s clash with Oxford United.

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[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

I hope your right mate , but i think a draw is on the cards . Oxford are a side im expecting to be in the top 3 come the end of the season so a win would go a long way to increasing distance on the chasing pack

I think you are wrong there T2h, we're the form team, we're top of the league, we're the ones who are scoring for fun, we've got the mean defence, we'll smash them.

 

[BrettieAngell]

I think you are wrong there T2h, we're the form team, we're top of the league, we're the ones who are scoring for fun, we've got the mean defence, we'll smash them.

Exactly teams should be fearing us not the other way round!

 

[londonblue]

Oxford need to do themselves a favour and lose 1-0. Then their away record will be:

W D L F A
4 1 4 8 8

Nice and symmetrical!

 

[shrimperjon]

Could be really interesting. I have found myself this season going to games fearing the worst, maybe 32 years of supporting the blues has contirbuted to this, however, once the games have started i have relaxed and realised that we are a good team and deserve the right to be top. Tomorrow is no exception, undoubtably this on paper is going to be a our toughest game thus far, but we shouid go into it, as favourites and confident of winning. The beauty of it this season is that BBC essex announced that our only three missing players tomrow are moshni, morris and corr, i immediatley thought, never mind, the depth in the squad is such this season that it doesnt matter that we are missing a few.

For the record, did i read somewhere that oxford have the best first half record and one of the worst 2nd half records in the league? also am i right in thinking that the three games we lost were without scoring, hence they scored first and also all our wins have come from scoring first this season. Therefore, winning at half time would be very handy tomorrow, and score first!! UTB

 

[Bromley Blue]

Yeah its a bit of a weird one. I could kind of understand if a team were slow starters but to have a poor second half record is bizarre. You'd think if it was down to fitness or anything like that that the manager would address it. They must be pretty awesome first half though to be where they are in the league.

 

[The General]

If its another boring first half im going to cry!