Official Match Thread Southend v Portsmouth (EFL Trophy)

[Chapperz]

Oli Coker about to come on for Gard. Hopefully nothing to do with the injury he got a couple of years ago.

 

[Barry.C]

Oh No Gard stretchered off

 

[Jai]

Honestly, we are cursed.

 

[OllieSteph44]

Gard looked like someone who knew what he’d just done....

poor kid. He worked so hard to come back from the knee injury v Col U.

cruel game and I have everything crossed for him ??

 

[Mad Cyril]

In a way I am glad we can concentrate on the league.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I hope that’s not Lewis Gards knee ??

To be injured twice in this competition

 

[Jai]

This competition should not even be taking place this year. Ridiculous.

 

[mfurok]

This is pitiful.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

I'm off to the pub to reacquaint myself with alcohol

 

[hlane17]

Imagine missing a long stretch of the season due to this waste of a competition.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

We should do something really silly......like, have a shot or something.

 

[RHB]

We certainly giving Portsmouth a severe examination.

 

[OllieSteph44]

Oxley already a candidate for player of the year

 

[Somerset Ex-TTB]

It’s so bad, that Egbri, Aquah and Oxley have been the standouts

 

[RHB]

See, told ya, we've just won a corner.

 

[Mr Browns Ghost]

They may have made 10 changes but we won't be coming up against the likes of Ben Close, Ronan Curtis and John Marquis in League Two. Looks a strong Pompey side to me and this is basically our Under 23s from last year.

Every week fresh excuse after excuse .... we are hopeless absolutely woeful, we are weeks/ months away from playing like a team with a game plan a plan A or B, another loss another useless performance and another week of knowing that it wouldn’t matter what league we are in, we would be at the bottom of it ... and yet more injuries .... more manipulation of the squad of 23 more compete and utter bollox and embarrassment of watching this **** ... amen and goodnight

 

[amsemp]

What position is Ollie Coker? Struggling to work out what formation we’re playing and who is where. Kyp looks like he’s playing RB, Clifford LB, Hobson & Taylor CB’s, O.Coker, Egbri and Phillips CM’s and Acquah, Rush & Coker as a front 3?

Also, why can I hear the Portsmouth bell man?!

 

[OllieSteph44]

Rush is off the left and Coker is CM with Phillips

 

[Austin the Shrimper]

What position is Ollie Coker? Struggling to work out what formation we’re playing and who is where. Kyp looks like he’s playing RB, Clifford LB, Hobson & Taylor CB’s, O.Coker, Egbri and Phillips CM’s and Acquah, Rush & Coker as a front 3?

Also, why can I hear the Portsmouth bell man?!

He is bloody there!!! Haha

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

Also, why can I hear the Portsmouth bell man?!

He is outside the ground. He got there at half time.