Southend v. Tranmere - Match Preview

[Matt the Shrimp]

Appearing on the front page shortly...

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Article now up on the front page.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

*notices that he has got the date of the match wrong, and realises he can do nothing about it until Monday*

:cry: :thump:

 

[leeblue]

good preview, think he will stick with harrold in fact probably be the same team that started at brizzle

 

[Cricko]

*notices that he has got the date of the match wrong, and realises he can do nothing about it until Monday*

:cry: :thump:

What a Plonker! ..;)

Good work Matt and MB...

 

[Mr. Benedict]

Should be a good game this - I would have thought Tranmere will have ambitions to win the game so there should be none of the long ball rubbish we saw from Brizzle.
I think Harrold should make way for Eric, we looked better at Brizzle when he came on.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Admittedly, I've only seen the highlights... but I can't believe that people aren't purring themselves silly about young Eric. From what I could see, he was instrumental in almost all of our good attacking moves at Vale Park and the Mem...

If we can sign him, then that would be another big coup... although if we can't, I can't help feeling that his loan deal here isn't really getting us very far in the long run...

Matt

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Good preview Matt :) only thing I noticed was that the header of the page (the bit that you can read in your system tray along the bottom of your screen when SZ is minimised) says it is the Gillingham preview.

Like the milk ad pic ;)

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Good preview Matt :) only thing I noticed was that the header of the page (the bit that you can read in your system tray along the bottom of your screen when SZ is minimised) says it is the Gillingham preview.

Like the milk ad pic ;)

**Notes that there's something else to attend to on Sunday night / Monday morning**

:cry:

 

[sufcintheprem]

Admittedly, I've only seen the highlights... but I can't believe that people aren't purring themselves silly about young Eric. From what I could see, he was instrumental in almost all of our good attacking moves at Vale Park and the Mem...

If we can sign him, then that would be another big coup... although if we can't, I can't help feeling that his loan deal here isn't really getting us very far in the long run...

Matt

I think you've summed up his situation pretty much perfectly there.

I think Tilly would love to sign him but he seems highly rated at Leicester and I can't imagine they would let him go. This leaves Tilson with the potential problem of having strikers on the books who just haven't scored any league goals this season. Even with Clarke, we risk getting in to a decent position and then not having anyone with any form to step up to help our push. It seems that until we're more certain about the future of either Clarke or Odhiambo, we can't start with both of them. Then again, if they are the current best two strikers at the club or the combination most likely to win a game of football, can we afford not to play them both?

One final thing worth mentioning on Odhiambo is that it's always easier for pacy players coming on when they are following a more physical player. I have little doubt that Harrold would have tired his marker and eased the way somewhat for Odhiambo.

 

[HUTTON]

Good preview, good work guys

 

[mattytheshrimper]

major withdrawl syptoms after missing a few games due to holiday. can't wait to watch the blues again.

 

[rowhst101rhall]

Gilbert in for Hunt and Eric to start instead of Harrold. rest unchanged, that's my hope for today.

 

[loz]

One final thing worth mentioning on Odhiambo is that it's always easier for pacy players coming on when they are following a more physical player. I have little doubt that Harrold would have tired his marker and eased the way somewhat for Odhiambo.

very good point. whatever your opinion of Harrold, it's difficult to deny that he at least makes his marker work hard- the balance Tilly has to get right (and it's not an easy decision) is between that and the advantages of having Eric on earlier to give him more time to acclimatise/make an impact.