StanleyVictorCollymore
Striker
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Good evening all.
Below is a list of clubs that I have either met with, zoom called, phone called or messaged.
As I mentioned, 80 of the 100 pro clubs in the country I have a professional relationship with so many informal communications are ongoing. But with my Southend United email I went one further and officially communicated with the same people to see that the club is open to two way relationships, that we do things formally as well as informally and that we do our business on the correct manner.
The list of clubs below fall into the following categories.
1. Premier League ( can only loan in windows)
2. EFL ( can loan all year round)
3. Confirmed players who are available for loan.
4. Confirmed players available for loan and maybe available permanent beyond a loan.
5. Invitations to BCD games to watch potential loanees.
6. Establishing good working relationships with clubs who can use Southend United regularly to loan their better players, even if they are ready to play higher.
7. A first communication to set out our club vision and ambition.
Every club below is somewhere on that scale and I'm afraid Bob from Rayleigh isn't getting which club and where they are on that list save to say these clubs now have an open door to us, in many cases we them, and our professionalism, conduct, long standing trust and relationships built over decades will bear fruit.
The feedback generally is that loans or potential permanent players put towards a club with 6000 plus loyal supporters with real points and pressure is a no brainer for them, likewise us.
I hope by showing you the list below ( do not read into any individual player, that is not what this exercise is for. I repeat, this is not "who's coming to us" bingo) you finally and without ambiguity see the level I operate at, how quickly and how extensively, with a range of working agreements that Southend United may forge, with opportunities that may we come as a consequence.
This is not for publication in the Echo or any other news outlet, should it turn up on any Southend fans forum as a screenshot this will be the first and last "here's an indicator of the work we are doing ". It is an indication of what work is going on along with recruitment, scouting and more pieces of the jigsaw to come.
In every qualification game prior to the 2018 World Cup, the Icelandic manager ( I was invited in said supporters meeting before the game where they qualified) would give the team sheet to supporters before local or national media.
At any point during the qualifying process, those teams could have been leaked by one of the 200 fans in the official supporters pub.
He delivered that team himself as proof of everyone being in it together. A test of trust
Not one Iceland team leaked, all supporters had their phones, social media and opportunity to break that trust.
So I'm doing the same with this. Should the Trust be broken that's fine, you'll get nothing of any note from me informally again, everything will be via official club communication.
Stan Collymore. Southend United Senior Football Strategist.
Liverpool
Brentford
Leicester City
Nottingham Forest
Lincoln City
Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea
Aston Villa
West Ham United
Manchester City
Brighton and Hove Albion
Exeter City
Leyton Orient
AFC Bournemouth
Cardiff City
Bristol City
Ipswich Town
Bolton Wanderers
Sunderland AFC
Everton
Northampton Town
Swansea City
Charlton Athletic
Middlesbrough
Wycombe Wanderers
Salford City
Cheltenham Town
Forest Green Rovers
WBA
Millwall
Crawley Town
Scunthorpe United
Port Vale
Stoke City
Walsall
Bradford City
QPR
Fleetwood Town
Morecambe
Oxford United
Hull City
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth
Peterborough
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Southampton
Celtic
Aberdeen
Swindon Town
Arsenal
Wigan Athletic
Below is a list of clubs that I have either met with, zoom called, phone called or messaged.
As I mentioned, 80 of the 100 pro clubs in the country I have a professional relationship with so many informal communications are ongoing. But with my Southend United email I went one further and officially communicated with the same people to see that the club is open to two way relationships, that we do things formally as well as informally and that we do our business on the correct manner.
The list of clubs below fall into the following categories.
1. Premier League ( can only loan in windows)
2. EFL ( can loan all year round)
3. Confirmed players who are available for loan.
4. Confirmed players available for loan and maybe available permanent beyond a loan.
5. Invitations to BCD games to watch potential loanees.
6. Establishing good working relationships with clubs who can use Southend United regularly to loan their better players, even if they are ready to play higher.
7. A first communication to set out our club vision and ambition.
Every club below is somewhere on that scale and I'm afraid Bob from Rayleigh isn't getting which club and where they are on that list save to say these clubs now have an open door to us, in many cases we them, and our professionalism, conduct, long standing trust and relationships built over decades will bear fruit.
The feedback generally is that loans or potential permanent players put towards a club with 6000 plus loyal supporters with real points and pressure is a no brainer for them, likewise us.
I hope by showing you the list below ( do not read into any individual player, that is not what this exercise is for. I repeat, this is not "who's coming to us" bingo) you finally and without ambiguity see the level I operate at, how quickly and how extensively, with a range of working agreements that Southend United may forge, with opportunities that may we come as a consequence.
This is not for publication in the Echo or any other news outlet, should it turn up on any Southend fans forum as a screenshot this will be the first and last "here's an indicator of the work we are doing ". It is an indication of what work is going on along with recruitment, scouting and more pieces of the jigsaw to come.
In every qualification game prior to the 2018 World Cup, the Icelandic manager ( I was invited in said supporters meeting before the game where they qualified) would give the team sheet to supporters before local or national media.
At any point during the qualifying process, those teams could have been leaked by one of the 200 fans in the official supporters pub.
He delivered that team himself as proof of everyone being in it together. A test of trust
Not one Iceland team leaked, all supporters had their phones, social media and opportunity to break that trust.
So I'm doing the same with this. Should the Trust be broken that's fine, you'll get nothing of any note from me informally again, everything will be via official club communication.
Stan Collymore. Southend United Senior Football Strategist.
Liverpool
Brentford
Leicester City
Nottingham Forest
Lincoln City
Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea
Aston Villa
West Ham United
Manchester City
Brighton and Hove Albion
Exeter City
Leyton Orient
AFC Bournemouth
Cardiff City
Bristol City
Ipswich Town
Bolton Wanderers
Sunderland AFC
Everton
Northampton Town
Swansea City
Charlton Athletic
Middlesbrough
Wycombe Wanderers
Salford City
Cheltenham Town
Forest Green Rovers
WBA
Millwall
Crawley Town
Scunthorpe United
Port Vale
Stoke City
Walsall
Bradford City
QPR
Fleetwood Town
Morecambe
Oxford United
Hull City
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth
Peterborough
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Southampton
Celtic
Aberdeen
Swindon Town
Arsenal
Wigan Athletic
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