ShrimplyTheBest
Coach
Chelsea game aside, these last few weeks have been more and more worrying for the club... With our success over the last few years has come an ever increasing fan base with ever increasing expectations and with the team now failing to meet these expectations yesterday, for the first time, I wondered could we be heading back from whence we came?!
Now I actually agree with Tilly, we played alright yesterday, we didn't take our chances, and I said at the time when they went down to 10 men “we won't score now!!!” When a team goes down to 10 men they just park the bus and defend thus leaving no gaps to exploit. That said; questions remain over the players picked for yesterday afternoons latest abject display.
Last season the success over our side was largely based on a midfield that dominated most games. There was fight and there was creativity that carried a largely non-existent strike force to the brink of a return to the Championship. This season I feel on paper our fully fit strike force would be one of the best in the league, but the midfield, what midfield??? This is the route of all our problems. The reason everyone is having a pop at the defence and the reason the strikers are not scoring is we have a midfield that simply cannot compete at this level...
We have been exceptionally unlucky with injuries and loan signings papered over the cracks but its come to the point now where we just need to make the most of what we have. Tilly has fallen out with too many players - its time to make some bold decisions before its too late:
LM
What can I say... For my money we now only have one player at the club who can play on the left wing and that is dear old Richie Foran. Without wishing to open that can of worms again - whatever he has done given our current plight we have to consider bringing him back in! Can we atleast see something for the money we are paying him to p1ss on a Saturday night in Mayhem!!! Failing this we need to buy somebody and fast...
CM
That would allow the Moose to play in his rightful position in the middle as the one player who actually looks capable of passing a football. In turn we would only have to play one of Christophe/Grant in the middle, they are ball winners with no creativity, we only need one. Hurry up and get fit Macca!!! Maybe we've been lucky to have dominating midfielders like Bailey and Sawyer in recent times but what would we give now to have King Kev back. Well its time for the Moose to fulfill his potential but he’s certainly not going to do that on the left wing...
RM
The fact Tilly subbed Betsy at Half-time yesterday says it all, quite frankly his recent performances have been nothing short of dreadful. Worse than Tommy Black and that’s saying something! I'm sure when Black was released it was done with the idea of a certain Damien Scannell coming to prominence. For me, this is now a bigger question that needs answering than the Foran saga, what has this boy done wrong?!? He is the one midfielder we have who is capable of beating a man, put a cross in, or getting a shot away. He proved this again yesterday. Yet has been given little or no time on the pitch. Without doubt our best player in pre-season and while we have put up with weeks and weeks of utter rubbish from Betsy he still doesn't get a chance. In fact O'Keefe even gets on in front of him now as an attacking outlet. But what happened yesterday actually took it to a new level. When we signed Theo Robinson yesterday, somebody complained "but we need wingers"?! I joked "its alright, strikers are wingers". And blow me down Betsy gives another performance worthy of worst ever in a Southend shirt and who comes on to replace him on the right wing?! That right our new striker Theo Robinson. When Scannell did come on in the little time he did have he created something out of nothing and came as close to anyone to getting us level. For gods sake give Scannell a chance!!! He has to start now - If Walker gets one why doesn't Damien?!?
Ideally if we can find the right players for the right price we will paper over these cracks, but not before we haver signed another striker first. Now if Theo Robinson can't get a runout upfront when we have 3 strikers out injured what chance will he have when 2 of them are back and we sign another one to replace Revell. According to Tilly on BBC Essex these we are desperately seeking a target man?! To be fair it we need one to suit our new long ball style of football but what exactly is the point of Theo Robinson...
To summarise - Ron, don't worry about the stadium we need your help now! Tilly its time to grow some balls, forgive and forget, and play people in there rightful positions. Then maybe, just maybe, we will have a chance of staying up!!!
Up the blues :)
Now I actually agree with Tilly, we played alright yesterday, we didn't take our chances, and I said at the time when they went down to 10 men “we won't score now!!!” When a team goes down to 10 men they just park the bus and defend thus leaving no gaps to exploit. That said; questions remain over the players picked for yesterday afternoons latest abject display.
Last season the success over our side was largely based on a midfield that dominated most games. There was fight and there was creativity that carried a largely non-existent strike force to the brink of a return to the Championship. This season I feel on paper our fully fit strike force would be one of the best in the league, but the midfield, what midfield??? This is the route of all our problems. The reason everyone is having a pop at the defence and the reason the strikers are not scoring is we have a midfield that simply cannot compete at this level...
We have been exceptionally unlucky with injuries and loan signings papered over the cracks but its come to the point now where we just need to make the most of what we have. Tilly has fallen out with too many players - its time to make some bold decisions before its too late:
LM
What can I say... For my money we now only have one player at the club who can play on the left wing and that is dear old Richie Foran. Without wishing to open that can of worms again - whatever he has done given our current plight we have to consider bringing him back in! Can we atleast see something for the money we are paying him to p1ss on a Saturday night in Mayhem!!! Failing this we need to buy somebody and fast...
CM
That would allow the Moose to play in his rightful position in the middle as the one player who actually looks capable of passing a football. In turn we would only have to play one of Christophe/Grant in the middle, they are ball winners with no creativity, we only need one. Hurry up and get fit Macca!!! Maybe we've been lucky to have dominating midfielders like Bailey and Sawyer in recent times but what would we give now to have King Kev back. Well its time for the Moose to fulfill his potential but he’s certainly not going to do that on the left wing...
RM
The fact Tilly subbed Betsy at Half-time yesterday says it all, quite frankly his recent performances have been nothing short of dreadful. Worse than Tommy Black and that’s saying something! I'm sure when Black was released it was done with the idea of a certain Damien Scannell coming to prominence. For me, this is now a bigger question that needs answering than the Foran saga, what has this boy done wrong?!? He is the one midfielder we have who is capable of beating a man, put a cross in, or getting a shot away. He proved this again yesterday. Yet has been given little or no time on the pitch. Without doubt our best player in pre-season and while we have put up with weeks and weeks of utter rubbish from Betsy he still doesn't get a chance. In fact O'Keefe even gets on in front of him now as an attacking outlet. But what happened yesterday actually took it to a new level. When we signed Theo Robinson yesterday, somebody complained "but we need wingers"?! I joked "its alright, strikers are wingers". And blow me down Betsy gives another performance worthy of worst ever in a Southend shirt and who comes on to replace him on the right wing?! That right our new striker Theo Robinson. When Scannell did come on in the little time he did have he created something out of nothing and came as close to anyone to getting us level. For gods sake give Scannell a chance!!! He has to start now - If Walker gets one why doesn't Damien?!?
Ideally if we can find the right players for the right price we will paper over these cracks, but not before we haver signed another striker first. Now if Theo Robinson can't get a runout upfront when we have 3 strikers out injured what chance will he have when 2 of them are back and we sign another one to replace Revell. According to Tilly on BBC Essex these we are desperately seeking a target man?! To be fair it we need one to suit our new long ball style of football but what exactly is the point of Theo Robinson...
To summarise - Ron, don't worry about the stadium we need your help now! Tilly its time to grow some balls, forgive and forget, and play people in there rightful positions. Then maybe, just maybe, we will have a chance of staying up!!!
Up the blues :)
