Official Match Thread Tranmere Rovers vs Southend United

[MisterStubbs]

Kyle Taylor’s playing rugby.

 

[Danshrimper]

We don’t have a single player who can consistently shoot on target, we have no chance of winning any games if we don’t sign someone that can shoot.

 

[OrangeyBrown]

And hes going to do what??

Hold the ball up? Provide a bit of experience and guile up top? Score goals? You know what a forward does right?

 

[Stuart W]

I really think just a couple of decent forwards would do wonders. How close is Akinola to coming back? We desperately need him

What, so our watertight defence is good enough?

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Everyone holding their breath for Akinola ... he's not the answer

 

[Chapperz]

Christ on a bike! Taylor puts the ball out of the stadium from 9 yards!

Judging distances isn't your speciality is it?

 

[Austin the Shrimper]

Was there another statement by Ron?

 

[OrangeyBrown]

What, so our watertight defence is good enough?

Majority of the goals we're conceding are from set pieces. Today we've conceded from a deep free kick and a freak deflected goal. When you're conceding from set pieces that can be coachable. You can't coach Acquah to suddenly develop a goalscoring instinct.

Our defence is poor, but our attack is far worse.

 

[SUBBlue]

If you don't shoot you don't score.

Exactly, ?% agree.
We just don’t take enough pots at goal.
You can run, pass & ‘work hard’ til your balls fall off but it won’t win games on its own.?

 

[southendkid]

What, so our watertight defence is good enough?

Aside from the first goal the defence has been fine today, the second was just bad luck. Plus with better attacking players we wouldn't lose the ball anywhere near as much and the defence would be under less pressure.

 

[superblue24]

Judging distances isn't your speciality is it?

You sure? He was about 3 yards inside the box

 

[Tampa Blue]

I'm gone now - 50 years and now have had it, good luck guys and enjoy the rest of the season!

 

[Shrimper]

230 mins and counting without a goal

 

[Worcester Shrimper64]

Hold the ball up? Provide a bit of experience and guile up top? Score goals? You know what a forward does right?

 

[Barling Magna]

Time for Goodship now, surely.....

 

[Chapperz]

You sure? He was about 3 yards inside the box

Box is 18 yards out.

 

[Stuart W]

Majority of the goals we're conceding are from set pieces. Today we've conceded from a deep free kick and a freak deflected goal. When you're conceding from set pieces that can be coachable. You can't coach Acquah to suddenly develop a goalscoring instinct.

Our defence is poor, but our attack is far worse.

Actually I don't think we can coach either defenders or forwards.

 

[jackj13]

At least give the guy a chance to, I don't know, actually step foot on the pitch for us?

 

[Austin the Shrimper]

Surely MM should be looking to change something here?

 

[Danshrimper]

What, so our watertight defence is good enough?

A decent striker and we would have been 2-0 up before our defence had a chance to give away a goal from a set piece. A defender would be welcome but a striker has to he a priority.