[shakermaker]

From my viewpoint it looked as though both penalty decisions were soft at best. The first decision was bought as Shaquille (really?) Coulthirst was just waiting to get into the box before running into Adam Buxton's leg. Very cheap, very unfair. After seeing the second decision again it looks as though Dean was trying to play the ball and unfortunately caught his man. Again - soft.

I thought a draw would have been fair despite Southend being physically stronger. Yes, Myles Weston fired straight at Luke Simpson a couple of times - but James Gray ballooned our best chance in the first half after a great move, all because he tried a futsal finish instead of prioritising the target.

We are weak in central midfield. Nicky Hunt was absent aside from covering Buxton's full back position. Had he imposed himself more on the opposition in central areas, Josh Windass might have got on the ball more and created chances.

I'm not too worried about the overall quality of the team because, as was mentioned earlier in the thread, we look a whole lot better than at this time last year. Lots of room for improvement though. Hope we can bring in a first team standard midfield player and not just a kid on loan from the Prem.

One last grumble: There are too many yellow boots and Alice bands in the side for the level of performance at the moment. Certain players need to realise their level, get their work ethic sorted and actually achieve something before acting like accomplished pro's!

On a more positive note, congratulations to Buzzer on making the best pitch I've ever seen at the Crown. Well done.