Southend Thread

Sue the contractors .... dig up the pitch .... ask for the use of Rovers or Burnley grounds. All these are big decisions. There is no-one at ASFC capable of making such big decisions.

How ironic that in a week when one of the triumvirate has been publicly begging support, the club is about to lose yet more money because of the need to postpone a game and all that that entails. Apart from the financial loss, it puts yet more pressure on the players who will again have to play two games within a week. It makes a mockery of the "Back the Boys" campaign.
 
Revived Red said:
Sue the contractors .... dig up the pitch .... ask for the use of Rovers or Burnley grounds. All these are big decisions. There is no-one at ASFC capable of making such big decisions.

How ironic that in a week when one of the triumvirate has been publicly begging support, the club is about to lose yet more money because of the need to postpone a game and all that that entails. Apart from the financial loss, it puts yet more pressure on the players who will again have to play two games within a week. It makes a mockery of the "Back the Boys" campaign.
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I don't think we need to look too far ahead, as I can't see the club surviving much longer. This rudderless ship with the ghost of EW at the wheel is going to get blown out of the water. That man will never be forgiven.
 
jaysay said:
there must have been some doubt yesterday, don't think its rained since then,
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Not sure how long for but it did rain fairly hard at one point last night, I know it was throwing it down at 9ish because I checked for somebody else on here.
 
lancsdave said:
Not sure how long for but it did rain fairly hard at one point last night, I know it was throwing it down at 9ish because I checked for somebody else on here.
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Can't have rained that hard Dave, I can always tell if its raining my windows come in for some hammer, heard very little last night, but even so if games are called of after every rain shower, things are looking extremely dodgy
 
Step back for a minute and think what the people who are employed by the Club must be thinking and going through....
 
Willie Miller said:
Our club is going down the pan & it kills me.

We are being run by a man whose only experience of football is videoing the game.

More & more will just not bother like Cashy..... such a shame
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I cut my losses in December - had enough with the whalley and twin farse so quite used to postponements lol BUT couldn't take the upset of the clubs running and unfair on coley and players! Even bollough park was hive of footballing activity this morning - without a groundsman and money spent on pitch, and more chance of being boggier than crown, yet the football played. 70 grand crown pitch yer having a laugh!!!
 
Redraine said:
I don't think we need to look too far ahead, as I can't see the club surviving much longer. This rudderless ship with the ghost of EW at the wheel is going to get blown out of the water. That man will never be forgiven.
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I think if I punched the guy on the nose I would feel much better, for a short while:mad:
 
We have better facilities at University of Manchester than Stanley have. More than 27 football pitches in Northern Moor by the M60 and I was playing on them on Wednesday, I'm pretty sure the pitches get used by a few different local/university leagues for football and rugby several days a week and I have only played on pitch in the state of Stanley's once. I just don't get how it cuts up so much.
 
Revived Red said:
Now, let's see who is actually in charge of the running of the club.
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Pendle Red said:
Step back for a minute and think what the people who are employed by the Club must be thinking and going through....
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why its nowt to do wi them, its the clown responsible fer NO early inspection were the buck stops Simple as. plus what about stanley fans who have travelled n southend fans, why try to water this farce down?
 
Pendle Red said:
Step back for a minute and think what the people who are employed by the Club must be thinking and going through....
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If I were employed by the club, I would think it is being run by self-centred and incompetent numpties.

I wonder if the very recent seminar on match-day experience covered the issues arising from pitch condition and match postponement.
 
cashman said:
why its nowt to do wi them, its the clown responsible fer NO early inspection were the buck stops Simple as. plus what about stanley fans who have travelled n southend fans, why try to water this farce down?
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I think the problem is ( and it's happened on numerous occasions ) they hope that if they wait for the referee to turn up he will be put in a position to play it, especially if the visiting team have travelled some distance. Doesn't work that way. If the pitch is unfit the referee runs the risk of being thrown off the list and even worse sued.

If thats not the case then somebody more qualified should at least check the pitch and see if it's going to warrant an inspection. I've been able to tell half the time if a match is going to be on and I've been nowhere near the ground. As an ex-referee you get an idea what's what, call me :)
 
cashman said:
why its nowt to do wi them, its the clown responsible fer NO early inspection were the buck stops Simple as. plus what about stanley fans who have travelled n southend fans, why try to water this farce down?
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not watering anything down Cashy, they are the ones who will have to deal with it face to face.

Having made the trip over myself which is nothing compared to the Southend supporters trip up there are no excuses for what happened.

I also agree it make's us laughing stock on top of everything else that is bubbling away.
 
Pendle Red said:
not watering anything down Cashy, they are the ones who will have to deal with it face to face.

Having made the trip over myself which is nothing compared to the Southend supporters trip up there are no excuses for what happened.

I also agree it make's us laughing stock on top of everything else that is bubbling away.
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Thats the job they are employed to do! n also why i agree wi revived reds comment, if yeh had said yer last comment before i would not have thought yeh were watering it down.;)
 
lancsdave said:
I think the problem is ( and it's happened on numerous occasions ) they hope that if they wait for the referee to turn up he will be put in a position to play it, especially if the visiting team have travelled some distance. Doesn't work that way. If the pitch is unfit the referee runs the risk of being thrown off the list and even worse sued.

If thats not the case then somebody more qualified should at least check the pitch and see if it's going to warrant an inspection. I've been able to tell half the time if a match is going to be on and I've been nowhere near the ground. As an ex-referee you get an idea what's what, call me :)
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You said last night with the state the pitch was in last week that it was a good chance it'll be off.
 
Spoken to Lew on the phone earlier,the game wasn't called off because of that sanded arear which the ref had inspected not long after he arrived at the ground!!he was happy with that as long as sand was put down,which was done by buzzer.apparently when he came out for a second inspection after the sand was put down he didn't even go anywhere near that area but went to a diffrent arear which had a small amount of standing water and bounced the ball which only half bounced,thats when he called it off not because of the sanded arear.
 
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