Southend United Thread

Perhaps more concerning than today's defeat is Mr Coleman's post match admission that he's repeating himself after every game.
'The score didn't reflect the game. We should have won. We didn't deserve to lose' etc etc.
All the above may be true, but after 4 league defeats in a row I don't think 'We've got to work harder' is fair on our players.
I wasn't at the match today, but at every game I've attended the players have always given 100% - win or lose.
I'd be interested to know from those who were at today's game whether they agree that the defeat was down to lack of player effort?
Or is it simply that we're up against better players & smarter tactics.
Last season we got knocked out of every cup in the first round & ended up winning the league.
I hope this season won't be one where we have cup success & end up in a relegation battle.
 
Certainly not true to say that the players failed to give 100%. Without exception they did their best in atrocious conditions. Southend's first goal looked suspiciously offside, their second goal came from a failure to clear from defence, and their third was the result of a Stanley player being caught in possession. I thought we played well and created good chances - but we failed to make them count. As an aside, we were faced with another set of inept officials. The assistant referee nearest to us was clueless.
 
Stick by what I said.
Go two up top and you must have a defensive minded midfielder in.
Situation is even worse when your two up top have a bad day ....... which is exactly what happened.
I could see it coming and sure everyone else did when the third went in.
Another big test next week ......
 
both stanley and southend were out of form in the league. we are in our usual november/december slump. lets hope we get back to winning ways on boxing day as plymouth away will be another really tough game as they seem to have picked up a bit lately.
 
Don't buy this usual time of year slump we earned our right to be in this league and we are in a period of transition as we were when we were promoted from the conference we haven't done badly but it's pretty clear to me and probably to the management team some players aren't league 1 quality and as we aren't a cash rich club we can't just buy our way upwards. It wil take time 2 to 3 seasons to become established at this level and along with the marvellous off field work being done to the stadium and surrounding area we are going in the right direction.
 
I was talking about how they hit us on the break Exile. Defensively in midfield we looked short.
Agreed Barlaser and Finlay are good offensively but if it breaks down we look vulnerable.
Only my opinion before I got shot down.
 
Twenty Eight said:
I was talking about how they hit us on the break Exile. Defensively in midfield we looked short.
Agreed Barlaser and Finlay are good offensively but if it breaks down we look vulnerable.
Only my opinion before I got shot down.
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So who would you have started with twenty eight? Scott or let me guess your son?? More importantly who would you have left out? Young Dan? He's twice the player your lad is... what a joke you are... clueless old man
 
Stop with the personal insults and start having a sensible debate.
Personally I’d have only played one up top supported by Finlay from midfield and dropped Scott Brown in.
However if you go with two then one of Barlaser and Finlay had to be sacrificed to get a bit of cover.
Big choice for the Manager.
Nothing to stop changing your formation during a game is there ?
It’s an opinion - you know what forums are about.
 
I bet there's a lot of Accrington fans ...... well maybe the other 87 that were there Saturday who agree with me. Don't be deceived by the highlights. We were wide open through the middle.
Don't have to be a Manager to see what's right in front of your eyes.
Anything constructive to say or more sarcasm and smileys ?
 
Wynonie Harris said:
Although we have the occasional heated discussion, personal insults, veiled threats and nastiness are not what this forum is about. Can we cut it out please?
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Wynonie - which is exactly what I'm doing. Please don't paint me with that brush.

The threats from him have already been deleted.
Moving on ......
 
Twenty Eight said:
I bet there's a lot of Accrington fans ...... well maybe the other 87 that were there Saturday who agree with me. Don't be deceived by the highlights. We were wide open through the middle.
Don't have to be a Manager to see what's right in front of your eyes.
Anything constructive to say or more sarcasm and smileys ?
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I was one of the 88 and what stood out like a flashing red light throughout the first half was that Southend targeted almost all of their attacks down their left wing. They’d clearly targeted Johnson as the easier option of the back four. Johnson has many qualities but he’s not the strongest defensively. Any support a defensive midfielder, or indeed Clark who was wide on the right, could have provided would have been negated because they simply lobbed the ball, into the wind, over the heads of any midfield. Certainly the third goal exposed how easy it was for Southend’s MotM to race through the middle and score, but the other two (and more critical) goals both came down the left side.
The other issue I noticed was Stanley’s determination to play out from the back. This is laudable and i’m NOT suggesting the should revert to lumping long balls every time. But, with Southend’s forwards pressing the Stanley defenders, it meant that progress was often slow and, by the time the ball got near their goalmouth, there were two rows of four defenders crowding their box.
Again, I’m not convinced that having a more defensive midfielder would have had helped avoid two of the three goals.
The chances are being created but, as Southend showed, they need to be taken.
 
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