Southend United Thread

Hi All, Southend fan here. Not related to the game, but I thought you might like to see our local paper's report on your manager and his sportsmanship. The view is held by a lot of Southend fans as well. You should all be proud of him as sportsmanship is seldom seen in pro football these days.

I tried posting this earlier but it appears to have disappeared up its own behind. Anyway, good luck for the rest of the season.

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/1...p-of-accrington-stanley-manager-john-coleman/
 
Exile on Spencer St said:
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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Have to agree Johnson isn't a brilliant defender his qualities are going forward maybe it's a position along with left back if Anderton goes to fill in January.
 
andyd said:
Have to agree Johnson isn't a brilliant defender his qualities are going forward maybe it's a position along with left back if Anderton goes to fill in January.
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I know someone else who aint a brilliant defender, a bit better than johnson slightly in that respect, but this ones qualities are sideways and backwards.:rolleyes:
 
I agree about Johnson great going forward but not the best defensively. Got cought out on Sat in midfield and poor finishing.we need a scrappy 1 nill from somewhere.we need to get out of this quickly or I fear for us as we are bottom at the form table.
 
Lord Love Rocket said:
I agree about Johnson great going forward but not the best defensively. Got cought out on Sat in midfield and poor finishing.we need a scrappy 1 nill from somewhere.we need to get out of this quickly or I fear for us as we are bottom at the form table.
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think our early season form got some thinking a bit above themselves where stanley were concerned. all clubs have good and bad runs and dare i say we are too good to go down. would take our position that we are in at the moment as our finishing position and would still think we,ve had a good season.
 
Keep the faith. We could still sneak promotion playoff place.
However, I feel that means Kee has to start scoring, or someone has to instead. Whatever your opinion of his form might be, or whether the system is not helping him, two goals from open play is dreadful.
 
Lord Didsbury said:
Keep the faith. We could still sneak promotion playoff place.
However, I feel that means Kee has to start scoring, or someone has to instead. Whatever your opinion of his form might be, or whether the system is not helping him, two goals from open play is dreadful.
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its one hell of a long shot possible but not probable i think.
 
cashman said:
seemed ok to me, best of british to the lad,
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he will need it tomorrow as he will be making his home debut. it will not be like playing at the wham as any slight mistake he makes will be treated with more than a few comments from the poolie faithfull. more than a few fans up there are very unforgiving.
 
monkey hanger said:
he will need it tomorrow as he will be making his home debut. it will not be like playing at the wham as any slight mistake he makes will be treated with more than a few comments from the poolie faithfull.
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Not like playing at the Wham??????
Recall there were more than a few negative comments on here when Harvey played his first game after returning.
 
Lord Stiffupperlip said:
Not like playing at the Wham??????
Recall there were more than a few negative comments on here when Harvey played his first game after returning.
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on the whole stanley fans are quite supportive of players on the pitch apart from a regular few in the jack barrett. pools fans will get on anyones back even the captain if he looses the toss.
 
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