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Post-Match Thread and Ratings Southend United 1-0 Oldham Athletic

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Leon was brilliant today. I just love his directness. As soon as he gets the ball it feels like a chance is coming and 3 or 4 times it happened today - including for the goal.

KAF played well, as much on the defensive side as attacking.

All the subs were spot on. Miley made one great tackle and Bridge protected the ball and made some good tackles around our box. I was pleased about those two, as they haven’t been at their best but I feel they’ve had a bit too much criticism.

Oldhams only chance came from Hayes missing or miscuing a punch. He looks a bit hesitant in a mix and definitely something to work on.

Bonne ran and ran, and got a few really good balls into the box. Lots of people really praising him on here tonight, but personally I would have liked to see him be a bit braver in a few tackles, and I do think he should have done better with a couple of headers at goal too. So still has a way to go for me.

A MOTM performance from Bonne wasn’t the only thing I didn’t see. I didn’t see either handball. It sounds like most people did though, so it may be my time to get down the opticians
 
Yorkshire Blue said:
Couldn’t be prouder of the team and the club tonight.

Justin and the rest of COSU must be absolutely buzzing. This is vindication of their vision (and their investment) with a bumper crowd and a rocking North Bank witnessing yet another statement win following the wins v Halifax and Altrincham.

Add in draws at Forest Green and I suppose Tamworth and that win at Eastleigh and we’ve played 6 playoff chasing teams in the last and month and a bit and have won 3 and drawn 3 of them. We may have had a blip Tuesday at Boston but this team is on a charge who teams will be hoping to avoid the playoffs.

What is so impressive is how Maher has rebuilt the team on the fly. Just three of our starting line-up from opening day were in the starting line-up today - and one of those was Joe Gubbins who probably wasn’t first choice then or now. Hayes, Goodliffe, KAF, Parillon, Bonne and Hopper weren’t even at the club. They’ve all be integrated into the starting line-up and moulded into a team.

At the heart of the team is Tom Hopper. He’s lost a bit of pace but the work-rate is exceptional. He sets the tone and doesn’t allow the opposition defence to rest. They have to fight for every ball and he just doesn’t let them get easy clearances. Playing against him is playing in hard mode. I was sceptical of his signing but he is exactly what this team was missing. He won’t have the same goal threat as Cardwell had but he transforms this side. Alongside him Bonne looks rejuvenated. Had he been this fit in September we’d likely be talking about trying to get home advantage rather than just make the playoffs. I’d expect a close season story from Chris Phillips about how he’d fallen out of love with football but has now rekindled it.

KAF got a lot of plaudits today and whilst he buzzed all over the place, scored another header and was largely effective he was also the reason we didn’t win by more. Three times he got the ball in space with a man unmarked and three times he got his ball wrong. For now I’ll take the positive that he was getting in those positions but this is something to keep an eye on going forward where he may need a bit more composure and quality on his final ball. He has however earnt his place in the side.

The star of midfield though is Parillon. He’s the player people thought Moncur was. He glides past players like they aren’t there but has some end product as well. One of our big priorities in the summer is to find a plan B for when he gets snapped up. Mad to think he was playing part-time football just two months ago.

I thought Maher got all the subs right. Miley solidified midfield, Coker added some more energy, Ralph and Bridge‘s experience helped see us over the line. The only other change I may have made was up front where I think we could have done with some pace - where was Kendall?

We’ve now got a deeper squad and we made the most of it. It was also a good way to get players returning from injury up to speed, although I did worry we had too many of them on the pitch at the same time. A word too for Gubbins. I think he had another quietly impressive game. He might be our best crosser in the squad. That left peg of his is surprisingly cultured. We might need to give him some more support in front of him though.

So great to have Roots Hall rocking. Soak it in. We’re in the business end of the season and we’re performing in front some of our biggest crowds of the season.
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I think KM had a word with Hopper about Hobson today, 2 or 3 times in the first half he absolutely clattered him (fairly) and won possession when SH was trying to play it out from the back. So good to see us on the winning end of a physical 1-0.
 
TSG said:
First half Flaws Cost Us

The Mellon speaks;

"We spoke about the game and spoke about how we believed they (Southend) were going to react to getting beat during the week and what their situation was, and we just didn't heed the warning and just didn't come out of the traps quick enough," said the Scot.

"We spoke about it and spoke about it and there's enough experience in there to understand that's what we needed to happen.

"We gave away, from our point of view, a poor goal from a breakaway and we can be a bit more aggressive in dealing with the save the goalkeeper makes. But in the second half we showed much, much more. We tweaked the shape a little bit to get some more energy, more legs and more urgency if you like into the team and looked more like ourselves in the second half. But if you're going to give yourself a goal to chase, because of the way we contributed to the result in the first half, you're going to make it very difficult."

"You give them the opportunity to slow it down, which we would do to be fair, we would do the same.

"We were a lot better in the second half and played with a lot more urgency and the types of performances and urgency that's needed at this stage of the season."

(From theoldhamtimes.co.uk)
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What a load of bollocks! I don't think Oldham were ever in it.
 
OreotheShrimper said:
What a load of bollocks! I don't think Oldham were ever in it.
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I think some of the Oldham faithful agree with you as one of their fan sites have a 'Micky Mellon Sack Watch', which is getting new posts as I write (I believe its on its 147th page starting from last season!)

They even have their own Wiggy 😁:

'The season is over.

We need to start preparing for next season. Carlisle will be tricky customers. With the money lost, I fear we could be a community non league club for a long time.'
 
bazzashrimper said:
And one other thought. The usual chap who reads out the subs normally says their names wrong, not the wrong names as happened twice today
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Ha ha...Micky left for an event half time so I took over mic duties.

Problem is, hard to see the board from the South East corner AND the fourth official looked to have put a 9 up! That's why he took it down after 2 seconds as he realised he was wrong.

Perhaps it was a 19 and i coudlmt see the 1. Regarding Hobson, same mistake, saw a 5 but couldn't see the 1 for the 15 from my angle.

Oops!
 
JCB said:
Some fans just boo any ex-player, Coker regularly gets stick when he turns up - just mental to me. Get it with some players but Hobson, and indeed Coker, served us well and left on good terms
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I don't think it's terrible as long as it is done properly. Best I ever saw was when I went to watch Cardiff play the day before the LDV final. Graham Kavanagh was lining up for the opposition and was a Cardiff legend. He got massive applause before and after, but during the game every touch was booed. During those 90 minutes, he was the enemy.

Hobbo, I am sure, would have got a warm reception after the game from our fans if he'd sought it out.
 
Strykr said:
Credit where its due, got it right today, and was good to see him fired up at the end, he's obviously passionate about the club and i'd like to see more of that.
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If you mean Maher, today was his 634th game involved with the club, overtaking Steve Tilson and setting a new club record. Those of us who have witnessed both are very privileged, I doubt we will see the like again. I hope we also will see days where our head coaches don't have to loan money for players to fill their tanks with petrol just to get to training, or money for food.

Kevin Maher is a legend, there would be no Southend United without him and I hope he is still part of our club for many years to come.
 
Jai said:
I don't think it's terrible as long as it is done properly. Best I ever saw was when I went to watch Cardiff play the day before the LDV final. Graham Kavanagh was lining up for the opposition and was a Cardiff legend. He got massive applause before and after, but during the game every touch was booed. During those 90 minutes, he was the enemy.

Hobbo, I am sure, would have got a warm reception after the game from our fans if he'd sought it out.
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After he had been and thanked the away supporters, as he made his way back past the East to the tunnel, he got a very warm reception from us.
 
Maldon Shrimper said:
After the performance at Boston and then hearing tonight that Golding was unfit and seeing that Goodliffe was in the side was concerned we would get the result we needed.But I shouldn't have worried thought that Goodliffe had a much better game.Yes we got lucky with the handball and if we had VAR in operation then we may have had to settle for a draw.We fully deserved the win and edged closer to the play off spot,will we get there who knows but if we play with the commitment and desire we stand a good chance.On to Sutton for the next Instalment
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If VAR was in operation we would of been 2-0 up as we would of had a penalty of our own for handball in the first half.
 
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