Post-Match Thread and Ratings Forest Green 2-2 Southend United..We win on Penalites 4-2

[Jim Levenstein]

Omg I love football

 

[duncan bulgaria]

Mather’s line up was decent imo , walker deserved to be benched and Hopper ran himself into the ground

By far the better side in the first half but FG were resilient and limited us to some half chances , Goodlifes header was as good you will see at any level …..unstoppable

I feel we needed to keep it at 1-0 for 15 mins to clam ourselves , let them make some panic subs and then defend for our lives but they got the equaliser

From then on it appeared we had ran out of steam and a few players looked out in their feet , Leon wasn’t his usual self and Kendall huffed and puffed bit nothing really came off for him .

Could only see them winning it the further the game went on and Cards made a difference when he came on - so glad he didn’t start to be fair and the turning point was his chance he fired wide

I always felt there would be one final chance but felt it would be FG that would nick it 3-1 but what a move and what a goal to equalise - what a time for Bridge to step up and calmly score his most important goal of his career .

Don’t want to dwell on their second goal but do think we could and should have done better - not a night to slag anyone off but it must poses some questions in Mahers head for selection

Anyway Wembley it is and fully deserved , what a night , what a team , what a club

Massive ask with the energy we have lost over the past week with extra time but let’s believe

 

[Streaky]

Jack Bridge…

Not had a great season but steps up and scores the most important goal for years to take us to pens.

Coolly scored his pen tonight

Does a lot of community work, Junior Blues, etc.

Stayed with us through the awful times without a contract

A player that will go down in our history

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

@blues exile @Tangled up in Blue

Que sera sera ……

 

[jarvisyeh]

Atmosphere at Roots Hall? I presume the same as at Forest Green

I live near Len Forge and I could hear the crowd when Bridge scored and then again when Gus put away the winning penalty.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Lucky I'm typing and not writing this because I'm still shaking and you wouldn't understand a word! We're improving....at least it wasn't a 122nd minute minute equaliser...........and didn't we go behind in the penalty shoot out against Wycombe? It was as up and down as Rochdale but extra time was rather more dramatic. I still can't quite believe it. I've just booked the flight out of Toulouse for my daughter and I......hope I got the right date, I'm in such a state. Sleeping ain't going to be easy. Brilliant performance and Gus scoring the winning penalty was just pure theatre.

 

[SHRIMPERPETER]

What a rollercoaster in the shootout even! The miss to start, Bridge business as usual, Gubbins with an absolute peach, thought Bonne's had come back off the post even and Sercombe was bottom of my list of theirs to miss.

Yeah just been given motm too

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

I thought we did rather well

 

[TSG]

Wow....I'm sitting in the spoons with a very large vodka & coke, not quite believing what I've just seen!

Amazing atmosphere at the Hall & safe travels back for those at the game.

I don't know what else to say, what a club, what a result, see you at Wembley

 

[SHRIMPERPETER]

We'll be in red then at Wembley?

 

[Whispering Bob]

OMG! - it will take a while for me to compose myself and summarise properly - but one thing I need to say now was that Cav Miley was absolutely outstanding when he came on!
See you at Wembley you lovely Shrimpers.

 

[Leeboy]

just popped to the shops, did I miss anything?

 

[Che's Left Foot]

Decent result that

 

[Leeboy]

saw @leeblue and @D1versity ugly mugs on the pitch at the end

 

[dusterman]

Where we all drinking on 1st June?

Coach and Horses, Bow Street. Best Guinness outside Dublin.

 

[Trucking shrimper]

I really should have doubled up on my blood pressure meds today!

 

[Uncle_Rons_Teapot]

**** me backwards with a pineapple! I love football

 

[Callum]

As king Kev says this club don’t know when it’s beaten

 

[Shrimper Brownie]

Write that on your iPad Cotterill

 

[Maidstone Shrimper]

They thought it was all over... but it never is with Southend. What a quality bit of play from Jack Bridge for his goal. So pleased for him. And when Gubbins stepped up to take a penalty, how many of us thought WTF..... another good decision by Kev. Everyone at the club deserved tonight's win... players, management, fans and of course COSU. Thank you COSU.