Last minute winner

[dannypav]

As you can judge by the thread title , this is very much hypothetical.
Let's say we get a last minute winner to gain promotion , who would you want the scorer to be and why ?

I going to go a bit left field and choose Bonne.
The guy received a shed load of abuse when he started and some of it was possibly justified.
And yes , he needs to score more.
He could have gone under and hid.
But he's knuckled down and done a great job in my opinion.
Loud , aggressive and always making runs.

 

[EastGreenNutter]

If this happens im having a heartattack, but Bonne would be my choice.

 

[Napster]

Kevin Maher.

Picture the scene - he picks himself as a sub as the fringe players have gone ill with food poisoning. It's 1-1 in the 89th minute. He looks at the bench, no-one wants it.
He motions to the ref, I'm coming on.

The ball comes to him on the edge of the box. Takes it on his chest, with one touch he dummies the incoming defender, and knocks it in the top right bins. Imagine the scenes.

 

[Ipswhrimp]

Nice idea for a thread!
For his constant enthusiasm for the club... Hayes goes up for a Cav corner and nods home from close range at the left post.

 

[* ORM *]

Remember these words. Southend’s match winner Walker.

 

[South Bank Hank]

Lee Dixon style epic own goal. We’re under the cosh, all in our own half, with Oldham defence holding firm on the half-way line. Ball gets played back but Southend press hard forcing the Oldham defender to turn and punt it back to the keeper. Except the keeper is only five yards behind the defenders in no man’s land.

The ball trickles gently over the goal line and doesn’t even reach the back of the net, as we watch in slow motion Oldham’s players desperately running back in a failed effort to make the clearance.

Finish like a still from Platoon.

Scenes.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Macauley Bonne - drifting in from the right - bicycle kick from the edge of the box - top corner - absolute mayhem.

 

[dusterman]

100% Harry Taylor.

 

[amsemp]

Bonne would be great for the reasons already mentioned, but I’ve got a feeling his contract won’t be renewed next season, especially if we go up - which would feel really cruel after scoring a Wembley winner.

For that reason, I’m going Coker. One of our own, born in Southend, supports Southend, and at the club since he was 8 years old. He’d be living the dream of every one us of Shrimpers.

 

[amsemp]

Nice idea for a thread!
For his constant enthusiasm for the club... Hayes goes up for a Cav corner and nods home from close range at the left post.

Imagine the absolute scenes

 

[fredheim_holm]

Nice idea for a thread!
For his constant enthusiasm for the club... Hayes goes up for a Cav corner and nods home from close range at the left post.

Why he was up for a corner whilst we're drawing we'll never know.

 

[Latics Fan]

Mike Fondop

 

[amsemp]

Mike Fondop

Mike Fondop own goal. Like it

 

[Morty01]

Collin plays outfield and scores from 40 yards out with a bicycle kick just as the ref was going to blow for full time.

 

[Whispering Bob]

Young Keenan for me. Has become a bit of a cult hero in our household.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Jack Bridge.

The local boy who came through the youth system all the way from a 7(?) year old and made his way into the first team squad before being discarded by Phil Brown in 2018.

In 2020 when he’s out of contract he tries to return to his home town club and has the world’s longest trial, turning down opportunities elsewhere, whilst the club tries unsuccessfully to lift the embargo. He waits so long for matters to be resolved his opportunities evaporate and ends up playing at Concord for half a season before Bromley rescue him.

Undeterred in 2021 he returns despite the manager who let him go being reappointed, despite the financial situation at the club being ever more precarious. His wages are regularly unpaid but he turns in performance after performance as our whole attacking game is funnelled down his side of the pitch.

By the summer of 2023/24 he’s out of contract again but the club is under yet another embargo so can’t offer him a new deal. He turns down a move to EFL Notts County to continue to play for the club on a non-contract basis knowing he had no injury protection and that the club could go under at any time. It’s a good job he does as the club has to play half a season with a 16 man squad. With the squad undermanned Bridge steps up and plays every game that season (the only one to do so), regularly playing through the knocks delivered by NL defenders unable to keep up with his trickery.

By 24/25 some fans have forgotten his loyalty and suggesting he needs to be replaced but he comes off the bench to rescue us in the playoff semifinals. When we need getting back on track in the penalty shootout he buries his penalty and gets us back into it.

He seems forever to be doing stuff for the Junior Blues; he’s simultaneously the face of both the local airport and the local trains.

As great as it would be for Harry Taylor to replicate Duncan Jupp or Macauley Bonne to redeem himself, the answer has to be Jack Bridge. He is Mr Southend.

I only hope he gets to celebrate the winner by somehow pulling out a Rossi ice cream with which to mime walking with Salvo the Clown and the Owl Man down the pier as his celebration.

 

[gayshrimpy]

I think Gus. It's written in the stars for him this year. Statue in the High Street for him if I'm right .

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

Agree with Yorkshire Blue, I think it has to be Bridge as the one who's been through the bad times more than anyone else in the squad. Or Ralph.

 

[It'sGrimUpNorth]

Absolutely anyone!!

But Bonne would be something special.

 

[TrevorFitzpatrickHattrick]

Gubbins from the penalty spot with his absurdly good technique.