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  1. fbm

    The fbm view and ratings

    BLUES SHOW PROMISE IN PRESTON PERFORMANCE This game was always going to be a case of whether the huge morale boost that Tuesdays win gave us would counter the sheer mental and physical fatigue that the players must have suffered after the Man Utd game. The Blues made 3 changes, all enforced...
  2. sufcintheprem

    Maher

    May as well squeeze out a positive post while I'm thinking about it. Maher was exceptionally good tonight in pretty much every department. Passing was fluent and incisive from him, dragged Gutts' form up and just as Cov looked like they might kick their dominance on to the game, Kev...
  3. fbm

    My 2 cents

    Firstly, the stadium plans.  Well done RM, and in my opinion the plans look absolutely superb.  There is no way anyone can say that it looks crap - it may not look how they might want a ground to look, but it will be clean, futuristic, spacious and worthy of Championship football.  It may be...
  4. fbm

    The fbm view and ratings

    LAST GASP GOWER MAKES A POINT Mark Gower was the stoppage time hero as he lashed home the 6th and equalising goal of a pulsating thriller under the lights at Roots Hall. This is a game that will live long in the memory of the 11000-plus fans who were fortunate enough to witness the 100 mph...
  5. Napster

    Top 50 film endings

    Thoughts? 50. The Blair Witch Project (1999) - The movie isn't particularly scary... at least until the last two minutes, which take the tension level from 10 to 100 at an exponential pace. The final seconds -- wherein a member of the cast is spotted, back turned and facing a corner, as an...
  6. Why have things gone wrong?

    1. Missing Sodje and Prior With one of these two in we clean up everything in the air. They are strong, experienced defenders who organise our defence and make us a much more physical side. They protect a vulnerable Flahavan. The statistics pretty much say it all. Sodje played 11 games (plus...
  7. Southendsleeper

    Grim down south - a frozen match report

    Not bad, just not great So so cold, snow at some points. The goals like the snow came in a flurry, Guttridge's header and Gowers class finish coming minutes apart. Sodje is a class player, showing almost arrogance in some of his defending, his positioning is excellent as is his heading...
  8. James Lawson

    I thought he did really well today. Many were surprised to see him in the starting line-up yesterday but he proved his worth in the team with a well taken finish. He then did a sterling job in tandem with The Goat as part of our dominance of the first half and also filled in admirably on the...
  9. sufcintheprem

    the sufcintheprem views and ratingsSmith

    I was very unsure what to expect today against an Oldham side who had made a decent start to the season but I knew little about. By chance, I ended up going to the game with an Oldham fan who was visiting a mate of mine but from his dramtic reactions, it was difficult to get much information out...
  10. Glorious weekend

    I opened up the sports supplement in the Times today and nearly p1ssed myself laughing when I saw that Celtic threw the SPL away in the last 2 minutes of their match with Motherwell. The picture of Bellamy looking crestfallen on the pitch is priceless. For me personally this was a great...
  11. Hockley_Blues

    Reds have a sporting advantage

    From BBC News Looks like we need to wear our third strip more often....
  12. What the papers say

    Telegraph "Southend were the sharper outfit for much of the game but despite an impressive show from Freddy Eastwood, signed from Grays Athletic, they had to swallow their second successive defeat in the LDV final." Times "Despite a record 17 matches unbeaten, Southend were a tad static and...
  13. fbm

    The fbm view and ratings

    ...is the main SZ report.  But I've posted it here anyway in case there are problems or delays in getting it up. A shape of things to come as Blues tied in Notts All of a sudden, people have begun to notice Southend and there have been some very decent and complimentary comments made about...
  14. Andy_S

    Ratings for today

    The worst home display this season bar Cheltenham, yet we still beat a very good side. Football truly is a 'funny old game' as they say! We didn't pass it well, the defence, especially the full backs were all over the place at times and Pettefer and Hunt (2nd half mainly for...
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    The fbm view and ratings

    The home match against Boston last season was the match when I made my “debut” as an official SZ reporter.  We lost that game 2-0 and the atmosphere afterwards resembled that of a funeral. Stark contrast tonight – the game had everything and for once the Blues did NOT let a large crowd – 5688 –...
  16. fbm

    Reasons to be cheerful...

    Although we have got off to a slow start, I think we will now start to impose ourselves on the division. I know, I know, we have said this before, but I think there are 2 main reasons why this year just might be a bit different. 1) For years we have not created any problems at all from...
  17. Napster

    Guardian match report

    Harewood gives Hammers the edge Stuart James at Upton Park Wednesday August 25, 2004 The Guardian On a day when West Ham suffered yet another loss to their north London rivals, they were fortunate not to also be on the receiving end of a humbling defeat on the field as they struggled to...
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