Post-Match Thread and Ratings Bury 1-0 Southend United

[Cricko]

Post your Match Reports and Ratings here please.

 

[Pubey]

On the bus back to manchester. We created very little and we failed to dominate the midfield.

Ratings:
Everyone 6 apart from Morris 8 and Clohessy 7.

TBV - 9
Ref - 1 (he managed to turn up on time)

 

[Pubey]

A report from a Bury fansite:

What's that buzzing noise?
Its the sound of reserve keeper, 19 year old Ritchie Brannagan, still on a massive high after keeping a clean sheet on his league debut.

This was a game of two halves in many ways. The first half was all Bury. We had three glorious goalscoring chances - a penalty which Ryan Lowe took and the excellent Glen Morris saved, then Lowe had a piledriver from the edge of the box which Morris somehow tipped away. Finally Joe Skarz got his eyebrows on the end of a Schumacher free kick and the ball was in the back of the net. One nil.

The second half was much more even, and this was mainly due to an injury to Cameron Belford who is this evening in Fairfield Hospital having x-rays. It looked like he had taken an elbow from a Southend forward but the player wasn't penalised so it may have been an accident. Either way, a very wobbly Belford was taken off and replaced with a very nervous looking Brannagan. For his first touch, he spilled the ball but it was quickly tidied up by Skarz, but after that he had some great touches and visibly grew with confidence with every touch. One thing's for sure. He's a better kepper tonight than he was this morning.

Clearly the tactics changed with the goalkeeping situation, and the players looked both nervous and determined to protect the keeper. There was some very desperate defending towards the end.

When the final whistle went, Brannagan looked like he'd just won the world cup and everyone in Bury colours got a big hug. He also got a deserved standing ovation from the home fans as the team left the field.

All in all, its three points which leaves us third. I went on my bike again so arrived home tired, muddy and jubilant. As if my day couldn't get any better, we had fajitas for tea and the wife bought some new pillows whilst she was out. Good times indeed.

Just to clarify, it definitely wasn't an elbow by Corr, they clashed heads and I have got no idea where they thought the elbow came from, Corr was down for quite a while too. Lol at the northern monkey being so overjoyed at pillows!

 

[Blue_Wes]

Just got home thanks to an accident on the M6!!!

We made a good account of ourselves at one of the frontrunners today, we do seem to perform better when we are away from home and the fans aren't getting on the teams back.

Penalty early on was well saved by Morris, he did well today as a few detractors of his were beginning to grow in voice and this performance will go some way to appeasing them. Was never a penalty however, shocking dive from Asoje to win it. Not much of note happened in the first half, Bury controlled and restricted us well. However, when our midfield, noteably Simpson and Timlin woke up in the second half and started to press the Bury side and drive forward we started to create chances, Corr wasting the best as a pinpoint cross from Hall went over. Towards the end, Bury were hanging on, and Sturrock senior went for broke taking off Coughlan, and bringing on Fairhurst for a four pronged strike force (Corr, Soares, Jarvis & Fairhurst), but it wasn't to be.

For the Pringello

Morris 8 - Good save for the pen, and another great save from a Lowe strike shortly after.
Clohessy 7 - Sound in defence and pressed forward at every chance.
Gilbert 6 - Too many wasted high balls hit forward.
Coughlan 6 - Distribution is ropey but did ok with Barker to keep out one of the most on form forwards in the league.
Barker 7 - Solid, marshalled well.
Hall 6 - Quiet first half, but then the whole team was, strangely as he picked up second half (one particular peach of a cross straight to Corr) he was subbed off
Simpson 7 - As with all the team, only picked up second half, but was one of the main drivers in our push for an equaliser in the second half.
Timlin 6 - Again improved second half after a very quiet first half.
Grant 6 - Was targeted early on, and Bury did well to ensure he wasn't as effective as we know he can be.
Sturrock 5 - Not his fault, seemed very unfit and rushed back from injury too early, barely saw the ball and looked rusty.
Corr 6 - Worked hard, had one great chance that he headed over, should of worked the keeper, however was marked out the game from a brilliant Sodje, not much he could do as every ball was pumped up high and Sodje dealt with them all game long.

Subs
Soares 5 - So poor, little of note
Jarvis n/a - Not much time to impact.
Fairhurst n/a - No real time to do anything

Officials 4 - barely got a decision right between them.
M6 -25 - Accident on the way to the game, and on the way home meant massively disrupted journeys and drinking time!

Doesn't look good for Pato though when a clearly unfit Sturrock was rushed back and Pato doesn't even make the bench.

Not too dispondent about the 90 minutes, but three defeats on the spin, and one goal in those three are habits we need to break quickly at home to Rotherham Saturday.

 

[Clarky_Blues]

I actually thought today was a very poor perfomance. Cannot see us doing anything else but surviving this season and lets hope we do! League 2 is a poor division and we are down in the depths. A number of the players think they are better than L2 but they are simply not. You need to roll up your sleeves and scrap all the way in this division but many of our players don't appear to be capable of doing this. Was it me but the penalty Bury were awarded was a truly awful dive?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

It does increasingly look like this hurriedly put together squad of miss-fits, waifs and strays is nowhere near good enough.
A more creative midfield, and a proper winger to replace Soares is a must. We also need a better striker to partner Corr. Corr looks like he could be our 20 plus striker, if only he was given better service from the wings.
Time to dump some of the non performers and the most inconsistent I'm afraid, and sort some of the obvious problem areas out, before it is too late.

 

[TrueBlue]

Did not really watch the game as was on the drum good atmosphere again away from home it's good to see, only gripe more people don't get involved but I suppose that is dependent most of the time to what's happening on the pitch.

Blisters on my hands are killing me!!!!

 

[Smiffy]

Good to see you doing your bit again Scott. Same again next week as always. Kind of makes a mockery of Sturrocks comments about the players performing better away due to the negative atmosphere at RH. We have a better record at home now as it stands! Lets give them the '12th man' treatment next Sat though and pray it helps. We're gonna need it with Mr Le Fondre in town...

 

[TrueBlue]

Good to see you doing your bit again Scott. Same again next week as always. Kind of makes a mockery of Sturrocks comments about the players performing better away due to the negative atmosphere at RH. We have a better record at home now as it stands! Lets give them the '12th man' treatment next Sat though and pray it helps. We're gonna need it with Mr Le Fondre in town...

Cheers my friend could you hear us on the radio?

 

[effy67]

We were in the main stand and thought our fans supported the team brilliantly for the whole 90 minutes. A Bury fan we were with thought we deserved a draw, but whilst we were okay 2nd half we played better at Chesterfield. Hoped to spy Martin in the main stand but as we had had a few jars probably best that he was nowhere to be seen.

See Bury council sponsor the team which is a good effort can't see our lot every doing anything to help out though.

 

[Jack The Flag]

Like TrueBlue said wish more would get involved in singing at away games and at home certainly makes a difference. Also one thing that really annoys me, i know some people like to sit apart from others but when we at some grounds with a small away following from us we should group together in one section instead of all spreading apart in a 3000 seater stand would make the atmosphere better and also look better.

 

[Pubey]

Like TrueBlue said wish more would get involved in singing at away games and at home certainly makes a difference. Also one thing that really annoys me, i know some people like to sit apart from others but when we at some grounds with a small away following from us we should group together in one section instead of all spreading apart in a 3000 seater stand would make the atmosphere better and also look better.

maybe people sit where they want?

I thought the atmosphere was good yesterday, unfortunately it was one of those games where there was very little to sing and shout about... not for the lack of trying on TBV's part anyway.

 

[Jack The Flag]

maybe people sit where they want?

I thought the atmosphere was good yesterday, unfortunately it was one of those games where there was very little to sing and shout about... not for the lack of trying on TBV's part anyway.

I believe thats what i said 'some people like to sit apart'

But were all Southend!