Post-Match Thread and Ratings Gateshead 0-0 Southend United

[Blues4LifeDan]

Got to be one of the most open and emotion controlling post match interviews I have ever heard.

It also further enhances the understanding of what our very own players and staff went through last year and how professional they conducted themselves throughout. So many of them would have felt how this chap feels, yet, they battled on amazingly. Unbelievable how many fans have forgotten that.

I hope Gateshead get themselves sorted.

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

It also further enhances the understanding of what our very own players and staff went through last year and how professional they conducted themselves throughout. So many of them would have felt how this chap feels, yet, they battled on amazingly. Unbelievable how many fans have forgotten that.

I hope Gateshead get themselves sorted.

Absolutely and especially when you consider there are no court cases involved, but much turmoil obviously and it seems, as there are no players or staff not getting paid on time as there was with us at the moment. However, there was in the past as he alluded to in one part of the interview.

 

[rlb999]

Don't know whether it's been mentioned before but I was so absorbed in the game to notice. Suddenly, a couple of minutes before the end Parillon was brought on and my immediate thought was, why wasn't he on earlier. Has anyone any idea why one of our most talented players only made a very late show?

Given that he was brought on very late and seemingly instructed to sit deep rather than attack, I think the real question is why we didn't replace Bridge with Wind or Gubbins.

 

[Pak Power]

 

[EastGreenNutter]

Kevs interview after the game is on this.

 

[CorkShrimper]

Sorry if this has been posted - don't know if anyone has seen but incredibly honest from Greg Olley, have to feel for Gateshead's players (bar Nouble). https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17L4AC6LdS/

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Completely agree. we've conceded 2 in our last 7. our defense is rock solid and we have 8 attackers all competing for 4 spots in the team, which is an excellent situation to be in. we're not blasting teams away, but Rochdale will be really concerned about how they break us down.

I knew we’d tightened up at the back but just two goals in seven games is outstanding stuff defensively.

I thought there were a couple who seemed a bit over-awed by the situation, Keenan took a while to settle in and Coker lost his way a bit. In fact, I thought that was one of the poorest midfield displays I'd seen for a while, as Husin was fairly invisible.

I thought the midfield absolutely bossed it.

Away at the team who scored the third most goals in the division they didn’t let them have a sniff.

First half we controlled it against a team who loves to dominate possession. Second half we played contain and shielded the defence.

They were playing playoff football - effectively our playoffs started a game early and our path goes from away at 8th to away at 4th to away at 3rd - so that bodes well for our chances.

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Sorry if this has been posted - don't know if anyone has seen but incredibly honest from Greg Olley, have to feel for Gateshead's players (bar Nouble). https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17L4AC6LdS/

See my post #219

 

[hlane17]

We're all having a party
We're all having a party
We're all having a parrrrrty....

'Cos Gateshead ****ed it up

Nice little jaunt yesterday from us Wickford crew to the land of Ant and Dec. Not gonna lie, i wasnt looking forward to 5hrs in the motor with the poster Hlane coming home if the Heed had won. Thankfully our Italian-esque performance saved my earholes being burnt by SZ's manic depressive, glass half empty keyboard thudder

We rolled into town at half 11, found the Fog on the Tyne pub and stood there in amazement at the amount of fans in the boozer already, complete with singing and pyro. Ah, good old Blue Army.
The International stadium was impressive in size and stature, if you were running the 1500 or spear chucking. As a football venue, nah. It felt dated too, paint blistering, the old roof blown off was it? ..and not replaced. The seats were faded horribly and the plastic chair looked like it would crack under my weight. The wind had dropped thankfully, the sun appeared and i was all T shirt and moobs. The Shrimpers in the stands were quite subdued before ko as we listened to Gateshead's naughty 40 have a singsong under the eaves in the opposite stand, about 3/4 mile away. Shrimper fans included traffic cones in attendance, a kangaroo and a saxaphonist in english gentleman attire.

We were concerned for our drummer leading up to the game, didnt think he'd turn up, then glad he had, but down the front of the middle section we could barely hear him at the back.

Typical Southend game, defended like lions and missed all the chances. We only needed a point, who cares. Despite the forecast of cloudy and 11deg, i got a bit of sunburn on my face.

Playoffs and a tan. Perfect. Oh and chirpy Hlane back down the A1. Slept till 4am and how i dragged that derriere out of bed for work, i'll be ****ed if i know....

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Not sure what you're on about, ever the optimist me, we were always going to do it!

 

[CorkShrimper]

See my post #219

Cheers, didn't spot! Incredibly well spoken, can't imagine he'll have a hard time finding a club either.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Ahh, the man giving rise to half of 'Milton Keynes'. However did you know that he pronounced his surname as 'Kaynes' like cane not key so everyone gets the second bit of MK wrong. Pedantic I am I know!

Yes.