Official Match Thread Grimsby Town v Southend United

[Alexshrimper]

Someone put John white out of his misery

 

[Target man]

We've played well.... Grimsby will get chances, but as long as we keep them limited and blocked, we have a chance.

Kev will be reasonably happy with this. Just keep going lads .... little bit more aggression. Keep getting Zak on the ball then we can nick something ....

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Is will Atkinson playing?

Yes

 

[Target man]

Decent half boys .... well played. Let's go again .....

 

[Flinty]

Surely they would be better on their feet.

Doubt it !

 

[EastGreenNutter]

I'll take that not to bad to be honest, Murphy looks so lightweight but saying that not playing to his strengths.
Still only 1 down.

 

[hlane17]

S**t half. Not giving this lot any pity praise, we're clearly still not good enough haven't even laid a glove on Grimsby.

They could play 80 mins of this 90 on autopilot and still come away with 3 points.

 

[GBJ]

Aside from the obvious, calamitous & disastrous start, I don’t think we’ve been too bad over that 45 minutes.

 

[Barry.C]

We did quite well there ,and fought back well for a change. No way can you blame John White for that early goal, As the commentators said we had 8 back, all reacted slowly, lackadaisical, appealing and then failed to clear the ball through 3 different phases of play, 2 of which had more to do with Hobbo and Lopata

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Apart from the first 3 minutes, we have looked a lot more solid. If we could just show a bit more composure in the final ball into the box and hopefully test their keeper more.

If we can keep it tight and concentrate at the start of the 2nd half, I still think Grimsby will grow more frustrated and we will get at least one chance. But we must take it.

I can certainly see some green shoots developing.....

 

[Barling Magna]

For those not watching it's worth stating that we have actually played quite well. Unfortunately we struggle defensively and were hopeless in the first five minutes. Overall we were probably the better team in that half but didn't really threaten the Grimsby goal much. Brunt is excellent, Walsh has been good and Murphy has stayed on his feet. Will we equalise? We may, but Grimsby could well score again.

 

[sufc4life21]

Souza for grimsby looks a player..... that's what you call good recruitment. Terrible defending for there goal.

 

[Chapperz]

Poor half. I think we looked good in some parts, but could be because Grimsby got complacent. They look like they can threaten at any moment, but we don't.

Brunt and Walsh seem to be our best chance to get something from this game. Not sure about Murphy up front on his own as he is more of a player you want to get into the box at any chance, not someone to have their back to goal or have the pace to lead a counter attack. I'd be tempted to put Dalby on for Atkinson but worry that a midfield two of Dunne and Ferguson will be torn through easily.

 

[Target man]

Aside from the obvious, calamitous & disastrous start, I don’t think we’ve been too bad over that 45 minutes.

One or two tweaks, we can hopefully get something. We've had nothing clear cut aside the shot from Walsh, but with a bit more conviction and belief there is a goal out there for us. Kev has set up well with the players he has available to selected, and limited them.

 

[kentblues]

Despite the whinge-fest early on it’s actually been quite a decent performance. At least they didn’t just give in after the goal like we did on here.

Let’s hope we can pull it back 2nd half..

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

Would be useful if we could cut out the supply from the left, but that would depend on White finding a bike at half time.

It's the wings or nothing going forward.
If I hear one more time there's a player in there when pointing at Ferguson, I'm going to need certifying.
Apart from getting wounded, Dunne and Atkinson are pointless.
But it could have been worse.

 

[sufc4life21]

I thought we were on top for about 20 minutes after there goal but grimsby also had chances to extend the lead. Walsh is our bright spark of the first half.

 

[Target man]

Just watched the goal replay and Deme was absolutely shocking..

 

[Westcliff DGS]

My half time thoughts are …..

Our 2 fullbacks are finished, sorry if that upsets anyone but they have nothing to offer now. Reserving judgement on the 2cb’s as left exposed Quite often.

Atkinson awful, surely we have someone else, Dunne not a lot to sat but maybe slightly better than Atkinson. Ferguson couple of nice bits but not really involved for me.

Walsh and Brunt been bright at times, best players for us in my opinion

Murphy looks ok (not better than most of the others) but he looks short of confidence as do the rest of them

 

[Chapperz]

Can any of those kids playing at half-time play for us?