Question Have we definitely passed rock bottom?

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Now that the season has finished, is it possible to claim that we (Southend United & the long suffering fans) have gone past rock bottom?

Are we past our nadir and on the way up? Can we rationally & unemotionally say that?

Will the historians amongst us say that "on this day" during the 2023/2024, this was the lowest point in our 100+ years of history?

The omens are good for 2024/25 season aren't they?

But then again, haven't there been a number of other seasons where we have thought that things "can only get better" only to find this was not the case?

Or perhaps with the sale of the club yet to be concluded, we are yet to find out if we have truly hit the depths of depair & found our way through?



[Please don't see this an opportunity for a rant & to be abusive towards the current owner - I know it is tempting but surely that has been done to death elsewhere.]

 

[Danshrimper]

I don’t think we can say we are past rock bottom until the club is officially sold. Until that happens we can’t even be 100% certain there will be a 2024/25 season.

 

[Holy Joe]

It feels like we're on the cliff edge, we have a safety line on, but if that safety line gives - we're doomed.

So there's still potential for downward movement - mind situation is better than pre Xmas when we didn't have a safety line

 

[Strykr]

Until hes gone, no. But we are close.

 

[Streaky]

I think we have gone past rock bottome but when was rock bottom...?

I would say from a football point of view - it was that 0-4 defeat to Chesterfield followed by Sir Stan calling up BBC Essex. Things improved on the pitch (with Kev + Co coming in very quickly.

Off the pitch it probably a day or two before the consortium cleared the last HMRC's winding up order (or it would have been lights out all out)..

 

[sufc4life21]

Wouldn't say its rock bottom because on the pitch there appears to be squad and management team there to build on with the hope of success. Off the pitch looks complete mess. I'm lost with all this council crap and the ins and outs what needs to get done for takeover to completed. We must be first football club reliant on council to get takeover done. Never known this situation before in football. If the consortium continue to pay the club's outgoings then I guess there isn't much of issue, if they potentially stop and pull out then I think we pretty much ****ed. No respect for the rat, not much respect for council either. Get this deal done soon!

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

One of the reasons for asking is because of a number of posts on other threads that are along the lines of "we are going to smash this league" once the club has signed a couple of new players.

I would love that this was the case but I just don't see that & I can't see that suddenly all our problems are going to be behind us.

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

The hour (if not the second) before he goes will be our Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran moment. Until then we only have hope.

 

[* ORM *]

So not a Dwayne thread then?

 

[stewart]

Until the pest exterminators have come in and rid us off the rat infestation for ever we cannot breathe easy. Until the rats are gone there will always be a stench in the air. JR AND THE CONSORTIUM HAVE GIVEN US HOPE THATS ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS TIME .

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

In those moments of gloom that can descend on all of us from time to time, I do wonder if a pathway around a "new " Southend United starting from scratch might just be a quicker, simpler way forward.

It isn't of course but it would cut through all the complexity of the current situation & provide a fresh beginning.

 

[Strykr]

In those moments of gloom that can descend on all of us from time to time, I do wonder if a pathway around a "new " Southend United starting from scratch might just be a quicker, simpler way forward.

It isn't of course but it would cut through all the complexity of the current situation & provide a fresh beginning.

I get that, but its the history both good and bad that makes us what we are.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Rock bottom for me was when we were raffling bottles of kitchen cleaner at the meet The Blues Day.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Perhaps it would be possible to say that we are "bumping along on the bottom" .......... quite a job for the historians of the club to work out what was our darkest hour. [sad face]

 

[leeblue]

Perhaps it would be possible to say that we are "bumping along on the bottom" .......... quite a job for the historians of the club to work out what was our darkest hour. [sad face]

York away......that felt lower than snake poo.
Relegation from the league?

 

[annie1954]

for me it was wealdstone away for the first time i sat in there small stand looking around the ground thinking this is not a cup game this is where we really are now , i felt sick for a while just thinking how my club have ended up .

 

[Ron Manager]

Hearing about the £1 million bond from the National League was the moment I genuinely felt for the first time we were done. Till then I always just had a gut instinct something would come along to save us…but in that moment all hope left me.

Hopefully that was a case of it being darkest just before the dawn

 

[Barling Magna]

York away......that felt lower than snake poo.
Relegation from the league?

That's an interesting perspective. I thought York away was the best away visit - a proper former league club in a proper football stadium in a lovely city. By contrast Oxford City away was rock bottom for me.

 

[Mr Plow]

Hearing about the £1 million bond from the National League was the moment I genuinely felt for the first time we were done. Till then I always just had a gut instinct something would come along to save us…but in that moment all hope left me.

Hopefully that was a case of it being darkest just before the dawn

Same here Andy. Had a lump in my throat and teary eyes when I read the article as I thought that was us done.

Scanning down the page on my phone with a feeling of dread expecting the statement to say something like..."We have decided that Southend United will not be able to take their place in the NL next season" or some such BS was the lowest point supporting us over the last 30odd years for me.

 

[leeblue]

Hearing about the £1 million bond from the National League was the moment I genuinely felt for the first time we were done. Till then I always just had a gut instinct something would come along to save us…but in that moment all hope left me.

Hopefully that was a case of it being darkest just before the dawn

That bond news killed me