Recruitment

[Kris]

The whole club including fans need to forget the ever growing circus off the filed and realise that the players we have now are more than capable of avoiding relegation.

We don't need mass clear outs, more scouting or more fancy backroom jobs. A fitter team with some professional pride will bring the main two things... confidence and belief. That is whats needed on match days on the pitch, the bench and in the stands.....Thats how you win games of football.

Seriously? Our team largely contains players who were once decent but are now past their sell-by-dates. And this is the biggest problem because some might assume that these players are under-performing and this isn't true; they are trying their best but just don't have the energy to complete 90 minutes in the same way that Macca couldn't last season either. Coulson in particular moves like a Sunday League defender. I was a fan of Atkinson in his previous spell at the club but his ability to cover so much ground this season has gone and will never come back.

That's why the magic so-called managerial bounce hasn't happened. It's nothing to do with a losing mentality, or a lack of confidence or pride, especially given that a large chunk of the squad are PB signings; it's because these two, plus the likes of Ogogo and Dunne, can't cope at this level anymore.

We do have a sprinkling of good players - Bridge, Murphy, Lopata and Brunt, for example (and if we can keep the latter two for the rest of the season that would be a big boost) - but we can't keep carrying the others mentioned. We need at least two energetic midfielders, particular one who is prepared/not afraid to run beyond the front two, another striker, and a right-back, maybe two. The likes of Egbri, Walsh and Rush are decent impact subs.

That should hopefully be good enough to keep us up. We'll have a better perspective on the three amigos next summer.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

The whole club including fans need to forget the ever growing circus off the filed and realise that the players we have now are more than capable of avoiding relegation.

We don't need mass clear outs, more scouting or more fancy backroom jobs. A fitter team with some professional pride will bring the main two things... confidence and belief. That is whats needed on match days on the pitch, the bench and in the stands.....Thats how you win games of football.

I hope that's right but I have serious doubts.Let's face it the new management team have only got one win so far (against Dover,who already have one foot in the NL South grave).Frankly our chances of getting another before the NY (unless against pt Maidenhead) don't look too good ,IMO.

 

[jarvisyeh]

I’ve been fickle about players in the past, and I probably will again in the future. Everyone will have that one player they thought was amazing and then said they were rubbish or the other way around.

I was once sat in the South Upper before a match vs Swansea City. There was this kid strutting around like he owned the place in the warm up, I turned to my dad and said "I don't like him"

7 seconds after kick off I liked him, by the end of the match I was in love.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

Change of subject slightly but why does every thread keep getting closed the second it turns into a debate or Stan's name is mentioned? As long as it's clean and not insulting etc I don't see the problem. As much as I respect and thank the owners of the site etc, I don't think it's right for them to play god and shut things down as and when they wish without due cause. Just something to think about I guess.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Change of subject slightly but why does every thread keep getting closed the second it turns into a debate or Stan's name is mentioned? As long as it's clean and not insulting etc I don't see the problem. As much as I respect and thank the owners of the site etc, I don't think it's right for them to play god and shut things down as and when they wish without due cause. Just something to think about I guess.

You mean until our defeat at Altrincham tomorrow?

 

[westie]

We don't need mass clear outs, more scouting or more fancy backroom jobs. A fitter team with some professional pride will bring the main two things... confidence and belief. That is whats needed on match days on the pitch, the bench and in the stands.....Thats how you win games of football.

I disagree. You need more than confidence and belief to win games of football. Our lack of pace defensively is exposed every game. No amount of confidence and belief will fix that problem.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

You mean until our defeat at Altricham tomorrow?

Please give me a few last hours of peace first hahaha.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Change of subject slightly but why does every thread keep getting closed the second it turns into a debate or Stan's name is mentioned? As long as it's clean and not insulting etc I don't see the problem. As much as I respect and thank the owners of the site etc, I don't think it's right for them to play god and shut things down as and when they wish without due cause. Just something to think about I guess.

The threads don’t stay clean and non-insulting is the problem! You might not see all the posts that were on a thread before it was closed. Constructive discussion is very much encouraged.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

The threads don’t stay clean and non-insulting is the problem! You might not see all the posts that were on a thread before it was closed. Constructive discussion is very much encouraged.

I agree that there certainly has been some but the latest one I personally didn't see any reason for it to be closed. Just a thought as personally I thought it was strange to see so many closed in such a short space of time.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I agree that there certainly has been some but the latest one I personally didn't see any reason for it to be closed. Just a thought as personally I thought it was strange to see so many closed in such a short space of time.

And of course threads veering off course like this can lead to them being locked so we best return to the topic of recruitment

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I disagree. You need more than confidence and belief to win games of football. Our lack of pace defensively is exposed every game. No amount of confidence and belief will fix that problem.

Hopefully this will be fixed soon. A Friday night announcement would be most welcome.

 

[blueblueblue]

Change of subject slightly but why does every thread keep getting closed the second it turns into a debate or Stan's name is mentioned? As long as it's clean and not insulting etc I don't see the problem. As much as I respect and thank the owners of the site etc, I don't think it's right for them to play god and shut things down as and when they wish without due cause. Just something to think about I guess.

I know why, it's something you need to speak to the Mods about (if they want to tell you). I can see why the do it and thats coming from me who is normally outspoken....

 

[blueblueblue]

Hopefully this will be fixed soon. A Friday night announcement would be most welcome.

I just can't see it.

I think we just need to find a winning formula on the training ground with what we've got.

 

[Holy Joe]

Clearly unless we recruit some capable players soon we'll be struggling to finish outside the bottom 3 this season.

It depends on your definition of soon, if it's end of Jan then I probably agree

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

It depends on your definition of soon, if it's end of Jan then I probably agree

I don't think I'd disagree with that.Certainly not before Jan.

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Today is the day that, as a long shot, I was hoping we'd maybe announce a loanee to boost the squad, even if just for the month, ahead of the game at Altrincham....guess not.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I just can't see it.

I think we just need to find a winning formula on the training ground with what we've got.

Think we've already proved that's highly unlikely.Not expecting the great leap forward myself until we get some new players in .

 

[sufc4life21]

I just can't see it.

I think we just need to find a winning formula on the training ground with what we've got.

Good luck with that! No one in this side is capable of scoring (apart from Murphy) let alone winning games.

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

Today is the day that, as a long shot, I was hoping we'd maybe announce a loanee to boost the squad, even if just for the month, ahead of the game at Altrincham....guess not.

Me too - my thoughts were that they would delay it so a month's loan would include the Boxing Day game.

As always with Southend, it's the hope that kills you!

 

[pottster]

I really don't know what the answer is. I find it hard to believe that in the last four seasons we have been unable to field a team that is able to compete at any level. In the dark days post Alvin Martin we could still compete in league 2. The new management team have got their work cut out to turn this around