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Post-Match Thread and Ratings Southend United 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers
jamesmut2000
Director
I cant - I've run out of 'desire'.
McNasty
Member
Can't blame you for that.
Andy_S
Member of the Barry Corr Fan Club
I was just about to start this thread myself, so here's what I wrote. If anyone can show the desire to read it:
As the mods appear to have gone awol, very much like our midfield and defence did at times today, someone might as well start this thread up. ;)
A sloppy game riddled with mistakes and comedy moments between two sides who will struggle to string two results together between now and the end of the season. Both teams produced some epic moments of inadequacy, summed up by Laurent finding the upper tier of the South Stand with the whole goal to aim at, with nobody in it, from 4 yards and Matt Harrold reminding Roots Hall of what he's capable of by missing the target with a free header from the same distance.
I'll just come out and say it, that Tilson messed up BIG TIME today. Playing a kid who didn't know any of the players names, hadn't trained with the team and clearly isn't a target man, up front on his own at home to a team one off the bottom and ten points below us, was quite simply criminal. It made the midfield far too cramped and we didn't play any free flowing football until the last 20 minutes when Spencer and Freedman were up front together, allowing Moussa to have more space in the middle. Paterson struggled badly at times on his own, won very little in the air and didn't seem to come to life until the second half. He made several clever runs and despite pointing continuously where he wanted the ball played, his new team mates ignored him. There were some very promising signs in there as well though, but there's no way we should be playing him up front on his own. He's too young and too lightweight at the moment. It's just a massive shame that he snatched at his glaring chance, as that would've given him lots of confidence right from the start. From what I understand the club have extremely high hopes for him, but we need to use him properly if those hopes are going to come to life in my opinion. The other new boy, Spencer, looked bright, nippy and energetic when he came on. Unfortunately, as they did with Paterson, the team ignored his intelligent runs. He does have a bizarre running motion though doesn't he!?
The defence seemed to part like the red sea time and time again, and I don't like to sound like a broken record, but step forward Mr Barrett. The midfield continually failed to track runners and it caused us problems. Grant did a valiant job on his own, but he couldn't handle them all.
Mildy made some extremely iffy punches, but the one handed save in the last minute was truly world class. What a save. Where was Joyce today I wonder?
Lastly, credit to a referee for a change. I thought Mr Whitestone produced the best performance we've had at the Hall for a fair while.
Ratings:
Mildenhall 7: A couple of bizarre moments mixed in with one breath taking save and a couple of very decent saves.
Sankofa 6.5: His general steady eddy display. Decent enough at the back but didn't add much going forward, with of course exception of a stunning cross for the goal.
Francis 7: Did quite well I thought and matched up to Harrold well. Was he marking him from the corner that allowed the ginger one to miss from five yards though?
Barrett 6: The usual keystone cops performance from the captain. Defensive shape? What's that?
Malone 6: Did well enough in the first half, but the usual errors crept in during the second half. As usual he produced some very poor set pieces.
Laurent 5.5: Couldn't seem to stay on his feet, missed a sitter that a one legged squirrel would've scored and produced an apathetic display. This is why you're in League One, Francis. Why oh why Brush made him do running drills just 10 minutes before kick off I had no idea. He looked shattered before we'd even kicked off.
Grant 6.5: Tidied up nicely and produced the usual fully committed display. He does have an extra bit of quality about him it seems.
McCormack 6.5: Loses a mark for a dreadful last 20 minutes display and being a petulant little kid that cost us the lead. Up until the 64th minute that was his best display of the season and he had to go and ruin it.
Moussa 6.5: The only player prepared to shoot in the first half it seemed, he drifted in and out of things at times, but still looked happier being more central. We've done the first step, now all we've gotta do is play him alongside just one other central midfielder to give him more room to operate.
Scannell 6.5: I fail to see why there's a whole thread devoted to slagging him off, but hey ho. Out of position he provided a useful outlet and caused Lewis Hunt a fair amount of problems. Unlucky with a good effort in the first half and unlucky to be subbed instead of Laurent.
Paterson 6: Understandably struggled at times. He certainly needs to bulk out a bit. He showed some nice touches though and hopefully Tilson will realise that he made a horrible error and start someone alongside him next Saturday against Swindon. For Millwall though, I imagine he'll be on his todd again.
Subs:
Freedman 5.5: Struggled to influence the game.
Spencer 6: Energetic and looks a bit of a livewire. Unlucky with the two chances to shoot that came his way. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him.
Walker 5.5: Looks completely devoid of confidence, probably not helped that he was getting bollockings from the management within seconds of coming on. I did think he was going to curl that effort into the top corner though, but unfortunately Hunt got a touch on it.
As the mods appear to have gone awol, very much like our midfield and defence did at times today, someone might as well start this thread up. ;)
A sloppy game riddled with mistakes and comedy moments between two sides who will struggle to string two results together between now and the end of the season. Both teams produced some epic moments of inadequacy, summed up by Laurent finding the upper tier of the South Stand with the whole goal to aim at, with nobody in it, from 4 yards and Matt Harrold reminding Roots Hall of what he's capable of by missing the target with a free header from the same distance.
I'll just come out and say it, that Tilson messed up BIG TIME today. Playing a kid who didn't know any of the players names, hadn't trained with the team and clearly isn't a target man, up front on his own at home to a team one off the bottom and ten points below us, was quite simply criminal. It made the midfield far too cramped and we didn't play any free flowing football until the last 20 minutes when Spencer and Freedman were up front together, allowing Moussa to have more space in the middle. Paterson struggled badly at times on his own, won very little in the air and didn't seem to come to life until the second half. He made several clever runs and despite pointing continuously where he wanted the ball played, his new team mates ignored him. There were some very promising signs in there as well though, but there's no way we should be playing him up front on his own. He's too young and too lightweight at the moment. It's just a massive shame that he snatched at his glaring chance, as that would've given him lots of confidence right from the start. From what I understand the club have extremely high hopes for him, but we need to use him properly if those hopes are going to come to life in my opinion. The other new boy, Spencer, looked bright, nippy and energetic when he came on. Unfortunately, as they did with Paterson, the team ignored his intelligent runs. He does have a bizarre running motion though doesn't he!?
The defence seemed to part like the red sea time and time again, and I don't like to sound like a broken record, but step forward Mr Barrett. The midfield continually failed to track runners and it caused us problems. Grant did a valiant job on his own, but he couldn't handle them all.
Mildy made some extremely iffy punches, but the one handed save in the last minute was truly world class. What a save. Where was Joyce today I wonder?
Lastly, credit to a referee for a change. I thought Mr Whitestone produced the best performance we've had at the Hall for a fair while.
Ratings:
Mildenhall 7: A couple of bizarre moments mixed in with one breath taking save and a couple of very decent saves.
Sankofa 6.5: His general steady eddy display. Decent enough at the back but didn't add much going forward, with of course exception of a stunning cross for the goal.
Francis 7: Did quite well I thought and matched up to Harrold well. Was he marking him from the corner that allowed the ginger one to miss from five yards though?
Barrett 6: The usual keystone cops performance from the captain. Defensive shape? What's that?
Malone 6: Did well enough in the first half, but the usual errors crept in during the second half. As usual he produced some very poor set pieces.
Laurent 5.5: Couldn't seem to stay on his feet, missed a sitter that a one legged squirrel would've scored and produced an apathetic display. This is why you're in League One, Francis. Why oh why Brush made him do running drills just 10 minutes before kick off I had no idea. He looked shattered before we'd even kicked off.
Grant 6.5: Tidied up nicely and produced the usual fully committed display. He does have an extra bit of quality about him it seems.
McCormack 6.5: Loses a mark for a dreadful last 20 minutes display and being a petulant little kid that cost us the lead. Up until the 64th minute that was his best display of the season and he had to go and ruin it.
Moussa 6.5: The only player prepared to shoot in the first half it seemed, he drifted in and out of things at times, but still looked happier being more central. We've done the first step, now all we've gotta do is play him alongside just one other central midfielder to give him more room to operate.
Scannell 6.5: I fail to see why there's a whole thread devoted to slagging him off, but hey ho. Out of position he provided a useful outlet and caused Lewis Hunt a fair amount of problems. Unlucky with a good effort in the first half and unlucky to be subbed instead of Laurent.
Paterson 6: Understandably struggled at times. He certainly needs to bulk out a bit. He showed some nice touches though and hopefully Tilson will realise that he made a horrible error and start someone alongside him next Saturday against Swindon. For Millwall though, I imagine he'll be on his todd again.
Subs:
Freedman 5.5: Struggled to influence the game.
Spencer 6: Energetic and looks a bit of a livewire. Unlucky with the two chances to shoot that came his way. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him.
Walker 5.5: Looks completely devoid of confidence, probably not helped that he was getting bollockings from the management within seconds of coming on. I did think he was going to curl that effort into the top corner though, but unfortunately Hunt got a touch on it.
Mildenhall - 7 - Made some cracking saves and couldn't really do alot about the goal. His kicking was a bit suspect at times.
Sankofa - 6 - Stunning cross for Macca's goal, looked alot better coming forward and wasn't too bad whilst defending.
Francis - 5 - Doesn't suit the centre back role, we certainly missed him on the right with his crossing which we all know is better than Sanks.
Barrett - 6 - His work rate is second to none, was really trying to drive the team forward and went off on his normal one man missions.
Malone - 7 - Definatly one of his better performences since he has being wearing a blue shirt. Although he still needs to work on his delivery of corners and free kicks but gave some good deliveries from the wing.
Scannell - 4 - Really starting to show why he only cost us £5,000 didn't really do much.
Grant - 6 - I was really suprised when he was subbed off some really good tackling and normal work rate from Grant.
Moussa - 7 - Had a couple of good chances and looked alot better than he has been recently but still not the player he used to be. Its a good sign and lets hope he gets back to his good oldself of last season.
McCormack - 5 - I am sorry but I would of given him a 7 maybe even an 8 but that stupid tackle that lead to the free kick for their goal spoilt it for me. Grow up Macca you are a proffesional football I make tackles when playing 6 a side football. Nice header for the goal though.
Laurent - 6 - Caused Wycombe alot of problems but sometimes Laurent is really is much easier just to do the easy ball and pass to someone and not take the whole team on. He fell over a few times but certainly looked very lively just hope we don't lose him, missed a complete sitter too.
Paterson - 4 - I hope this is purely him not gelling or not being suited to the 4-5-1 formation, should of scored that complete sitter. I actually wasn't even sure if he was playing from time to time. I will give him the benefit of doubt with this being his first game. But I also blame Tilson for not giving him a strike partner.
Subs:
Freedman - 6 - Running round like a headless chicken, but nice to see there is life still in the old boy :)
Spencer - 6 - I liked what I saw seemed like he had a hunger for goal but shame he wasn't getting the service. Should of started.
Walker - 5 - Non effective.
Steve Tilson's Tactics - 2 - Face it Tilly we are not Leeds or one of the better teams in the league, we do not have the talent in the squad to get away with a 4-5-1 formation this is league one. Should of given Paterson a strike partner. He looked lost at times and when the ball was in the box from time to time he was nowhere to be seen.
Definatly one of the worst games I have watched in a long time. I hope this is just as Mr Tilson would say 'A bad day at the office'.
Sankofa - 6 - Stunning cross for Macca's goal, looked alot better coming forward and wasn't too bad whilst defending.
Francis - 5 - Doesn't suit the centre back role, we certainly missed him on the right with his crossing which we all know is better than Sanks.
Barrett - 6 - His work rate is second to none, was really trying to drive the team forward and went off on his normal one man missions.
Malone - 7 - Definatly one of his better performences since he has being wearing a blue shirt. Although he still needs to work on his delivery of corners and free kicks but gave some good deliveries from the wing.
Scannell - 4 - Really starting to show why he only cost us £5,000 didn't really do much.
Grant - 6 - I was really suprised when he was subbed off some really good tackling and normal work rate from Grant.
Moussa - 7 - Had a couple of good chances and looked alot better than he has been recently but still not the player he used to be. Its a good sign and lets hope he gets back to his good oldself of last season.
McCormack - 5 - I am sorry but I would of given him a 7 maybe even an 8 but that stupid tackle that lead to the free kick for their goal spoilt it for me. Grow up Macca you are a proffesional football I make tackles when playing 6 a side football. Nice header for the goal though.
Laurent - 6 - Caused Wycombe alot of problems but sometimes Laurent is really is much easier just to do the easy ball and pass to someone and not take the whole team on. He fell over a few times but certainly looked very lively just hope we don't lose him, missed a complete sitter too.
Paterson - 4 - I hope this is purely him not gelling or not being suited to the 4-5-1 formation, should of scored that complete sitter. I actually wasn't even sure if he was playing from time to time. I will give him the benefit of doubt with this being his first game. But I also blame Tilson for not giving him a strike partner.
Subs:
Freedman - 6 - Running round like a headless chicken, but nice to see there is life still in the old boy :)
Spencer - 6 - I liked what I saw seemed like he had a hunger for goal but shame he wasn't getting the service. Should of started.
Walker - 5 - Non effective.
Steve Tilson's Tactics - 2 - Face it Tilly we are not Leeds or one of the better teams in the league, we do not have the talent in the squad to get away with a 4-5-1 formation this is league one. Should of given Paterson a strike partner. He looked lost at times and when the ball was in the box from time to time he was nowhere to be seen.
Definatly one of the worst games I have watched in a long time. I hope this is just as Mr Tilson would say 'A bad day at the office'.
Pak Power
Manager⭐🦐
Mildenhall 8.5 MOM kept us in it in the last 15 mins when everyone else went to sleep.
Sankofa 6 Good ball in for Maccas goal, that aside got beaten a couple of times that I could see from the east black (obstructed)
Francis 5.5 Got beaten in the air by Harrold on more than one occassion and we missed his crossing from RB Not his natural position.
Barrett 5.5 again beaten in the air, normal commited self, and got on a couple of forward forrays
Malone 6 Betsy beat him a couple of times, and his corners were straight at their keeper too often.
Laurent 6.5 looked ok at times and bemused their left back, but no final ball into the box. also miss of the season candidate. Slipped over a few times in the first half !
Macca 7 also missed sitter before his very good goal. Was goaded just after his booking, and for a couple of seconds I worried but he handled it well.
Moussa 6.5 couple of good strikes at goal from distance, and took a late knock.
Grant 5.5 Silly booking did'nt get as involved as I have seen him (wrongly subbed tho
he too took a knock)
Scannell 4 Looks out of his depth, the same blind channel running without getting his head up, looked uninterested to me today.
Paterson 6.5 Considering he ploughed the lone furrow for much of the game and he knows none of his team mates did ok, tho missed a chance when clean through. (and missed by more than he should have)
Subs: Freedman 4 touched the ball a couple of times, and although there was no target man on the pitch when he entered the fray, thought him and spencer caused a couple of moments. I laughed when the ball ran away from him (legs) and out for a goal kick. He immediately turned and pointed at Walker telling him where he should have been. Douggie is reallyn good at pointing!
Walker 5 only because he had a couple of blocked shots, and he is not dead!
Spencer 5 would like to have seen him start, because the performance of the entire team was not good enough, needs time and longer on the pitch to form an opinion.
Atmosphere 2 RH was like a morgue!!
Ref: 10 for not giving them a penalty, when many others might have !
Sankofa 6 Good ball in for Maccas goal, that aside got beaten a couple of times that I could see from the east black (obstructed)
Francis 5.5 Got beaten in the air by Harrold on more than one occassion and we missed his crossing from RB Not his natural position.
Barrett 5.5 again beaten in the air, normal commited self, and got on a couple of forward forrays
Malone 6 Betsy beat him a couple of times, and his corners were straight at their keeper too often.
Laurent 6.5 looked ok at times and bemused their left back, but no final ball into the box. also miss of the season candidate. Slipped over a few times in the first half !
Macca 7 also missed sitter before his very good goal. Was goaded just after his booking, and for a couple of seconds I worried but he handled it well.
Moussa 6.5 couple of good strikes at goal from distance, and took a late knock.
Grant 5.5 Silly booking did'nt get as involved as I have seen him (wrongly subbed tho
he too took a knock)
Scannell 4 Looks out of his depth, the same blind channel running without getting his head up, looked uninterested to me today.
Paterson 6.5 Considering he ploughed the lone furrow for much of the game and he knows none of his team mates did ok, tho missed a chance when clean through. (and missed by more than he should have)
Subs: Freedman 4 touched the ball a couple of times, and although there was no target man on the pitch when he entered the fray, thought him and spencer caused a couple of moments. I laughed when the ball ran away from him (legs) and out for a goal kick. He immediately turned and pointed at Walker telling him where he should have been. Douggie is reallyn good at pointing!
Walker 5 only because he had a couple of blocked shots, and he is not dead!
Spencer 5 would like to have seen him start, because the performance of the entire team was not good enough, needs time and longer on the pitch to form an opinion.
Atmosphere 2 RH was like a morgue!!
Ref: 10 for not giving them a penalty, when many others might have !
Tommy2holes
Life President⭐
Well i had high hopes for this game . I mean wycombe are dreadful and they do have a load of ex southend cast offs in the team and we have new strikers and we are still not that bad a team are we?
How wrong could i be. The first five minutes we were all over wycombe like a rash and i stupidly thought that maybe we could hammer them.
The thing that really annoys me is that scott malone has played about 3-4 amazing crosses into the box within the first 20 mins and not 1 blues players has the thought or the ability to read it and get in the end of it.
The game reminded me of 2 40 year old ex boxers just standing toe to toe slugging it out.
No quality no class just aimless and fruitless .
I have been watching southend united since 1992 and i have seen some right old **** in my time but that truthfully was right up there with the very best.
Make no mistake whatsoever unless we are able to improve this squad we will finish amongst the relegation zone.
Wycombe are one of if not the worst side in the league.
They came for a point and TBH they could have had all 3
quite easily today.
We didnt pass with any accuracy or purpose got beat with pathetic ease to the ball. Lacked any invetivness and any chances that seemed to come our way were down to luck or just wycombe being woeful.
Wycombe missed about 3 sitters and had what looked a certain penalty turned down.
We missed an equal amount of sitters but didnt create as many chances.
Team ratings:
Mildenhall. (6) Dodgy as **** . 60 minutes did ok and then just decided to palm fist and mis-kick anything that came his way. Left himself stranded about 40 yards from goal with one kick but wycombe were so poor they didnt even chance a shot.
Malone: (6) Gets better with each game. Put in atleast 3-4 amazing crosses which we did nothing with. Defended averagely , but with laurent and scannell infront of him he will be exposed.
Barratt: (7) Solid if nothing else. Tried a couple of his trademark runs to no avail. Marshalled Harrold to a degree , but he needn't have bothered as he can't score anyway.
Francis: (7) Pick of the defence for me. Looks comfortable on the ball and plays the ball short when required and long when required. Good passing range and wins a lot in the air. Still need him out wide though.
Sankofa: (5) Got caught out on quite a few occasions and doesnt really know how to link the play with the midfield. Not sure if it was him who supplied the cross for maccas goal or if it was laurent. If he did the he gets a (6) as it was a world class ball in.
Scannell: (4) I am and have been a big scannell fan. Ever since i saw him destroy koncheski pre-season i marked him as one to watch. He was woefully inadequate today. Dwelt on the ball and his movement was very poor. Always looks unfit and he wouldnt play if we had other options.
Grant: (6) Buzzed around got tackles in, but lacks any foward momentum. He is consistantly a 6 out of 10 player and rarely drops above or below.
Macca: (7) I have not been maccas biggest fan this season, but i thought he had an ok game today . Got foward and probably doubled he shot/ goal tally for the season. If he can keep getting foward then more goals will follow. Needs to stay away from silly conflicts and standing on the feet of other players and facing off is not what we need right now.
Laurent: (5) He is so unpredictable that even he doesnt know what is happening half the time. Guilty of possibly the worst miss i have seen at the hall. He has had some great games but lets be honest these are getting few and far between. Today was not one of his best .
Lets just get to the byline and cross the ball.
You do not need to showboat at every occasion especially when its not working. Should be dropped, but wont be because of lack of squad size. Not sure if he supplied the cross for maccas goal or sankofa. If he did then he gets a (6)
Moussa: (6) Works hard but doesnt seem to have any major influence on the game. Puts himself about , but needs to be a constant provider or scorer or both in order to be hitting higher marks.
Patterson: (6) It was totally out of order to throw him up front as lone striker today. The boy has a good touch but always has his back to goal. Im sure once he has settled in he will start to gel , but he is not the answer to our goalscoring problems.
Walker (6) on as a sub looked lively and will more than likely be used more now the squad is bare.
Freedman (4) Did he touch the ball? Did he want to touch the ball? I wish he would just f, off and take his 2.5k a week with him so we could use it to sign some real quality.
Spencer (6) I like the boy. He has a point to prove and his movement is good. Wins headers he shouldnt and looked lively. We will see more from him im sure.
Ex southend boys
Hunt: (6) Average player who is a very useful ultility player anywhere on the pitch.
Harrold: (10) He helped us win the game by being utter ****e and being guilty of a miss possibly worse than Laurents. Nice one mate we owe you one.
Betsy : ( A genuine 9) For me the best player on the pitch. Was immense for wycombe . Destroyed barret on a few occasions, put in decent crosses and should have had a stonewall penalty. Take note messrs Laurent and Scannell.
All in all a bad day at the office. And i had the guts so i had my first Roots Hall pony. Didn't enhance my matchday experience at all.
Bring on Millwall
How wrong could i be. The first five minutes we were all over wycombe like a rash and i stupidly thought that maybe we could hammer them.
The thing that really annoys me is that scott malone has played about 3-4 amazing crosses into the box within the first 20 mins and not 1 blues players has the thought or the ability to read it and get in the end of it.
The game reminded me of 2 40 year old ex boxers just standing toe to toe slugging it out.
No quality no class just aimless and fruitless .
I have been watching southend united since 1992 and i have seen some right old **** in my time but that truthfully was right up there with the very best.
Make no mistake whatsoever unless we are able to improve this squad we will finish amongst the relegation zone.
Wycombe are one of if not the worst side in the league.
They came for a point and TBH they could have had all 3
quite easily today.
We didnt pass with any accuracy or purpose got beat with pathetic ease to the ball. Lacked any invetivness and any chances that seemed to come our way were down to luck or just wycombe being woeful.
Wycombe missed about 3 sitters and had what looked a certain penalty turned down.
We missed an equal amount of sitters but didnt create as many chances.
Team ratings:
Mildenhall. (6) Dodgy as **** . 60 minutes did ok and then just decided to palm fist and mis-kick anything that came his way. Left himself stranded about 40 yards from goal with one kick but wycombe were so poor they didnt even chance a shot.
Malone: (6) Gets better with each game. Put in atleast 3-4 amazing crosses which we did nothing with. Defended averagely , but with laurent and scannell infront of him he will be exposed.
Barratt: (7) Solid if nothing else. Tried a couple of his trademark runs to no avail. Marshalled Harrold to a degree , but he needn't have bothered as he can't score anyway.
Francis: (7) Pick of the defence for me. Looks comfortable on the ball and plays the ball short when required and long when required. Good passing range and wins a lot in the air. Still need him out wide though.
Sankofa: (5) Got caught out on quite a few occasions and doesnt really know how to link the play with the midfield. Not sure if it was him who supplied the cross for maccas goal or if it was laurent. If he did the he gets a (6) as it was a world class ball in.
Scannell: (4) I am and have been a big scannell fan. Ever since i saw him destroy koncheski pre-season i marked him as one to watch. He was woefully inadequate today. Dwelt on the ball and his movement was very poor. Always looks unfit and he wouldnt play if we had other options.
Grant: (6) Buzzed around got tackles in, but lacks any foward momentum. He is consistantly a 6 out of 10 player and rarely drops above or below.
Macca: (7) I have not been maccas biggest fan this season, but i thought he had an ok game today . Got foward and probably doubled he shot/ goal tally for the season. If he can keep getting foward then more goals will follow. Needs to stay away from silly conflicts and standing on the feet of other players and facing off is not what we need right now.
Laurent: (5) He is so unpredictable that even he doesnt know what is happening half the time. Guilty of possibly the worst miss i have seen at the hall. He has had some great games but lets be honest these are getting few and far between. Today was not one of his best .
Lets just get to the byline and cross the ball.
You do not need to showboat at every occasion especially when its not working. Should be dropped, but wont be because of lack of squad size. Not sure if he supplied the cross for maccas goal or sankofa. If he did then he gets a (6)
Moussa: (6) Works hard but doesnt seem to have any major influence on the game. Puts himself about , but needs to be a constant provider or scorer or both in order to be hitting higher marks.
Patterson: (6) It was totally out of order to throw him up front as lone striker today. The boy has a good touch but always has his back to goal. Im sure once he has settled in he will start to gel , but he is not the answer to our goalscoring problems.
Walker (6) on as a sub looked lively and will more than likely be used more now the squad is bare.
Freedman (4) Did he touch the ball? Did he want to touch the ball? I wish he would just f, off and take his 2.5k a week with him so we could use it to sign some real quality.
Spencer (6) I like the boy. He has a point to prove and his movement is good. Wins headers he shouldnt and looked lively. We will see more from him im sure.
Ex southend boys
Hunt: (6) Average player who is a very useful ultility player anywhere on the pitch.
Harrold: (10) He helped us win the game by being utter ****e and being guilty of a miss possibly worse than Laurents. Nice one mate we owe you one.
Betsy : ( A genuine 9) For me the best player on the pitch. Was immense for wycombe . Destroyed barret on a few occasions, put in decent crosses and should have had a stonewall penalty. Take note messrs Laurent and Scannell.
All in all a bad day at the office. And i had the guts so i had my first Roots Hall pony. Didn't enhance my matchday experience at all.
Bring on Millwall
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yogi bear up the cagire
Life President⭐
I now know why I asked why there wasn't a match report & ratings thread.
Following a dismal afternoon, just listening to what sounded like a horror show, I wanted peoples comments just to cheer me up and make me laugh. It's started very well!
From what I've heard my idea of Freedman and Spencer up front to start doesn't now sound a bad idea. After all it worked well in the first-half on Wednesday against a strong Ipswich reserve side...........at least they had some understanding of each others play. When I saw the line up, initially I assumed that Laurent was accompanying Paterson............not exactly what I wished .................but at least Paterson wasn't being left up front to fend for himself.................SO I THOUGHT! Anyway Tilly is the manager and I'm not............so he must have had reasons for his selection and formation.
Rather than having a rant now I think it more sensible to wait for this side to settle down together, hopefully with one or two additions before the window closes. Not panicking just yet...........but rather worried.
Clinton Baptiste
Life President⭐
Freedman shouldnt even be on the bench. How he can pick up his wage and be proud of himself I dont know. Came on today waving arms, barking orders yet barely touched the ball. Put Calver, Asante, hell even the kit man on for him and they would show more willingness and passion. The guy is a joke, and needs to be rid of and his wages used for someone who can actually run. Paterson, Spencer and another striker with a bit of pace would not be too bad, with Laurent able to play up there too.
chapperzUK
Guest
Wiggy? What the hell are you on about! Mildenhall was the only reason we got a point today with some fantastic saves. If he didn't could out and "palm fist" (I believe they call it punching) then they could have had an effort at goal. He did miss-kick a couple of times but did you actually see the state of the pitch. The ball didn't bounce on parts of it.
Seriously people, can you stop expecting miracles from the players. Some of the so-called 'fans' at the game were so impatient that they just got angry when Laurent didn't skin 5 players, cross it to Patterson who would score with an overhead kick! I swear that most 'supporters' want us to lose so that they can have the satisfaction of moaning. This is league one not the premiership. We are trying to build an attack and your just going "hurry up, your crap", "shoot! .... why did you shoot!". Some were shouting at Spencer to shoot when he had 3 players in front of him and then got annoyed because he tried to make some space. Either get behind the team or p*ss off and support West Ham!
chapperzUK
Guest
Did you actually watch the game? He ran around, gave 100% and showed that he has passion which is something that some of our players lack.
Tommy2holes
Life President⭐
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy2holes
Mildenhall. (6) Dodgy as **** . 60 minutes did ok and then just decided to palm fist and mis-kick anything that came his way. Left himself stranded about 40 yards from goal with one kick but wycombe were so poor they didnt even chance a shot.
Wiggy? What the hell are you on about! Mildenhall was the only reason we got a point today with some fantastic saves. If he didn't could out and "palm fist" (I believe they call it punching) then they could have had an effort at goal. He did miss-kick a couple of times but did you actually see the state of the pitch. The ball didn't bounce on parts of it.
Seriously people, can you stop expecting miracles from the players. Some of the so-called 'fans' at the game were so impatient that they just got angry when Laurent didn't skin 5 players, cross it to Patterson who would score with an overhead kick! I swear that most 'supporters' want us to lose so that they can have the satisfaction of moaning. This is league one not the premiership. We are trying to build an attack and your just going "hurry up, your crap", "shoot! .... why did you shoot!". Some were shouting at Spencer to shoot when he had 3 players in front of him and then got annoyed because he tried to make some space. Either get behind the team or p*ss off and support West Ham!
Yeah i should blindly get behind the team and if i cant then i should **** off and support west ham.
Two things:
A) You are a tube
B) Yawwwnnnn
Mildy was shaky for the last half and hour and punched and slapped aimlessly at seemingly tame crosses and kicked straight to oppostion when out of his area. If they would have had any quality then they would have looked up and scored and we would all be slating mildy , but there were **** and missed a mildy gifted opportunity.
I gave him a mark in the match ratings for this accordingly .
He did not get us a point you plum, we did by scoring a goal and conceeding a goal. We missed sitters and they missed sitters. Mildy made saves you would expect him to save. He got a (6) rating from me because he deserved a six rating.
Tommy2holes
Life President⭐
Are you on a 1 man crusade?
He hardly touched the ball pointed a lot and did nothing. He is one of the top earners at the club. The man is a ball and chain and should be show the door.
chapperzUK
Guest
Thats because he is a quality goalkeeper. Blindly get behind the team? So if things are all perfect then you will support them but when things get tough you will stop?
Tommy2holes
Life President⭐
Mate i dont how long you have been going to see the blues but believe me when i say i have seen the worst days of this clubs history. I have been all over the country and seen us lose pretty much everywhere. I will support any team that gives 100% regardless of quality, but today there were players going through the motions. If we are to survive this year then pedestrians are not invited. Unfortunately we have some right old **** in our team, but if they give there maximum each and every game then they will get my support. Simple as that.
(ps) Mildy is not a quality keeper. He is a decent league 1 keeper. Samsone or a young Roycie. They were keepers.
TBV_Dan
Supporting The Blue Voice
The team at times couldn't be bothered, so neither am I.
EastStandBlue
Life President
Wasn't exactly surprised to see Tilson opt for the 4-5-1 as I could see his thinking behind it... Allow Laurent and Scannell to run at their two full backs, close down their midfield (where they were undoubtedly strongest) and mount continuous pressure. Unfortunately for us, neither Scannell or Laurent turned up, isolating Paterson, and the midfield was left toil with no outlet.
The fact it took Tilson 70 minutes to change an ineffective system, even worse so at the expense of Paterson, was criminal and ultimately cost us 2 points. Wycombe are terrible, they were there for a taking and a more ruthless side would've carved them to shreds.
Anyway, on to the ratings...
Mildenhall: 8 - Kept us in it, like he has so frequently this season, with some point blank saves when we went into suicide mode for 10 minutes.
Sankofa: 7 - Pleasantly surprised. Solid, yet unspectacular... Recieves a 7 because of the pinpoint accuracy of that cross, which exuded class. Macca didn't even have to move.
Barrett: 6 - Again, solid and tried to drive forward but to little effect.
Francis: 6 - Doesn't enjoy playing CB and it showed. With Scannell doing nothing and Laurent on the floor, I would've liked to have seen him pushed out wide.
Malone: 5 - Indifferent day from him and probably his worst performance for us. He's usually solid defensively but he looked uninterested today and failed to close down on a few occasions. Got forward well, though.
Grant: 7 - Bizarrely taken off when we needed him most. Struggled with his passing, but some of his interceptions were pivotal and he broke up the play well. Spoke volumes that when he was taken off, Betsy ran riot.
Moussa: 6.5 - Tale of two halves. Failed to get involved in the first, but made a conscious effort in the second and was unlucky with two efforts at the end of the first. Tracked back well when others refused.
Macca: 5 - Didn't have to do anything for the goal, such was the class of the cross. Apart from that, made a few good passes but, ultimately, cost us today with a foolish challenge in a dangerous area. A shame because I've thought he's done well lately, but when we needed a midfield leader most, he was too busy pushing players around acting the bully.
Scannell: 5 - Ineffective. Made some good crosses in the first half but failed to do much at all in the second. No footballing brain behind those dreadlocks whatsoever... The lights might be on, but nobody is home in Casa Del Scannell.
Laurent: 4 - Awesome audition for Dancing on Ice.
Paterson: 6.5 - I felt for the lad today, I really did. He obviously has the ability, the intelligence and the application to succeed with us but it was as if today conspired against him. Didn't win much in the air, but in the second half he set up most of our moves forward, was integral in the play leading up to Laurent's atrocious miss and generally did everything in his power. Wasn't helped at all by our other players ignoring his requests, but that will come with familiarity. One thing I will say is though that he'll need a strike partner or it won't happen for him... The sooner we can get Spencer match fit, the better.
Subs: I won't rate the subs, they should've been on 20 minutes before they were though.
Freedman - Needn't have bothered.
Spencer - Toiled, not enough time to make an impression.
Walker - He came. He fell over.
All in all, a frustrating day but with some positive notes. Paterson looks, to me, like he could be the real deal with some familiarity with the rest of the squad. We were shocking today and still couldn't lose to a fellow relegation chaser and the usual suspects were solid as ever.
The fact it took Tilson 70 minutes to change an ineffective system, even worse so at the expense of Paterson, was criminal and ultimately cost us 2 points. Wycombe are terrible, they were there for a taking and a more ruthless side would've carved them to shreds.
Anyway, on to the ratings...
Mildenhall: 8 - Kept us in it, like he has so frequently this season, with some point blank saves when we went into suicide mode for 10 minutes.
Sankofa: 7 - Pleasantly surprised. Solid, yet unspectacular... Recieves a 7 because of the pinpoint accuracy of that cross, which exuded class. Macca didn't even have to move.
Barrett: 6 - Again, solid and tried to drive forward but to little effect.
Francis: 6 - Doesn't enjoy playing CB and it showed. With Scannell doing nothing and Laurent on the floor, I would've liked to have seen him pushed out wide.
Malone: 5 - Indifferent day from him and probably his worst performance for us. He's usually solid defensively but he looked uninterested today and failed to close down on a few occasions. Got forward well, though.
Grant: 7 - Bizarrely taken off when we needed him most. Struggled with his passing, but some of his interceptions were pivotal and he broke up the play well. Spoke volumes that when he was taken off, Betsy ran riot.
Moussa: 6.5 - Tale of two halves. Failed to get involved in the first, but made a conscious effort in the second and was unlucky with two efforts at the end of the first. Tracked back well when others refused.
Macca: 5 - Didn't have to do anything for the goal, such was the class of the cross. Apart from that, made a few good passes but, ultimately, cost us today with a foolish challenge in a dangerous area. A shame because I've thought he's done well lately, but when we needed a midfield leader most, he was too busy pushing players around acting the bully.
Scannell: 5 - Ineffective. Made some good crosses in the first half but failed to do much at all in the second. No footballing brain behind those dreadlocks whatsoever... The lights might be on, but nobody is home in Casa Del Scannell.
Laurent: 4 - Awesome audition for Dancing on Ice.
Paterson: 6.5 - I felt for the lad today, I really did. He obviously has the ability, the intelligence and the application to succeed with us but it was as if today conspired against him. Didn't win much in the air, but in the second half he set up most of our moves forward, was integral in the play leading up to Laurent's atrocious miss and generally did everything in his power. Wasn't helped at all by our other players ignoring his requests, but that will come with familiarity. One thing I will say is though that he'll need a strike partner or it won't happen for him... The sooner we can get Spencer match fit, the better.
Subs: I won't rate the subs, they should've been on 20 minutes before they were though.
Freedman - Needn't have bothered.
Spencer - Toiled, not enough time to make an impression.
Walker - He came. He fell over.
All in all, a frustrating day but with some positive notes. Paterson looks, to me, like he could be the real deal with some familiarity with the rest of the squad. We were shocking today and still couldn't lose to a fellow relegation chaser and the usual suspects were solid as ever.
chapperzUK
Guest
I started when we were in Division 3 (back in 2001ish). To be honest, I would love to go to more away games but I simply can not afford it.
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