Post-Match Thread and Ratings Southend United 2-0 Eastleigh

[Yorkshire Blue]

There seems to be teams that struggle a bit with Sat-Tues games, i think Eastleigh might be one of them.

I thought similar. We even looked up during the match to see if they’d been away at Gateshead or Hartlepool at the weekend. It was surprising just how much we wore them down. They played like an old team, especially in midfield.

@ShrimperStats have you stats for age profiles? Are they one of the older teams?

We are STILL not bursting from central midfield and shooting from the edge of the box much at all.

Maybe not necessarily bursting from midfield but Morton had at least three shots from just outside the area.

 

[Leeboy]

Maybe not necessarily bursting from midfield but Morton had at least three shots from just outside the area.

and Moncur did just that for Cokers goal v Boston - he ran at the defence, his shot was blocked which fell to Cards, who laid it off for Coker

 

[Smiffy]

I thought similar. We even looked up during the match to see if they’d been away at Gateshead or Hartlepool at the weekend. It was surprising just how much we wore them down. They played like an old team, especially in midfield.

@ShrimperStats have you stats for age profiles? Are they one of the older teams?


Maybe not necessarily bursting from midfield but Morton had at least three shots from just outside the area.

According to transfermarkt, the average squad age is 26 in the NL. With Eastleigh at 26.2 and us at 24.8.

 

[Hampshire Shrimp]

Found this posted on the Eastleigh Fans Forum;

We shouldn't be losing to small, mid table teams like them!

 

[shrimperjon]

Found this posted on the Eastleigh Fans Forum;

We shouldn't be losing to small, mid table teams like them!

Wonder if that was one of the 49 fans in the away end

 

[Hampshire Shrimp]

Wonder if that was one of the 49 fans in the away end

Probably one of their 12 year old Ultras

School in the morning, you`ve all got school in the morning

 

[RHB]

Found this posted on the Eastleigh Fans Forum;

We shouldn't be losing to small, mid table teams like them!

I've left a little post suggesting that the poster may have got it wrong. Pointless getting too aggrieved at total tosh like that, just let the result, and the manner of it's achievement, do our talking for us.

 

[Jai]

Let's see if Sutton (who have lost their last 3 games) come & park the bus. (Should we be higher up the table we may find a number of teams come to Roots Hall with just that in mind).

That will give us another view of how this team is progressing.

Sutton won't come and park the bus, they play a very gung-ho style of football which is largely the reason they've been thrashed in two successive games - they're too open and get caught on the break a lot. So it should be an entertaining game.

 

[Jai]

I've left a little post suggesting that the poster may have got it wrong. Pointless getting too aggrieved at total tosh like that, just let the result, and the manner of it's achievement, do our talking for us.

It's clearly a light-hearted comment to be fair.

 

[WillMay333]

Sutton won't come and park the bus, they play a very gung-ho style of football which is largely the reason they've been thrashed in two successive games - they're too open and get caught on the break a lot. So it should be an entertaining game.

I sincerely hope so. Trust our back 3 enough to deal with that, and would love to see and end to end game, would really enjoy seeing Moncur/Noor playing on the break

 

[RHB]

It's clearly a light-hearted comment to be fair.

Yeah, I was aware @Jai, I wasn't nasty to them.