Official Match Thread Southend United v Carlisle United

[Bad Beat]

Why doesn’t MM have a penalty taker ffs, that’s disgraceful

 

[leeblue]

That is shambolic
should have been nowhere near taking that pen.

 

[Sussexshrimper]

We are just ****

 

[SUFCStu]

Does it ever normally work when a regular penalty taker is overruled?

Or maybe Demi had a reason not to...

 

[Jay_SUFC]

Why do Carlisle look like they have four more men on the pitch than we do....?

Because they are actually moving and ours are just standing around. But it's not the managers fault though

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Players heads are down, fluffing the pen is akin to conceding a 2nd.

 

[gatecrasher]

Joke of a penalty, mentally weak player,. Why the hell isn't Demi taking that?? He has taken countless penalties. You won't ever see a weaker penalty than that, suprised it even met the keepers hands

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Akinola is an absolute f'kin idiot

I thought JD was our penalty taker................not that we've had that many, so can't be classed as a penalty expert

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

Only once has Southend fought back from a deficit this season to get any points.

And about 125 games since we last won from going behind.

 

[Danshrimper]

What on earth was that penalty attempt. Why is Demi taking

Or ANG. Anyone but Akinola who has spent all game kicking the ball at defenders legs and losing it and hasn’t scored a goal with his feet since joining.

 

[Strykr]

Does it ever normally work when a regular penalty taker is overruled?

Or maybe Demi had a reason not to...

I can only think MM wants his strikers to take them to build confidence.

That door swings both ways though...

 

[Paulie Walnuts]

Stupid thick idiot who clearly doesn’t get the situation we’re in by taking a penalty like we’re mid table and 3/0 up!. Absolute ****.

 

[Leicester Shrimper]

So goal shy we can’t even score our pens ?‍

 

[jackj13]

Better to support the team than continually be negative.

I can see where you’re coming from but after sending messages of support I was expecting the team to come out fighting. We usually hassle and hurry the other team. That hasn’t happened today. Carlisle look like they didn’t play Tuesday at the moment.

 

[united we stand]

RHF did really well there, but a better player would have given the ref a decision to make

 

[davewebbsbrain]

I thought JD was our penalty taker................not that we've had that many, so can't be classed as a penalty expert

I'd have JD take our penalties all day long. That said, I never said JD was a penalty expert

 

[NZamba Legend]

Emile is a free kick winning machine today

 

[Joolz]

Surprised no one blamed the manager for the penalty miss

In all seriousness I think we can. Surely such things as designated penalty taker should be decided beforehand.

 

[MisterStubbs]

Agreed. Rightly so.

I don’t mean it’s correct that he gets the abuse that is coming his way by a few idiots but for me to do that when we badly need points, he has lost my trust.

 

[Leicester Shrimper]

Great exaggerated dive from Akinola though.