Official Match Thread Southend United v Carlisle United

[gatecrasher]

There is a reason why akinola has spent most of career in non league, he looks like he could be good but actually he is probably actually no better at striking a ball that Acquah. That said Emile is looking decent with his link up play today

 

[jackj13]

I can take lack of quality but lack of effort definitely not. Looks like Carlisle are the team fighting for their lives.

 

[dannypav]

The Day the Music Died .........................

 

[dbailey3]

The familiar feeling returns

 

[Strykr]

Its horrible isnt it :(

 

[Sufc.2008]

Maybe MM’s penalty taker spreadsheet had to be deleted in the week to allow some of his other data to be downloaded... great trade off though, MM’s analysis of throw-in’s taken at a 63 degrees tangent to the 18 yard box when the wind is blowing at 15 mph in a north easterly direction is clearly paying dividends instead ??

 

[TrueBlue]

Surely you have your regular penalty taker take the penalty don’t you? And isn’t JD our penalty taker and also is he not captain today?
Then why didn’t JD pull rank?

Or the manager

 

[Westcliff DGS]

Fthe goal was so so poor, no pressure eon the first header midfield no one came to the attacker.

as fr the pen, why o why is JD not taking it IF he is th even taker, or if not why did ANG not take it considering her scored the last one. MM ant be saying who ever fancies it surely.

NOt very happy at all

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

RIP SUFC.We're down.FWIW I think JD would have scored from the pen.

 

[NZamba Legend]

ANG is having one of his better games.

He could be some player

 

[Barling Magna]

Such a disappointment that first half. Acquah wins a great header down to Akinola who is fouled. Anyone but Akinola should have taken that, even Oxley. If he had blasted the penalty wide of the post or over the bar I wouldn't mind half as much as that dreadful, showboating effort. You had better score twice in the second half Simeon......

 

[MisterStubbs]

**** first half performance made worse by the fact we could be going in to the break level if it weren’t for the WORST PENALTY I’ve ever seen from someone who’d rather feed his ego this afternoon than be a team player. We have every right to be fuming after that. Unforgivable.

 

[amsemp]

Paul clark called it. Everyone has a designated penalty taker.

Everyone but us of course.

The worst thing is, I think we do. Demi has been in the mix twice now and let someone else have it. He must be our penalty taker. If he is then I genuinely can’t believe he’s bottled the last two.

As for Akinola, it’s a team game. Demi is our best penalty taker and ANG scored our last. So why are you stepping up? This is absolutely no time to try and be a hero.

 

[Cricko]

Awful first half, just hit and hope, we are running/walking around like headless chickens with no game plan or fight whatsoever.

 

[LBBlue]

What a joke - everything we did well last week has just been undone. Get the wingers on their natural side. Get Ferguson to break into a sweat and f..king run instead of strolling everywhere.

 

[Leicester Shrimper]

ANG is having one of his better games.

Says a lot.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

HT 0-1 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Ted]

Hate this club honestly. You get the feeling that despite the absolute shower of **** we’ve just watched the talk in the changing room will be more than pleasant ??‍

 

[Boreham Blue]

I don’t see the lack of effort in that half. It’s all about lack of quality to me.

 

[londonblue]

Paul clark called it. Everyone has a designated penalty taker.

Everyone but us of course.

I doubt it. I'm sure we do, and I'm also sure Akinola used the childish "I got fouled, I'm taking it" argument.