Pre-Match Thread Southend United v Dagenham & Redbridge, Monday 26th August, 15:00k.o., NL

[RHB]

Genuine question... do you mean Wind?

If so, I'm not sure I'd take one off our best players (and top scorer) so far this season to give an untried player, just acquired from the league below, a 30 min run out in what might be a combative match.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

Not to sure @digger, if you can't it may be because the next block is crumbling and dangerous. Otherwise the Club may open the next block tomorrow, a bit like Barnet did for us on Saturday. Not that that did us much good!

We actually let away fans have 3 blocks of the North Bank but only sell the 2 Blocks of 680 or so tickets.

I'm surprised we didn't make this game all ticket with today being the last day of sales.

 

[BEERMONSTER]

For those attending the game lets put Saturdays disappointment behind us. Daggers 600 plus will be up for it and the benefit of the North Bank acoustics will ensure their heard, so let's make sure there's a real Roots Hall roar from the start and throughout, obviously a good performance from those in Blue helps with the atmosphere, but producing the passion from the stands that us Shrimpers can without doubt positively impacts this group of players, here's to a good 3 points!

 

[Fitz]

So I may have missed this but is block x also no longer allowed because of our safety certificate? Think the conosrtium are going to need to look at what can be done short term to increase capacity. I think a lot of people are put off buying tickets in the South Lower due to restricted view and legroom. Think we would have sold more for tomorrow if other areas were available.

 

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[Harry Bullocks]

Now usual early doors

Come on you Shrimpers

 

[Harry Bullocks]

So I may have missed this but is block x also no longer allowed because of our safety certificate? Think the conosrtium are going to need to look at what can be done short term to increase capacity. I think a lot of people are put off buying tickets in the South Lower due to restricted view and legroom. Think we would have sold more for tomorrow if other areas were available.

As an aside, I notice that we've almost reached 4,500 sth's

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

As an aside, I notice that we've almost reached 4,500 sth's

It will be over 4,500 as the counter is showing 4,461 sold, then there must be at least 200 hospitality and directors box season tickets not included in that figure.

 

[Texas Eslan]

How long will it take before the usual racist chanting starts…?

Let’s send this horrible lot back to West Ham with exactly what they deserve for a change.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

As an aside, I notice that we've almost reached 4,500 sth's

It will be over 4,500 as the counter is showing 4,461 sold, then there must be at least 200 hospitality and directors box season tickets not included in that figure.

It’s not quite so good as that I’m afraid chaps - the counter is adding a couple of hundred in the North Bank now for some reason. Not the actual sales for the next fixture but still a couple of hundred. I’ll ask Chris to strip the North out of ST sales. It’s just an oversight because we added the North sales in separately well after the (also new) ST counter and forgot the implications!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

How long will it take before the usual racist chanting starts…?

Let’s send this horrible lot back to West Ham with exactly what they deserve for a change.

What from Daggers fans you mean? I haven’t heard that before. Bloody hope not. People like that are brainless anachronisms that belong in the dark ages.

If brains were dynamite they wouldn’t have enough to blow their hat off, as mum used to say.

 

[Texas Eslan]

What from Daggers fans you mean? I haven’t heard that before. Bloody hope not. People like that are brainless anachronisms that belong in the dark ages.

If brains were dynamite they wouldn’t have enough to blow their hat off, as mum used to say.

You haven’t heard them be derogatory about the traveller community? It’s every time we play them and nothing is ever done about it! Quite honestly I think it is disgusting but there you go. Nothing more needs to be said.

 

[Ricey]

And the ironic chant of “Southend’s a ****hole I wanna go home”

 

[Jmayhew32]

Thoughts with anyone, specifically daggers fans, affected by the fire in Dagenham overnight. Hopefully everyone is safe.

 

[Strykr]

And the ironic chant of “Southend’s a ****hole I wanna go home”

The definition of irony.

 

[Tommy2holes]

You haven’t heard them be derogatory about the traveller community? It’s every time we play them and nothing is ever done about it! Quite honestly I think it is disgusting but there you go. Nothing more needs to be said.

I havent really heard much from Dagenham fans other than "pikeys" and the wheels on your house.

Usually responded by us as east london is a sxxt hole.

If you are offended by that you probably won't want to leave the house on a daily basis.

 

[Texas Eslan]

I havent really heard much from Dagenham fans other than "pikeys" and the wheels on your house.

Usually responded by us as east london is a sxxt hole.

If you are offended by that you probably won't want to leave the house on a daily basis.

Doesn’t offend me as you put it as I am not from that community. However it is considered to be a racist term.

I recommend you go into one of the traveller communities and see how far you get using that language. Then you’ll know.

Anyway I’ll say no more as this is a match thread and didn’t want to start a debate on this.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

They have given Daggers some more North Bank tickets.

 

[digger]

That the final lot another 100, hopefully they go.