Pre-Match Thread Southend United v FC Halifax Town, Tuesday 11th February, 19:45k.o., NL

[Seaside Shrimper]

After the last 2 performances I am wasting my season ticket tonight and giving this a miss, still too upset and angry after Saturday.

Never thought I would be saying that but our mind numbing, depressing style of crab football has tested me beyond the limit and I need a break.

Southend till I die, or until I get bored

 

[Guybrush13]

Why isn't X Block being opened for this if the North Bank is now shut?

 

[Cricko]

Why isn't X Block being opened for this if the North Bank is now shut?

X block is counted as part of The West stand and HS ground capacity numbers per stand only allow that to be open if numbers are taken out of the Family stand.

 

[Holy Joe]

All well and good talking about bringing in more players off season but aren't most of what we have on long contracts Will COSU be able to pay them off and still have money to invest in new players.just a question

It's a small squad still, so id imagine there should be scope to bring in a few without releasing anyone. Then if we can move on a couple perhaps that's frees up more space, and then of course there are loans

 

[Guybrush13]

X block is counted as part of The West stand and HS ground capacity numbers per stand only allow that to be open if numbers are taken out of the Family stand.

Is that what we did when it was open for the few games last year?

 

[Cricko]

Is that what we did when it was open for the few games last year?

Yep. I think we may have got away with it once. It is generally only used if needed and i dont think it will be tonight.

 

[dusterman]

Can’t go tonight. Gutted as I think we’ll win and well oddly enough, it’s a Tuesday innit?!

 

[rshepp]

Southend till I die, or until I get bored

I can see where you are coming from.
I can't use my season ticket this evening and I can't give it away.

 

[Piledriver]

on 3;50 we need to take an extra pass in the final third.............really

Noooooo thrice no, and Bridge needs to take an extra touch before crossing too.

 

[RHB]

Good luck to you all, Kev and the team tonight. Go out there, win well and prove all us moaners wrong.

 

[Zeuss]

For tonight :

Hayes

Wind
Taylor
Golding
Ralph

Gus ——good goalscorer,bad defender
Morton
Chambers—P. —can’t do much worse than alternatives !

Waldron—-see Chambers—P. above !
Bonne—our best attacks occur when Maher lets him on the pitch.
Walker.

 

[Gremlin]

All well and good talking about bringing in more players off season but aren't most of what we have on long contracts Will COSU be able to pay them off and still have money to invest in new players.just a question

Depends how you define a long contract. Haaland just signed up at City until 2034. None of ours go beyond 2026.

There's a pinned 'Player Contracts' thread if you want to check.

Thread 'Player Contracts 2024-25'

May 20, 2024

GK:

Collin Andeng-Ndi - 2026
Nick Hayes 2026
Dave Martin (not that one, or that one) non contract basis joined Ipswich as coach
James Hillson - non-contract
Zach Jeacock - loan until January
Nathan Harness initial one month loan from 15th Jan

DEF:

Jason Demetriou - 2024
Gus Scott-Morriss - 2024 (2 years with club’s option) 2026
George Wind -...

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[Barling Magna]

Please tell me he didn’t say this! Practically every time we got into the box on Saturday our strikers (or striker-identifying midfielders) attempted a pass instead of a shot and lost the ball every single time.

It isn't clear what he means. Does he mean maybe if they take an extra pass they will have a better chance or maybe if they take an unnecessary extra pass they lose the chance?

 

[IloveShrimp]

It’s with a heavy heart that after more than 5 decades of supporting the blues I have decided not to attend tonight and stay at home. I really can’t face to leave home at 6pm to get parked, then freeze my nuts off whilst being bored to death.

It feels like I am falling out of love with my team

Sorry.

 

[Roger The Alien]

Justin is going to be at the next 3 games, let's hope we all see an improvement over the past 2 Saturdays.

How you know @Ian Benjamin I do hope Justin will see the rubbish served up by all of us

 

[Roger The Alien]

‘We have a philosophy and a way of playing and it isn’t going to change’ Shades of Ange at Spurs …

I rather have an Ange type manager at Southend!

 

[IloveShrimp]

After the last 2 performances I am wasting my season ticket tonight and giving this a miss, still too upset and angry after Saturday.

Never thought I would be saying that but our mind numbing, depressing style of crab football has tested me beyond the limit and I need a break.

I agree with you, I’m wasting my seaso and not going either.

 

[Ipswhrimp]

I do hope Justin will see the rubbish served up by all of us

Does Justin spend much time on the Zone?

 

[Cricko]

Does Justin spend much time on the Zone?

Who knows, all he told me once was his wife does. Whether that is true or not.

 

[Shrimper]

It’s with a heavy heart that after more than 5 decades of supporting the blues I have decided not to attend tonight and stay at home. I really can’t face to leave home at 6pm to get parked, then freeze my nuts off whilst being bored to death.

It feels like I am falling out of love with my team

Sorry.

Bonne will score a hat-trick now