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What do the Swindon fans think about this game? I fancy a SUFC win, 2-1! The goat and gray to score.
Who should we look out for on the Swindon side?
Message 2 - posted by HOROZONTALHARRY, 21 Hours Ago
Saddlers fan here, in peace. We played Swindon on Saturday. Their best player was the no.12, who played on their right. He caused us some problems, but fortunately in a moment of tactical genius that Colin Lee would have been proud off, they substituted him!!
Their goalie played well too.
Message 3 - posted by ?¤Magic 8-Ball ¤?, 21 Hours Ago
We're desperately searching for a win after our away form has let us down again.
A lot will depend on the team Andy King puts out. Watch out for Fallon, he'll definitely play, big centre forward, wins a lot in the air. Ricky Shakes is really quick down the right wing and Colin Heath is on loan from Man Yoo and hasn't done too badly since joining us.
Its about time all our new players gelled, and I'm hoping that when they do and we agree on a team/formation, somebody is going to get thumped.
Besides, we owe you a little revenge for beating us in the LDV last year!
Message 4 - posted by cornishredstfc, 21 Hours Ago
well i have to go with the reds - how else are we going to get points if we dont consolidate at home. If our midfield get an early grip on things we should get some kind of result. I'll go for 2-0. Our keeper apart from the Wallsall game has been outstanding!
Is Eastwood playing?
Message 5 - posted by SamTheFatChap, 21 Hours Ago
Mrs Sam has been kneeling in the corner since Sunday praying for goals. She nearly always gets what she wants so i see a hatful of goals here. Hopefully most of them will be for the reds.
Message 6 - posted by mattyreg, 20 Hours Ago
Is Eastwood playing?
Quoted from this message
Nope. He's suspended...
Still, the Goat is in great form, as are our wingers; and young James Lawson had a terrific debut up front last weekend (just ask the Latics!).
We're playing... not too badly at the moment. I'm not going to make a prediction since (a) I'm not in the business of tempting fate; and (b) since I make cack predictions. But it should be a good game - from what I can recall of last season, both sides like to get in on the deck and play.
The only prediction I can make is that, sadly, very few fans will travel. There's been a mass-protest on our message-boards at the £23 which is being charged by Swindon, which is ridiculously high.
If the charge was in the £15-£17 range, I imagine that about 500 or so Shrimpers would have made the trip. As it is, indications suggest that fewer than 300 will go.
You "do the math" as they say Stateside... you'll make less money from us Shrimpers than you would have done if your prices had been lower.
Final question: will Nicky Nicolau play? If so, I hope King sticks him at left back - our right wing, Mark Gower, would have a field day...
Matt
Message 7 - posted by we8oxford, 19 Hours Ago
You are complaining about paying £23 for 1 game , imagine having to pay it every week like we have to.Now you can see why our crowds are so low, we used to get 10K every week 7 years ago when it was £15 to get in, in the same league.
Nicy Nicolau will not start he might be on the bench. We are due a big win against someone, once all our new players gel(13 players) we could start a run.
sneaky 2-1 win to the Town, I think southend are not a bad side so any sort of win will do me.
Message 8 - posted by mattyreg, 19 Hours Ago
£23 every week would stick in the craw, somewhat. Our club management away from the pitch has, surprisingly, been rather adept at keeping the fans happy by not trying to fleece them at every turn:
* Prices frozen at £16.50 despite promotion
* Same home kit as last year
* Free podcasts via the Official Site with more SUFC news & interviews
* Smoking ban within Roots Hall (which is, I have to say, pretty popular with most fans)
For the first time in a decade or more, our club is being properly run off the pitch - as well as, of course, benefitting from Steve Tilson & Paul Brush doing the business when it comes to on-the-pitch management.
Little surprise that gates are up from a low of 3,900-ish average a few years ago to 6,077 average last season (and that was in League Two, with the likes of Macclesfield bringing sub-100 away followings).
It's fair to say that supporting Southend right now is as pleasant an experience as it's ever been!
Matt
Message 9 - posted by we8oxford, 19 Hours Ago
Add to that a new home and away kit at £30 each, 3.99 a month for the website and false promises of new ground for the last 6 years. Our board are absolutely cluless, we have got Willie Carson as chairman where is he every saturday afternoon you got on the BBC hosting the racing!!!! thankfully we have an extremely rich benefactor who keeps bailing us out everytime we get into financial trouble, which as you know is a lot more times than any other club.
We truly are the worst run club in the country, the good thing is we do have about 4k loyal fans who seem to go every week even when things are hitting rock bottom. The latest is that we may have to move out of Swindon (MK Dons ring a bell) to build a new stadium(Bath is being rumoured sharing with the rugby team) if the council knock back our 3rd attempt at building a 25k all seater stadium.
It is nice to hear that a club is thinking of it's fans, I just wish our board and council thought the same way!!
Message 10 - posted by robin_fan89, 17 Hours Ago
The board wouldn't risk a smoking ban in the County Ground, it would drive away even more fans. I'm a season ticket holder and I heard one guy on the radio saying that he refused to go to home games because of the prices, and instead went to every away match. Have to agree with the guy, at least season tickets are basically affordable. If they weren't I wouldn't go to home games.
Message 11 - posted by elPresidenteMike, 16 Hours Ago
Looking forward to Saturday's game, I'm a longtime Southend fan/local, and Swindon was my College town, I actually lived on the main route to the County Ground, so for me, it's got a 'derby' feel to it! Added to that, a few mates from my college years are Town supporters, bragging rights are up for grabs (...oh, how much I enjoyed last years LDV triumph!).
Message 12 - posted by mattcanning, 16 Hours Ago
In a way I agree with you... One thing out of all the new things at roots hall has p%&sed me off more than others. The security around the W block in the west stand. The W block, tickets for this area can't be bought. People who sit here are the 'singers' of the stadium, they buy there tickets somewhere else in the West stand and spend the game in the W block with all the other singers. We stood for a long time the other day singing and cheering on southend as we always do. Then continued to do so as 2 goals went into Oldhams net. The little fat security guards tryed to throw me out several times along with alot of other people at the back of the W block. They tryed this as we would not sit down. After about 10 minutes of them trying and getting more and more security, in the end we all sat down, people stopped singing, stopped cheering... Oldham scored.
So i agree with the No Smoking ban and the low ticket prices at roots hall but... I don't agree with them sending the security down our end of the west bank to stop us supporting out team. Thats what I go for, to support southend.
Rant over...
Prediction 2-0 Win at Swindon (yes i'll be there)
Message 13 - posted by mattyreg, 16 Hours Ago
Overzelaous stewarding has, alas, always been an issue at Roots Hall, Matt. However I am reliably informed that the new stadium manager:
* answers e-mails
* chats cordially to fans
* occasionally visits fans' messageboards
* is very approachable
* takes comments on board and tries to deliver good customer service
Makes a bit of a difference from Dave Jobson, doesn't it?!
Unfortunately, the West-block issue is one of those problems that can never be resolved. Fundamentally, Roots Hall is an all-seater stadium and has been ever since 1995 (how did we manage to pick the time when the Taylor Report was being rolled out to be in the Championship, I ask myself!).
Therefore, having one of the block full of people standing is, alas, always going to be a bit of a problem for the stadium manager and the stewards.
Other than asking the new guy to be a bit more understanding, and for the stewarding to be a bit more sympathetic, I'm not sure what the solution is...
Matt
Message 14 - posted by mattcanning, 14 Hours Ago
Thanks for the info. A couple of people who sit with me each week (and i'm sure many more people) are going to have words with people in high places about it, as I think the players need encouragement (as all players do)... And if they can't get it, that could cost the team, in my opinion. I definatly won't be sitting down at swindon
Who should we look out for on the Swindon side?
Message 2 - posted by HOROZONTALHARRY, 21 Hours Ago
Saddlers fan here, in peace. We played Swindon on Saturday. Their best player was the no.12, who played on their right. He caused us some problems, but fortunately in a moment of tactical genius that Colin Lee would have been proud off, they substituted him!!
Their goalie played well too.
Message 3 - posted by ?¤Magic 8-Ball ¤?, 21 Hours Ago
We're desperately searching for a win after our away form has let us down again.
A lot will depend on the team Andy King puts out. Watch out for Fallon, he'll definitely play, big centre forward, wins a lot in the air. Ricky Shakes is really quick down the right wing and Colin Heath is on loan from Man Yoo and hasn't done too badly since joining us.
Its about time all our new players gelled, and I'm hoping that when they do and we agree on a team/formation, somebody is going to get thumped.
Besides, we owe you a little revenge for beating us in the LDV last year!
Message 4 - posted by cornishredstfc, 21 Hours Ago
well i have to go with the reds - how else are we going to get points if we dont consolidate at home. If our midfield get an early grip on things we should get some kind of result. I'll go for 2-0. Our keeper apart from the Wallsall game has been outstanding!
Is Eastwood playing?
Message 5 - posted by SamTheFatChap, 21 Hours Ago
Mrs Sam has been kneeling in the corner since Sunday praying for goals. She nearly always gets what she wants so i see a hatful of goals here. Hopefully most of them will be for the reds.
Message 6 - posted by mattyreg, 20 Hours Ago
Is Eastwood playing?
Quoted from this message
Nope. He's suspended...
Still, the Goat is in great form, as are our wingers; and young James Lawson had a terrific debut up front last weekend (just ask the Latics!).
We're playing... not too badly at the moment. I'm not going to make a prediction since (a) I'm not in the business of tempting fate; and (b) since I make cack predictions. But it should be a good game - from what I can recall of last season, both sides like to get in on the deck and play.
The only prediction I can make is that, sadly, very few fans will travel. There's been a mass-protest on our message-boards at the £23 which is being charged by Swindon, which is ridiculously high.
If the charge was in the £15-£17 range, I imagine that about 500 or so Shrimpers would have made the trip. As it is, indications suggest that fewer than 300 will go.
You "do the math" as they say Stateside... you'll make less money from us Shrimpers than you would have done if your prices had been lower.
Final question: will Nicky Nicolau play? If so, I hope King sticks him at left back - our right wing, Mark Gower, would have a field day...
Matt
Message 7 - posted by we8oxford, 19 Hours Ago
You are complaining about paying £23 for 1 game , imagine having to pay it every week like we have to.Now you can see why our crowds are so low, we used to get 10K every week 7 years ago when it was £15 to get in, in the same league.
Nicy Nicolau will not start he might be on the bench. We are due a big win against someone, once all our new players gel(13 players) we could start a run.
sneaky 2-1 win to the Town, I think southend are not a bad side so any sort of win will do me.
Message 8 - posted by mattyreg, 19 Hours Ago
£23 every week would stick in the craw, somewhat. Our club management away from the pitch has, surprisingly, been rather adept at keeping the fans happy by not trying to fleece them at every turn:
* Prices frozen at £16.50 despite promotion
* Same home kit as last year
* Free podcasts via the Official Site with more SUFC news & interviews
* Smoking ban within Roots Hall (which is, I have to say, pretty popular with most fans)
For the first time in a decade or more, our club is being properly run off the pitch - as well as, of course, benefitting from Steve Tilson & Paul Brush doing the business when it comes to on-the-pitch management.
Little surprise that gates are up from a low of 3,900-ish average a few years ago to 6,077 average last season (and that was in League Two, with the likes of Macclesfield bringing sub-100 away followings).
It's fair to say that supporting Southend right now is as pleasant an experience as it's ever been!
Matt
Message 9 - posted by we8oxford, 19 Hours Ago
Add to that a new home and away kit at £30 each, 3.99 a month for the website and false promises of new ground for the last 6 years. Our board are absolutely cluless, we have got Willie Carson as chairman where is he every saturday afternoon you got on the BBC hosting the racing!!!! thankfully we have an extremely rich benefactor who keeps bailing us out everytime we get into financial trouble, which as you know is a lot more times than any other club.
We truly are the worst run club in the country, the good thing is we do have about 4k loyal fans who seem to go every week even when things are hitting rock bottom. The latest is that we may have to move out of Swindon (MK Dons ring a bell) to build a new stadium(Bath is being rumoured sharing with the rugby team) if the council knock back our 3rd attempt at building a 25k all seater stadium.
It is nice to hear that a club is thinking of it's fans, I just wish our board and council thought the same way!!
Message 10 - posted by robin_fan89, 17 Hours Ago
The board wouldn't risk a smoking ban in the County Ground, it would drive away even more fans. I'm a season ticket holder and I heard one guy on the radio saying that he refused to go to home games because of the prices, and instead went to every away match. Have to agree with the guy, at least season tickets are basically affordable. If they weren't I wouldn't go to home games.
Message 11 - posted by elPresidenteMike, 16 Hours Ago
Looking forward to Saturday's game, I'm a longtime Southend fan/local, and Swindon was my College town, I actually lived on the main route to the County Ground, so for me, it's got a 'derby' feel to it! Added to that, a few mates from my college years are Town supporters, bragging rights are up for grabs (...oh, how much I enjoyed last years LDV triumph!).
Message 12 - posted by mattcanning, 16 Hours Ago
In a way I agree with you... One thing out of all the new things at roots hall has p%&sed me off more than others. The security around the W block in the west stand. The W block, tickets for this area can't be bought. People who sit here are the 'singers' of the stadium, they buy there tickets somewhere else in the West stand and spend the game in the W block with all the other singers. We stood for a long time the other day singing and cheering on southend as we always do. Then continued to do so as 2 goals went into Oldhams net. The little fat security guards tryed to throw me out several times along with alot of other people at the back of the W block. They tryed this as we would not sit down. After about 10 minutes of them trying and getting more and more security, in the end we all sat down, people stopped singing, stopped cheering... Oldham scored.
So i agree with the No Smoking ban and the low ticket prices at roots hall but... I don't agree with them sending the security down our end of the west bank to stop us supporting out team. Thats what I go for, to support southend.
Rant over...
Prediction 2-0 Win at Swindon (yes i'll be there)
Message 13 - posted by mattyreg, 16 Hours Ago
Overzelaous stewarding has, alas, always been an issue at Roots Hall, Matt. However I am reliably informed that the new stadium manager:
* answers e-mails
* chats cordially to fans
* occasionally visits fans' messageboards
* is very approachable
* takes comments on board and tries to deliver good customer service
Makes a bit of a difference from Dave Jobson, doesn't it?!
Unfortunately, the West-block issue is one of those problems that can never be resolved. Fundamentally, Roots Hall is an all-seater stadium and has been ever since 1995 (how did we manage to pick the time when the Taylor Report was being rolled out to be in the Championship, I ask myself!).
Therefore, having one of the block full of people standing is, alas, always going to be a bit of a problem for the stadium manager and the stewards.
Other than asking the new guy to be a bit more understanding, and for the stewarding to be a bit more sympathetic, I'm not sure what the solution is...
Matt
Message 14 - posted by mattcanning, 14 Hours Ago
Thanks for the info. A couple of people who sit with me each week (and i'm sure many more people) are going to have words with people in high places about it, as I think the players need encouragement (as all players do)... And if they can't get it, that could cost the team, in my opinion. I definatly won't be sitting down at swindon
