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I’m still right behind them, as difficult as it is. UTM!!!
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I’m still right behind them, as difficult as it is. UTM!!!
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| forza ivano |
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the trouble is that there were no, nil, non, nada, zero, positives to take from that match yesterday.
and that is despite the fact that Hurst has had a week on the training pitch with them, and you'd imagine they'd be extra keen to show that they deserved their place, and they'd be busting agut to impress the new boss.
There was nothing. port vale were in aworse situation - their coach had only had 2-3 days with them, but they went out and did what we should've been doing. they were keen, hardworking, vocal and wanted it more than we did. their commentators were constantly going on about the transformation
that's probably why hurst was so down
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| Yoda |
| January 10, 2021, 12:23pm |
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We are on a mess and i cannot see a way out of the situation
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| moosey_club |
| January 10, 2021, 12:40pm |
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The problem with taking comfort from how close we are to the clubs above us is that the direction of travel is shocking.
Not so long ago some were saying that Southend were as good as down, so one relegation place was already filled.
A few matches ago people were saying, it's ok, we have a six point gap top the drop zone.
In December it was ok because we have games against the bottom feeders and had the opportunity to pick up plenty of points and move well away from the danger zone.
Today we are in the drop zone. The team one point below us are near the top of the form table with games in hand. In recent weeks we have played teams mostly in the bottom six and have beaten only one of them.
Our top scorer is our centre half. We have a keeper who has given away daft goals, as has his replacement. Our defense is awful.We have the worst goal difference in the division. We have no strikers worthy of the name. We lack strength and creativity in midfield. Most of our players seem unable to master the basics of the game.
It's not a question of holding nerve. It's a question of waking up and smelling the coffee. We basically need a new team.
It is going to be tough to persuade enough quality players to join us. Hurst has a huge task. We need to face the fact that despite the new manager, new owners, and an injection of cash, the rot might simply be to deep to fix this season, especially it it is terminated early and we have to go to PPG.
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| Marinerdan |
| January 10, 2021, 12:43pm |
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Biggest positive for me is everyone who cares about the club can see exactly how bad we are and what we need to survive.
We’re desperately lacking in quality throughout the spine of the team and we need to pull out all of the stops to bring the right players in.
It’s quite impressive that Holloway managed to assemble such a huge squad and still only have 2 cb’s and only two experienced strikers, both 34 and one crocked.
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| grimsby pete |
| January 10, 2021, 12:58pm |
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Now we have a week off so if it was not for the lockdown we could send the 1st team on a 2 weeks break in the sun.
As it is they will still be here next week so let's hope Paul can come up with 4 or 5 good signings to turn this horrible run round.
Well we can hope.
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| oochiad |
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I’m not giving up, but it’s not realistic to think we’ll get a result in the next few games though. We need to be patient and hope Hurst will turn it around but it will take a little time.
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| devs |
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I think it might get worse before it gets better
My only fear with that is we may be 6-8pts off safety by then
Hanson - is going to be very ring rusty...so don't expect a glut of goals from him
PH is having to turn the ship around mid season - not easy to do for a whole number of reasons
At one point yesterday we had 67% possession - but it is meaningless in non threatening areas
As PH said - they were way better where it counted
"We need to be more lethal in both boxes"
One point... PH made it very clear that he's bringing in several new faces; the current squad know this
Could that make them care even less?
Another reason why it might get worse before getting better?
I also felt our best defensive effort in weeks was when Hewitt partnered Pollock v Scunny (I think that is right?)
Someone with a bit of pace at the back is vital
Check - someone to show some fecking leadership at the back is vital
I simply cannot pick anyone from yesterday who came out of the game with any credit
Very very worrying
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| RonMariner |
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I just don't see the current squad being able to beat an in form Southend. if we don't sign a few new players this week I think we will be bottom of the table on Saturday night.
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