Greetings from Sunny Southend.
I can understand the general feeling of despair across your board and can understand it completely having felt many seasons of despair following Southend all my life.
However in your case you should probably look on the bright side and think of the teams that have found them selves in the third tier in recent years.
I have seen Man City, Leeds and Southhampton in the not too distant past plying their trade at Roots Hall , our ground if you didn't know. These teams and I suspect your selves don't hang around too long at this level. Your be visiting some grotty places on your travels and wonder how it came to this. But I predict in a couple of years or so your be looking back and laughing about it all. The only problem your have in the first season is every team will raise their game against you because it will be the biggest game of that season for them. I remember when we played Leeds at home, (we won 1-0) that I had never seen our boys so determined. Every away game will be like an FA cup final. So for that reason you may struggle the first season but by the second you will be ok and on your way up again. Any how I hope we see you next season as it looks like we have a good chance of going up , probably through the play offs.
One more thing. I see you don't think much of Eastwood but we love him. I hope he stays with us next season. Not sure about a fee or if we could pay wages any where near what you did though.
I can understand the general feeling of despair across your board and can understand it completely having felt many seasons of despair following Southend all my life.
However in your case you should probably look on the bright side and think of the teams that have found them selves in the third tier in recent years.
I have seen Man City, Leeds and Southhampton in the not too distant past plying their trade at Roots Hall , our ground if you didn't know. These teams and I suspect your selves don't hang around too long at this level. Your be visiting some grotty places on your travels and wonder how it came to this. But I predict in a couple of years or so your be looking back and laughing about it all. The only problem your have in the first season is every team will raise their game against you because it will be the biggest game of that season for them. I remember when we played Leeds at home, (we won 1-0) that I had never seen our boys so determined. Every away game will be like an FA cup final. So for that reason you may struggle the first season but by the second you will be ok and on your way up again. Any how I hope we see you next season as it looks like we have a good chance of going up , probably through the play offs.
One more thing. I see you don't think much of Eastwood but we love him. I hope he stays with us next season. Not sure about a fee or if we could pay wages any where near what you did though.