Don't know if anyone else sensed it too, but I could see a goal coming from Southend when they had that free kick for their first goal. Just felt it coming.
Worryingly too, I was certain JOB was going to miss ours.
It was a horrible psychic night out there tonight.
Conceding 6 goals in the last 3 games is a worry.
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Its common knowledge he's out till December/January time, he has a fracture and ligament damage. Definitely not good!saw Maddison outside the ground on crutches before kick off..didn't look good
Don't know if anyone else sensed it too, but I could see a goal coming from Southend when they had that free kick for their first goal. Just felt it coming.
Worryingly too, I was certain JOB was going to miss ours.
It was a horrible psychic night out there tonight.
Scoring 12 goals and being the league's top scorers after 5 games is a positive.Conceding 6 goals in the last 3 games is a worry.
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Scoring 12 goals and being the league's top scorers after 5 games is a positive.
Stop being so downbeat, you miserable git
Southend had only scored one goal in four games, so them bagging two tonight and looking like they could score more too at times, I think has to be a worry.
tbh I didn't think Southend looked like creating much, however we looked like we could gift wrap them another. You can see why Reda was moved to LB at previous club, he over commits too often. He has to curb that side of his game and have controlled aggression rather than reckless aggression.
I also think when the opposition are countering we're not getting into our defensive shape quick enough as we're spending too long chasing the ball trying to win it back. I know Guardiola used to employ the 6 second rule in his teams, basically if they lose the ball they will chase an harass the opposition to win the ball back within 6 seconds, if they don't they will then get into there defensive shape.
I think like Crewe Southend are a competent side. Both will struggle to score goals but both scored 2 against us. Both look fairly solid defensively so may scape enough points to stay in the division. We played lovely football against Crewe and managed the win. Tonight we didn't play that well but got the point. We could have nicked it at the death but we could have lost too.
Murphy was awful first half I thought but second half was a lot better. He seems able to go pasta man but then seems indecisive as to what next. I think he will grow into the team and become an exciting player
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saw Maddison outside the ground on crutches before kick off..didn't look good
From what I recall though, they missed at least 2 sitters.
I thought the referee was appalling got a lot of decisions wrong ,five bookings in the second half and each time he stopped play for about a minute while he wrote in his note pad , also his insistence on making them take throw ins from the exact spot , maybe my view is skyblues tinted but definetely one of the worse refs we have had for a while in my opinion
On a positive note, thought the support was first class again last night.
On a positive note, thought the support was first class again last night.
I thought the referee was appalling got a lot of decisions wrong ,five bookings in the second half and each time he stopped play for about a minute while he wrote in his note pad , also his insistence on making them take throw ins from the exact spot , maybe my view is skyblues tinted but definetely one of the worse refs we have had for a while in my opinion
First game this season due to holidays. First season ticket for a long long time too.
First my concerns (not negatives!):
Would like to see Burge command the area a bit more. Also he needs to be careful when kicking out of his hands as a couple of times in 2nd half I'm sure he was handling out of the area. Also needs to release ball earlier when strikers call for it.
Centre halves were too square and out of position at times Johnson especially usually mis-timing a jump. Played against 2 very experienced strikers which I don't think will happen too much this season.
Only negative was the officials for me. Linesman was way off pace 2nd half. Ref was inconsistent for both sides. I don't care if it's the 1st minute or 91st minute, tackles of that nature (2 in 1st 2 minutes) should be booked. Fleck got booked for a lot less.
Positives:
Playing our way out of trouble. The full backs always gave an option to receive the ball instead of it just being lumped up field and inviting more pressure.
Goals coming from all positions. Armstrong will get more attention from defenders so may not get as many opportunities. Although his feet and movement of the ball to create chances for himself was impressive.
The fans:
Loving the fact we've all been bunched together which is creating a much better atmosphere. Also a lot more encouragement, Fleck had a torrid 5 minutes in second half. Didn't hear anyone have a go at him but were encouraging him. Also Murphy acknowledged the encouragement when he kept taking the full back on.
Early days but loving the positive play.
Fair play to Southend fans for the number they brought too.
Nice to come away disappointed with the result but not the display.
He's been saying for ages he wants more players in and are not the finished product. So he obviously didn't think that, he's been playing down our early table positions.Not necessarily Mowbray, but maybe he thought we were better than we actually are. Do you think our squad is good enough?
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