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Off I go to Solihull on Saturday morning, first time I'll go there not to visit the NEC. Literally going to tick the ground off and see what their chips are like (if they do chips), like the saddo groundhopper I am. I'm certainly not going to enjoy the football display Southend United will...

Sadly it's not inevitable though, not when your best mate is in charge of sacking you. Also guess who's back, Ricky Holmes. I was told by Steve Arnold yesterday he's also been at training, Brown still wants him, Ron still doesn't. He also confirmed what Brown said, that Farnborough did indeed...

Went to St. Albans 1-0 Havant & Waterlooville today, awful game, two hoofing it into channels and hoping for the best sides. The highlight of the game was the winning goal, a comical own goal. A daisy cutter of a cross came across the box, there were no St Albans players anywhere to be seen...

Which shirt goes best with a light brown gucci suit.

PB said Farnborough offered him more money than us! If that doesn't sum up the state of the club right now I don't know what does. Maybe we've decided to match it and Holmes can save on travel. Maybe we're going part time and Holmes will be a dual contract with us and Farnborough. At the start...

Anyone but please. I'm hoping we get Bromley away, Torquay away someone like that. Phil Brown hates the cups, literally makes no priority of it at all, remember him last time round just playing fringe players and some yoofs regardless of opposition. That home loss to Chester in the 1st round was...

So difficult to say, he came into a really shit situation, which got shitter, yet he made some truly baffling decisions while trying to employ some kind of Premier League sports science and Opta Stats mega clever thinking while having none of the resources to actually implement it at all. My...

On the field it is, so far! Most of the issue for us remains off the field, I fully expected us to be nowhere near the top end of this division, but then I've spent the last 10 odd years watching more non-league football than league football. What's staggering from us so far is the level of...

I wonder if already things off the pitch have impacted this lot, wouldn't be surprised to hear August wages are late. Interesting to see Mark Oxley said in a Harrogate programme interview the main topic of conversation on the Southend team coach over the past couple of years was whether the...

This one's easy for me: Oldham v Southend 2007, step forward Trevor Kettle. Just before half time, in front of the away end, and right in front of where I was sitting, Garry Richards tackles Craig Davies, great tackle, ball goes out for a corner. Everyone knows it's a corner, even Davies who's...

He won't get the chop, he might walk though. I can't see either happening myself. Throughout his career he hasn't been the type to walk away and this is his last chance saloon in management, when we finish 15th or so he'll be done and have to retire due to not being able to get any kind of job...

Don't think we're that bad. That's the first time under Brown's return that we've just given up the ghost when it was clear the opposition were going to pressure us, that had been a theme for us for some 2 and a bit years. We lack mobility and a bit of cleverness, that's obvious, but until today...

Southend's is Exeter for most played in League games. I told my son who the team 2nd on the list is and most played in FA Cup ties, being only 11 years old he couldn't quite believe it when I told him it was Watford. I just said, yeah, they used to be shit too.

Appalling, Murphy misses a sitter after 90 seconds and then we just lay down and let Halifax shaft us. As many of us said very reminiscent of last season where we let the opposition start to dictate and as soon as they did nobody looked bothered, nobody wanted to compete, everything looked too...

How many do you think Grimsby will take to Maidenhead in a few weeks? Southend have no game so I'm thinking of doing a double header of Reading v Middlesbrough and then Maidenhead v Grimsby, I'd rather go in the away end if your going to make a decent atmosphere of it.

when did we last? I've never known it to be a thing. Even if they did I would steer clear of all 'facilities' at Roots Hall. They were shit before the place was falling down, now I've got no idea how any of it gets certificates to pass as a useable stadium. Hope you had a good day out otherwise.

Be really interested to see how he does, he had two bouts of covid if I'm right. Before he got covid he was one of the better players in the shambles of last season after he came back from covid he was as bad as the others. Then he didn't play much and when he did he looked knackered, many...

We have a fantastic record against the old Halifax, maybe it can continue?!? I genuinely thought it would be Wealdstone as the true welcome but the next three chances all look good: Halifax away - 11th Sept Solihull away - 2nd Oct Eastleigh home - 5th Oct If we escape those unscathed Dover...

Fully expecting a Wrexham win, shouldn't be as comfortable as teams beat us last season but our lack of cutting edge is clear to see, 0-2 or 1-2 for me. Hope the away fans have a good day out, weather is claiming to be fine for a nice stroll down the pier or getting beered up on the seafront.

If Kewell manages to keep his job long enough you'll be involved in at least one 5-4 this season. Even playing the yoofs and how awful we started last season his Oldham side still managed to concede more goals than us! If he can get Barnet firing like he did Oldham you'll be the most...