Well that just about summed up the season didn’t it? No
shots on target for 90 minutes and humiliated 4-0 at home by an average, but
well organised, Southend team; that was apparently going through an injury
crisis.
Once Stuckmann had needlessly fouled their striker, who was
never going to score, to give away an obvious penalty, we were down. The ref
started to lose the plot Chesterfield lost their heads and Dion Donohue decided
to try some martial arts on Southend’s Demetriou, who went down like he’d been
assaulted by Chuck Norris; only to calmly get up without requiring attention,
after the red card had been shown.
Web boards are currently in meltdown as it’s very difficult
to take any positives either on or off the field after that display, although
any communication from the leadership of the club seems to be in short supply,
hopefully they will be opening the post to see if any more CCJs have landed on
the doormat of 1866 Sheffield Road.
On fan commented on the facebook page that he had spoken to
a member of the Southend coaching staff on the phone and the fact is that on
the pitch we have not changed tactics from Plan A since Gary Caldwell arrived.
We try to pass it across the back but if other teams press
up then we can’t do that, the ball goes back to the keeper who has to lump it
long and then we lose the ball as we don’t have the physical striker to control
it.
All the teams in this division know this making Chesterfield
easy to beat. Us humble fans can see this, so can opposition scouts, but the
management continue to try to play this way.
Being fair to Gary Caldwell, we did go on a record equalling
2 match unbeaten “run” recently, but the players aren’t good enough and
whichever formation he tries, the team is too weak.
fans going home after the third goal
On that note, all of the January loan signings seem to have
flopped or gone back to parent clubs apart from Liam Grimshaw who got a run out
as a sub. Sadiq El Fitouri, our Libyan international was reported as having
“lost contact” with the club, whether that means he’s gone home in a sulk or
switched his mobile phone off on Friday is anyone’s guess. I thought El Fitouri
was the best of the January signings although he’s been given little chance on
the field.
Well done, however, to Jay O’Shea who has won a champions
medal and scoring goals with Sheffield United, but loaning your best player to
your nearest rivals as a cost cutting measure tells you all you need to know
about which way the club is heading.
Shut the door on your way out
The history of the club is that we get promoted from the bottom division, have a tilt at promotion from the third tier to the second, spend too much money, then the club either goes into freefall or has nearly gone bust and we find our selves back in the basement.
The real questions are, is this our worst team ever? And who has gained financially from being here? Dave Allen won't sell the club for £10m there seems little chance of anyone making such an offer. Ashley Carson is trying to run the club as well as his own business, but will he bail out?
We had someone in marketing that made up a raffle winner...and was given the elbow
Chris Turner has gone, but was on wages that many of the fan base could only dream of earning. One mate of mine told me stories of a meeting with Mr Turner which illustrated that he thought our previous leader lacked business skills.
My greatest fear is that we will end up like Leyton Orient
Still eh, this club does not make mistakes does it? But the pantomime goes on.
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