What cost us today was...

[murraymints4brighton]

1. Getting the basics wrong. First goal nobody was goal side and in front of Barnard so he said thank you very much and scored.
The 2nd goal there were two men just left back post with all our defenders in the middle. The defender at the back then draws are mindless zombies towards the ball thus leaving space and time for the man in the middle to slot home unmarked.
3rd goal Elphick gives the ball away, Virgo and the other numpteis decide to just run alongside the attacker, he then cuts in and shoots from an impossible angle were if kuipers stands up it's not a goal but he decides to dive for no reason and that's the game f***ed.

2. Stupid subs. Cox came on for Davies when he was doing a good job of picking up their winger and playing good balls down the wing. Cox's rating 0. Davies replaces Dickinson giving us no physical presence against a very physical team. Davies rating 0. Forster is then replaced by Hart thus giving us no chance of a goal and no chance of a Forster hat rick which looked like a cert. Davies rating -1.

3. Virgo. All the team try and some succeed in playing it along the floor but as soon as the ball goes to him it is either hoofed to the goalkeeper or spooned up in the air to the opposition midfield. Steve cook is a better right back and would have caught up with the attacker for the 3rd goal.

I just can't blame Slade for this defeat. The defense are again the issue and how many times will we lose a game in that fashion?

 

[goldstone]

How come with the same team we managed two successive clean sheets previously?

 

[Everest]

2. Stupid subs. Cox came on for Davies when he was doing a good job of picking up their winger and playing good balls down the wing. Cox's rating 0. Davies replaces Dickinson giving us no physical presence against a very physical team. Davies rating 0. Forster is then replaced by Hart thus giving us no chance of a goal and no chance of a Forster hat rick which looked like a cert. Davies rating -1.


I just can't blame Slade for this defeat.

So which is it then?

 

[Billy the Fish]

Free headers in the box wasn't it. Very poor stuff today.

 

[clarkey]

Completely understand all 3 subs. A Davies had drifted out of the game, Cox had had an impact against Wycombe. Dickinson hadnt had a great game, thought C Davies did well, set up Bennetts chance. Forster isnt going to always play 90 mins, he was looking tired.

Think FDM was a little at fault for their second. We were absolutely merked down our left for their first, quality move mind.

 

[Horsham Gull]

Russels interview is interesting basically he had said the personall in defence need to change. Dont expect to see Elphick in the team saturday

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Thought the first goal was down to Arron Davies not tracking back leaving El-Abd with both the right winger and right back, it was the latter who did the back heel and the reason why El-Abd was the wrong side.

 

[PrestGull]

Sorry Murray mints you are being harsh. Subs were spot on. You will find davies showed a footballing brain an won more than Dickinson did.

Been a long time that I was encouraged by our defeat.

They looked shagged at end hence fitness may need to be worked on.

Spades comments spot on , elphick needs to be dropped to aid his learning progress

 

[Acker79]

I don't think it's the players or slade, I think it's me. I've missed one home game so far this year, and we won that. I attend the others and we lose due to silly mistakes. I shan't go to the next home game, that way we'll win it.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I thought the changes were spot on, I wouldn't have taken off Forster but it was 2-2 at that point, so no point in changing the system to really go on and try to win it. I thought Aaron Davies was ineffective most of the match, he kept drifting inside and leaving El-Abd on our left flank, which concerned me greatly!

I don't want to do the typical of picking on El-Abd, but it was so blatant. For the first goal, he was neither closing down the player, holding his position nor tracking a runner. He was doing absolutely nothing and they had an easy time of it getting the ball in the box, granted it should have been defended from there, but it should never have got that far. And it wasn't just the goal which highlighted how poor he was, Tunnicliffe BLATANTLY didn't trust him, as proven when they both went for the same header.

Ultimately, though, what cost us today was Southend took their chances really well and played quite well. We were evenly matched and played well ourselves, but didn't get the 3rd goal. Great game of football.

 

[Safe.]

1. Getting the basics wrong. First goal nobody was goal side and in front of Barnard so he said thank you very much and scored.
The 2nd goal there were two men just left back post with all our defenders in the middle. The defender at the back then draws are mindless zombies towards the ball thus leaving space and time for the man in the middle to slot home unmarked.
3rd goal Elphick gives the ball away, Virgo and the other numpteis decide to just run alongside the attacker, he then cuts in and shoots from an impossible angle were if kuipers stands up it's not a goal but he decides to dive for no reason and that's the game f***ed.

2. Stupid subs. Cox came on for Davies when he was doing a good job of picking up their winger and playing good balls down the wing. Cox's rating 0. Davies replaces Dickinson giving us no physical presence against a very physical team. Davies rating 0. Forster is then replaced by Hart thus giving us no chance of a goal and no chance of a Forster hat rick which looked like a cert. Davies rating -1.

3. Virgo. All the team try and some succeed in playing it along the floor but as soon as the ball goes to him it is either hoofed to the goalkeeper or spooned up in the air to the opposition midfield. Steve cook is a better right back and would have caught up with the attacker for the 3rd goal.

I just can't blame Slade for this defeat. The defense are again the issue and how many times will we lose a game in that fashion?

Davies won more headers than Dickinson and Davies is a physical presence.

 

[SICKASAGULL]

Southend`s first goal was class, it happened right in front of me, a classy backheel which was whipped in and was in the net in a flash,our defence could not be blamed for that goal, but the winner,oh dear, three defenders watching a solitary forward who advanced on goal without challenge and scored the winner.

 

[clarkey]

Southend`s first goal was class, it happened right in front of me, a classy backheel which was whipped in and was in the net in a flash,our defence could not be blamed for that goal, but the winner,oh dear, three defenders watching a solitary forward who advanced on goal without challenge and scored the winner.

Yep, 1st was really well worked and a good finish. But shame El Abd was left with a 2 on 1 and Elphick was nowhere near Barnard.

 

[Silverhatch]

Brilliant first goal for Saaarfend - quick passing, superb whipped cross and a great finish.

After that the defence were creaking generally, with Slade constantly screaming "Switch On" from the dug out. Sorry to say it but TE had a shocker today and Kuips had one of his screaming "AWAY" days today. Can any one in the back four be that assured by a keeper who seems to exude panic avery time the oppo get over the half way line? Calm down FDM.

Anyway, f*** it, it was a good game... We absolutely deserved a point (minimum) despite the shaky back 4 and the Albion looked really good going forward. Two decent full backs and we'll be sorted.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

We created about TEN decent goalscoring chances. They created about FOUR.

If either of the efforts that hit the bar had gone in, or Forster's third had stood, we'd have won.

Anyone who thinks we played generally poorly is a TIT.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

So which is it then?

I know it makes no sense but I cant blame the big, bald, cuddly lummox.

 

[dougdeep]

Credit where it's due though, Southend were the first team this season to come here and attack. I think if we had a couple of proper full backs though we'd have won.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

We created about TEN decent goalscoring chances. They created about FOUR.

If either of the efforts that hit the bar had gone in, or Forster's third had stood, we'd have won.

Anyone who thinks we played generally poorly is a TIT.

I don't think anyone thinks we played poor and at times we were passing and moving excellently in the midfield and attacking areas. However the defense and the aforementioned have cost us what should have been a comfortable three points.

Russel needs to sort out the BASICS before the next game otherwise we may get turned over... although knowing us we will probably win 5-0.

 

[Turkey]

Thought the first goal was down to Arron Davies not tracking back leaving El-Abd with both the right winger and right back, it was the latter who did the back heel and the reason why El-Abd was the wrong side.

Spot on. Davies lost his man and that man then whipped in a superb cross and it was a great header.

Second goal Kuipers has to deal with it and he doesn't.

 

[Big Ernie McCracken]

The two wingers kept leaving the full backs exposed today, got to blame Davis for the 1st goal, his man got to the back heel first. El-Abd did his job by stopping the winger getting the ball in, if the bloke plays it back then the responsilbility lies with the midfielder. Bit concerned by Elphick, he doesnt seem to be progressing as a player and his distribution appears to be hoof to the furthest corner flag.