Post by stevek192 on Dec 2, 2019 11:19:23 GMT
Just a mini report as its a cup game which as shown by the crowds these days is pretty well taken as a non event unless you are playing against premiership opponents- such is life.
If this is the entertainment of thhe Cup then god help us!
Entertainment First Half 1 Second half 3
Jaakkola 7 Generally sound and penalty save kept us in the draw.
Little 7 Fitness is improving and looks skilful going forward but our problem is that with playing three at the back and allowing opponents to play we are allowing too many teams to "get behind our back three"
Leahy 6 Set up the goal and had a reasonable game but as with Little gets caught out if opponents keep pressing.
Menayese 7 A little naive sometimes but pretty impressive to be honest. Unlucky to be sent off.
Craig 7.5 MOM Allows us to play too youngsters alongside him and takes complete control. Dread to think how many we would concede without him.
Kilgour 6.5 Still making mistakes but luckily not often getting caught on them and is improving and hopefully will continue that way but sometimes for home games playing three at the back makes us too defensive and IMO we should be playing 4-4-2 and leaving out one of the central defenders and one of the three defensive midfielders.
Clarke 5 Could easily have been substituted at half time with Upson as nowhere near his last two performance levels. At the very least you can't have both Ollie Clarke and Upson in the team.
Ogogo 6 Gave away the first penalty unnecessarily however light the push. With referees as poor as we get you can't5 afford to even give them the slightest hint of a foul.
Upson 4.5 Poor game, started off OK but was played into trouble too often and wasn't on top of his game.
JCH 6.5 Did OK and the only real threat with two shots in the first half. Needs support.
Sercombe 7 The best of a pretty poor bunch in midfield.Took his goal well and tried hard to get us going.
Smith 6.5 Improved the team with his running but falls over too easy.
GC 2 My first message to GC would be if you are going to complain about the support then make sure you are dishing up a style of football that is entertaining at least 3 out of every 5 games. It is more like 1 out of 5 when it comes to home games under GC and the problem is that he does not learn from his mistakes! One up front at home and three defensive midfielders against a League 2 team is a joke. Yet again got it wrong and failed to sort it out quickly enough. It is an entertainment business as well as a results based business. We need at least three ATTACKING players in January to rid ourselves of this nightmare formation. Playing three at the back at home you CANNOT afford to allow the opposition to have all the possession up to halfway in your half and give them time to pick out a pass or you get what happens most games and happened again yesterday- an opponent made to look a lot better than they actually are- and the sad thing is Graham it will happen again on Wednesday and next Saturday and wouldn't be surprised to see Southend go away with three points the same as Bolton!
Crowd 5 Poor attendance covered up by a large away support.
Ref 2 Nightmare. If you are going to turn two penalties down for diving then for Christs sake BOOK the offenders because if you don't then you get what happened yesterday with players going down on any touch whatsoever. He was not helped by his linesmen who took their secondary role too far and got more wrong than right including a blatant offside on the second penalty.
Muff 6 If you don't succeed first time and get away without a booking then try,try and try again! Much better to watch though than us and deserved a draw even if they don't seem to really have any strikers.
If this is the entertainment of thhe Cup then god help us!
Entertainment First Half 1 Second half 3
Jaakkola 7 Generally sound and penalty save kept us in the draw.
Little 7 Fitness is improving and looks skilful going forward but our problem is that with playing three at the back and allowing opponents to play we are allowing too many teams to "get behind our back three"
Leahy 6 Set up the goal and had a reasonable game but as with Little gets caught out if opponents keep pressing.
Menayese 7 A little naive sometimes but pretty impressive to be honest. Unlucky to be sent off.
Craig 7.5 MOM Allows us to play too youngsters alongside him and takes complete control. Dread to think how many we would concede without him.
Kilgour 6.5 Still making mistakes but luckily not often getting caught on them and is improving and hopefully will continue that way but sometimes for home games playing three at the back makes us too defensive and IMO we should be playing 4-4-2 and leaving out one of the central defenders and one of the three defensive midfielders.
Clarke 5 Could easily have been substituted at half time with Upson as nowhere near his last two performance levels. At the very least you can't have both Ollie Clarke and Upson in the team.
Ogogo 6 Gave away the first penalty unnecessarily however light the push. With referees as poor as we get you can't5 afford to even give them the slightest hint of a foul.
Upson 4.5 Poor game, started off OK but was played into trouble too often and wasn't on top of his game.
JCH 6.5 Did OK and the only real threat with two shots in the first half. Needs support.
Sercombe 7 The best of a pretty poor bunch in midfield.Took his goal well and tried hard to get us going.
Smith 6.5 Improved the team with his running but falls over too easy.
GC 2 My first message to GC would be if you are going to complain about the support then make sure you are dishing up a style of football that is entertaining at least 3 out of every 5 games. It is more like 1 out of 5 when it comes to home games under GC and the problem is that he does not learn from his mistakes! One up front at home and three defensive midfielders against a League 2 team is a joke. Yet again got it wrong and failed to sort it out quickly enough. It is an entertainment business as well as a results based business. We need at least three ATTACKING players in January to rid ourselves of this nightmare formation. Playing three at the back at home you CANNOT afford to allow the opposition to have all the possession up to halfway in your half and give them time to pick out a pass or you get what happens most games and happened again yesterday- an opponent made to look a lot better than they actually are- and the sad thing is Graham it will happen again on Wednesday and next Saturday and wouldn't be surprised to see Southend go away with three points the same as Bolton!
Crowd 5 Poor attendance covered up by a large away support.
Ref 2 Nightmare. If you are going to turn two penalties down for diving then for Christs sake BOOK the offenders because if you don't then you get what happened yesterday with players going down on any touch whatsoever. He was not helped by his linesmen who took their secondary role too far and got more wrong than right including a blatant offside on the second penalty.
Muff 6 If you don't succeed first time and get away without a booking then try,try and try again! Much better to watch though than us and deserved a draw even if they don't seem to really have any strikers.