Commiserations to Southend

SlowDownDerek said:
That journey back from Carlisle wasn't very exciting. ;)

I agree though, never really had much problem with bond. He's no Quinn or Groves.
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The journey back was long and miserable but my best memory of that match was when I turned off the m6 and headed into Carlisle the amount of Cherries fans who'd made the trip. Red n black everywhere.
 
SlowDownDerek said:
That journey back from Carlisle wasn't very exciting. ;)

I agree though, never really had much problem with bond. He's no Quinn or Groves.
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I wish him well. He was a rookie manager and made some errors of judgement early on with some really poor performances but in tough times off the pitch, I thought he led the club with dignity and effectiveness. Obvious the new regime wanted Quinn so felt sorry for him dealing with the headache of relegation and points deduction.
 
Since Bond's appointment at Southend, a certain Harry Redknapp has been spotted at their training ground, and was pictured watching from the stand for their game away at Fleetfood on Saturday (2-2 draw). 'Arry is expected to attend "as many games as he can” and “He is going to be one of Southend’s biggest supporters that is for sure!"

:unsure: Hmmmmmm
 
northstandmark said:
Since Bond's appointment at Southend, a certain Harry Redknapp has been spotted at their training ground, and was pictured watching from the stand for their game away at Fleetfood on Saturday (2-2 draw). 'Arry is expected to attend "as many games as he can” and “He is going to be one of Southend’s biggest supporters that is for sure!"

:unsure: Hmmmmmm
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In other news ... Sales of large, brown, paper bags are reported today to have rocketed in east Essex with the " five grand in tenners" size allegedly sold out.
 
Problem is for Southend is that they have one of the form sides in that league breathing down their neck. Still there is enough sides in the mix that they may claw through. I cant see Wimbledon going down, they were dead and buried a month ago and their fixtures are kind whereas Southends isnt
 
Chubby_Cherry said:
Is that the season we didn't win a home game until Gillingham in the December?
That would have explained the points struggle....
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I have always believed that Bond's team's late run of form where we nearly survived actually masked the real truth. Chubby Cherry's comment above hits the nail on the head. If it takes you 4 months to get your first home win of a season, then you are quite likely to be in trouble. As far as I'm concerned, it was this that sent us down, not the points deduction. Also his alienation/removal of senior players that he possibly viewed as a potential threat, Younger, Fletch, Browning etc

Southend will need some luck
 
Kinson Cherry said:
I have always believed that Bond's team's late run of form where we nearly survived actually masked the real truth. Chubby Cherry's comment above hits the nail on the head. If it takes you 4 months to get your first home win of a season, then you are quite likely to be in trouble. As far as I'm concerned, it was this that sent us down, not the points deduction. Also his alienation/removal of senior players that he possibly viewed as a potential threat, Younger, Fletch, Browning etc

Southend will need some luck
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How can it not be down to the points deduction? Without that we'd have comfortably stayed up.
 
SlowDownDerek said:
How can it not be down to the points deduction? Without that we'd have comfortably stayed up.
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The points deduction gave the players and manager a new excuse. They were no longer in that position because we were awful, it was “because of the points deduction”.

(16 losses before the trip to Luton in January.)

That enabled them to play without fear because we were down regardless of mistakes and the blame had been shifted.
 
DJ said:
The points deduction gave the players and manager a new excuse. They were no longer in that position because we were awful, it was “because of the points deduction”.

(16 losses before the trip to Luton in January.)

That enabled them to play without fear because we were down regardless of mistakes and the blame had been shifted.
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Spot on!

This was one of the very worst seasons that I can recall and I survived Benson!
 
The rally led by the players, in spite of the manager, almost pulled it off at the end of the season. Despite the management dross that followed set the scene for Eddie to pick up and run with the team spirit.
 
So we had ten points docked, went down by a couple of points but the deduction wasn't the reason we went down?

The crapness at the start of the year was down to the manager but the decent performances at the end weren't?

Got it.
 
SlowDownDerek said:
So we had ten points docked, went down by a couple of points but the deduction wasn't the reason we went down?

The crapness at the start of the year was down to the manager but the decent performances at the end weren't?

Got it.
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Glad you got it.

Remember the dreary repetitive Friday night pre-match excuses?
The dross football, seeming lack of any tactics? Defeat after defeat?
Recall the motionless and emotionless figure of the son of a former Bournemouth manager stood on the touchline at Swansea while the players themselves took control and made the win?

I spent half an hour on the phone with Kevin Bond after Swansea and I asked him to explain to me his actual contribution to the team. He couldn't. He was clueless.

The overall record in terms of percentage of matches lost was far worse than Quinn or Benson.

We really were managerless between SOD and Quinn.
 
ErikthViking said:
Glad you got it.

Remember the dreary repetitive Friday night pre-match excuses?
The dross football, seeming lack of any tactics? Defeat after defeat?
Recall the motionless and emotionless figure of the son of a former Bournemouth manager stood on the touchline at Swansea while the players themselves took control and made the win?

I spent half an hour on the phone with Kevin Bond after Swansea and I asked him to explain to me his actual contribution to the team. He couldn't. He was clueless.

The overall record in terms of percentage of matches lost was far worse than Quinn or Benson.

We really were managerless between SOD and Quinn.
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I was being sarcastic. I'm not saying it was great but that ten point deduction was literally the reason we went down.
 
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