S-Clarke

direct free kick

....''you only sing when you're drawing..''

sounded like a great goal

1-1 great goal tbf.

yellow for harding he needs to watch it now, tricky conditions and a fast winger playing against him.

Does sound like the ball is holding up in the water - rain should calm down soon anyway.

...i really dont think anyone will be showing this mathc live anyway, no disrespect - but other than the fans...who would want to watch this on a friday night??

Southend seem to be winning a few free kicks in and around the box. They're starting to get a feel of the game again

I think it was Saganwoski, v Ipswich, within 1 min. Feburary 2006.

not for me - been trying for a while just sits there trying to connect by the looks of it.

Good chance Southend, player beats Harding and takes alow shot - just missed.

jesus - what a start. I hope we can nick another 3, 4 or 5 just to make it safe

Saints fans sound brilliant - well played to them!

that was about 20mins in i thought. those were the days...

ahh bulls on the break - waigo breaks free played to Lallana - should have scored, but didn't.

Since Saganowski scored v ipswich, in our playoff season, maybe? jesus thats too long ago.

hang on a min...isn't that our first goal in the first 10mins for god knows how long?

southend all over the place, late tackle by Laurent(?) should have been yellow free kick saints

goal given! thank **** for that

hold up.....may not be a goal

GOAL!!! Trotman!!!

Connolly hasn't played for 2 years, how could he start a game at the moment? And Mellis is on international duty...

And we still have Connolly and Saganoswki (an international!!) on the bench. It will click soon.....

I don't think anyone is really asking for AP out - we all appreciate that time is needed and to a point, contituitity. He has a point to proove, as he had a bad time at Charlton - before that he was a well respected manager and coach and was even touted for the england managers job at one point. He hasn't lost those abilities over night and i hope that he's learnt from the mistakes he made at Charlton. What you can say though is he has identified our weaknesses quicker than any manager we have had for a long time - and has also corrected them by signing top class players. Not many managers can claim to make lots of good signings - but all of Pard's additions so far have been logical, well thought out and have improved us massively. I truly believe that we will be the team to beat next year - and possibly as soon as the 2nd half of this season. He's been given the tools, he's bought well - it's his team - and it's now up to him to get us winning consistently..... ...and i think all fans would love that and all hold the believe that this will work - no one wants him out.

It was only a matter of time with Barnes at Tranmere - although their poor form wasn't just down to his inability as manager - tranmere lost 6 players from the starting 11 from last season, so of course they were going to struggle. Still didn't get the logic of them parting company with Roonie Moore at end of last season though - they only finished 1 pt. outside the playoffs... Wycombe is an odd one - Taylor did a great job in bringing them up last season, but obviously they were always going to struggle as they weren't able to add to the squad. Maybe taylor knew there was no way to keep them up, and jumped ship?