Bit bored this morning so decided to revel slightly in the mackem's current plight. Although it is rapidly getting to the point where they are moving so far in the opposite direction from us that they are becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Anyway, I came across a copy of an e-mail that Quinny's apparently sent out to their fans. It looks like heads are going to roll.
http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=151313
I feel sorry for the fans.
We knew that we had a big job when we got here. We tried to give them a lift and stoke them up, but that fragile, weak streak shows its head all the time.
Just seconds before half-time to concede a set-piece like that is so unprofessional.
Small credit to them for the way they went about it in the first 20 minutes of the second half, but once again it [the fear] reared its head. They [southend] walked out with an easy second goal.
It's just not good enough. I'm gutted for the players because I've had to go in and tell some of them that they're not good enough. It's obvious now. There's no hiding and protecting them.
It's hard after a result like this, but I want to try to point to the future here. Things have to change. We have to have a lot of new personnel.
I want this chapter finished and I want to move on and be judged on the team then. We've a lot happening, hopefully culminating in a big influx of players.
We needed to score first, we didn't play well as an attacking team in the first half. We had a couple of half-chances but we did not gel in the first half.
We gave them a bit of a rocket at half-time but it was the same old story; we know now what has to happen and the quicker we get the personnel in here the better.
The job is a tough one and there's no room for them to pick themselves up now - we need a change.
Some of them are still in the doldrums. It's really beginning to affect our standing as a club in this league and we have to change it.
I doubt we'll have any [new players] signed in time to play [on Tuesday]. On the bright side, Arnau played well and will start [at Bury], he looked bright.
We've got to reshape and restructure the whole club. I'm gutted for the players. That mental negativity is still in there. To give a goal away on the stroke of half-time is terrible.
I'm sorry to say it to the players but some of them aren't good enough. It's a very hard job and I haven't had a reward yet. I've not seen any perks.
All the best,
Niall
