Source: FOOTYMAD
Southend United top of the form league; can they keep going till May?
It's official, we're top of one league anyway, and in the real one placed seventh one point off the play-off positions, but will the Shrimpers small squad be able to keep going without new signings? Blues boss Paul Sturrock is concerned about 'upsetting the applecart' if he brings in loan players to boost his depleted but closely bonded team, presently, as shown below, Southend United are the form club in the fourth tier.The trouble is how long can the obviously tired squad, we've hung on for vital points at both Torquay and Buron in the two previous games, keep going?Still 15 games left in ten short weeks.Injuries to quality players Bilel Mohsni, Anthony Grant and Kane Ferdinand, the jewels in the crown according to a recent S24 poll, along with on bail in form winger Ryan Hall having to face the judge on March 3rd and possible time spent in the pleasure of Her Majesty, bloody hell Ryan what were you thinking?, will stretch the resources of the club to the limit.As we've read we're hanging on week by week at the behest of Sainsbury's paying the bills, they're will be no goal scoring legend demanding big wages coming in as an emergency loanee, the chance of keeping young Kane is fading day by day.It would be a kick in the guts to all who have the interests of Southend at heart if points and position would start to drop as the players start to run on empty after an hour.As good as current replacements Lee Sawyer and Miguel Comminges are at the moment, what's after that? Kids? Louie Soares? The Shrimpers faithful, home and away, have certainly done their bit as the season has panned out beyong their wildest predictions, anything outside the bottom two was enough for some, but great support for the lads, well appreciated now by the players and the management.Still, after all is said and done, fourth in the HOME league table, you wouldn't have thought that possible a few weeks ago the way we were playing at Roots Hall.Whatever happens in the future, and next up another game on football's scared grass against the Cobblers of Northampton on Saturday, our sixth match this month, the manager and the team he put together in such dramatic circumstances in the summer have not done too badly.COME ON YOU BLUES!!!!!Home matches onlyTeamPldWDLFAPtsAway matches onlyTeamPldWDLFAPtsRotherham U.650116315Crewe Alex.641110413Burton Albion641110513Southend Utd.641112813Oxford Utd.641110713Chesterfield632111711Gillingham63217511Accrington S.63219811Northampton624013810Wycombe Wdrs.63129610Stevenage62311069Bury6231969Hereford Utd.6231859Bradford City6303569Shrewsbury Tn.6222658Aldershot Tn.6222888Torquay Utd.6222668Port Vale6222568Morecambe6222688Lincoln City62048136Stockport Co.612311185Macclesfield61147134Barnet61145114Cheltenham T.60246122Hereford Utd.650114915Southend Utd.641110513Lincoln City641112913Chesterfield63217311Shrewsbury Tn.631212710Accrington S.63128910Gillingham62311389Cheltenham T.6231769Torquay Utd.62221188Oxford Utd.6222758Barnet6141657Aldershot Tn.6141887Macclesfield613210116Stevenage6204476Wycombe Wdrs.62047116Bury6123785Northampton6123585Bradford City61147104Crewe Alex.61059173Stockport Co.61054163Morecambe60245122Rotherham U.60155131Burton Albion60153131Port Vale60154161All matchesTeamPldWDLFAPtsFull League TableTeamPldWDLFAPtsSouthend Utd.641110713Shrewsbury Tn.640212512Bury632111611Torquay Utd.632110611Gillingham62409610Lincoln City631281010Rotherham U.63031179Hereford Utd.6231959Oxford Utd.6231749Chesterfield6231759Northampton61501288Macclesfield622211118Port Vale6222678Stevenage6222678Accrington S.62229118Wycombe Wdrs.62131097Aldershot Tn.6051785Bradford City6114694Cheltenham T.60426104Crewe Alex.61148154Burton Albion61143114Stockport Co.61147164Barnet6033283Morecambe60335123Chesterfield3217114603562Wycombe Wdrs.311588463653Shrewsbury Tn.311498493051Rotherham U.311489543950Bury301398513448Port Vale311399352948Gillingham3212119453947Oxford Utd.3213811423847Southend Utd.3113711433846Torquay Utd.3011118483744Stevenage3110129372942Crewe Alex.3111911594942Cheltenham T.32101111434741Accrington S.299128424439Northampton3191210404339Lincoln City3011514324638Aldershot Tn.3181310323937Macclesfield299812384635Hereford Utd.3081012384734Morecambe3281014385034Bradford City3110417284034Burton Albion267811293329Stockport Co.3261016347328Barnet326917355727
