Sturrock said: "We have some good individuals here but more importantly a good team and even more importantly a good bench. That has always been the key factor in success, the quality of your bench, and with players like Jemal Johnson, Neil Harris and Anthony Grant to come in for me, I can say I have a high quality bench."
No argument there, now for the fourth placed Qxford United next Saturday afternoon at Roots Hall to try and continue the Shrimpers best start in the league for 21 years before the fireworks go off!
For the full S24 report on Silkmen v Shrimps, with player markings: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
A local view: http://menmedia.co.uk Silkmen faithful speak: http://fansonline.net Quotes from the Lads: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk Official gallery from the game: www.southendunited.co.uk Listen with managers: http://news.bbc.co.uk Post match views from Simmo: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk Fixtures League Two Tuesday, November 1st: Aldershot v Burton Albion 19:45. Saturday, November 5th; (all kick-offs 15.00): AFC Wimbledon v Barnet, Accrington Stanley v Bristol Rovers, Bradford v Cheltenham, Burton Albion v Macclesfield, Crewe v Torquay, Dag & Red v Shrewsbury, Gillingham v Northampton, Hereford v Crawley Town, Plymouth v Morecambe, Port Vale v Swindon, Rotherham v Aldershot, Southend v Oxford Utd. 1 Southend United 16 5 2 1 14 5 6 0 2 17 9 11 2 3 31 14 35 +17 2 Crawley Town 16 7 1 1 20 8 4 1 2 13 14 11 2 3 33 22 35 +11 3 Morecambe 16 3 2 3 17 11 5 3 0 16 5 8 5 3 33 16 29 +17 4 Oxford United 16 4 4 0 17 7 4 1 3 8 7 8 5 3 25 14 29 +11 5 Cheltenham Town 16 5 1 2 11 6 4 1 3 12 11 9 2 5 23 17 29 +6 6 Shrewsbury Town 16 6 2 0 14 5 2 2 4 7 12 8 4 4 21 17 28 +4 7 Swindon Town 16 5 2 1 18 7 3 0 5 7 8 8 2 6 25 15 26 +10 8 Burton Albion 15 4 3 1 11 8 3 2 2 14 12 7 5 3 25 20 26 +5 9 Port Vale 16 4 1 3 18 15 3 3 2 14 9 7 4 5 32 24 25 +8 10 Gillingham 16 4 2 1 10 4 3 1 5 17 17 7 3 6 27 21 24 +6 11 Macclesfield Town 16 4 3 2 12 6 3 0 4 7 10 7 3 6 19 16 24 +3 12 AFC Wimbledon 16 3 1 4 16 19 4 2 2 9 11 7 3 6 25 30 24 -5 13 Torquay United 16 3 4 2 20 16 2 2 3 5 9 5 6 5 25 25 21 0 14 Rotherham United 16 3 2 2 10 9 2 4 3 18 20 5 6 5 28 29 21 -1 15 Bristol Rovers 16 4 1 4 12 12 2 2 3 10 15 6 3 7 22 27 21 -5 16 Aldershot Town 15 2 1 4 6 7 4 1 3 14 11 6 2 7 20 18 20 +2 17 Crewe Alexandra 16 2 1 4 10 11 4 0 5 9 12 6 1 9 19 23 19 -4 18 Northampton Town 16 1 3 4 6 11 3 1 4 11 13 4 4 8 17 24 16 -7 19 Accrington Stanley 16 3 1 4 8 11 0 6 2 6 10 3 7 6 14 21 16 -7 20 Hereford United 16 3 0 5 5 16 1 4 3 8 11 4 4 8 13 27 16 -14 21 Bradford City 16 3 1 3 11 10 0 4 5 7 14 3 5 8 18 24 14 -6 22 Dagenham & Redbridge 16 2 1 5 9 15 2 0 6 6 13 4 1 11 15 28 13 -13 23 Barnet 16 2 2 5 11 19 1 1 5 8 17 3 3 10 19 36 12 -17 24 Plymouth Argyle 16 1 1 5 5 12 1 1 7 7 21 2 2 12 12 33 8 -21
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