2012 Prediction League - Game 1; v Southend (away)

[norwich stanley]

Southend 2 Stanley 2 please

[Stevie R]

3-3 please

[Div3North]

Originally Posted by Stevie R

3-3 please

With predictions like that you could be the new Wynonie ..........

[ossy kid]

Southend 0 - 1 Stanley

[smobile]

1-1 for me please.

[Outback Ozzy]

Southend 1-Stanley 3 for me please. start positive and can only get better

[dabeast]

Boring but acceptable nil nil for me please

[cmonstanley]

3-1 to southend

[Div3North]

Post Script

OK, so away at Championship side Peterborough perhaps isn’t where you want your season to start if you’re a League Two side – it’s a confidence thing, your last game before the footie proper starts – but it does look as though Southend had a bit of a ‘mare tonight ………

No 38 year-old ex Liverpool keeper (not that he ever played for them) Tony Warner in goal , nor ex Hibs keeper Mark Brown (displaced as No 1 at Easter Road by ex Colchester keeper Ben Williams); instead, Bury loanee keeper Cameron Belford (23) returned to Roots Hall just 6 weeks after Boss Paul Sturrock denied any interest in trying to re-sign him ………… He had 3 months there last season on loan, keeping 9 clean sheets out of 15 games, but tonight he picked the ball out of the net four times ………… At least he wasn’t the GK in their last friendly, which they lost to a Spurs XI by 6-0!

Most of their strike force of last season has gone – Bilel Mohsni (13 goals) and Liam Dickinson (12) have left, as has midfielder Anthony Grant (to Stevenage); Grant got 8 in their first season in League 2, but just the one last season. That said, it may be that Paul Sturrock’s main discipline problems are behind him as well, because their three worst offenders last season were the self-same Anthony Paul Shaun Andrew Daube Grant (13 yellow/1 red), Bilel Mohsni (10 yellow/2 red) and Liam Dickinson – who signed for Plymouth last season, you’ll recall, but left within a few days – with 8 yellow/1 red.

You might well wonder where Southend’s goals are coming from this time round; so, I suspect, might the faithful of Roots Hall; they left Eastwood on the bench tonight (although he replaced former Millwall striker Neil Harris on 40 mins), and the nearest they came to scoring was a Kane Ferdinand header against the bar. And they only put six subs on the bench (if BBC Sports News is correct ...)

Worrying times ………………..

[Ack94V]

Southend 1 Stanley 1 please

[Proccy fan]

Once more into the breach dear friends so at this time a 1-1 draw ought to do it Good Luck to the Lads . Long Lost Son try to look on the bright side .

[fatgaz182]

3-0 Stanley :-)

[tonyalveston]

Southend 2 Stanley 2

[Revived Red]

Now let me think. What was it? Ah, yes. A resounding 2 - 2 draw, please. And thanks for doing this once again. Div3N. May your stats be with you.

[Div3North]

Originally Posted by revived red

and thanks for doing this once again. Div3n. May your stats be with you.

You might live to regret that wish ...........

Or maybe not: cheers RR - good to be back!