Southend Thread
 

Hi all
One change for Stanley at Roots Hall - Peter Murphy in at right back for the suspended Edwards.

Stanley: Dunbavin, Murphy, Long, Hessey, Winnard, Procter, Joyce, Ryan, Putterill, McConville, Gornell
Subs: Cisak, Bateson, Barnett, Richardson, Parkinson, Boulding, Owens

Dan

Re: Southend Thread
 

Strange on to me that??? We have a right back on the bench, who was an ever present until he got his red?????

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Can you confirm Dan, is that 100 for Bavs???? :) :)

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It is Val...

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Cant understand Murphy on instead of Bateson. A strange one as didnt Murphy have a shocker in midfield recently and Bateson I would have thought would have been the better choice. Lets hope it doesnt haunt us at the end. Thought Bateson was playing well before his ban.

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It's a game of opinions, but I thought Peter Murphy was very harshly judged at Chesterfield. I think in the two starts he's made (Tranmere and there) he looked okay. Certainly not terrible.
And isn't this why Coley has a 20+ squad?
I'm a fan of Bateson and he's great going forward, but maybe with this away run it's time to look at someone a little more defence minded as an option?

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Cheers Dan, back to Bateson, no issues with Murph as a player, but I do not have him as a RB, that is all!!!!!!

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Anyway, back to today, please keep the info coming through Dan. Are you alone, or have you got some able assistants?????

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Fair enough Val. I'm not saying Peter is a better full back than Jonny, but that he perhaps deserves a chance...

Teams are out.

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Val, I'm flying solo...

So will try and keep you up to speed here at the same time as doing match reports, Twitter etc. etc. etc.

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We're under way at Roots Hall...

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Cheers Dan, I know you will do your best.....

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Most of the times I've seen Murphy play (before his switch to midfield last season) he's played at full-back and been very promising. I thought he'd be first choice right-back both last season and this before the arrivals of Lees and Bateson, respectively. One thing's for certain, I'd much rather have Murph at right-back than Winnard :D

Find it rather inexplicable why McConville starts ahead of Barnett however. Ah well.

Come on Accy.

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Murphys got his chance lets hope he takes it now. How many travelling stanley fans do we have?

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Not many travelling fans, but making a racket away to our right. Maybe 50 or so?