Southend United 3 Charlton Athletic 1

‘Tis the season to be not jolly..

Ho bloody ho. Charlton, fresh from their undeserved day off yesterday, managed to squeeze every ounce of Christmas spirit out of us in just 11 minutes today at Southend. Pity the 1,400 Addicks at Roots Hall as our season goes from adequate to depressingly similar to every other season under Duchatelet in a period of a few weeks. Starting, let us remember before injuries took hold of our measly squad.

It was a desperate start with our defence all over the place as again we were unable to defend the simple concept of crosses, and second ball. Ezri Konsa is looking like a player unable to play above his current level, and Naby Sarr sadly has reverted back to type. meanwhile Kashi being the latest player rushed back to quickly and Marshall signed off with pointless-itis.

To add to the overall embarrassment we were only able to field 6 substitutes, one of them being Joe Dodoo, so realistically 5. For a change Robinson didn’t bemoan bad luck or the referee, he laid into the players. But if he has a mirror at home, and I would hazard a guess he has many, he needs also to look at himself tonight.

Now we sit down in 9th, with runaway leaders Wigan next and our last remaining game in hand away at 2nd place Shrewsbury. Oh, Jingle bloody bells.

Quote: “We were appalling.”
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