Them 2

Us 1

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with the quick turnaround any result could be possible and i,d take a 0-0 now to keep a clean sheet for both clubs to continue.

3 - 1 away win - Johnson, Reid & Francis to score

Let them worry about us.
Been reading their forum and they're not overly confident in their front line.
Hopefully going to buck the trend of recent August Bank Holiday Mondays and come out on the right side of the result, injury free too!

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i,d guess both managers will have the same respect for there opponents and could be a real cagy affair with few chances. longer the game is goaless the better for us and i doubt they,d be overbothered either if it ended that way.

They were able to rest a few players yesterday as have a deeper squad and expect that will prove the difference 2-0 Southend

Hoping we avoid the recent bank holiday curse and finish with no injuries and 11 men

2 teams who've had very similar starts and the only 2 teams yet to concede. It's got all the signs of a low scoring tight game, I'm going for a 1-1 draw.
On to next 2 at home and a chance to confirm we're on the way to a decent season.

Bench Mark this one, Come through unscathed and the Snow ball gathers speed.
However we have played poor teams so far and have dealt with them comfortably.

September next week so we should expect at least 2/3 incomings.

0-0

I am guessing not many goals in this one. I would settle for a 0-0 or a 1-1 but this being Pools we could get a red card and 3-0 tonking.

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Another clean sheet for Pools,and grab a late winner...0-1

With neither team having conceded so far there will be bragging rights at stake for both defences. With a near 8k crowd due the atmosphere will be very lively. So far, the ticket sales show you have 71 Poolies coming down to us. I'm predicting a 2-1 victory for Southend, but more through home bias than in knowledge of what you lot are like. The weather tomorrow is forecast to be great.

Weather-wise it looks like a massive high moving south followed by a deep depression over the Southend area.

Any low scoring result possible but got to hope it's Pools who snatch a 1-0 win.
Even draw would confirm we are playoff material!

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However we have played poor teams so far and have dealt with them comfortably.

To be fair- they've beaten the Heed- (who gifted them three goals on the opening day), Tamworth and Truro. & a draw v York at home.

The teams they've beaten are no better than Braintree, Alty and Woking.

Think tomorrow will be a big indication on where we're at as a squad- even at this early stage. avoid defeat and we'll have had a decent start

I can't see us causing southend many problems so I think they will win it comfortably 2 or 3 nil. We are still a few players short of giving the better teams problems, I'm now hoping we go out and prove this wrong. Noticed we haven't sold many tickets at all for this game, which is surprising because we normally have good away support. Looks like about 80 plus at the minute.

Might have something to do with the 4 hours and 40 minutes hike down the A1. Then back again. With work the next day.

The way we've been set up so far this season and barring injuries I don't think we're a pushover for anyone.

1 -2 to Pools with Southends goal being a 90th minute consolation after they've come at us for the entire second half.

UTP!!!

I reckon there will be at least 200 when you addon the southern based poolies. I think Southend are in for a shock as they seem to be taking it as a done deal come on lads up and at them. UTP Never Say Die

Tomorrows team i hope

Parks for Danny

Hunter for Daly

Ive watched these a couple of times strong in midfield so it will take 2 holding midfielders and daly will not be strong enough.

They have a couple of good wingers so i think john wud b better at right back even tho hes left footed.

I believe after watching them play York these changers wud nullify them it wud also release francis to play just behind Reid.

Never change a winning team.

No changes required, SG made a few subs on Saturday to rest the legs of some of the players,same again starting line up.for me.

Hit them hard early on their manager is moaning about having to play today so while I agree it is bas to play twice in three days his moaning could effect the team morale. The goalkeeper is a week link in their team and can be caught out under pressure.

Heat is going to be a big factor in today's game, Pools will not be able to play their now usual fast paced game for a full 90 minutes.1-1.

Eh? You seem to dislike us intensely, so maybe that prevents you from wanting to spend too long looking things up about us. If you did, you'd know that our keeper Collin is very far from a weak link. He's heading in the direction of all-time records for clean sheets over the past couple of seasons. He's on 7 in a row at the moment.

I wouldn't read too much into a manager's 'media speak' - I'd lay a handsome bet that his views are shared quite widely among NL managers and players. There absolutely is not and will not be any morale issue (which would be odd given the start we've made this season!).

One of our impregnable defences will (I reckon) be breached today - possibly both. It would be par for the course in football if today finished 5-4! As long as it's a good game that finishes 11 v 11 and isn't tarnished by eccentric refereeing, then I'll be happy.

Safe travels to those heading down here.

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Think we’ll lose sadly. Ideally we would have made a few changes to Saturday’s starting 11 with this game in mind but the level is such a drop to the squad players that it wasn’t possible. Only 189 Pools fans too with work tomorrow and trains and roads being the way they are. Stupid scheduling this game so soon after Saturday. Should be a short trip for every team given the time since Saturday.

They've had to travel to Truro and back on Saturday, I'm not sure how the team are getting to Southend but I'd imagine a charter flight today would be cheaper than travelling yesterday and an overnight stay, and certainly more beneficial than travelling by coach today.
Either way both teams have had the same recovery time and both teams have had a long travel over this bank holiday weekend.
I think it will be a case of both teams initially keeping it tight and hoping to nick a goal to defend. Let's hope it's us that nicks it.
If either as side goes behind it'll be interesting to see how they and the manager react.

Pools were travelling yesterday according to SG post match interview, I can’t see how a charter flight would be cheaper though, a night in hotel, at a £150 a head times say 25 staff, just under £4000, I doubt you would get a charter jet for anywhere near that although not an aviation expert.

Definitely makes sense for your team to fly down. Our team flew Southend to Newquay, returning late Saturday evening. Which makes the distance travelled almost meaningless, really, but the very short time between matches is a bit of an issue for NL teams this weekend I think. Could be a few cricket scores as bodies tire...

Not really arsed about this fixture.

Worst case scenario we have 10 points from first 5 games.

Big test is these back to back home games next Saturday then Wednesday.

Absolute dogshit success over the last few seasons.
Take 6 points then Realistically the objective of Promotion comes alive.

Perfect beer garden weather so Gunna have a cracking day whatever todays result is.

Mutters your welcome if ya can make it 12:30 start.

Nowt to be sad about, Long way to go, With many twists and turns.
Would imagine players are being lined up right now to come in once the efl window closes.

Think we travel yesterday.

"Mutters your welcome if ya can make it 12:30 start"
Favouritism that like

I would've thought that if we took say 35 down (including squad, staff, directors) by plane it wouldn't be a massive difference to the cost of coach, car, rail, plus overnight hotels and catering. How much does a coach cost to hire with 2 drivers and an overnight stay?
I could be way off though, and it's irrelevant anyway if they travelled yesterday.

Any idea how much it costs to charter a plane, transport to and from both airports,if it was that cheap Pools wouldn’t be having any over night stops, you ever known Pools charter a jet before, I assume your taking the piss ? Anyway why would they require 2 drivers for the coach ?

In the days of IOR with Pools high up in League One, they flew to a fixture in Plymouth and came away with 2-2 draw after being 2-0 down.

You are off by 10 years or so, we did that in the days of Garry Gibson around 1992 before it all went tits up

The last three meetings were 0-0, both sides yet to concede, it screams goalless draw. So probably end up 3-3.
I'll go for a 1-0 pools win, Danny Johnson to get off the mark.

I drove to that game n back.
Set off Friday midnight then straight back for Saturday midnight.

Thats when I was mental.

I'm at work.

Was!?!?

No not taking the piss, there's an airport at Southend so it's pretty much direct. Any realistic idea of the price of hotels over the bank holiday weekend? Plus the bank holiday weekend hire of a coach and drivers? They'd need 2 drivers imo as a back up in case there was any traffic issues meaning the single driver would not have sufficient hours available, unless Gus McLean is still around (for the oldies) Besides. It'd be a canny diesel cost too I'd imagine.
I'm sure Pools have flown to long distance away games in the past in addition to the ones already mentioned.
Besides which Southend obviously saw value in flying for the Truro game so why not?

At work on a Bank Holiday Mutley!!
Not by choice I hope!

First and foremost Southend did not fly to Truro on Saturday, from what I remember the last time Pools went by air was in 2004/5 season for the Plymouth game.
I think the sun has got to you PTID, you have no idea how much it costs to charter a plane, the last away game Pools flew was in a pre season to Portugal, we used a microlight as Pools only had half a squad.

Cheers for the compliment pal

Probably for a Boaties boss on single time.

Jamie instead of trying to take the piss why not give us figures to back up your reasoning? I know when I was working the company often chartered flights rather than have overnight stopovers so maybe the costs aren't too different?
A Southend poster on here reckons they flew on Saturday for the Truro game, I know that doesn't make it fact, but why would he lie?

And proof they did fly:

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/25412 ... igh-truro/

Incorrect - they did fly. Have a read: https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/25412 ... igh-truro/

Obviously AI searches isn’t always correct.

Yeah my choice but was only in till 1.30pm.

Cheers for the compliment pal
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