Revell returns and Betsy's back as Blues' bosses back down

Kevin Betsy and Alex Revell are back at Roots Hall, in a move that will cause acute embarrassment to the Southend hierarchy.

The duo were controversially shipped out on loan in September to league one rivals Wycombe and Swindon respectively in a move that definitely wasn't about wages and Southend's impending financial crisis/winding up order, and was purely because they had underperformed. The move, first reported in All at Sea by Southend Afternoon Echo Sportsdesk's Phil Christophers, was dubbed Southend's Night of the Long Knives for the way it controversially wiped out all competition.

That lack of competition was to prove costly and helped contribute towards some particularly lacklustre showings over the festive period. The return of Revell and the competition he brings however, is hoped to sharpen Chairman Ron Martin's blogging efforts after those rambling efforts that offered little in the way of new information and bizarrely blamed the pizza man.

Meanwhile the Southend Afternoon Echo Sportsdesk can confirm that it will be publishing an Alex Revell exclusive: his first blog back; so watch this space!