Club act to ensure positive approach

The club today made another decisive step towards maintaining an UPWARD SPIRAL and having a POSITIVE APPROACH with an announcement sent to fans on their mailing list.

This news follows the sacking earlier this month of popular assistant Paul Brush because of perceived negativity. In his justification of the move, Chairman Ron Martin claimed he wanted to bring about a fresh outlook to the struggling League One side. The sacking of Brush was followed by the hiring of legendary manager Dave Webb, a move that was condemned by some as cosmetic, but one which did bring about a revival in fortunes as Essex's finest went on a three match unbeaten run, including their first win of 2010.

However in the aftermath of Saturday's devastating defeat at Bristol Rovers, the club moved quickly to emphasis how much worse things could be, by promoting tickets to hear Alvin Martin talk about football. The former Hamster scum is the last manager to have relegated Southend from this division. Under Martin's mismanagement the club slid from the third tier of English football to the verge of the conference - a depth the Blues are proud to have never sunk as low as, unlike their inbred neighbours.

The relief that the inept Scouser Scummer is no longer in charge is likely to be just the boost Southend need ahead of their do or die Easter weekend meetings, as the Blues seek to come back from the dead in a manner not seen since Nicky Bailey died of shame after being tapped in the chest by JFC. For as bad as things may appear at Roots Hall at the moment, at least we haven't still got Alvin Martin in charge.

Charlton star brands Southend boss a 'total disgrace'

Charlton captain Nicky Bailey has called his old Southend boss Steve Tilson "a total disgrace".
 
The Addicks triumphed 2-1 at Southend on Friday night with an injury-time winner to keep alive their automatic promotion hopes.

But the Shrimpers were reduced to 10 men when Jean Francois Christophe was sent off after Bailey went down clutching his head in the 25th minute after clashing with Christophe in the 22nd minute of the League One clash.

And midfielder Bailey, 25, who quit Southend for The Valley in August 2008, has been infuriated by claims by Tilson he feigned injury.

"I find Steve Tilson's comments quite laughable," slammed Bailey in a rant to the Southend Afternoon Echo Sportsdesk.

"Cheating is not a word that I have ever been associated with" said the Charlton man who was booked eleven times and sent off once during his 12 months at Roots Hall.

"Most managers go up to players after a game and say well done - even if they do not want to.

"But this is the same man who proposes new contracts by scribbling some figures on pieces of paper the size of a travel card or a post-it note when my salary demands would have filled a sheet of A4."

"To call me a cheat from 25 yards away at full-time is a total disgrace: that's closer to me than Jean Francois Christophe's fist ever got. Tilson should keep his distance, if ever gets that close to me again I shall have no alternative but to throw myself to the ground several minutes later, clutching my head and pretending I've been shot."