Matthew Walker

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@dohanews @shabinakhatri @LesleyWalker17 - hail in Doha!!

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CJPhillips1982 Chris - gutted for you, esp the stats book. What absolute f***ers.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@MohdSha66621889 I mean, it’s a good ball. But it’s nothing on Steven Harmison’s slow ball to Michael Clarke. Watch the whole over. It’s totally worth the wait. It’s why Test cricket remains the ultimate form of the game, for me.

https://t.co/muQttxvIR2

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CJPhillips1982 @CJPhillips1982 - hope you’re ok. Don’t know if we can help in any way but if we can, just shout. We’re here for you. And if we focus on the positives, next season is not going to be boring, is it? Given the (curiously timed) decision-making of COSU, we’re in for a rollercoaster.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CJPhillips1982 May go and have a wee blub now. Legend. Thank you Kev, Benno and Ruby.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@somefinnspecial It’s a London Thing - Scott Garcia

https://t.co/siKsS1Jn8M

[Chris Phillips @CJPhillips1982]

RETWEET TO GO INTO DRAW TO WIN ONE

My handwritten team-sheets from Southend United’s FA Trophy final with Wealdstone at Wembley are now available to buy. They are priced £15 but there is an additional cost for postage. Team-sheets can be collected from Southend or Rayleigh. Email [email protected] for more details

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CustardSplatPod Yeah, but I’m not really over this one leaving. Especially as player, but also as manager.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CJPhillips1982 It seems difficult to imagine that Hinshelwood will join us now, after having lured away a player of Noor’s quality. What’s the opposite of Christmas? (*) Losing Noor and GSM on the same day feels the opposite of Christmas to me.

(*Is it too naughty to call it RonMartin-mas?)

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@piershewitt PS good to see you on Sunday!

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@piershewitt I’m horrified that this type of narrative is still alive and well. How are we back here again? I thought we had left this type of divisive, nasty b.s. in the 1970s.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@harrisufc @BernieFriend38 Sometimes, our fan-base doesn’t know a good thing when it sees one, unfortunately. Of course we’ll back the new manager. But I foresee tricky times ahead with our somewhat fickle and impatient fan-base…!

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@Raycrud @CJPhillips1982 Why? I’m concerned that our very own pound-shop Ted Lasso is the one that has started the unravelling of our happy camp…

I’d be pretty miffed if Noor left, after all we’ve done as a club to help him get back to playing again.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@harrisufc @BernieFriend38 For my part, I support the club always but can question the decision-making processes for COSU, who are not immune from criticism. Why did they bring in a DOF (who has evidently caused friction), how do they plan to increase our budget if sustainability is an unbreakable vow?

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CJPhillips1982 Kev - we are so sad at your, Benno’s and Darren’s departure. You are a true club legend, and I wish you nothing but success and fulfilment wherever you go. We are so lucky to have been blessed with your talent on the pitch and your heart and dedication off it. #OnlyOneKevinMaher

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@sufcbluesnews One big, uncomfortable difference: York have money. We don’t. We can’t spend our way out of this league. COSU’s mantra is always sustainability. We are about to redo the East Stand. Money is tight. We are not about to emulate York, and we’re kidding ourselves if we think we can.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CJPhillips1982 Excellent article, Chris. You have articulated perfectly what I am feeling.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@CJPhillips1982 Heartbroken, to be honest. This was not the right time to make this decision. Can’t see how on our limited budget, with ground redevelopment also in the pipeline, we have any prospects of promotion now. We’ll rue this decision. Maher’s reputation is enhanced if anything. Gutted.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@NLLowdown Heartbroken, to be honest. This was not the right time to make this decision. Can’t see how on our limited budget, with ground redevelopment also in the pipeline, we have any prospects of promotion now. We’ll rue this decision. Maher’s reputation is enhanced if anything. Gutted.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@SmiffySUFC All those mentioning cash missed the following passage in the @guardian today:

Southend earned more points and scored more goals than in 2024-25, finishing 6th on a budget that would, if money spent correlated directly to league position, have left them between 7th and 12th.

[Matthew Walker @lesleymatt]

@trafficpaul @AllAtSeaFanzine I know. That line about “and a comprehensive search to find a new head coach is underway” has me somewhere between livid, dumbfounded and petrified. Are we about to revert to our status of 5 years ago, when our most fearsome and damaging adversary was our own board?