Barry Corr: 'Paul is someone who brings the best out of me'
Whatever you think of Paul Sturrock, he obviously inspires loyalty!
First left back Peter Gilbert follows the former Pied Piper of Plymouth to Southend, and then 6ft 3in striker Barry Corr, a free agent after leaving Exeter, decides to join him at Roots Hall and sign a two-year contract as long as the transfer embargo is lifted.
Talking to www.southendunited.co.uk he said: "As soon as I got a call from Paul Sturrock, my mind was made up. I've worked with the manager before so I know what to expect from him and he knows what to expect from me. he is also very honest."
Barry has accepted the financial situation at the club is 'dodgy' but Sturrock has assured him it's all going to be OK and that's good enough for him!
The problem that has kept Corr back in his career, ask any Swindon fan where he was a popular player, it was injuries of all shapes and sizes.
However, with Exeter last season he was fine and believes the worst is over.
Barry also promises to cut out the disciplinary problems, the man has a temper, especially with referees, and received three red cards in 34 appearances
In fact, EEB saw him get sent off in the Shrimpers 1-0 defeat at Exeter last season, see below!
Corr continued: "You obviously miss games after being sent off, which isn't nice, and the feeling after it happens is horrendous. I don't want it to happen again and I don't want to let down my new team mates."
Then it was the usual 'we will win the league' stuff, which is always good to hear, but as S24 warned with the words of Gilbert yesterday, we might need to see a few more signings before we can share his confidence, and what was that about another winding-up order today!
Anyway, Barry knows the score: "Obviously the manager needs to bring in some more players, but there is talant already here and I feel a big club like Southend should be pushing to win the league."
A big club, well it beats Mildy joining Millwall to be amongst winners!
Then again Barry, not sure how much of the talent will be around come August 7!
Good luck mate.
December 2009 - Exeter 1 Southend 0 (Apologies to the 264 for bringing up such bad memories!)
Santa Sends Shrimpers Another Awayday Defeat: Both teams ended the game with ten men but it was the Grecians who grabbed the points.
No Christmas cheer for the 264 travelling faithful as they witnessed yet another away defeat, the Shrimpers seventh on the trot.
And once again plenty of possession was not rewarded with a goal, chief culprit being loanee striker Jabo Ibehre who missed a couple of sitters while inbetween Adam Stansfield showed Southend how to do it by planting a cracker over Steve Mildenhall into the net.
To rub salt into the wound, Ibehre then got sent off in the second half, hopefully getting changed and planted in a taxi back to stadium:mk, not one of Tilly's most successful loan deals.
As expected Tilly brought Francis back as right-back allowing Anthony Grant to stay in midfield as Christophe found himself on the bench.
The first chance was the easiest on 12 minutes. Good work down the left between the Moose and the other loanee, left back Scott Malone, or 'Bugsy' as eveyone was calling him in the stand, saw the Wolves teenager put over the perfect cross, there was Ibehre, totally unmarked in the area, to place the ball past City keeper Paul Jones, and at least two yards wide. Incredible.
Five minutes later with the home side looking a touch one dimensional, a lot of high balls, route one style for the big blokes up front, but showing lots of effort even after four successive defeats, launched another ball forward, this one wide.
Malone was out of position after being involved in taking a free-kick over on the right, there was Stansfield, who volleyed the ball past Mildenhall and into the net off the inside of the post.
Some may blame the Shrimpers keeper being caught in two minds, I just think he was left with little defensive cover and the boy caught it perfectly, give him some credit, it was a great finish, something our own strikers could learn from.
Then the second Ibehre miss following an equally poor finish by Ryan Harley for the Grecians, again another super cross by Malone, again another header wide of the post. Oh dear!
The half time break did not provide the Hartlepool effect as Barney decided to join in by missing a chance early on, Francis the provider this time, but the Shrimpers top scorer at least found the target, sadly for the fans huddled together in the cold in the open terrace, the target was keeper Jones.
It was all Yellows now yet there was never a real decent chance created after the previous ones, Macca broke through but you just don't expect him to score this season, and he didn't.
A bit of excitement just after the hour when Barry Corr was given a straight red for hacking down Grant leaving the Devon side with ten men.
Though an unmarked Harley nearly grabbed City another it did wake Tilly up to making a double substitution, with Damian Scannell and James Walker replacing Malone and a poor Macca allowing the Moose to go into the middle as the Blues boss choose to attack the weakened Grecians.
Thanks to something going on between Ibehre and Richard Duffy as they ran back after a goal kick was about to be taken, which saw Duffy fall into a heap and a red card for the MK Dons man after the referee consulted his linesman, Tilly had to do a very quick rethink with 12 minutes left and now both teams having lost a player.
It was still the Shrimpers dominating the closing stages as they looked for an equaliser, how many times have we made the home side play like an away one hanging on to their lead, but there was just shots from Walker and Moussa, which Jones dealt with comfortably enough, to show for it.
In fact, as they pressed forward having lost the man advantage Southend were always liable to be hit on the break and from one such attack, a slipping Scott Morrison allowed Stansfield to go one on one with Mildy, and when in a perfect position to close the game out, he hit the ball wide.
Didn't matter, as once again the Shrimpers failed to find the net away from Roots Hall and punish a team from the lower reaches of the league.
Everytime we gain a good result at home we can't follow it up and allow the teams at the bottom to close in, very frustrating, especially as the Farmers on Boxing Day will not just gift wrap us the points.
Southend Player Markings: Mildenhall - 6, Francis - 6, Morrison - 6, Barrett - 6, Malone - 6 (Walker - 6), Laurent - 6, Grant - 7, McCormack - 5 (Scannell - 5), Moussa - 6, Ibehre - 4, Barnard - 6.
Referee: Mr. R. East - 7.
(Report and markings by exiledessexboy)
And once again plenty of possession was not rewarded with a goal, chief culprit being loanee striker Jabo Ibehre who missed a couple of sitters while inbetween Adam Stansfield showed Southend how to do it by planting a cracker over Steve Mildenhall into the net.
To rub salt into the wound, Ibehre then got sent off in the second half, hopefully getting changed and planted in a taxi back to stadium:mk, not one of Tilly's most successful loan deals.
As expected Tilly brought Francis back as right-back allowing Anthony Grant to stay in midfield as Christophe found himself on the bench.
The first chance was the easiest on 12 minutes. Good work down the left between the Moose and the other loanee, left back Scott Malone, or 'Bugsy' as eveyone was calling him in the stand, saw the Wolves teenager put over the perfect cross, there was Ibehre, totally unmarked in the area, to place the ball past City keeper Paul Jones, and at least two yards wide. Incredible.
Five minutes later with the home side looking a touch one dimensional, a lot of high balls, route one style for the big blokes up front, but showing lots of effort even after four successive defeats, launched another ball forward, this one wide.
Malone was out of position after being involved in taking a free-kick over on the right, there was Stansfield, who volleyed the ball past Mildenhall and into the net off the inside of the post.
Some may blame the Shrimpers keeper being caught in two minds, I just think he was left with little defensive cover and the boy caught it perfectly, give him some credit, it was a great finish, something our own strikers could learn from.
Then the second Ibehre miss following an equally poor finish by Ryan Harley for the Grecians, again another super cross by Malone, again another header wide of the post. Oh dear!
The half time break did not provide the Hartlepool effect as Barney decided to join in by missing a chance early on, Francis the provider this time, but the Shrimpers top scorer at least found the target, sadly for the fans huddled together in the cold in the open terrace, the target was keeper Jones.
It was all Yellows now yet there was never a real decent chance created after the previous ones, Macca broke through but you just don't expect him to score this season, and he didn't.
A bit of excitement just after the hour when Barry Corr was given a straight red for hacking down Grant leaving the Devon side with ten men.
Though an unmarked Harley nearly grabbed City another it did wake Tilly up to making a double substitution, with Damian Scannell and James Walker replacing Malone and a poor Macca allowing the Moose to go into the middle as the Blues boss choose to attack the weakened Grecians.
Thanks to something going on between Ibehre and Richard Duffy as they ran back after a goal kick was about to be taken, which saw Duffy fall into a heap and a red card for the MK Dons man after the referee consulted his linesman, Tilly had to do a very quick rethink with 12 minutes left and now both teams having lost a player.
It was still the Shrimpers dominating the closing stages as they looked for an equaliser, how many times have we made the home side play like an away one hanging on to their lead, but there was just shots from Walker and Moussa, which Jones dealt with comfortably enough, to show for it.
In fact, as they pressed forward having lost the man advantage Southend were always liable to be hit on the break and from one such attack, a slipping Scott Morrison allowed Stansfield to go one on one with Mildy, and when in a perfect position to close the game out, he hit the ball wide.
Didn't matter, as once again the Shrimpers failed to find the net away from Roots Hall and punish a team from the lower reaches of the league.
Everytime we gain a good result at home we can't follow it up and allow the teams at the bottom to close in, very frustrating, especially as the Farmers on Boxing Day will not just gift wrap us the points.
Southend Player Markings: Mildenhall - 6, Francis - 6, Morrison - 6, Barrett - 6, Malone - 6 (Walker - 6), Laurent - 6, Grant - 7, McCormack - 5 (Scannell - 5), Moussa - 6, Ibehre - 4, Barnard - 6.
Referee: Mr. R. East - 7.
(Report and markings by exiledessexboy)
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