Hall: 'Competition for places keeps everyone on their toes'
A website wrote the other day that the success of Southend's season long term could depend on three players, Bilel Mohsni, Anthony Grant and Ryan Hall, all of whom have been sitting on the subs bench recently, but coming on in the second half to great escape, or from the start if it's the Johnstone's Paint Trophy!
However, Blues boss Paul Sturrock will not change from his present preferred starting eleven, home or away, and the dangerous wideboy Hall, more assists than anyone in League Two last season and not doing too badly in this one, has no guarantee that he can change Luggy's mind in time for Saturday afternoon's top six clash with Morecambe at Roots Hall.
Hall told www.echo-news.co.uk: “Of course I would love to start on Saturday because my confidence is really high at the moment and I feel like I’m playing well. I don’t know if I will, because that’s the manager’s decision. But if I’m sub again then I’ll just have to do my best if I get on. It is frustrating not being in the team but I will just have to do the best I can to catch the manager’s eye and get back in.”
We know Ryan has done enough to catch Luggy's eye, his 'crossing machine', but is that enough?
However, Hall accepts, if the side keep winning, it's harder for him to get back in it at the start, especially if the subs keep coming on late and doing so well!
Ryan said: “It was a good win at Crewe and the boys are doing really well at the moment. That’s why it’s hard to get in to the team but that’s the way it should be. Competition for places keeps everyone on their toes and I think it’s one of the main reasons why we’re doing well this season. It’s great to be top of the league and hopefully we can still be there after the game on Saturday.”
And so say all of us!
Ryan Hall; assistant of the year: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
The Hall Files
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Marcus L. Hall | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Dulwich, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Southend United | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crystal Palace | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Crystal Palace | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Lewes (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Bromley | 23 | (9) |
| 2010– | Southend United | 51 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:30, 14 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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(Player info by Wikipedia, for the full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Hall_(footballer)