The Shrimpers survived long term injuries to Sunderland loanee centre-half Jean Yves M'Voto and defender Osei Sankofa to record their fourth win of the season against Bristol Rovers at Roots Hall Saturday afternoon.
However, everytime a player gets substituted supporters are looking for signs of a limp or the presense of physio John Stannard to make sure it's tactical and we'll be seeing him in the team next week.
Macca was the last United squad member to survive an injury scare with an ankle knock during the Saints match while it was good to see winger Damnien Scannell come on even for only the last five minutes.
While the fears of the Roots Hall faithful every time 12 goal Lee Barnard goes into a tackle with his injury record has so far not been justified!
Now it's the turn of left side midfielder Franck Moussa to cause concern as he was replaced by Scannell in yesterday's game and Blues boss Steve Tilson admits it wasn't just to kill off time.
Tilly told www.southendunited.co.uk: "It's all about keeping players fit at the moment. Franck has taken a knock at the end and we've had to play Granty at centre-back. We were down to the bare bones and didn't have many other options, so it's all about doing a job."
So the loanees have become very important and he confirmed the news S24 brought to you Friday that Wolves George Friend will stay with only whether he can play in the FA Cup holding up the paperwork, but Sunderland striker Roy O'Donovan will indeed be saying farewell.
Tilly continued: "On the loan front, George Friend will be staying for another month and Roy O'Donovan will be going back to Sunderland."
Poor Roy, he came to us with less than great support from Black Cat fans and the clubs he's been loaned out to in the past, and those criticisms were mainly proved correct.
Not that we saw a lot of him with only 3 starts, the odd appearance off the bench and a tap-in against Brighton.
Lacking a decent first touch he was Barnard-lite, and let's hope the saving on wages will find a decent back-up for the good Lord.
Dougie Freedman is doing his best, his step over for Barnard's first Saturday showed the brain was still working but the legs just won't back him up as they once did. He will need a break.
If Revell and Walker were not good enough, or their pay packet too heavy, another forward must be found pretty quickly.
However, everytime a player gets substituted supporters are looking for signs of a limp or the presense of physio John Stannard to make sure it's tactical and we'll be seeing him in the team next week.
Macca was the last United squad member to survive an injury scare with an ankle knock during the Saints match while it was good to see winger Damnien Scannell come on even for only the last five minutes.
While the fears of the Roots Hall faithful every time 12 goal Lee Barnard goes into a tackle with his injury record has so far not been justified!
Now it's the turn of left side midfielder Franck Moussa to cause concern as he was replaced by Scannell in yesterday's game and Blues boss Steve Tilson admits it wasn't just to kill off time.
Tilly told www.southendunited.co.uk: "It's all about keeping players fit at the moment. Franck has taken a knock at the end and we've had to play Granty at centre-back. We were down to the bare bones and didn't have many other options, so it's all about doing a job."
So the loanees have become very important and he confirmed the news S24 brought to you Friday that Wolves George Friend will stay with only whether he can play in the FA Cup holding up the paperwork, but Sunderland striker Roy O'Donovan will indeed be saying farewell.
Tilly continued: "On the loan front, George Friend will be staying for another month and Roy O'Donovan will be going back to Sunderland."
Poor Roy, he came to us with less than great support from Black Cat fans and the clubs he's been loaned out to in the past, and those criticisms were mainly proved correct.
Not that we saw a lot of him with only 3 starts, the odd appearance off the bench and a tap-in against Brighton.
Lacking a decent first touch he was Barnard-lite, and let's hope the saving on wages will find a decent back-up for the good Lord.
Dougie Freedman is doing his best, his step over for Barnard's first Saturday showed the brain was still working but the legs just won't back him up as they once did. He will need a break.
If Revell and Walker were not good enough, or their pay packet too heavy, another forward must be found pretty quickly.