Lee Sawyer, who reportedly has had a dodgy relationship with Blues boss Steve Tilson since a 'discussion' they had after he gave away a last minute penalty at Walsall, willl not be travelling with the rest of the team to Carlisle Saturday afternoon.
www.southendunited.co.uk have released the following statement:
'Lee was sent home from training on Thursday for another breach of club discipline.
His failure to attend Thursday's pre-match meeting at the training ground, where the team were to prepare for the weekend's opposition, has angered both his teammates and the mangerial staff.
The Club will make no further comment on this matter at this time.'
Oh dear, he might have slotted into the centre-half spot if Granty got injured!
As the only fit player who can't seem to get a first team start whatever the injury list, this has probably been brewing up for a while.
Or he just overslept because his toddler kept him up all night!
And we're not 100% sure George Friend's paperwork will go through in time!
Whatever, it was backs to the wall time anyway, this has just made the long trip even more fun.