He beat Wimbledon in the Checkatrade Trophy or whatever it's called these days. No league wins.Saw this thread had unread and thought Southend had sacked him. He hasn't won yet there has he?
Still winless in the league. Good times.They've got seven points from his 12 games now. They're 15 points from safety and have the worst defence in the division having conceded 65 in 24 games. To be fair to Campbell they were bad before he took over and he has improved their results slightly, but I'm sure he was brought in to save them from the drop and it's not going to happen.
A man with no empathy whatsoever. Nothing we haven't known for two decades of course.Seems it's not going quite so well for Sol in terms of his man management skils ??
Southend players and staff threaten to STRIKE over unpaid wages
EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Sportsmail revealed earlier this week that at least seven players and staff had not received wages that were due on 31 December and they have still not been paid.www.dailymail.co.uk
Seems it's not going quite so well for Sol in terms of his man management skils ??
Southend players and staff threaten to STRIKE over unpaid wages
EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Sportsmail revealed earlier this week that at least seven players and staff had not received wages that were due on 31 December and they have still not been paid.www.dailymail.co.uk
Worrying that Southend are in this position though.
Southend have been in the financial mire for quite some time, unfortunately. That's now at least 4 clubs - Bolton, Maccesfield, Bury & Southend - who've struggled to pay their players this season.
I feel for the fans of those clubs.
I'm Southend born and loaf of. I trained at Roots Hall Tuesday and Thursday evenings during my school days and my father took me to see the Shrimpers for the first time in the late 60s. They are my hometown and second team. Campbell is absolutely deluded. I should add I made my peace over what he did to us a good while ago so I was surprised to give him a fair crack at Southend. Each bloody week it seems we lose yet he says in the local press that the signs of improvement are there. He is undoubtedly the worse manager of Southend I have witnessed in half a century. Admittedly the club under Ron Martin's ownership is a shambles but appointing Campbell was a joke. I would have gone for a young hungry manager from non league. Finally, it is not just the playing staff who are owed money from wages, the stewards did not get paid for December and are threatening to strike for tomorrow's home game which will have to be postponed if their strikes goes ahead.
I'm actually going to stick up for Sol on the former two. ( )Portsmouth, Notts County, Macclesfield, Southend. Chicken or egg?
Ron Martin was just on talksport on the Jim White show. He reckons that he knows nothing about a strike, everyone is getting paid and that Southend will be doing business in the window. Had to laugh though -I'm Southend born and loaf of. I trained at Roots Hall Tuesday and Thursday evenings during my school days and my father took me to see the Shrimpers for the first time in the late 60s. They are my hometown and second team. Campbell is absolutely deluded. I should add I made my peace over what he did to us a good while ago so I was surprised to give him a fair crack at Southend. Each bloody week it seems we lose yet he says in the local press that the signs of improvement are there. He is undoubtedly the worse manager of Southend I have witnessed in half a century. Admittedly the club under Ron Martin's ownership is a shambles but appointing Campbell was a joke. I would have gone for a young hungry manager from non league. Finally, it is not just the playing staff who are owed money from wages, the stewards did not get paid for December and are threatening to strike for tomorrow's home game which will have to be postponed if their strikes goes ahead.
Jim White is like most journo hacks. They have their list of questions, probably compiled by a junior staffer, don't listen to the conversation and just robotically ask the questions in the order they appear on their list.Ron Martin was just on talksport on the Jim White show. He reckons that he knows nothing about a strike, everyone is getting paid and that Southend will be doing business in the window. Had to laugh though -
Ron Martin: "I've been around 22 years and I hope to be around for a long while yet".
5 minutes later....
Jim White: "so are you committed to the club in the long term?"
Does the guy actually listen?
That's what occurred to me - it's not a conversational interview, it's like a Q&A so one has to question how much regard he's paying to the answers.Jim White is like most journo hacks. They have their list of questions, probably compiled by a junior staffer, don't listen to the conversation and just robotically ask the questions in the order they appear on their list.
I will miss him saying "Roland Duchatelet" now that the guy has sold Charlton, though. Pretty much the only good thing he's ever done.
Probably none. He doesn't give a shit about Southend, he or more likely a junior staffer will have done the absolute basic level of research required to compile a list of questions, and then he'll go on air with it. It's not a high profile gig, he isn't interviewing anyone famous enough to be "worth his time", so he won't do more than the bare minimum.That's what occurred to me - it's not a conversational interview, it's like a Q&A so one has to question how much regard he's paying to the answers.
Seems it's not going quite so well for Sol in terms of his man management skils ??
Southend players and staff threaten to STRIKE over unpaid wages
EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Sportsmail revealed earlier this week that at least seven players and staff had not received wages that were due on 31 December and they have still not been paid.www.dailymail.co.uk