Pre-season games 2026

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• Ravel49

  9:18AM

  Eagerly awaiting ‘The Jet’s’ debut 😜
• alderz

  9:21AM

  I was with a Southend United supporting friend last night and apparently Roots Hall is sold out, which is great news for them
• buffybegood

  10:30AM

  alderz said:

  I was with a Southend United supporting friend last night and apparently Roots Hall is sold out, which is great news for them

  Must admit I'm out of touch with the current state of play with Southend. Obviously they've had serious money issues and various court preceedings over debt for many years, with a move to a new stadium also frequently touted as the way forward. Did your friend say much about their current situation?
• Ravel49

  1:06PM

  
  
• Lukerz

  1:08PM

  Wan-Bissaka, Diouf, Souček, Magassa, Summerville to return to that squad (as it stands).
  
  Think it’s clear to see why no signings have happened yet.
  
  I imagine only Todibo is a player we have no interest in keeping involved (maybe Füllkrug too?).
• alderz

  1:14PM

  buffybegood said:

  alderz said:

  I was with a Southend United supporting friend last night and apparently Roots Hall is sold out, which is great news for them

  Must admit I'm out of touch with the current state of play with Southend. Obviously they've had serious money issues and various court preceedings over debt for many years, with a move to a new stadium also frequently touted as the way forward. Did your friend say much about their current situation?

  They got bought by an Aussie consortium last summer, which has meant they’re safe and won’t go out of business. Ron Martin was a proper crook there and him being out of the picture is huge. I don’t know what they’ll do with the stadium plans, but they’re existing and the board seem to be ambitious. They brought in Kieron Dyer as manager this summer and the fans are optimistic.
• buffybegood

  1:23PM

  Cheers for that alderz
• Fortuneseeker

  2:02PM

  Lukerz, Can I politely ask who do you think will leave from the squad for today's game as it looks very youthful who might not be up for a wet Tuesday night at Stoke?
• Lukerz

  2:07PM

  All the youngsters apart form Potts & Kante
  
  Then it will be about whether we get offers for the likes of Mavro etc
  
  My point is our current 11 is strong for the Champ, we can’t make it much better
  
  So no signings is kinda what I expect at the moment
• thornburyiron

  2:42PM edited 2:42PM

  It might be strong for the champ but we’re losing to a non league side. 😀
• steve

  2:53PM

  1-1 H.T
• Fortuneseeker

  3:22PM

  I think that is the point thorn I don't think it's currently strong enough for the Championship, we had a stronger line up v QPR in the FA Cup in January and struggled to win.
  
  Need a new CH (Disasi?), CAM & a striker along side Taty, if he stays, and that is just for the starting X1. The squad needs more experience to compete over the long hard season ahead of us (IMO). Any news on the three players from Celtic we are linked with?
• Barney

  3:54PM

  Apart from the time on the pitch I am not sure what we got out of that. I guess it was typical of a friendly at the start of the season. My stream was poor for the first half but better in the second. Roll on our recruitment and the next game