Its official. George Moncur Joins Southend on loan !!

RW and ML have done well and no one would say anything different.

But it needs to be accepted that within that, some decisions have been very poor. I hope this is not one of the bad ones. Should he be replaced (Donley is not that) by an experienced player then perhaps we see the rationale. Irritates me for three reasons, we have lost quality, we have lost much needed experience and we are probably picking up a chunk of his wages. I struggle to see the positives at the moment. Let’s wait for his replacement.

The effect on other players of having a player in the squad who is the highest earner, but who is apparently not that fazed at not being a regular in the first eleven.

And yet this player RW doesn’t fancy has been a regular for 2 seasons (78 appearances 13 goals)  and despite utterances is fit enough to play. And has this high earner with a reputation for being good in the dressing room suddenly become a drawback. Something has gone wrong here and we will never know what, nor should we. Alas we move on and hope our reduction in quality and experience in midfield doesn’t come back to haunt us.  Time will tell.

Moncur cannot or will not get himself fit enough to play regularly in a league one team that plays a high press.Pressumsbly there weren't any other clubs of a similar level to us that were willing to take him either.I doubt Moncur will ever play higher league two now

Played in a high press team for the last two seasons despite not being, nor will he ever be, a player who charges about for 90 minutes. Thats not his game.  Wasn’t when he arrived and not when he left. The high press stuff doesn’t hold water. Clearly he has been training hard and looks very trim in his Southend photo, but never has been a skinny sort of player.

So what changed? Not his weight nor fitness, not his ability, not our style of play.  

It doesn't sound good at all. I'm starting to worry that there's too much yoof in the squad. We're approaching a very important phase in Richie's management time here. Let's hope he made the right call here.

Is it a season long loan?

I would say different, from something of a distance, l rate ML's influence and contribution as a key enabler to RW's success. Sure, some decisions are better than others but as a pair, l rate them as good as any other up and down the leagues.