ANOTHER update from former Southend United star Stan Collymore.

A busy day for everyone connected to your wonderful football club.

A BBC Essex interview and a Supporters Town Hall with the xhairman to digest.

I've watched both, paying particular attention to the voices of supporters, your wants, needs and insight into the club as it stands today.

I thought there were excellent questions put to the chairman and I think the stewardship of Paul to keep bringing everything back to the here and now was fantastic to see.

Accountability and transparency make for happy organisations, so to see it in action this evening made me feel incredibly positive for you guys.

I will be speaking to the chairman again tomorrow on the phone, and as he said, we will be drilling down into many different things in the coming week as he decides which direction and with who he wants his team to be to walk alongside you guys into a new season.

But I would like to make it clear that my support as clearly stated, isn't just to the chairman, or to you guys but to every single person involved with Southend United Football Club.

So Ricky in the Academy to Craig Fagan to the players to parents of Academy kids to Patrick in Finance to Lisa and Amanda, the aim is always the same.

To bring everyone together on a journey where pride, passion and unity become a hallmark of this wonderful football club.

There is much trust to build, many lines of communication to set up and a season yet to finish with fans rightly wanting their say in any way they can, especially after losing a proud 100 year status which to many will literally feel like a bereavement.

That feeling amongst the supporter base must be respected.

This next seven days will, in my opinion, be the most important seven days in the modern history of the club, so I'd ask everyone to keep calm heads, open minds and let's see what next Thursday or Friday brings.