Winger Kevin Betsy is back with his latest blog. Kev will be writing exclusively on southendunited.co.uk every Thursday throughout the season.

Good evening once again to all Southend supporters.

I am looking forward to the weekends match at Walsall and going back to one of my former sides.

The team and I have dusted ourselves down after the defeat last week against Brighton and we have looked back at the positives from the game.

We played very well for an hour of the match and should have been a goal up until the sending off of Frank Moussa. I really feel for young Mouss' who showed no malice in the tackle and whom I have been extremely impressed with in recent matches. Unfortunately though common sense didn't prevail and his red card didn't get overturned on appeal.

I have had a few questions from Southend supporters this week which is great and here are some answers.

"Could you please explain the transfer process of how a player moves from one club to another with an insight as to the relationship between agents/clubs/the moving process?" Terry Cockell (Southend)

I can only speak on personal level as I have had a few clubs in my career but only a few permanent deals. The rest of my moves have been loans at times in my career when I wasn't involved in the first team and wished to play games or when I was a young player going out to get experience of first team league football.

I will talk about my transfer to Barnsley from Fulham. I had been at Fulham for four years having been signed by Kevin Keegan from non-league side Woking. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Craven Cottage as it was a fantastic club to be at as a young player.

I was part of the promotion teams from the old Second Division to the Premiership. The manager at the time Jean Tigana called me into his office to tell me that Barnsley had been in touch and would I like to go on loan for a month. I agreed and off I went up to Barnsley for a month to play first team football in the First Division.

The loan went really well but I said my goodbyes to all at Barnsley and thanked them for looking after me. On the day I returned to the Fulham training ground Tigana's summonsed me to his office again. We talked about how the loan had gone before he told me that Barnsley had made a £200,000 offer for me and that the club had accepted it. I was told that it was entirely up to me whether I made the move as I had just signed a new contract in the summer and they were happy for me to stay if I wanted to.

At 24-years-old first team football was a burning desire. The enjoyment I felt in running out on matchday and trying my best for the club and the supporters proved to strong for me. I agreed to go subject to the medical and personal terms. My agent at the time had already spoken to the Barnsley Chairman and a contract was put to me by my agent over the phone. I had been with this agent for a number of years so I had full trust in him regarding any contractual issues. Some players like their agents to be their best friends on the phone every week but I knew when the deal was to be done he was there to do all the negotiations and leave me to concentrate on looking after matters on he pitch.

I was happy with the offer Barnsley put to me so I travelled back up for the medical. This was long winded and it took time being taken from pillar to post. The whole day I had been thinking about John Carew. Fulham were suppose to have signed him from Valencia earlier in that season. On the day of his medical he happened to pass me in the physio room. He failed his medical and the club withdrew their offer and did not sign him because of a dodgy knee. I would like to know if Aston Villa fans think he has a dodgy knee every time the ball hits the back of the net?

Fortunately I passed the medical and signed later in the day and that was that.

"Who is the best player you have ever played alongside?" Andy Cause (Southend)

I will try and keep this one short and sweet, or maybe not! I would have to say Louis Saha. Fulham signed him from Metz for £2million which was an absolute bargain as he scored bundles of goals for them. That made Man United sign him for £12.8million and he had everything. Two footed, excellent in the air, electric pace and a cool fisher. In recent years his career has been blighted by injuries but when Louis is fit - what a player!

That's it from me this week. Hopefully we will get three points on Saturday and a nice win against Leyton Orient midweek would also go down nicely.

Until the next time,
Betsy

Kevin will also answer your questions each week. So if you have something you want to know from inside the Boots and Laces training camp email media@southend-united.co.uk and include your name and where you are from and it could appear online.