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Thread | Mariners gutted by Super U's at the JCS
at 18:42 16 Apr 2024
Busy today hence keeping this very brief.
Colchester to win 4-1 with Hopper and McGeehan on the scoresheet.
Team:
Hornby
Mingi Dallison Hall
Fevrier Smith Read Chilvers Iandolo
McGeehan Hopper
Subs
Goodman Jay Wilkinson Harbottle Akinde Richardson Ihionvien
Tovide now suspended for 4 games.
Weather 8 degrees Celsius dry a little breezy.
Decent crowd to see the U’s almost safe.
A rare double for the season too.
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Enjoy the game.
Up the U’s
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Thread | Reds, left red faced by DC's blue and white army at Broadfield Stadium
at 11:06 13 Apr 2024
The advantage of playing three games a week is that you don’t have to wait too long before the next game comes along. Among the disadvantages (if you don’t win) is the strain on players fitness.
Now many people are fixated on the two turning points in Tuesday night’s game against the Hatters. The Goodman mistake and the penalty miss. As glaring as they both were, the game was lost because we failed to take our chances and Stockport capitalised on the few they had. Not dissimilar to the Wrexham game.
Teams challenging for promotion find a way to win whilst the relegation threatened teams play well but do not do enough to win. Simples.
Criticism of DC has been prevalent this week. With some observers suggesting another change of manager is required. This is nonsense of course. 15 points from 16 games is indifferent form but at least four of those drawn games should have been converted into victories. We would already have been safe. Sadly, we continue to struggle.
Midfield players electing to take penalties when DC says that all players practice them in training. Fortunately, we managed to score some against Spurs. That form must be recaptured. We simply cannot afford this profligacy in front of goal.
Today the roadshow moves to the Broadfield Stadium in West Sussex where in front of a sell out home crowd and 1000 of the faithful the U’s will attempt to secure three more precious points to avoid the fate almost worse than death.
And I think they will manage a vital victory by 3-1 to dent Crawley’s faint play off hopes whilst rekindling the U’s survival.
It is all about the players and whether they want a Relegation on their CV or whether they can demonstrate an ability and desire to secure League Two status for another season.
Enough of the false dawns, failures to convert draws to wins, indifferent goal scoring, missed penalties, inability to score more than one goal in a game and feeling sorry for themselves in the changing room after a game.
Nothing less than a win is required today. If you want any motivation then look at the supporters and players of Stockport after they had won on Tuesday night. The joy, adulation and let’s admit it relief was palpable and that just annoys me more. I am heartily sick and tired of watching other teams celebrate a point or a victory against the U’s.
I want the faithful to be dancing with joy at 4.50 pm today following a relegation saving victory against Crawley.
Scott Lindsey and Jamie Day have worked wonders for the Reds to get them to this position but the U’s are better than this, much better than this and the three points will finally put the nails in FGR and Sutton’s coffins.
Remaining fixtures:
Grimsby 42 43
Crewe A
COL U A
Swindon H
Crawley A
Sutton 43 39
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A
Colchester 41 38
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H
Crewe H
FGR 43 36
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H
DC said that the 24 players who regularly train will be needed so let’s start to get tough.
I’m not really anti Chilvers, I just think he has wasted his talent. He just doesn’t tackle; he fails to track back; he doesn’t convert enough chances and he thinks the world owes him a living. Back on the bench for Mr Chilvers today.
Team:
Goodman
Richardson Kells Hall Iandolo
Read McGeehan Smith
Mingi Tovide Akinde
Subs
Dallison Hornby Fevrier Ihionvien Chilvers Anderson Edwards (if fit) or Jay
Mingi although brilliant at Right Back must play further up field where his forward runs will be most effective. Richardson is back at RB and with Kells and Hall, Iandolo offer a more solid and structured flat back four.
Read, McGeehan and Smith are the dream Midfield trio and Mingi can support Tovide and Akinde up front.
Options from the bench would be Fevrier, Ihionvien, Chilvers and Edwards if fit.
Crawley weather will be mild 17 degrees Celsius, sunny but breezy.
Today is where we finally decide to stop the indifferent results and play with confidence and belief. The faithful will give support in spades. It is up to the players to perform to the best of their ability.
Survival remains in our own hands, time to get safe for another year.
Enjoy the game.
Up the U’s
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Thread | Hatters to lose their heads in defeat to DC's blue and white army at the JCS
at 18:28 9 Apr 2024
So, yet another defeat on Saturday and just six games to play now. The Cowleys have secured 15 points from 15 games. Frankly too many draws.
Stockport County led by Dave Challinor come with one hand on the League Two Championship and will offer the U’s sternest test of the season.
I went to the game at Edgeley Park where a goal either side of the interval did for the U’s. Yes it was a close game but I am sick and tired of the same old excuses being trotted out from successive managers. The excuses have got to stop and we must find a way to see games out from winning positions.
Our defence is too porous and we repeatedly fail to inflict the killer blow when we had a slender lead. DC was furious after Saturday and rightly so. A goal up and then we failed to play, they equalised and there was an inevitability about the closing stages.
You just knew that Colchester would concede a last-minute goal and so it proved.
Now I have toyed with writing that we have no chance this evening and that we will lose by 3 or 4 goals. I have never written that regardless of who we play or where, so I’m not going to start now.
Instead, I’m going for a narrow 1-0 Colchester victory. We need the game and performance of the season against arguably the best team in the league. Alistair Smith deserves to score the goal.
Time to take the game to the opposition and show a steadfast determination against the Hatters, who if FGR inflict a defeat on Mansfield (quite possible because they were woeful against Crawley) and we lose tonight, then Stockport will be promoted to League One at 9.35pm.
One thing is sure I want to be at Brunton Park next season for the Carlisle game. One of my favourite Away trips (it helps that it is only 55 miles door to door) now that we know they have been relegated.
Let’s consider the remaining fixtures:
Grimsby 41 43
Harrogate A
Crewe A
COL U A
Swindon H
Crawley A
Sutton 43 39
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A
Colchester 40 38
Stockport H
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H
Crewe H
FGR 42 36
Mansfield A
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H
Let’s say that FGR have effectively gone and it’s between Sutton and the U’s for the other position. Don’t forget Sutton were dead and buried but four straight wins transformed things and Sutton can win two out of the three and so we need another 7 points minimum from our remaining six games. Grimsby have probably just about saved themselves.
Frankly its shocking and this has to be the last season of abject performances and results and struggle. It does no one any good and is not good for persons of a nervous disposition. No team deserves to stay up on reputation alone, it has to be earned. We have had four years of constant struggle and 16 years of slow decline and it has to stop right now.
The losing culture, negativity and disappointments are legion. John Cleese uttered one of the most apposite lines in any film when he said, “It’s not the despair, I can take the despair, it’s the hope I can’t stand”.
All diehard U’s fans can relate to that, I have experienced that feeling for 54 years, many on this board for a lot longer. But we keep coming back and frankly and bizarrely I wouldn’t miss it for the world.
So, six games to save our season and probably the next few years because it is no easy way back from the National League. Ask Chesterfield, Barnet, Halifax, Aldershot, Oldham, Southend, Rochdale, Hartlepool and York.
The Saltergate crew have managed to get back at long last and would hope to set the league alight next season. We want to be there with them too.
DC rightly exploded post-match, only Colchester can achieve the biggest gate of the season and then take the lead but lose their shape and simply stop playing when they needed it most.
The attendance wont be 8,500 tonight, probably half that (Stockport may well bring more than Wrexham did) but the faithful must get behind our team and inspire them to a memorable win which will kill the fight in Sutton and FGR without question.
But who does DC select:
I understand that Iandolo is unfit and so something like the following is required:
Goodman
Mingi Hall Kells Dallison
Smith McGeehan Read
Fevrier Tovide Anderson
Subs:
Hornby Jay Chilvers Wilkinson Ihionvien Akinde Hopper
We want the table to look like this after tonight’s game:
Grimsby 42 43
COL U 41 41
Sutton 43 39
FGR 43 36
Not wishful thinking, but the result of 90+ minutes of endeavour and commitment from the U’s.
Weather at the JCS will be 10 degrees Celsius with dry conditions but breezy.
Enjoy the game.
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Up the U’s
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Thread | Parky shocked by the strength of DC's blue and white army at JCS today
at 10:10 6 Apr 2024
Today is like any other day, the U’s play hosts to another League Two team on an indifferent pitch and three points are up for grabs. However, this is no ordinary game, Wrexham are in town led by the former doyen of Layer Road Phil Parkinson.
Parky led us to the promised land and then made the fundamental mistake of jumping ship to Hull City (really), he now finds himself on the cusp of leading the Welsh team to successive promotions.
Now I’m not going to be sniffy about these achievements despite the fact that I dislike Wrexham, you must admire what Parky has done for the North Wales side who languished in the Non-League for 18 years following their relegation. Of course it helps with Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bankrolling them.
I have been to the Racecourse on several occasions the last of course was in December 2023 when we lost 2-1 in a game in front of 9,746 that frankly we should have won.
Wrexham were disorganised that day, had a player rightly sent off and should have also had the odious McClean sent off for numerous fouls.
Both teams realise the import of today’s game from opposite ends of the table. Wrexham lost to Donny Rovers in midweek and will be under even more pressure to win today. Parky has already piled on the pressure by stating that Wrexham have to win at the JCS.
Now today is rightly a sell out and I applaud that. Many on the various social media have decried the part time supporters that will be there today. I don’t, we definitely want and need the stadium to be full every week. Except of course there will not be 10,105 in the stadium (official capacity) but fewer than 9,000 because of missing seats and no shows etc. But let’s not knock it, the JCS comes to life when the crowds turn up.
Now we have had a decent Easter with some good results and are unbeaten for four games. However, the overwhelming majority of Colchester supporters would love to be where Wrexham are in the table. Despite this the Welsh team are under pressure and I expect them to not finish the game with eleven players on the field. In many respects this is bad for the U’s who never play well against ten men.
We must make our games in hand to count especially as the postponed game against Stockport is on Tuesday night at the JCS.
Current placings:
Grimsby 40 40
Newport H
Harrogate A
Crewe A
COL U A
Swindon H
Crawley A
Sutton 42 39
Stockport H
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A
Colchester 39 38
Wrexham H
Stockport H
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H
Crewe H
FGR 41 36
MK Dons H
Mansfield A
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H
Weather today is a very healthy 19 degrees Celsius with no rain but very breezy courtesy of Storm Kathleen.
A big crowd, safe journey to North Essex. Hopefully the trains (or rather Brothers Lynch and Whelan) will behave themselves for you Wessex.
What about the scoreline. DC will have the U’s fired up for this game. I reckon it’s about time that we won a game handsomely and today is that day. 3-0 to the U’s with Fevrier, Ihionvien and the excellent Smith on the scoresheet.
But what about the team, actually, quite easy today:
Goodman
Mingi Hall Kells Iandolo
Smith McGeehan Read
Fevrier Ihionvien Anderson
Subs:
Hornby Dallison Jay Chilvers Wilkinson Hopper Tovide
Now I don’t think that Samson Tovide will start today after his non-appearance at Tranmere so another intervention from the bench perhaps.
Great though to see Kells back after his stop start season. Jay Mingi has been transformed by the Cowleys and are there any better midfield players than Smith, McGeehan and Read.
We are at home and do not need to fear Wrexham play Fevrier and Anderson in advanced roles to support Bradley. Take the game to them and strike early. We can win and win well.
Enjoy the game and the table will make for better reading tonight.
Up the U’s
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Thread | Wirral rubbish shouts Adkins as beach boys lose to DC's Super U's
at 12:10 1 Apr 2024
A good Easter can become a magnificent one with three points at Prenton Park today. DC takes his resurgent U’s to the Wirral to do battle with Nigel Adkins’ team fresh from their defeat at the Bantams on Good Friday.
The U’s by contrast having taken a vital point against the Stags, saw off the Exiles with a late Jay Mingi winner at the JCS.
It was a deserved win against another team faltering to get into the Play Offs. Today will be a tough ask even though Tranmere are already on the beach in Fuerteventura.
They have a decent record at home but DC has got the U’s playing some resilient football and they can see the finishing line of survival getting closer all the time. Chuck Norris will be keen to score today providing enough red meat has been thrown his way.
Grimsby 39 39 -18
COL U 38 37 -18
Sutton 41 36 -25
FGR 40 33 -30
Sutton who looked doomed have revived, but still look favourites to join FGR. Grimsby are dropping like a stone but have a reasonable run in and of course still have to go to the Fortress JCS! It is going to be tight.
Grimsby 39 39
Bradford H
Newport H
Harrogate A
Crewe A
COL U A
Swindon H
Crawley A
Colchester 38 37
Tranmere A
Wrexham H
Stockport H
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H
Crewe H
Sutton 41 36
Swindon H
Stockport H
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A
FGR 40 33
Crewe A
MK Dons H
Mansfield A
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H
Weather today on the Wirral 9 degrees Celsius light rain but still conditions with a light breeze.
I would like to see the following line up today:
Goodman
Mingi Hall Dallison Iandolo
Smith Read McGeehan
Fevrier Tovide Anderson
Subs
Hornby Chilvers Kells Hopper Wilkinson Jay Ihionvien
DC has already said that he will be using his squad and so expect impact players to be used second half – Ihionvien, Chilvers, Kells and Hopper.
The U’s to prevail 2-0 which will set us up nicely for Parky’s boys next weekend. We will probably only need 7 points from 7 games after a win on the Wirral today.
Safe journey to the travelling faithful. I am watching on iFollow today. My excuse is the Bank Holiday Easter Monday traffic on the M6.
Enjoy the game.
Up the U’s
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Thread | Exiles sent packing to South Wales by DC's Super U's at the JCS
at 12:49 29 Mar 2024
Short and sweet this week ahead of a busy Easter programme for the U’s.
I’m still disappointed that we didn’t prevail at Mansfield Town last weekend. Still, we move on and DC will be looking for the same level and intensity of performance today at home to the Exiles.
Graham Coughlan (although I think mainly Joe Dunne) has turned Newport’s fortunes around and they sit in 11th place with 55 points from 39 games. Essentially they are knocking on the door of the play offs. Will Evans picked up from non-league has been their star this season with 22 goals.
I still remember a classic game v Newport at Layer Road in 1977 when we won 5-0 under Bobby Roberts. Bobby Gough and Colin Garwood were stars that day. Despite the scoreline Newport battled until the very end.
Our 22-goal man is plying his trade on loan at the Cowleys old stomping ground. Strangely enough whilst putting some programmes away today I came across the Lincoln v Colchester game from 2019 when we triumphed 3-0 with one of the best performances ever from Sammy Szmodics in his last ever game for the U’s.
This is the start of 9 games in 29 days for the U’s as we look to preserve our league status (again). The reconfigured pitch layout will be used again today and the weather is due to be 13 degrees Celsius at kick off with a 24% chance of precipitation. Cloudy and breezy means conditions will once again be challenging.
Grimsby 38 39 -16
COL U 37 34 -19
Sutton 40 33 -26
FGR 39 33 -27
Another 13 points still looks like the requirement from these 9 games. Three points today is vital in order to put real pressure on Sutton and FGR.
DC has made it clear that the 24 players who have trained this week will be needed in this run of 9 cup finals. Realistically he will be looking at a settled team but key substitutions will be made in games which could turn the balance of the game.
I reckon the following line up today:
Goodman
Mingi Hall Dallison
Fevrier Read McGeehan Smith Anderson
Ihionvien Tovide
Subs:
Hornby Jay Wilkinson Edwards Harbottle Chilvers Iandolo
A bold prediction of 3-0 Colchester. It is about time that we won a game and if our approach is similar to last week then I expect a comfortable U’s victory against a side that will fade away from the play-off scene.
Don’t forget Exiles, iFollow is available today for UK subscribers.
A bumper crowd and a handsome home victory for a memorable Good Friday.
Enjoy the game.
Up the U’s
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Thread | DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 22:21 22 Mar 2024
“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer that in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs – victory in spite of all terrors – victory however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.” Winston Churchill 13 May 1940.
DC and NC should pin these words above the changing room door at Field Mill tomorrow.
If anyone is in any doubt as to the seriousness of our situation they have only to glance at the current league table.
Grimsby 37 39
COL U 36 33
FGR 38 33
Sutton 39 30
Remaining fixtures:
Colchester 36 33
Mansfield A
Newport H
Tranmere A
Wrexham H
Stockport H
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H
Crewe H
FGR 38 33
Doncaster A
Stockport H
Crewe A
MK Dons H
Mansfield A
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H
Sutton 39 30
Accrington H
Salford A
Swindon H
Stockport H
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A
Now here’s the thing, Sky have chosen this game because the Stags are scoring goals for fun and having defeated Harrogate 9-1 they put 5 past Bradford City and so everyone is expecting a home victory.
I hate the expression free hit; we go to Field Mill content in the knowledge that recent games at Mansfield have been close affairs. 2 draws, 2 defeats and a victory are what I have seen since 2019.
Tomorrow gives the U’s the perfect chance to secure three vital points and to send out a message to Gloucestershire and South London that they are the ones going down to the National League rather than the team from North Essex.
It just remains to ask how brave will DC be in his team selection.
Mansfield are likely to line up something like this: 4,3,1,2
Pym
Bowery Flint Brunt Cargill
Boateng Reed Keillor-Dunn
Quinn
Swan Akins
I want DC to bring his “A” game and go toe to toe with the Stags: 4,3,1,2
Goodman
Richardson Dallison Hall Iandolo
Fevrier Chilvers Read
McGeehan
Ihionvien Tovide
Subs:
Hornby Jay Wilkinson Edwards Smith Harbottle Anderson
Clearly Iandolo has been training with the first team as has Tovide who also had 45 minutes in the Essex Senior Cup Final. I don’t think Kells will be back for this one.
DC has rightly said that he expects the whole squad to be involved for the vital run in.
He however must be brave and play two up top to give the Stags something to think about. Sitting back and inviting pressure is simply not an option. Take the game to them, get some crosses into the strikers and give them some valuable service, it will pay dividends.
This is a game where the players should not need motivation. Live on Sky, albeit a lunchtime kick off, will put players in the shop window. Chilvers must be at the last chance saloon but can he rise to the occasion with a big game and three points on the line.
Whatever happens we must not leave there at about 2:20pm cursing our luck because we failed to go forward, create chances and actually take some of them. Give the travelling faithful something to celebrate at Field Mill, a classic away win. Be brave and committed, totally determined to put one over on Clough and his table toppers.
Nothing must be left on the pitch but blood, sweat, toil and tears of joy (with apologies to the great man).
I am predicting a 3-2 victory for the U’s. Mansfield will score, that is inevitable, but let us have the passion, fight and determination to succeed. My son tells me that you can get 5-1 on the U’s to win. That must be worth a pony in anyone’s book (even those who only ever have a flutter on the National (the horse race, not the league!).
The faithful will be up for the fight, they will be giving their all at Field Mill. We are long overdue a classic victory against one of the so-called top teams. They have to play slightly below par (or perhaps complacency will be their downfall) whilst we have to turn up and want it more than them.
The players are on satellite TV, it is a match like every other, still three points at stake but unlike every other it is a game that we are expected to lose. Even many Colchester supporters on the social media sites are predicting a defeat, but the true blue and whites know that it is our moment tomorrow.
Early kick off - 8 degrees Celsius, early morning rain then partly sunny but breezy. A full sized but only three sides to the pitch with the infamous boarded TV gantry stand casting a shadow over proceedings.
Safe journey to the travelling faithful. Enjoy the game, whether actually at the game or on Sky. I am travelling the 125 miles from Durham and it will mean an earlier start for me than usual.
Let the cry of Essex, Essex, Essex ring out combined with “we pay your benefits” as a depressed Clough sinks to his knees after DC inflicts a classic defeat upon the Stags.
This season truly starts tomorrow.
Up the U’s
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Thread | Two from Three - remaining fixtures
at 21:40 16 Mar 2024
Colchester 36 33
Mansfield A
Newport H
Tranmere A
Wrexham H
Stockport H
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H*
Crewe H
FGR 38 33
Doncaster A
Stockport H
Crewe A
MK Dons H
Mansfield A
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H
Sutton 39 30
Accrington H
Salford A
Swindon H
Stockport H
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A
It does look like Sutton plus either FGR or Col U.
Victories are needed.
First let's spoil the Stag Party next Saturday.
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Thread | Saddle up for three vital points
at 11:35 16 Mar 2024
Last weekend’s defeat hurt the U’s perhaps more than any other because FGR have started to see an upturn in form with Sombrero man at the helm.
Consequently, the gap has closed dramatically at the foot of the table.
Salford 38 41
Grimsby 36 38
FGR 37 33
COL U 35 32
Sutton 38 27
Remaining Fixtures:
Walsall H Sat Mar 16
Mansfield A Sat Mar 23*
Newport H Fri Mar 29
Tranmere A Mon Apr 1*
Wrexham H Sat Apr 6
Stockport H Tues Apr 9
Crawley A Sat Apr 13
Grimsby H Tues Apr 16
Notts Co A Sat Apr 20*
Crewe H Sat Apr 27*
TBA Doncaster H Probably Tues Apr 23
After a fourth postponement due to waterlogging of the pitch this season the Club received permission to shorten and narrow the pitch from 105m to 102m and from 68m to 64m. This apparently will tackle the worst of the pitch quality at the East side of the ground.
Interestingly the Layer Road surface was 100m x 67m (the same size as Arsenal’s old Highbury stadium).
We welcome the Saddlers today led by Mat Sadler and counting amongst their number Brandon Comley one of our former midfielders. I went to the Bescot in September when a drab game was settled by a moment of brilliance from Isaac Hutchinson in the 65th minute. The Saddlers rolled over last week at FGR and I am sure they will not want to repeat such a poor performance today.
However, there is still some mileage in last week’s disappointing performance. Barrow is the longest journey this season at 325 miles, but next season (hopefully) we will be back at Brunton Park Carlisle which is mere 316 miles each way.
I travelled with my eldest son and upon arrival the major change this season is the temporary covered seating to the side of the pitch, which was both heavily sanded and bobbly. We had to try a number of seats before choosing the one with the least obstructive views of the playing surface. Noah did the same and sat just behind us. It was also good to see Kevin who was over for the game.
The team was:
Goodman
Egbo Dallison Hall
Richardson Read Smith Anderson
Chilvers McGeehan
Hopper
Subs:
Egbo off Harbottle on 38mins
Richardson off Ihionvien on 59mins
Anderson off Fevrier on 59mins
Smith off Jay on 73 mins
Hopper off Akinde on 74 mins
Once again we had the lion’s share of the possession and chances but fell to a sucker punch with goals on 45+4 mins and 90+5mins. The first was a free kick that never was (in fairness Spence took it well) and the second we were chasing the game and had both centre backs forward when Foley scored into an empty net.
Now I have been critical of Chilvers this season and on Saturday he showed all the old failings. Weak in the tackle and failing to track back and although he had a Hollywood shot it was always going wide and over the goal. Time to be benched.
By contrast we need Ihionvien to start and for Tovide to return (probably from the bench). Fevrier has been sorely missed and
At the end of the game the 163 loyal supporters were disgruntled but I fail to see how a minority screaming obscenities at the players and berating them is actually helping to spur them on to greater glory. Good to see the supporters there but let’s get behind the team because we are fighting for our very survival.
The injury situation is helped by Samson Tovide’s likely return (not a full game though) but Egbo was injured last week and Anderson didn’t look fit. Not sue whether Wilkinson, Kells and Mingi are all fit yet.
So, I would go with:
Goodman
Richardson Hall Harbottle Iandolo
Fevrier Read Smith McGeehan
Ihionvien Hopper
Subs:
Hornby Chilvers Tovide Jay Akinde Dallison Edwards
Two strikers please.
Weather is likely to be sunny and 9 degrees Celsius but DRY.
Enjoy the game, we have 11 games to save our football league status.
I am heartily fed up with reading “struggling” Colchester or “relegation threatened” Colchester. Let us instead read Cowley inspired Colchester secure vital win.
Score prediction Colchester 2 Walsall 0.
Ihionvien and Tovide (from the bench) with the goals.
Up the U’s
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