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Wirral rubbish - Tranmere under pressure after Super U's gain another away win
at 10:11 1 Feb 2025

Today and the U’s travel to Prenton Park to do battle with Nigel Adkins Tranmere Rovers side who have come off the back of a bizarre 3-1 defeat to Swinedon Town.

They led for much of the game, had two players sent off and conceded three late goals.

All the pressure is on Tranmere who are now 22nd with 26 points from 27 games and a Goal difference of -23 and there can be no better time to play the Wirral outfit.

However, Rovers will be fighting for their lives and Adkins will be under severe pressure to secure something from today’s encounter.

I have been to Prenton Park on several occasions over the years. They always produce a good fanzine which is usually good reading.

When my eldest son was at UCLAN Preston I travelled down on the Friday night 26 September 2008 and in front of 5,713 supporters we won a topsy turvey game 4-3.

We scored early on and on 47 minutes went 4-1 up only for two late Tranmere goals to put some respectability on their scoreline and ensure a nervous finish. Ronnie Moore was the Tranmere manager that day.

However, on my last but one visit in October 2021 I persuaded both my sons to accompany me. Attendance was 7,324 for a Friday night match and we lost 2-0. Micky Mellon, me old fruit, was the Tranmere manager. There had been overt racism towards Colchester players during the game and after the match the CUSA coach was attacked and a side window smashed.

Let us hope for a better outcome today and a Colchester victory by 2-0.

Table Bottom Half:

Bromley 27 35
Cheltenham 27 35
Col U 27 34
Swindon 29 34
Gillingham 26 32
Barrow 27 31
Accrington 26 29
Harrogate 29 29
Newport 26 27
Tranmere 27 26
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Carlisle 27 21
Morecambe 27 20

Tranmere weather today will be 7 degrees Celsius, sunny and no precipitation.

With transfer signings proceeding at a glacial pace (3 loan signings; 1 striker and two defenders one of whom is injured) whilst 6 players have departed. We are long overdue another striker but otherwise I think defence and midfield look strong enough.

DC has also settled for the following starting XI in recent games:

Macey
Egbo Kells Flanagan Iandolo
Bishop McDonnell
Anderson Payne Edwards
Taylor

I would prefer to see the following bolder and more attacking formation:

Macey

Egbo Kells Flanagan Tucker

Bishop McDonnell Payne

Taylor Simpson Edwards

Subs:

Smith Iandolo Read Thorn Gordon Anderson and Forbes (unsure if fit or not).

Safe journey to the travelling faithful.

Enjoy the game.

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Happy League 2024/25 Week 26 (of 38) - Deadline Saturday 1st February 15.00
at 08:43 1 Feb 2025

EVERTON 2 v 0 LEICESTER CITY
NEWCASTLE UNITED 3 v 1 FULHAM
LEEDS UNITED 4 v 0 CARDIFF CITY
SWANSEA CITY 2 v 2 COVENTRY CITY
BLACKPOOL 1 v 2 CHARLTON ATHLETIC
WIGAN ATHLETIC 1 v 0 LINCOLN CITY
AFC WIMBLEDON 2 v 2 BRADFORD CITY
CARLISLE UNITED 1 v 0 SWINDON TOWN

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Harrogate coach drop off point
at 00:53 1 Feb 2025

A shocking response.

As Wessex says thanks for asking though.
It seems that they have forgotten that up to and including last season the Away coaches were allowed to pick up and drop off right outside the away supporters entrance.

Poor show.
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Taylor watch
at 22:14 30 Jan 2025

Sadly JT will be spending some time on the sidelines.

He has a slight hamstring strain.

Hardly surprising given his lack of game time after Luton mis management.

Get fit soon JT
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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 20:52 29 Jan 2025

Barrow have just halved the deficit against Doncaster.

The Holker Street pitch looks challenging as well.

As U's fans know the Cumbrian Coast is unforgiving weatherwise.

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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 20:26 29 Jan 2025

As much as I dislike the Chairboys they are forcing Luton to bid crazy money for Richard Kone

Luton have now offered £6m which has been rejected.

There is a clear message here, we don't have to see Samson Tovide and should resist all attempts to persuade him to go.

Let's see if he can stay and help get us promoted.

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He who would Valiant be - as Super U's win again at the JCS
at 19:59 28 Jan 2025

Currently watching Wyscum v Barnsley who have just taken the lead.

Richard Kone in the starting lineup. Seems they are resisting all Luton's advances.

Not inspiring game.
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He who would Valiant be - as Super U's win again at the JCS
at 14:47 28 Jan 2025

Oh dear.
Oh well gives the grass time to recover!

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He who would Valiant be - as Super U's win again at the JCS
at 14:17 28 Jan 2025

So, we are 13th with 34 points from 27 games and tonight we entertain Port Vale who sit 4th in the table with 45 points from their 27 games.

Ben Goodliffe in a surprise move has departed on loan to Southend. We have loanee Jack Tucker from MK Dons and are due to sign another defender from West Ham but Michael Forbes is currently injured.

Port Vale will offer a challenge tonight but provided DC is bold and plays two up top I can see us defeating them 2-0. They are without Mitchell Clark who was sent off against Chesterfield at the weekend.
Darren Moore is the man at the helm and they have good Away record. I watched the Burnley v Leeds game last night which ended 0-0 best defence v best attack. But it was a war of attrition and neither side looked like breaking the deadlock.

Tonight, we need to show the creativity in the final third to score the important goals.
I would love to see the following selection from DC

Macey

Egbo Kells Flanagan Tucker

McDonnell Bishop

Payne Edwards

Simpson Taylor

Sadly, DC will play Iandolo and Anderson instead. Still, we can but help.

Subs
Smith Read Thorn Gordon Iandolo Anderson Terry

Still some days to go get another striker in ready for Saturday.

Weather light rain, 8 degrees Celsius, pitch will be heavy but frankly we are well used to that at the moment.

Enjoy the game.

4,500 attendance.

Onwards and upwards for the Super U’s

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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 13:23 28 Jan 2025

In fairness West Ham say he will come to us when fit.

Still need a striker.
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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 17:09 27 Jan 2025

Burnsie

If I keep banging on about it DC might start to play two up front..

Simpson is only on loan whereas Taylor and Tovide are our players.

Also we might get lose Samson to one of these so called Championship clubs

Hence one more striker is required.

We will win more games and score more goals with proper support for Lyle Taylor.

Lone (or loan) strikers are not the answer when we want a top seven place.

Although we may secure Simpson's services if we have the financial head room at the end of the season.

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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 12:17 27 Jan 2025

Scully has gone too.
He was frankly useless but was on top wages.

Injuries have ruined his career opportunities.

One more striker required.
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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 15:04 25 Jan 2025

So am I.
Strong defender and knows where the goal is.
Disappointed of Durham
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Shrimps to be potted by Super U's at the JCS
at 14:24 25 Jan 2025

Agreed
DC has not been as bold as I would have liked though.

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Shrimps to be potted by Super U's at the JCS
at 11:56 25 Jan 2025

You are absolutely right about the negative subs used towards the end of the Morecambe game.

Let us see what Simpson and Taylor can do as a strike pairing this afternoon.

There is a rumour that Tovide is fit, if true and he is not part of the match day squad then sadly he will be on his way out of the club.

Either way that leaves us with a problem, Simpson is only on loan and so we still need another striker in this window.

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Shrimps to be potted by Super U's at the JCS
at 10:06 25 Jan 2025

Today at the JCS we welcome 23rd placed team Morecambe and manager Derek Adams. Earlier in the season I was present to see Colchester throw away a 3-1 lead with minutes to go and we drew 3-3.

Today there can be no repeat of such profligacy and I expect to see a 3-0 home win with Simpson opening his goalscoring account.

However, on Tuesday night 2,284 were present at the Exercise Stadium Harrogate with 162 of the faithful to witness and attritional 0-0 draw on a heavy pitch.

My eldest son drove me to the game and there were additional bonuses with Gerry making the journey from the East Coast and Noah present as one of the regulars on the CUSA coach. You will all have read by the now the scandalous treatment of those passengers who were not allowed to disembark outside the ground (contrary to previous years). This also made things incredibly difficult for the less able supporters to gain access to the stadium. Lyle Taylor generously paid for the taxi to transport one of our regular supporters to the ground from the drop off point some 0.5mile from the ground. The treatment of the spectators was simply disgraceful.

Once inside the ground we invested in one of the pies. Now Harrogate have pies, hot dogs, burgers and frankfurters. The pies are steak and come in what can only be described as a doggy bowl and we paid the extra to include mash and gravy. £8 might be seen as expensive but it really does offer VFM and on a cold and damp Harrogate night was very welcoming. Coffee, tea and Hot Chocolate were also enjoyed during the evening.

DC had selected the following starting XI

Macey
Egbo Kells Flanagan Iandolo
Bishop McDonnell
Anderson Payne Edwards
Taylor

Subs
Read Thorn Gordon Simpson Smith Goodliffe Terry

I was disappointed not to see Tyreece Simpson starting up top with Lyle Taylor. It was not a night or a pitch for a single isolated striker but DC stuck to his guns.

Read and Simpson came on after 64 minutes for Bishop and Taylor and Thorn and Gordon on 81 minutes for Edwards and Anderson.

I used the word attritional because it was that sort of a game. One fan told me after 10 minutes this has 0-0 written all over it and so it proved. I am of the belief that had we shown more attacking intent particularly in the first half we could have won the game.

Will Greenidge and Matt Jay have both left the club this week. In Jay’s case I feel so sorry for him. Not only did things not work out for him but in two years he only managed 35 appearances and one goal for the U’s. He has now moved onto Torquay and we all wish him good fortune as a Gull.

Jack Tucker has also joined on loan from MK Dons. A left sided defender I wonder if he will replace Ellis Iandolo who has been shocking recently. He looks to offload the ball immediately refusing to carry it and his normal pass is a lofted clearance rather than looking to set off an attack.

The saga of Samson Tovide need to be brought to a conclusion. First is he really still injured. Second what valuation are these so called Championship clubs prepared to pay for his Services and third can we please retain him and get him playing once again with Lyle Taylor. After all we don't have to sell. Come on if we are serious about a top seven finish then ST needs to stay.

Now that we have 31 points which sees us in 14th place this is the time to step up the pressure on those teams above us.

DC needs to get more adventurous in his selection:

I would like to see the following today:

Macey

Egbo Kells Flanagan Tucker

Bishop Payne McDonnell

Simpson Taylor Edwards

Sub
Smith, Read, Thorn, Gordon, Anderson, Iandolo, Goodliffe

Sadly, he will play Iandolo and Anderson instead but if only he went for it we might experience another handsome home win to set us up nicely for Port Vale on Tuesday night.

Colchester weather will be 7 degrees Celsius with sunshine and cloud and only a gentle breeze after Storm Eowyn decimated parts of the country yesterday.

Attendance likely to be just over 4,000. Enjoy the game.

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Happy League 2024/25 Week 25 (of 38) - Deadline Saturday 25th January 12.30
at 09:12 25 Jan 2025

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 2 v 2 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
LIVERPOOL 4 v 0 IPSWICH TOWN
LUTON TOWN 0 v 1 MILLWALL (12.30)
QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2 v 1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
SUNDERLAND 4 v 0 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 2 v 2 BOLTON WANDERERS (12.30)
LEYTON ORIENT 2 v 1 READING
STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 v 0 CRAWLEY TOWN
COLCHESTER UNITED 3 v 0 MORECAMBE
NOTTS COUNTY 1 v 0 BROMLEY

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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 13:26 24 Jan 2025

Tom Hopper to Southend but who is the new loanee..
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Simpson to be the catalyst for U's chemical reaction against the Sulphurites
at 22:14 22 Jan 2025

The coach window incident happened after Tranmere won 2-0 and after overt racism from a section of Tranmere fans towards Colchester players.

My son videoed the racist chanting and jeering from our vantage spot behind the goal.
We sent it with a detailed explanation to Tranmere FC.
It was acknowledged but no further action was taken.

It was a disgraceful incident.
We were driving home and passed the coach which had stopped by the side of the road.

Last night at Harrogate was very disturbing and whilst there was no direct threat from rival supporters the opportunity was there particularly with the half mile walk from the stadium to the CUSA coach.

We had parked at the District Hospital car park as normal and there was no problem walking to or from the ground.

The problem was solely that identified by Noah which should not have happened at all.

The Away coaches have always parked to drop off and pick up at the Away entrance to the ground without problem.

Traffic was limited especially as it was a Cold Tuesday night in January with just over 2,000 in the stadium.

Common sense must be allowed to prevail next season if the Sulphurites avoid the drop and we fail to achieve promotion via the playoffs.

Let us hope that the FOI request receives a complete and acceptable response.
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January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts
at 16:45 22 Jan 2025

There appears to be interest from Colchester for Bristol Rovers striker Jevani Brown. Gillingham and Fleetwood also interested.

My view is I wouldn't touch him with a bargepole.

Has burned his boats from his previous experience at Colchester.

Instead let's get the best out of Tyreece Simpson, retain Samson Tovide and look after Lyle Taylor.

After the success of Donnelly and McDonnell from Nottingham Forest do they have a young 19 year old striker that we could sign on loan?

Jevani Brown can go elsewhere.

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