| Forum Reply | 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 |
| Forum Reply | 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. Up the U's |
| Forum Reply | 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. Up the U's |
| Forum Thread | 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 Up the U’s |
| Forum Reply | 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. Up the U's |
| Forum Reply | 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. |
| Forum Reply | 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. Up the U's |
| Forum Thread | 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. Up the U’s |
| Forum Reply | 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 Up the U's |
| Forum Reply | 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. |
| Forum Reply | 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. Up the U:s |
| Forum Reply | January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts at 15:15 22 Jan 2025
He hasn't played since 4 January but in fairness to Tyreece he was not allowed to play up front with Taylor and was expected to simply lead the line with little support for the last 30 minutes. He is a big unit (maybe a little too big) but clearly is strong and powerful. Harrogate played with 10 behind the ball and showed little ambition towards the end of the match so he was always a marked man. Will be a different player when linked up with LT. Up the U's |
| Forum Reply | Simpson to be the catalyst for U's chemical reaction against the Sulphurites at 23:30 21 Jan 2025
The pie and mash at £8 was excellent. Great to see Noah and Gerry Good support 162 from the faithful. The CUSA coach was treated disgracefully by being forced to park half a mile from the stadium as Noah had suggested before the game Harrogate must have been in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act by potentially forcing our disabled supporters to make their own way to the stadium but the CUSA supporters paid for a taxi. Their generosity made up for Harrogate's mean and appalling policy. Safe journey home for the faithful |
| Forum Reply | Simpson to be the catalyst for U's chemical reaction against the Sulphurites at 17:37 21 Jan 2025
I just think Anderson is behind Gordon, Edwards and Thorn in the pecking order but he is a firm favourite of the Cowleys. I think it would be grossly unfair to expect Simpson to come on for 20 minutes on his own up top Play Taylor with him and see what happens from the start. Up the U's |
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