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Reply | Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style
at 14:11 1 Jan 2025
DC has selected an unusual team to start today.
Samson Tovide not in the squad sadly the rumours about Peterboro must be true!.
Taylor and Thorn on the bench.
A bold move
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Team
Macey
Egbo Flanagan Donnelly Iandolo
McDonnell Bishop
Anderson Payne Gordon
Hopper
Subs
Smith Kells Goodliffe EdwardsThorn Taylor
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Thread | Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style
at 00:24 1 Jan 2025
DC takes his rejuvenated charges to the County Ground on New Year’s Day seeking a 12th match unbeaten.
Ian Holloway has already piled the pressure on his beleaguered side by describing the Colchester game as massive and wanting a home victory so badly.
By contrast Colchester will approach the game in exactly the same way as the previous games. Putting on a professional performance, no longer constrained by the consecutive games without conceding a goal. They overcame that challenge after Doncaster Rovers (a hugely better side than the Robins) scored and Colchester responded with a polished second half performance that could have elicited all three points.
The game is also live on Sky Sports Channel 403 at 3pm.
The weather will be challenging at the County Ground. 11 degrees Celsius but 82% precipitation (light rain) and a breezy day. It has rained all day in Durham and the wind has been strong all day today.
The good news is that Samson Tovide is likely to take some part in the game tomorrow.
Otherwise, I expect a similar team from the Doncaster game.
Macey
Egbo Flanagan Donnelly Iandolo
McDonnell Bishop
Thorn Payne Edwards
Taylor
Subs
Tovide Gordon Anderson Hopper Kells Smith Goodliffe
I expect the U’s to dominate the game and to run out winners by 3-0.
Wouldn’t it be impressive if Lyle Taylor scored a hattrick.
Colchester 15th with 27 points from 22 games. Swindon are 21st with 21 points from 23 games.
Our initial target remains 75 points.
Enjoy the game.
Safe travelling for the faithful
Wessex enjoy the three points.
Up the U’s
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Thread | Imperious Super U's to achieve 11th unbeaten game on Sunday at the JCS
at 23:36 28 Dec 2024
Sunday sees perhaps our biggest test of the season so far when Doncaster Rovers visit the JCS.
Grant McCann and Billy Sharp have perhaps piled extra pressure on Donny Rovers by demanding a win at the JCS.
By contrast DC has a resurgent Super U’s team with the opportunity to extend their unbeaten run to 11 games on Sunday whilst Matt Macey is looking for a record eighth consecutive clean sheet.
Samson Tovide and Arthur Read remain doubtful but Teddy Bishop would be the obvious choice to replace Read.
My prediction is for a close encounter but I see the U’s coming out on top with a single goal victory over Donny Rovers and Lyle Taylor to net the vital winner.
A bumper crowd of 6,500 will enjoy the upwardly mobile U’s victory over another of the promotion contenders.
Weather 8 degrees Celsius, cloudy with little chance of precipitation and a gentle breeze.
DC is likely to opt for the following starting XI:
Macey
Egbo Flanagan Donnelly Iandolo
McDonnell Bishop
Thorn Payne Edwards
Taylor
Subs:
Gordon Anderson Hopper Kells Smith Goodliffe Hunt
From the bench John Kymani Gordon has demonstrated his ability recently and I would expect to see him at some stage.
Pinot asked how the U’s would approach the game if they eventually concede a goal. At present I would expect to see little change. We are playing with confidence and DC has a largely settled side both of which are important aspects when it comes to protecting a lead or finding a way back into the game should we concede. I am of the opinion though that Doncaster will have to worry about our form and consistency.
Enjoy the game.
Let’s keep this run going and continue to close the gap on the top seven.
Up the U’s
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Reply | Boxing Day celebrations as Super U's make it 10 games unbeaten
at 17:49 26 Dec 2024
Many Happy Returns Pinot
A very good point about conceding next time and how the team react. Given that the overwhelming majority of our squad hadn't been born in 1991 this is somewhat of a novelty for them.
I am particularly pleased for Macey who looks very much at home between the sticks.
Let us hope that we can keep the clean sheets going.
Last season Donny Rovers caned us at home.
However they lost to the league leaders today.
I think we can keep the run going on Sunday.
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Reply | Boxing Day celebrations as Super U's make it 10 games unbeaten
at 15:58 26 Dec 2024
Merry Christmas Pinot
I must admit I am unsure about just who we might sign.
Clearly don't want to lose Samson or Oscar and a striker would bolster the attacking options.
Three points today and another clean sheet sets us up nicely for the Donny Rovers game |
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