| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style 00:24 - Jan 1 with 2363 views | durham_exile |
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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| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 18:59 - Jan 1 with 670 views | MarkyMark47 |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 18:41 - Jan 1 by wessex_exile |
I stand corrected, most of those around me also thought it was Hopper for the first penalty. You're right, Hopper didn't pose any goal threat, but his work rate was exemplary - I know we pay him to score goals, but his efforts were definitely appreciated. |
To be fair to Hopper, he does work extremely hard off the ball, and Taylor looked no more likely to score when he came on. |  | | |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 19:04 - Jan 1 with 660 views | MarkyMark47 |
And I thought the decision to bring Edwards on so late was frankly bizarre. Our backs were against the wall at that point, so why not bolster the defence by bringing Kelleher on then, before the sending off? [Post edited 1 Jan 19:05]
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| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 19:43 - Jan 1 with 595 views | BLACKCAT |
A very disappointing, though not surprising, result. I wonder whether travelling for three hours on the coach this morning could have had an effect. The possibility of losing Tovide is worrying. I hope the brothers are going to be able to bolster the squad substantially this month. |  | | |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 09:56 - Jan 2 with 363 views | RSCOSWORTH |
To add a bit more disappointment to yesterday it was McDonnell's seventh yellow card, fifth in the league. Been booked the last three matches. Will he be suspended for Saturday or has the five booking cut off been and gone? |  |
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| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 10:29 - Jan 2 with 345 views | MarkyMark47 |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 09:56 - Jan 2 by RSCOSWORTH |
To add a bit more disappointment to yesterday it was McDonnell's seventh yellow card, fifth in the league. Been booked the last three matches. Will he be suspended for Saturday or has the five booking cut off been and gone? |
The cut-off point is up to and including 19 EFL matches so he won't be suspended. | | | |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 11:44 - Jan 2 with 304 views | TheOldOakTree |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 18:41 - Jan 1 by wessex_exile |
I stand corrected, most of those around me also thought it was Hopper for the first penalty. You're right, Hopper didn't pose any goal threat, but his work rate was exemplary - I know we pay him to score goals, but his efforts were definitely appreciated. |
The Curate: "Oh no, my Lord, I assure you! Parts of it are excellent!"
Hopper will be a fantastic asset when they start giving points for 'having someone who runs around a lot'.
Until then it would be better for all if he was scoring for fun in the National League South.
It's a tough world and being a nice person doesn't count for much, but facts are facts and some people should be grateful that they got the chance to play professional football for a while.
Conor Wilkinson, well on his way to 25+ goals this season is a perfect example of dropping down a level or two. [Post edited 2 Jan 11:53]
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| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 14:13 - Jan 2 with 248 views | RSCOSWORTH |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 10:29 - Jan 2 by MarkyMark47 |
The cut-off point is up to and including 19 EFL matches so he won't be suspended. |
That's good then. He'd be a massive loss to the team especially if Woodyard and Read are both not fit enough to play. | |
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| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 15:02 - Jan 2 with 233 views | bwildered |
More worry is Iandolo red card , presume he gets a one game ban . Hunt injured and Egbo out of sorts last couple games, left back position could be a problem. |  |
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| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 15:12 - Jan 2 with 227 views | RSCOSWORTH |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 15:02 - Jan 2 by bwildered |
More worry is Iandolo red card , presume he gets a one game ban . Hunt injured and Egbo out of sorts last couple games, left back position could be a problem. |
Agreed. I think Donnelly will shift to left back with Kelleher or Goodliffe starting in the centre of defence alongside Flanagan. I think I'd prefer that to a change of shape personally and not sure we've got anyone else who can play there. | |
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| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 15:59 - Jan 2 with 207 views | MarkyMark47 |
| Supreme U's to defeat Robins at the County Ground to start the New Year in style on 15:12 - Jan 2 by RSCOSWORTH |
Agreed. I think Donnelly will shift to left back with Kelleher or Goodliffe starting in the centre of defence alongside Flanagan. I think I'd prefer that to a change of shape personally and not sure we've got anyone else who can play there. |
I think that's most likely. I'd also like to see the Edwards, Payne, Thorn, Taylor combination that we started with against Gillingham and Doncaster. | | | |
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