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Reply | Number 17 will play
at 00:25 14 Oct 2024
I see York City on the horizon.
At least Bedlington are not in the frame.
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Reply | Number 17 will play
at 13:13 13 Oct 2024
The Bedlington performance, result and quality of the pitch is still remembered as a horror show.
We need a decent draw and preferably home.
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Thread | Number 17 will play
at 14:27 12 Oct 2024
Monday evening at Bradford City.
FA Cup Round One draw |
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Reply | Will Grigg's on fire
at 14:21 12 Oct 2024
93 mins County penalty
McGoldrick scores after it rebounded off the keeper
2-2 |
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Reply | Will Grigg's on fire
at 14:14 12 Oct 2024
Jevani Brown on for County
No goals in his last 34 games. |
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Thread | Will Grigg's on fire
at 14:05 12 Oct 2024
Chez Vegas 2 Magpies 1
Entertaining game.
12 mins to play |
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Reply | Taylor watch
at 23:34 9 Oct 2024
I do not understand why Luton are making such a hash of their player.
JT is a superb striker but his talent is being wasted.
Luton will find themselves in League One next season if this nonsense continues.
I would have the two Taylors at Colchester with Tovide alongside for good measure.
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Reply | DC's Super U's to outfox the Cumbrians at the JCS
at 19:27 5 Oct 2024
TOOT the key point is that it was another point.
Yes I wanted all three but clean sheets are the order of the day when we shipped four at Warsaw.
Yes I'm frustrated and want so much more but Moor Pinot is absolutely right.
15 years of decline cannot be rectified in a single season however much we might will it so.
I still believe that top seven is possible but we must over come our inconsistency for that to happen.
A decent result at Orient to keep the BSM Trophy alive and then a week off.
Hopefully our Talisman Taylor will return unscathed.
We go again.
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Thread | DC's Super U's to outfox the Cumbrians at the JCS
at 10:49 5 Oct 2024
Should that be the JobServe Cowley Stadium I wonder.
So, a week is indeed a long time in football. Owing to the wonders of a Sky membership I was able to watch both games against Walsall and Port Vale on the new 5-year deal Sky Sports+ have struck with the EFL. Of course, I felt guilty because I would normally have driven to both games but as it turned out the result at the Bescot was shocking and we set up Scotland style virtually 4,6,0 for the first half at Vale Park. Officially it was 5,4,1 of course.
At 2-0 down at the Bescot DC made some strange substitutions which led to a much heavier defeat than if we had tried to battle back with our strikers intact. Tuesday night was truly a game of two halves and after the dreadful tactics and performance in the first half the subtle changes made in the second could have won us the game.
Now Samson Tovide is fast getting a reputation as the Pantomime villain. Certainly, his play acting on Tuesday evening won him few admirers but of course he had the last laugh with a 90th minute equaliser which was thoroughly deserved. Tovide is getting to be well known by players and officials too. He often has two or three defenders around him and the referees often fail to give him the support which he needs to avoid the man handling and physical challenges that he receives.
But he is a real footballer and he has great strength and an ability to run at defenders. He will only get better and stronger. If he can control his temper then we have a top-drawer striker at Colchester.
Expect more changes this week for the visit of Mike Williamson’s Carlisle United. The Cumbrians are struggling after their relegation from league one. Williamson himself has brought the MK Dons to Colchester on two occasions this season and now returns with his new charges. He will get little change from DC’s boys however and I expect a 2-0 home victory with TnT on the scoresheet with this 15th verses 22nd encounter.
International call ups will be effecting the U’s with Lyle Taylor joining up with the Montserrat squad (he only misses the BSM game at Orient fortunately). Our Forest loanees Jamie McDonnell and Aaron Donnelly join up with the NI Under 21 squad too.
Now I really don’t like to criticise players unfairly but Hunt is simply poor and the jury is out on Scully. I don’t think he is a midfielder but I haven’t seen much sparkle in the box to suggest he is a striker either. After his shocking injuries he is probably getting back to match fitness but he seems not to be the answer if Tovide and Taylor are unavailable.
Sadly, it would seem that Bishop and Edwards, who were both injured at the Bescot, should not be risked today.
Therefore, I would opt for the following to start against the Cumbrians in a 3,4,3 formation.
Macey
Flanagan Kells Iandolo
Egbo Read Payne Woodyard
Tovide Taylor Gordon
Subs:
Smith Goodliffe Donnelly Hopper Scully Hunt Anderson
(Injured Edwards and Bishop)
Weather today at the JCS. 16 degrees Celsius dry, sunny intervals with a gentle breeze. Ideal for football in early October.
Reasonable crowd expected 4,500 with about 200 travelling from Brunton Park.
Enjoy the game.
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Thread | Marching on together
at 22:03 4 Oct 2024
Picture the scene Leeds 2-1 to the good an innocuous free kick and a hopeful pump into the box on 97 minutes by Alan Brown.
Meslier takes his eye off the ball and it rolls past him into the unguarded net.
One of the biggest goalkeeper howlers you will ever see.
Result a Desmond in a game that Leeds were comfortable in.
Matt Macey check out the video footage and make sure you don't repeat this elementary mistake. |
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Reply | Lyle Taylor's pink hair (and boots)
at 10:18 3 Oct 2024
The faithful love Lyle. He is a talisman and probably the most charismatic player we have had since Roy McDonough.
At present pink is the colour for Cancer research and it is not only a worthy cause but also Lyle is the perfect ambassador for our club.
He's not a bad footballer either.
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Reply | Fleetwood game in doubt
at 10:14 3 Oct 2024
I think a good time to have a weekend off.
I know it means a Tuesday night match but Fleetwood are on fire at present so a free weekend and time to regroup and practice those set pieces and for DC to decide on his best XI which he has yet to confirm will only help us as a club.
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