| Forum Reply | January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts at 09:48 10 Jan 2025
You will all remember that it was Huddersfield who signed Jordan Rhodes from Ipswich for £750k. Rhodes and Joe Taylor are similar players and the Terriers are investing £3m in JT to fire them to promotion. Luton deserve everything they get this season. They have behaved appallingly towards Taylor. Difficult to fathom when they are playing poorly and their performances are so disappointing. Anyway if nothing else it finally secures JT's future. Now we have to make our signings to get us up to the top seven in this wretched league. Up the U's |
| Forum Reply | January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts at 16:38 8 Jan 2025
Any chance of some good news for a change. Have we forgotten we went 11 games unbeaten only recently. Donnelly is a big loss but Tovide would be an even bigger one. Up the U's |
| Forum Reply | January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts at 09:16 7 Jan 2025
Crash Sadly the prospect of Taylor and Taylor spearheading our attack is slim at best. Huddersfield were keen to sign him but I do not understand why he is being treated so shabbily by Luton A total waste of a talented young footballer. |
| Forum Reply | January 2025 transfer window hopes & facts at 11:55 5 Jan 2025
Pinot Wilkinson was never given a proper opportunity and when he did play it was as a right wing back whereas he was actually a striker! I don't understand the obsession with the Scottish scene. The standard of football even in the Premier League is dubious at best. After 11:unbeaten games when the good times were rolling back a poor defeat to Swindon and a shocker yesterday against Accrington has brought the doom and gloom merchants back to the fore. We are missing Tovide very badly and if Lyle Taylor now has a hamstring injury too then a striker, preferably two is the priority. Progress was being made but now has badly stalled. From a geographical point of view Colchester is 55 miles from London and I would have thought would offer a more attractive location than some of the more less well known locations. Our facilities at the Academy and the Stadium are impressive so there must be something else. Is it the 16 years of decline and perceived lack of ambition. Or is it something else. Clearly we have to reduce the wages budget before more reinforcements can be brought in. Up the U's |
| Forum Reply | Super U's to bounce back in style against Accrington at the JCS at 22:33 4 Jan 2025
Kells and or Goodliffe should have started at the back. Have watched the "highlights" which was a tough watch. Very sad after such an impressive unbeaten run. We go again but we certainly need two strikers a midfielder and a defender. Up the U's |
| Forum Thread | Super U's to bounce back in style against Accrington at the JCS at 09:52 4 Jan 2025
Well, all good things must come to an end. However, it was the manner of the defeat to lowly Swindon Town that hurt the most. I had predicted a 12th game unbeaten and a 3-0 Colchester victory. In fairness to me, DC decided to tinker with our most successful run of games for years by benching our three in form players Thorn, Taylor and Edwards. I wrote at the time that it was a strange decision and so it proved. Throwing away three points against Holloway’s mob was both unnecessary and should not have happened. Once again at 2-1 up with ten left on the clock we managed to concede two late goals including a controversial penalty (given for hand ball but what else could Flanagan do he jumped entirely normally and the ball accidentally glanced off his arm which was not in an unnatural position). Having watched the game courtesy of Sky a draw would have been a fair result but it wasn’t to be. We must now move on and rebuild following the end of our hugely successful recent unbeaten run. My dislike for Holloway and Swindon notwithstanding the game has gone and we must now focus on getting back to winning ways. In an interesting thread on this site the speculation concerning January transfers is now rife. If we are to lose Samson Tovide to Peterboro then a replacement (two if possible) is desperately needed. Alex Woodyard has gone to Sutton and we wish him well. Ellis Iandolo was unfortunately sent off late on at Swindon and misses today’s game. DC must decide on whether to bring Kells into the back four or Ben Goodliffe or Rob Hunt. Arthur Read is still injured but Teddy Bishop is an able deputy. However, Thorn, Taylor and Edwards simply must come back to the starting XI. They should never have been left out at Swindon. Alfie Bendle is back from Chelmsford where he has been on loan. The unluckiest player at the club Matt Jay must have run over scores of black cats or broken countless mirrors or walked under ladders to have been treated in this way. He must surely be moved on in this transfer window. So, a slightly changed team to counter Iandolo’s suspension means that DC must select: Macey Egbo Kells Donnelly Flanagan McDonnell Bishop Thorn Payne Edwards Taylor Subs Smith Goodliffe Anderson Gordon Bendle Hunt Hopper Danny and Nicky Cowley celebrate their first anniversary in charge at Colchester United this weekend and will be looking to right the wrongs from the County Ground debacle. It is vital that momentum is not lost and that we secure all three points against Accrington Stanley. John Doolan’s side are also looking for points. The Swindon defeat was awful but it will not define our season. Bouncing back with a 4-1 home win today will get the pulses racing once again. Weather in Colchester will be 2 degrees Celsius cloudy but dry. A cold January day but the U’s can enjoy the Home comforts that the JCS provides. Maybe 4,500 attendance today and a much-needed home win will restore confidence at a critical time for the U’s. Enjoy the game. Up the U’s |
| Forum Reply | Happy League 2024/25 Week 22 (of 38) - Deadline Saturday 4th January 15.00 at 09:00 4 Jan 2025
ASTON VILLA 2 v 0 LEICESTER CITY CRYSTAL PALACE 1 v 2 CHELSEA BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2 v 3 ARSENAL (17.30) NORWICH CITY 2 v 1 COVENTRY CITY PRESTON NORTH END 2 v 0 OXFORD UNITED WATFORD 1 v 2 SHEFFIELD UNITED LEYTON ORIENT 3 v 0 SHREWSBURY TOWN STOCKPORT COUTY 2 v 2 MANSFIELD TOWN COLCHESTER UNITED 4 v 1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY MILTON KEYNES DONS 2 v 2 SALFORD CITY Up the U's |
| Forum 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 Up the U's Team Macey Egbo Flanagan Donnelly Iandolo McDonnell Bishop Anderson Payne Gordon Hopper Subs Smith Kells Goodliffe EdwardsThorn Taylor Confusion because Donnelly shown twice |
| Forum 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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