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Your Colchester United v Brighton U21 Match Reports

dalianwasexciting added 18:13 - Sep 26 Sat in the erstwhile Pioneer instead of my usual SBR, God the people are odd! Thou must not voice an opinion etc! Anyway onto a pretty forgettable match report. Gerken - 6, one good save although had it been hit either side of him it would have gone in. Not at fault this time for the goals but seems to not breed confidence with his defence still. Chambers - 5. Caught out a bit too often in the first half, scored a good far post header and relativelyneffectivengoing forward. Knudsen - 6. Workmanlike, great cross for our opener but his long throws are getting rather predictable. Smith - 6. Possibly the pick of our defenders. Berra - 4. Worst I have seen him play in a town shirt Douglas - 4 what does he give us? Pedestrian at best. Low score despite the one surge he finally made and led to our equaliser, stubborn Mick has to change the CM pairing Skuse - 4. Normally Mr Reliable but today Mr Invisible, AMN - 6. Was targeted by a physical Bristol side but still showed flashes of creativity Fraser - 7. He won more headers than Murphy, always trying to get the ball down on the ground and make something happen, Murphy - 3. Lost nearly every header, does not look the player of last season, or unfit, one good shot in the second half and should probably have been subbed earlier Sears 5 - not one of Freddie's best but as ever he chased and tried Didz 6. our one class player, surely he has to start when fit, even in an attacking midfield role Pitman 5. Adds a new dimension and is always trying to control the ball, we ahould make more of his partnership with Fraser MM. Tactically wrong again? Bristol City had a very tall back line, so we kept banging long high balls when Murphy was winning nothing. Midfield is the major issue with no creativity, yes we have injuries but Skuse and Douglas have no forward thought between the

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sidtheswan added 10:08 - Sep 27 2 things which were unusual. There was a loud mouth in the Alf Ramsey very vociferous swore all the time no regard for other Ipswich supporters or for the fact that children were around him. Obviously on a £10 ticket and would appreciate if he never went again as just bad mouthed the team and didn't support them. Secondly why do the groundsmen water the pitch so much ? Affected both teams and was detrimental to quality of the football. Finally we have a great back 4 in the squad and would be nice if MM actually played them . Poor game poor performance and best player on the pitch by a mile wore a red shirt unfortunately !

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