Reality check!!! 21:20 - Jul 27 with 9587 views | EricsGate | Same very poor and lazy performances |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:21 - Jul 27 with 5289 views | Superblue95 | Lol |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:22 - Jul 27 with 5195 views | portmanking | It's certainly been indifferent. Colchester definitely looked the more composed in possession, which is slightly worrying. Hopefully we're just keeping our powder dry for Morecambe. |  | |  |
Reality check!!! on 21:23 - Jul 27 with 5072 views | blueconscience | Holy has gifted them all of their goals. Perhaps he wanted to be nice to the old Ipswich players. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:24 - Jul 27 with 5050 views | chrismakin | LOL |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:25 - Jul 27 with 4938 views | pennyfathersleg |
Reality check!!! on 21:22 - Jul 27 by portmanking | It's certainly been indifferent. Colchester definitely looked the more composed in possession, which is slightly worrying. Hopefully we're just keeping our powder dry for Morecambe. |
Agreed. They look much more prepared than we do. Hopefully we’ll forget this game come the Morecambe game. First time I’ve seen the new players and no one has really stood out. |  | |  |
Reality check!!! on 21:25 - Jul 27 with 4929 views | blueconscience |
Reality check!!! on 21:23 - Jul 27 by blueconscience | Holy has gifted them all of their goals. Perhaps he wanted to be nice to the old Ipswich players. |
Interesting down vote young DaveU. Holy has been the cause of all three goals |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:37 - Jul 27 with 4591 views | chrismakin |
Reality check!!! on 21:25 - Jul 27 by pennyfathersleg | Agreed. They look much more prepared than we do. Hopefully we’ll forget this game come the Morecambe game. First time I’ve seen the new players and no one has really stood out. |
Because its a friendly that meant nothing to us but did to them, nothing more. You could tell, Bonne, Pigott etc not even out of first gear for a start. MINUTES matter, not performance |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:41 - Jul 27 with 4454 views | gazzer1999 | Dobra was outstanding, constantly wanting to do something. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
Reality check!!! on 21:43 - Jul 27 with 4356 views | Chrisd | So we’ve picked up a draw away from home, that’s another point for our promotion charge!!! Get a grip, it’s a pre season friendly….you’ll be one of those that gets their knickers in a twist if we don’t win every game this season. Simply embarrassing. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:43 - Jul 27 with 4327 views | wkj |
Reality check!!! on 21:37 - Jul 27 by chrismakin | Because its a friendly that meant nothing to us but did to them, nothing more. You could tell, Bonne, Pigott etc not even out of first gear for a start. MINUTES matter, not performance |
It also meant a lot to unbelivablue too. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:47 - Jul 27 with 4227 views | portmanking |
Reality check!!! on 21:43 - Jul 27 by Chrisd | So we’ve picked up a draw away from home, that’s another point for our promotion charge!!! Get a grip, it’s a pre season friendly….you’ll be one of those that gets their knickers in a twist if we don’t win every game this season. Simply embarrassing. |
The final result mattered not, but it was disappointing to see very few patterns of play emerge during the full 90. Col U certainly looked better drilled than us. Hopefully we can put it down to the sheer turnover of players and this will be a distant memory in a month or so. |  | |  |
Reality check!!! on 21:48 - Jul 27 with 4188 views | StNeotsBlue |
Reality check!!! on 21:37 - Jul 27 by chrismakin | Because its a friendly that meant nothing to us but did to them, nothing more. You could tell, Bonne, Pigott etc not even out of first gear for a start. MINUTES matter, not performance |
Whilst I'm not overly concerned about results in preseason friendlies. Your last two sentences are spectacularly daft. |  | |  |
Reality check!!! on 21:50 - Jul 27 with 4143 views | CokeIsKey |
Reality check!!! on 21:37 - Jul 27 by chrismakin | Because its a friendly that meant nothing to us but did to them, nothing more. You could tell, Bonne, Pigott etc not even out of first gear for a start. MINUTES matter, not performance |
Remember when we said our players weren’t out of first gear under Lambert - that went well. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:51 - Jul 27 with 4123 views | Chrisd |
Reality check!!! on 21:47 - Jul 27 by portmanking | The final result mattered not, but it was disappointing to see very few patterns of play emerge during the full 90. Col U certainly looked better drilled than us. Hopefully we can put it down to the sheer turnover of players and this will be a distant memory in a month or so. |
Could it be that we’ve got so many new players it might just take a little bit of time to get things to click? From memory, we’ve spanked Colchester in pre season friendlies over the last few seasons that told us a lot about our league campaign. [Post edited 27 Jul 2021 21:53]
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Reality check!!! on 21:53 - Jul 27 with 4078 views | wkj |
Reality check!!! on 21:47 - Jul 27 by portmanking | The final result mattered not, but it was disappointing to see very few patterns of play emerge during the full 90. Col U certainly looked better drilled than us. Hopefully we can put it down to the sheer turnover of players and this will be a distant memory in a month or so. |
In a way, we have a really generous August for a team who are squad building 07 Aug (H) Morecambe 10 Aug (H) Newport County (League Cup) 14 Aug (A) Burton Albion 17 Aug (A) Cheltenham Town This should be more than enough time to get the players bedded in whilst playing against some of the weaker teams, on paper, that we will face this season. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:54 - Jul 27 with 4059 views | chrismakin |
Reality check!!! on 21:50 - Jul 27 by CokeIsKey | Remember when we said our players weren’t out of first gear under Lambert - that went well. |
They physically weren't able to get out of 1st gear. Big difference. Christ this season is going to be painful you all expect the world |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:54 - Jul 27 with 4020 views | chrismakin |
Reality check!!! on 21:48 - Jul 27 by StNeotsBlue | Whilst I'm not overly concerned about results in preseason friendlies. Your last two sentences are spectacularly daft. |
Not really. Do you think man utd are worried about losing 4 1? |  |
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Reality check!!! on 21:56 - Jul 27 with 3964 views | wkj |
Reality check!!! on 21:54 - Jul 27 by chrismakin | Not really. Do you think man utd are worried about losing 4 1? |
I see your point, but a win would have been a big plus for a squad who are learning to become a team. However, the last minute goal from Burns will probably have a similar effect. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 22:00 - Jul 27 with 3883 views | chrismakin |
Reality check!!! on 21:56 - Jul 27 by wkj | I see your point, but a win would have been a big plus for a squad who are learning to become a team. However, the last minute goal from Burns will probably have a similar effect. |
A win doesnt do anything other than make the fans happy. Friendlies are lose lose tbh. Win and it's just a friendly. Lose or draw and everyone picks the bones out of the game. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 22:01 - Jul 27 with 3857 views | WicklowBlue | We put out our first 11 did we? |  | |  |
Reality check!!! on 22:04 - Jul 27 with 3792 views | wkj |
Reality check!!! on 22:00 - Jul 27 by chrismakin | A win doesnt do anything other than make the fans happy. Friendlies are lose lose tbh. Win and it's just a friendly. Lose or draw and everyone picks the bones out of the game. |
You are very much incorrect on this. Wins, no matter what the occasions, have a positive team-building effect. When the players are out there, they are wanting to win. I am not saying we should win every friendly, but most of our players have not won a game as a team yet. Tonight would have been a mental booster. Conversely, the lack of a win won't be the end of the world - except for maybe Holy, who I reckon will be on the receiving end of a lashing from Cook this week. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 22:06 - Jul 27 with 3747 views | Chrisd |
Reality check!!! on 22:04 - Jul 27 by wkj | You are very much incorrect on this. Wins, no matter what the occasions, have a positive team-building effect. When the players are out there, they are wanting to win. I am not saying we should win every friendly, but most of our players have not won a game as a team yet. Tonight would have been a mental booster. Conversely, the lack of a win won't be the end of the world - except for maybe Holy, who I reckon will be on the receiving end of a lashing from Cook this week. |
Sorry, friendly results count for nothing regarding your league form. There’s plenty of teams that have had a poor pre season and then started the season well and vice versa. |  |
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Reality check!!! on 22:08 - Jul 27 with 3714 views | Bluedandy | I wouldn't worry too much .... last pre-season we hammered Col U 4-0 and then had one of our lowest league finishes since World War Two. |  | |  |
Reality check!!! on 22:09 - Jul 27 with 3690 views | wkj |
Reality check!!! on 22:06 - Jul 27 by Chrisd | Sorry, friendly results count for nothing regarding your league form. There’s plenty of teams that have had a poor pre season and then started the season well and vice versa. |
Friendlies are as much a part of mental conditioning as they are physical. My point was that a win would have been a positive team builder rather than 'we are fooked'. I am not complaining either, just saying that it will be a little more pressure when we start the season if this team hasn't experienced a win as a team. (Dartford hardly counts as many of the signings were made after this game) |  |
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Reality check!!! on 22:10 - Jul 27 with 3668 views | chrismakin |
Reality check!!! on 22:04 - Jul 27 by wkj | You are very much incorrect on this. Wins, no matter what the occasions, have a positive team-building effect. When the players are out there, they are wanting to win. I am not saying we should win every friendly, but most of our players have not won a game as a team yet. Tonight would have been a mental booster. Conversely, the lack of a win won't be the end of the world - except for maybe Holy, who I reckon will be on the receiving end of a lashing from Cook this week. |
At lower level maybe Top level they will take it as it is and appreciate it for what it is. 3 goals conceded against a load of players who wont be in the first team 11. Players arent daft. They will be working individually with the fitness coaches and looking at their own contributions etc. PC will be asking specific things of players not known to others. Etc. The fact we included 5 youngsters tonight will also taken into consideration. |  |
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