| Colchester doing well then 16:52 - Jan 1 with 4405 views | Illinoisblue |
Assume they’re paying relatively big money in wages for L2. Fifth from bottom. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 16:55 - Jan 1 with 3665 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
I would imagine a good number of those players were happy to take a much reduced salary to stay local and save the hassle of moving. Few of them would have been getting especially good offers at League 1 level at this stage of their careers. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:05 - Jan 1 with 3579 views | FightingEssex |
| Colchester doing well then on 16:55 - Jan 1 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I would imagine a good number of those players were happy to take a much reduced salary to stay local and save the hassle of moving. Few of them would have been getting especially good offers at League 1 level at this stage of their careers. |
Shows the ambition. Sears, Judge and Chambers should be playing in the top end of this league still and opted for the 4th division just to avoid the extra effort. Skuse was past it two seasons ago though and probably should have retired. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:13 - Jan 1 with 3518 views | Superblue95 |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:05 - Jan 1 by FightingEssex |
Shows the ambition. Sears, Judge and Chambers should be playing in the top end of this league still and opted for the 4th division just to avoid the extra effort. Skuse was past it two seasons ago though and probably should have retired. |
In what world should Chambers, Sears and Judge have been playing top end League One football this season?
Chambers was well over the hill, Judge constantly looked like he was trying to run in a swimming pool and sears was so out of form he couldn’t have scored against a toddler in his back garden.
If a top end League One club wanted any of them they would have moved there |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:15 - Jan 1 with 3500 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:05 - Jan 1 by FightingEssex |
Shows the ambition. Sears, Judge and Chambers should be playing in the top end of this league still and opted for the 4th division just to avoid the extra effort. Skuse was past it two seasons ago though and probably should have retired. |
There's absolutely nothing ambitious about Colchester and the way they are run. Cowling has cut just about every corner he can possibly cut plus a few more over the past 18 months. [Post edited 1 Jan 2022 17:18]
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:17 - Jan 1 with 3475 views | GeoffSentence |
You have to give Paul Lambert credit for getting two top half league one finishes out of the same group of players. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:19 - Jan 1 with 3435 views | Garv |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:13 - Jan 1 by Superblue95 |
In what world should Chambers, Sears and Judge have been playing top end League One football this season?
Chambers was well over the hill, Judge constantly looked like he was trying to run in a swimming pool and sears was so out of form he couldn’t have scored against a toddler in his back garden.
If a top end League One club wanted any of them they would have moved there |
The Col U move was just too obvious. Especially the fact they all went there, I'm just surprised Huws didn't join them.
Wonder how many of their fans saw the warning signs. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:23 - Jan 1 with 3380 views | gtsb1966 |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:05 - Jan 1 by FightingEssex |
Shows the ambition. Sears, Judge and Chambers should be playing in the top end of this league still and opted for the 4th division just to avoid the extra effort. Skuse was past it two seasons ago though and probably should have retired. |
Chambers wasn't even in the starting eleven. |  | | |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:25 - Jan 1 with 3357 views | SitfcB |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:05 - Jan 1 by FightingEssex |
Shows the ambition. Sears, Judge and Chambers should be playing in the top end of this league still and opted for the 4th division just to avoid the extra effort. Skuse was past it two seasons ago though and probably should have retired. |
I think Gillingham wanted all of them as well. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:32 - Jan 1 with 3320 views | Fixed_It |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:19 - Jan 1 by Garv |
The Col U move was just too obvious. Especially the fact they all went there, I'm just surprised Huws didn't join them.
Wonder how many of their fans saw the warning signs. |
It was a 'comfortable' move for players who were already in their comfort zone. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:53 - Jan 1 with 3184 views | Illinoisblue |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:19 - Jan 1 by Garv |
The Col U move was just too obvious. Especially the fact they all went there, I'm just surprised Huws didn't join them.
Wonder how many of their fans saw the warning signs. |
Did Huws ever find a club? Or is he retired? Peak late-Evans banter era that the one time he spends some significant money, it’s on an injury-prone player who fails to live up to expectations. | |
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| Colchester doing well then on 17:57 - Jan 1 with 3133 views | OsborneOneNil |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:13 - Jan 1 by Superblue95 |
In what world should Chambers, Sears and Judge have been playing top end League One football this season?
Chambers was well over the hill, Judge constantly looked like he was trying to run in a swimming pool and sears was so out of form he couldn’t have scored against a toddler in his back garden.
If a top end League One club wanted any of them they would have moved there |
Exactly right. Total waste of space. |  | | |
| Colchester doing well then on 18:00 - Jan 1 with 3119 views | Illinoisblue |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:15 - Jan 1 by tractorboy1978 |
There's absolutely nothing ambitious about Colchester and the way they are run. Cowling has cut just about every corner he can possibly cut plus a few more over the past 18 months. [Post edited 1 Jan 2022 17:18]
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I’m sure he would justifiably point to covid causing him to cut back but I take your general point. 2k crowds in a horrible soulless stadium with a team full of Ipswich rejects is no way to live | |
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| Colchester doing well then on 18:05 - Jan 1 with 3073 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:13 - Jan 1 by Superblue95 |
In what world should Chambers, Sears and Judge have been playing top end League One football this season?
Chambers was well over the hill, Judge constantly looked like he was trying to run in a swimming pool and sears was so out of form he couldn’t have scored against a toddler in his back garden.
If a top end League One club wanted any of them they would have moved there |
Maybe it helps Sears that he is playing in his proper position every week. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 18:19 - Jan 1 with 2982 views | BlueBadger |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:05 - Jan 1 by FightingEssex |
Shows the ambition. Sears, Judge and Chambers should be playing in the top end of this league still and opted for the 4th division just to avoid the extra effort. Skuse was past it two seasons ago though and probably should have retired. |
I'm a Chambo fan, but this is LOL worthy. |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 18:22 - Jan 1 with 2967 views | itfcjoe |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:05 - Jan 1 by FightingEssex |
Shows the ambition. Sears, Judge and Chambers should be playing in the top end of this league still and opted for the 4th division just to avoid the extra effort. Skuse was past it two seasons ago though and probably should have retired. |
Get outside the top few clubs in this league, which they weren’t good enough for with possible exception of Judge, there is just no difference or value in moving as it’s basically no difference in money.
It always looked too many of the same type of player - you need legs in these leagues as well as a couple of experienced heads |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 18:35 - Jan 1 with 2860 views | longtimefan |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:23 - Jan 1 by gtsb1966 |
Chambers wasn't even in the starting eleven. |
Came on at half time to replace Dobra, while behind. Col U manager obviously going for it….. | | | |
| Colchester doing well then on 18:40 - Jan 1 with 2803 views | itfcjoe |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:23 - Jan 1 by gtsb1966 |
Chambers wasn't even in the starting eleven. |
He’s not trained for last couple of weeks | |
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| Colchester doing well then on 18:48 - Jan 1 with 2756 views | Westover |
You can say they were all poor and past there best and probably right but so far with all our new players we have not done any better saying that I think it will change now with KMc in charge. | | | |
| Colchester doing well then on 19:03 - Jan 1 with 2645 views | jas0999 |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:13 - Jan 1 by Superblue95 |
In what world should Chambers, Sears and Judge have been playing top end League One football this season?
Chambers was well over the hill, Judge constantly looked like he was trying to run in a swimming pool and sears was so out of form he couldn’t have scored against a toddler in his back garden.
If a top end League One club wanted any of them they would have moved there |
All of them are league two players at best. As others point out, most likely to take a pay cut to stay local for family reasons primarily. Good moves for them, but none are good enough at tip end of league one. | | | |
| Colchester doing well then on 19:33 - Jan 1 with 2459 views | Garv |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:53 - Jan 1 by Illinoisblue |
Did Huws ever find a club? Or is he retired? Peak late-Evans banter era that the one time he spends some significant money, it’s on an injury-prone player who fails to live up to expectations. |
Four year deal. | |
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| Colchester doing well then on 19:56 - Jan 1 with 2341 views | Hipsterectomy |
I'd imagine the fact they are playing down the road meant that Colchester could actually offer quite reduced terms. Are these old guys really going to relocate their family, or bother with hour long commutes to teams such as Leyton Orient, just for a year or 2 of their declining careers? |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 20:19 - Jan 1 with 2237 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:57 - Jan 1 by OsborneOneNil |
Exactly right. Total waste of space. |
Absolute failures, pisspoor signings all four of them for the pisspoor Colchester outfit. Remember last summer when some people had been telling us what 'fantastic professionals' Colchester were about to get in them?
Not only did they take us down a fight they didn't show any hunger and desire to get the club out of this league. But that was Ipswich for them. Nice, easy, cosy, pressure free and the fact is that they didn't deliver for the three managers is very telling. They don't seem to be arsed to fight for the Colchester shirt either. [Post edited 1 Jan 2022 20:20]
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| Colchester doing well then on 20:33 - Jan 1 with 2143 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Colchester doing well then on 17:17 - Jan 1 by GeoffSentence |
You have to give Paul Lambert credit for getting two top half league one finishes out of the same group of players. |
But they are not. They are 2 years older now and the ones who went to Colchester are at the tail end of their careers. The idea that they lack ambition (from Essex) is a bit harsh too. They might have been offered a similar salary to be a squad player at a mid-table League 1 club in some other part of the country but how is that more ambitious than playing week in week out for Colchester? The fact they are not putting Colchester top half of League 2 does show they are no longer good enough for this division. It does not show they were not 2 years ago. They should have been good enough to get us in the promotion shake-up. It was Lambert's management of them that meant we were not. | |
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| Colchester doing well then on 20:48 - Jan 1 with 2040 views | wkj |
| Colchester doing well then on 20:19 - Jan 1 by Mach_foreignBlue |
Absolute failures, pisspoor signings all four of them for the pisspoor Colchester outfit. Remember last summer when some people had been telling us what 'fantastic professionals' Colchester were about to get in them?
Not only did they take us down a fight they didn't show any hunger and desire to get the club out of this league. But that was Ipswich for them. Nice, easy, cosy, pressure free and the fact is that they didn't deliver for the three managers is very telling. They don't seem to be arsed to fight for the Colchester shirt either. [Post edited 1 Jan 2022 20:20]
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Can you show us where on the footballs Chambers kicked you? |  |
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| Colchester doing well then on 21:29 - Jan 1 with 1877 views | Illinoisblue |
| Colchester doing well then on 19:33 - Jan 1 by Garv |
Four year deal. |
And five years for lambingo… and somehow Evans still wants to be involved with football again | |
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