| Colchester Utd 22:03 - Mar 11 with 4580 views | Miaow |
Could they...?
Only a point off the play-offs now.
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| Colchester Utd on 22:06 - Mar 11 with 4561 views | Sharkey |
12 points in 11 days is tidy. |  | | |
| Colchester Utd on 22:14 - Mar 11 with 4498 views | mickymills |
It's interesting to note their fine margins, of late goals, hanging onto 1 goal wins etc.
The exact opposite to our season, albeit at a much lower level. |  | | |
| Colchester Utd on 09:26 - Mar 12 with 4032 views | cressi |
| Colchester Utd on 22:14 - Mar 11 by mickymills |
It's interesting to note their fine margins, of late goals, hanging onto 1 goal wins etc.
The exact opposite to our season, albeit at a much lower level. |
I said when they came in like or loave them the Cowley brother's are decent league one and two managers. | | | |
| Colchester Utd on 09:49 - Mar 12 with 3965 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
It is funny how much they despise Ipswich, though, whereas some older Ipswich supporters followed Colchester as a second team. |  |
| An East Anglian Town overtaken by Londoners |
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| Colchester Utd on 09:51 - Mar 12 with 3949 views | Radlett_blue |
| Colchester Utd on 09:26 - Mar 12 by cressi |
I said when they came in like or loave them the Cowley brother's are decent league one and two managers. |
Yes and while I never wanted them at Town, they could hardly have been much worse than Lambert or Cook. |  |
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| Colchester Utd on 09:55 - Mar 12 with 3917 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
| Colchester Utd on 09:51 - Mar 12 by Radlett_blue |
Yes and while I never wanted them at Town, they could hardly have been much worse than Lambert or Cook. |
They would have been as bad as Hurst and Cook in my view. Can't fault their lower league records, but nowhere near up to it beyond that. Can you imagine the Cowleys on a Marcus Evans budget? We may already be in League Two if that happened. | |
| An East Anglian Town overtaken by Londoners |
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| Colchester Utd on 11:30 - Mar 12 with 3768 views | Sharkey |
| Colchester Utd on 09:26 - Mar 12 by cressi |
I said when they came in like or loave them the Cowley brother's are decent league one and two managers. |
I wasn't that enthusiastic when they joined, but they've certainly worked wonders. The thing I like most about them is the way they (well it's Danny who does the talking) talk in detail about players, - what they're good at, what they're improving at, and genuinely seem to care about them. It's as if because they were never players themselves they're genuinely in awe of anyone who is a pro!
Colchester have two or three of the best players in the league - the defensive midfielder Macdonnell (on loan from N.Forest) is a superb player and surely destined for the Championship next season, and the fact that they could win last night without him (suspended) and Bishop (hamstring?) says a lot about the Cowleys' ability to adjust and get a performance from players playing out of position. (Incidentally, KVY has missed the last two with some kind of bug.)
A bit of talk yesterday on here about Kone, but last night Samson Tovide put on a 'hold my beer' show for 45 minutes. You won't ever see more power, pace and skill in the lower leagues than he showed for the first goal. I guess he added about half a million to his price in about ten seconds, - the little step-over to get the ball onto his left foot was PL class. (Not to say he'll be a PL player - but (like Macdonell) I think Championship is likely next season. | | | |
| Colchester Utd on 12:52 - Mar 12 with 3579 views | NeedhamChris |
| Colchester Utd on 09:49 - Mar 12 by SaffronWaldenBlues |
It is funny how much they despise Ipswich, though, whereas some older Ipswich supporters followed Colchester as a second team. |
We have a few of our own on here who have the same contempt for them | |
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| Colchester Utd on 12:54 - Mar 12 with 3568 views | sjg |
| Colchester Utd on 09:55 - Mar 12 by SaffronWaldenBlues |
They would have been as bad as Hurst and Cook in my view. Can't fault their lower league records, but nowhere near up to it beyond that. Can you imagine the Cowleys on a Marcus Evans budget? We may already be in League Two if that happened. |
Yeah at famously bankrolled Colchester, it's not like failing is even a possibility is it! | | | |
| Colchester Utd on 13:34 - Mar 12 with 3469 views | blueasfook |
| Colchester Utd on 12:52 - Mar 12 by NeedhamChris |
We have a few of our own on here who have the same contempt for them |
Can't stand Col Who fans. Massive chips on their shoulders. I do miss pre season friendlies at layer rd though |  |
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| Colchester Utd on 14:34 - Mar 12 with 3324 views | DinnernotTea |
| Colchester Utd on 13:34 - Mar 12 by blueasfook |
Can't stand Col Who fans. Massive chips on their shoulders. I do miss pre season friendlies at layer rd though |
99% of those I've spoken to are vvankers and are too thick to work out why George Burley would leave them for us.
I worked in Colchester for a few years and even the non football brigade seemed to like digs at Ipswich.
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| Colchester Utd on 14:49 - Mar 12 with 3263 views | gsoly |
| Colchester Utd on 11:30 - Mar 12 by Sharkey |
I wasn't that enthusiastic when they joined, but they've certainly worked wonders. The thing I like most about them is the way they (well it's Danny who does the talking) talk in detail about players, - what they're good at, what they're improving at, and genuinely seem to care about them. It's as if because they were never players themselves they're genuinely in awe of anyone who is a pro!
Colchester have two or three of the best players in the league - the defensive midfielder Macdonnell (on loan from N.Forest) is a superb player and surely destined for the Championship next season, and the fact that they could win last night without him (suspended) and Bishop (hamstring?) says a lot about the Cowleys' ability to adjust and get a performance from players playing out of position. (Incidentally, KVY has missed the last two with some kind of bug.)
A bit of talk yesterday on here about Kone, but last night Samson Tovide put on a 'hold my beer' show for 45 minutes. You won't ever see more power, pace and skill in the lower leagues than he showed for the first goal. I guess he added about half a million to his price in about ten seconds, - the little step-over to get the ball onto his left foot was PL class. (Not to say he'll be a PL player - but (like Macdonell) I think Championship is likely next season. |
Thanks for the info here, I didn't know much about their squad. Did see that their wage bill is top seven recently - so they've hugely underperformed over the past three-five years, and have now returned to where they should be. |  | | |
| Colchester Utd on 15:05 - Mar 12 with 3204 views | Sharkey |
| Colchester Utd on 14:49 - Mar 12 by gsoly |
Thanks for the info here, I didn't know much about their squad. Did see that their wage bill is top seven recently - so they've hugely underperformed over the past three-five years, and have now returned to where they should be. |
I knew this wage thing was true a couple of years ago, but was surprised it still is. (Wimbledon certainly outbid Colchester for a couple of players in the summer, but maybe that was just a case of which baskets they wanted to put their eggs in.) But this supports what you say (and by all accounts Colchester managed to sign Bishop even though Charlton were keen).
https://www.capology.com/uk/league-two/payrolls/
I heard recently that MK Dons had a budget six times bigger than Bromley's, which is not reflected here, so I don't know exactly who is to be believed. | | | |
| Colchester Utd on 17:15 - Mar 12 with 2979 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Colchester Utd on 15:05 - Mar 12 by Sharkey |
I knew this wage thing was true a couple of years ago, but was surprised it still is. (Wimbledon certainly outbid Colchester for a couple of players in the summer, but maybe that was just a case of which baskets they wanted to put their eggs in.) But this supports what you say (and by all accounts Colchester managed to sign Bishop even though Charlton were keen).
https://www.capology.com/uk/league-two/payrolls/
I heard recently that MK Dons had a budget six times bigger than Bromley's, which is not reflected here, so I don't know exactly who is to be believed. |
These websites claiming to know what players are earning are total sh!te. | | | |
| Colchester Utd on 17:33 - Mar 12 with 2928 views | backwaywhen |
| Colchester Utd on 09:49 - Mar 12 by SaffronWaldenBlues |
It is funny how much they despise Ipswich, though, whereas some older Ipswich supporters followed Colchester as a second team. |
I still do ….i mean why wouldn’t you (ignore the fan base ) 17 miles up the road their our neighbours. | | | |
| Colchester Utd on 21:56 - Mar 12 with 2639 views | ghostofescobar |
Who cares? They detest us. Can’t stand them. |  |
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| Colchester Utd on 00:04 - Mar 13 with 2488 views | vinceg |
Let's hope not, they hate us. Couldn't give a flying fook about them |  | | |
| Colchester Utd on 13:02 - Mar 13 with 2148 views | Radlett_blue |
| Colchester Utd on 00:04 - Mar 13 by vinceg |
Let's hope not, they hate us. Couldn't give a flying fook about them |
I did enjoy the cracking derby against them at PR in January 2007. Probably helped by the fact that we won 3-2 (with the scoreline slightly flattering Colchester) but the crowd of over 28,000 generated a superb atmosphere. | |
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| Colchester Utd on 16:16 - Mar 13 with 1995 views | Sharkey |
| Colchester Utd on 13:02 - Mar 13 by Radlett_blue |
I did enjoy the cracking derby against them at PR in January 2007. Probably helped by the fact that we won 3-2 (with the scoreline slightly flattering Colchester) but the crowd of over 28,000 generated a superb atmosphere. |
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/lineups/_/gameId/203093
Looking at the teams, that's a pretty distinguished Colchester line-up, with about 5 or 6 who would rank as 'all-time greats' for the club. (Richard Garcia in particular was a wonderful player.) The same could certainly not be said for Town's - and Colchester's (brief) stay in the Championship coincided with a fairly 'meh' Town squad. (Richard Naylor's name on the sheet seems positively anachronistic to me.) | | | |
| Colchester Utd on 16:43 - Mar 13 with 1942 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Colchester Utd on 00:04 - Mar 13 by vinceg |
Let's hope not, they hate us. Couldn't give a flying fook about them |
Why should anyone hold any grudge against a lesser team that since 1950’s has only been in the same division as us for two seasons. |  |
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| Colchester Utd on 16:29 - Mar 15 with 1448 views | ParisBlue |
Leading 2-0 and into the last play-off position. |  |
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