Colchester head coach and former Town defender Wayne Brown admitted that his side needed a little bit of luck as they beat the Blues 1-0 in the Carabao Cup at Portman Road last night but felt his players showed good discipline and grew in belief the longer the game progressed.

Luke Hannant’s first Colchester goal in the 29th minute following an error from Town midfielder Rekeem Harper gave the U’s a lead which they resolutely hung onto until the final whistle.

“It's important when you have nights like this that you enjoy them and the fans enjoy them,” Brown said.

“They've probably waited a long, long time for it - it's 1951 since we last won here. Nights like this come along rarely so it's important that we enjoy them, we learn from them and we take the performance forward.

“The chances Ipswich had were from second phases and from crosses and mostly outside the box, in the first half.

“That was the plan really, to nullify them space in front of our back four which they thrive on and try and make them go around us.

“Then you have to defend crosses and I thought the two full-backs [Al-Amin Kazeem and Junior Tchamadeu] were exceptional - one [Kazeem] making his debut.

“We had seven academy products, six involved, with Ted [Collins] on the bench. It's a massive, massive plus for the football club and the way that we want to go about our business.

“We want to produce our own and give our own opportunity when earned and they've definitely come through with flying colours.”

Regarding the goal, he added: “You need a little bit of luck when you come to places like this, against real good teams on their home patch.

“In cup competitions, when you have the opportunity to play big teams, you do need a little bit of luck. I'm not dressing that up at all.

“They'll be disappointed with the goal that they conceded. We knew that our opportunities would be limited but it was important that if one or two came along, we put them away.

“Thankfully, we put one in the back of the net and we showed some really good discipline in our performance and nullified them for large spells of the game.

“We knew that people were going to tire, especially the younger lads making their debut and the occasion. The 90 minutes and the players that you're playing against will take a toll.

“I wanted the players to embrace it, to enjoy it and bring it on and that's what they did. The more the game went on, you could see the belief in every one of them to see the process through.

“There was a few hearts in mouth moments when they've had a few half chances in the second half but they didn't have any clearcut chances - they were mainly for second phase or crosses.”

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dirtydingusmagee added 10:29 - Aug 10 you cant knock him or the team, they did what they had to, and we DIDNT [nothing new there]
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SouperJim added 10:37 - Aug 10 Credit to Colchester for getting the result, but we absolutely battered them and would have had at least a couple of goals if it wasn't for some shocking finishing, particularly in the first half. By my count at least 5 good chances went begging in the first 30 minutes, Humphreys in particular should have had a brace. More than a little luck for Colchester I would say.

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neil1968 added 11:12 - Aug 10 We are just dog . Simple as that . That's how this next season will pan out . Lucky Saturday to get 3 points against forest green
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Steelmonkey added 11:31 - Aug 10 Well I was surprised to see Kayden Jackson was given a new contract, and watching him last night I'm still surprised he got one. He just doesn't have that goal scorer's trait in him, ball watching in the box and no effort to move to the ball either. Unless we get someone in with those qualities our chances of getting out of this league look pretty slim. We are playing possession football, dominated the game last night and ended out of the cup at the first hurdle to a league two team who up until that woeful pass to the feet of that Colchester player looked pretty ineffectual.

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dangerous30 added 11:34 - Aug 10 I think the cup is really the only thing Colchester can hope for this season because they had all there luck in one game. But I wish them well.
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blueboy1981 added 12:59 - Aug 10 Well Done Colchester - Credit where due. A Good Result for our past and Ex Club Servants, who proved they still can do the Business in the Game - and succeed, where others can fail miserably.
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Sharkey added 14:47 - Aug 10 Not many Town fans will have seen it, but it was sweet to see the way the Colchester players after the game pushed Al-Amin Kazeem forward to get the appreciation of the fans after his debut.
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herfie added 15:55 - Aug 10 Agree - well played Col U. Enjoy the wins when they come along. KMcK given much to think about, particularly whether we have strengths or weaknesses in depth. Last night's performance points towards the latter. This ongoing inability to create and convert enough chances, whilst losing goals regularly to loss of individuals' concentration will ultimately cost us dear unless sorted. All aspects of last night's performance - including team selection and set-up - needs to be assessed honestly. Some individuals probably need to go.

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OliveR16 added 16:00 - Aug 10 Even in League 2 Col U won't get many more amazing gifts than Harper or many more toothless teams going forward. Best of luck to them. And heaven help McKenna if we don't score a couple this Saturday and next Tuesday.
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