| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's 21:22 - Jan 27 with 1800 views | durham_exile |
The matches are coming thick and fast at present and tomorrow evening the Super U’s play the current league leaders Swindon Town. Forget all about our two victories over the Robins this season, they mean nothing. Tomorrow is all about transforming the series of draws into a victory.
Richie Wellens’ team saw off Port Vale at the weekend after they themselves suffered some indifferent results, but they must be respected because they are top of the league for now.
Swindon 29 17 5 7 21 56
Exeter 28 15 9 4 11 54
Plymouth 27 15 5 7 17 50
Crewe 28 14 7 7 16 49
COL U 29 11 13 5 13 46
Northampton 28 13 7 8 10 46
Bradford 29 12 10 7 8 46
Cheltenham 27 11 11 5 19 44
Port Vale 29 10 11 8 -1 41
What Swindon have done well this season apart from the results is the quality of loan signings. They signed, at the beginning of the season from Bradford City, striker Eoin Doyle who then scored 23 goals in 22 games for the Robins. Since returning to the Bantams he is yet to score.
Swindon have also just signed Hallam Hope from Carlisle on loan. A quality striker, I am surprised that the Cumbrians agreed to the loan. He scored on his debut on Saturday against the Valiants. They have also just signed Anthony Grant from Shrewsbury, at 32 an experienced midfielder. I expect both to play against Colchester tomorrow.
After playing Swindon at home we have 16 games remaining and a mixed bag they are, split into bite sized chunks:
Cambridge A
Plymouth H
Grimsby H
Port Vale A
Salford A
Cheltenham H
Carlisle A
Scunthorpe H
Crewe H
Newport A
Mansfield H
Bradford A
Northampton A
Oldham H
Walsall A
FGR H
We must still play 7 out of the top 9 teams, but it may well be the midtable teams that determine whether we can achieve one of the top three places. The last four seasons have seen the third placed team achieve 2019 — 79 points, 84, 85, and 2016 - 84 points respectively and so we are looking to gain up to 38 points from 17 matches. More reason to start turning drawn matches into victories.
After 15 games unbeaten we have a confident and impressive defence and midfield, but goal scoring (the perennial problem) is becoming more difficult to achieve and if we are not to sign another striker before the January deadline, then we must look seriously at Junior and give him opportunities as an out and out striker.
In 1996/97 we went 19 games unbeaten (11 victories and 8 draws), we can surpass that record if we remain unbeaten after the Port Vale fixture.
Injuries are always a problem and Paris Cowan-Hall is out long term along with Cohen Bramall and Big Frank’s recent back injury is difficult to quantify.
JM is therefore likely to go with the following team tomorrow:
Gerken
Jackson Eastman Prosser Clampin
Pell Stevenson
Senior Poku Harriott
Robinson
Subs:
Ross Lapslie Sowunmi Norris Moore Gambin Comley
For 9 minutes on Saturday the midfield dream team played together; Pell, Stevenson and Comley but JM will not play them for 90 minutes because he prefers two wingers if possible. It is also difficult to leave out young Poku who is a quality player at number 10 with ability beyond his tender years.
Our problem once again this season has been scoring goals and not one striker looks capable of delivering 20 goals. Now it may be that promotion can be achieved without that milestone but its always easier if you can rely on someone to score 20 goals in a season.
Clinical finishing is something lacking at present, the chances are being created but not converted and the worst offenders are Senior, Harriott, Gambin, Pell and Robinson. Anyway, enough of the moaning, this is something that must be sorted if we are to finish in the top three.
The weather tomorrow evening will be 3 degrees Celsius, clear and dry. The pitch will undoubtedly be better than Prenton Park (Clacton beach is better than Prenton Park).
Perhaps a 4,000 attendance and the faithful in good voice for the table toppers.
Prediction: Colchester 2 Swindon 0
Enjoy the game.
Up the U’s
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| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 12:47 - Jan 31 with 302 views | durham_exile |
| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 07:03 - Jan 31 by noah4x4 |
Correct Wessex.
The 'Huntington Type' 4 - 2 - 4 wheel layout is typical of early US locomotives complete with cowcatcher that we see in Western movies. Two driving wheels, two bogies. However, there are some UK examples.
I propose that we hereafter refer to McGreal tactics by steam engine configerations or other such conventions. Unfortunately, I don't believe there is a wheel layout classification 4-3-3. But the British Rail Type 442 diesel is know as a "Wessex"....... [Post edited 31 Jan 2020 7:12]
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Very good
I had a look and during the war we built about a thousand locos with 2-8-0 arrangement known as austerity.
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| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 19:39 - Jan 31 with 245 views | wessex_exile |
| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 12:47 - Jan 31 by durham_exile |
Very good
I had a look and during the war we built about a thousand locos with 2-8-0 arrangement known as austerity.
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A 4-4-2 "Wessex" - I like that 
A 4-3-3 locomotive would have been quite a tricky design, requiring one and half drive wheels and one and a half rear bogie wheels on either side. However, the 433 Squadron were, and possibly still are, part of the Royal Canadian Air Force - and they are known as "Porcupine". |  |
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| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 20:01 - Jan 31 with 243 views | wessex_exile |
| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 22:59 - Jan 30 by mfb_cufc |
Not very likely as McGreal said in the post match interview that its not going to happen as a regular because he's not allowed to. That is why we struggle to break teams down on many occasions, because they know exactly how we are going to play. The clubs DNA as McGreal likes to call it. |
Actually, that's not what McGreal said at all, and is totally out of context. John had been talking about the quality of Swindon Town (lost track of the times he described them as a "top top side"), the need for more physicality from the U's to change things, and the need to use the subs effectively", so here's a transcript of that section of the interview:
[Neil Kelly] "...and you know, you can put two up front and gain the reward from it"
[John McGreal] "We've played two up front throughout the season as well, but let's not forget we've gone 15 games unbeaten..."
"16 now"
"...but prior to tonight's game, by playing 433, so let's not get too carried away with the, you know, 'we've got a DNA, we've got a philosophy at the club that we have to adhere to', but tonight it just felt we had to change it, and it just so worked out for us." | |
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| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 20:28 - Jan 31 with 238 views | mfb_cufc |
'we've got a DNA, we've got a philosophy at the club that we have to adhere to'
Thanks for confirming what I said. |  |
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| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 20:29 - Jan 31 with 237 views | wessex_exile |
| Robins to be left red faced after defeat at JSCS against the Super U's on 20:28 - Jan 31 by mfb_cufc |
'we've got a DNA, we've got a philosophy at the club that we have to adhere to'
Thanks for confirming what I said. |
He said it, but you are missing the context - read the transcript again. | |
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