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Super U's to clip Robins' wings at the JCS 18:05 - Nov 7 with 2076 views

The U’s bowed out of the FA Cup on Saturday at a rain-soaked New Meadow. I had a good journey down the M6 and A5 and used the park n ride at Meole Brace except it was park and walk because I didn’t see any bus although the walk behind the shops and along the railway line to the stadium only takes ten minutes.

The attendance was a poor 3,010 of which 170 of the faithful were present. I saw Noah and Kevin amongst others and the fans were initially in good voice. Second half they went strangely quiet and only came to life for the final 20 minutes.

Frankly in the first half we were deservedly in front after a smart strike from Cameron McGeehan on 10 minutes. Shrewsbury offered little after that until they were given a throw in (which should have been a free kick to the U’s) and from that the ball went out for a corner.

Their dangerman Shipley shot from the edge of the box and the ball looped up after hitting Udoh and found the back of the net on 22 minutes.

We were frustratingly content to play the ball from the back repeatedly across the field and to build at a glacial pace. Result stalemate at half time.

Now the U’s have got into a habit of starting the second half slowly and methodically. Result the initiative passed to Shrewsbury and they fell to a sucker punch long ball on 56 minutes which Shipley took down and scored past Goodman.

At 2-1 I expected more urgency but it didn’t come and when Connor Hall was unlucky to divert a ball into his own net on 79 minutes we were suddenly 3-1 down.

However, the U’s woke up and the outstanding Mitchell rose highest from a corner on 86 minutes and it was 3-2. Suddenly there was belief and we almost equalised in the 7 additional minutes of time but it wasn’t to be and the £41k went to the Shrews. They won’t get past Notts County in Round 2, however.

Colchester lined up:

Goodman
Greenidge Hall Dallison Egbo
Read
Fevrier Chilvers McGeehan
Taylor Tovide

Subs:
Mitchell for Greenidge on 59 mins
Terry for Dallison on 72 mins
Ihionvien for Taylor on 72 mins
Hopper for Tovide on 72 mins
Cooper for Chilvers on 81 mins

Apparently there was confusion because the U’s were not sure if Mitchell was allowed to play or not and so we wasted the first half with Zach Mitchell on the bench. He is a very talented Centre Back.

The main frustration for me was ME’s inability to play two up front and the poor service which Joe Taylor received. At least Jaydon Fevrier was mainly allowed to play on the right side where he is far more effective. And stop all this nonsense playing out from the back. I don’t like it.

Journey home was very wet but ok and I stopped for tea at Deepdale Pizza Hut in Preston.

Tonight, however we return to league action and it is the postponed match against Swindon (our game in hand). Now forget about their humiliation to Aldershot at the weekend. Michael Flynn will be looking to get back to winning ways and in Dan Kemp and Charlie Austin he has two match winners.

ME should line up as follows:

Goodman

Egbo Mitchell Hall Dallison

Fevrier Read Chilvers McGeehan

Tovide Taylor

Subs
Greenidge Terry Cooper (not the real Terry Cooper!) Ihionvien Hopper Jay Hornby

Colchester weather will be 8 degrees Celsius and cloudy only 12% chance of rain.

Score prediction 2-0 Colchester with Taylor and Read on target.

Enjoy the game.

Don’t forget Exiles, it is on iFollow for £10.

Up the U’s

PS I am Away at a family Wedding this weekend therefore Colchester 3 Sutton 0 and a Joe Taylor brace and Samson Tovide to score the all important goals.