| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites 02:07 - Oct 20 with 357 views | ghughes11 |
First of all, some good news for me, on 16 October I received an email from Jen Wright who is the Senior Business Development Manager at Hotlizard, she informed me that ‘The full video will be available to watch at midnight after the match has been played (EFL rules) and will cost one credit to view.’ So, with that in mind, I used one of my credits to purchase the stream and hoped that with a return of me watching the ‘Full Match Replay’, it would bring an upturn in the fortunes of The U’s!
Col U lined up in their familiar 4-2-3-1 formation albeit with some personnel changes. The injury curse strikes again with Harry Anderson and Jack Payne both missing from the squad. This moved Digby back into his familiar midfield position alongside Jay Williams (although who would have thought that Digby would be the most advanced on a number of occasions when The U’s advanced forward). Frankie Terry came in at the back next to Tucker and Iandolo and Hunt got the nod at right-back over the returning KVY. Thorn on the right, Lubala on the left with Sesay supporting Ihionvien up top.
“Tough game, probably deserved the win” – Wessex-exile
“Looked solid, but unspectacular.” – bewildered
“defo need to improve our finishing” – CrashBandicoot
” Vast improvement compared to Newport.” – noah4x4
The above quotes from the U’sual faithful sum up the thoughts of all Col U fans I would imagine. Daniel posted up the Extended Highlights – I wouldn’t bother watching.
So, onto tonight’s (tomorrow morning for some of us) match versus Chesterfield. Known as the Spireites after the town's Crooked Spire, Chesterfield are currently 7th in League Two after a 1-0 loss at Port Vale.
Although 13 places above The U’s in the league, they are only 4 points in front having played a game more as well! Which just goes to show how tight the League 2 table is in the early stages (5pts separate Chesterfield in 7th and Rotherham in 23rd!).
Liam Mandeville is the only current ‘Former U’ that now plays for Chesterfield. Signed by John McGreal on loan from Doncaster Rovers in the 2017-2018 season, Mandeville played 7 (1 start and 6 as sub) for The U’s. I clearly remember McGreal beating on about Mandeville being a 1 in 3 goalscorer at this level – so maybe 2 more starts for him would have seen him score at least 1 goal for us instead of the 0, in an uneventful season for Col U!
There are 30 people in total that have played for both. Take a peek at Col U data for more info.
Talking of the Col U Data website, it tells me that Col U and Chesterfield have played each other 66 times (38 Tier 3, 26 Tier 4, 2 FA Cup) with Col U winning 28 times to Chesterfield’s 20.
One of those defeats came at Chesterfield’s old stadium (Saltergate) on Saturday 9 January 1999. As a young, just turned 15 year-old, I cannot remember too much of the match itself, but what I do remember is hearing my mate telling another teenager before the match that he will score that day, and low and behold after being introduced to the faithful in the 71st minute, an eighteen-year-old Lomana Trésor Lua-Lua duly obliged to score in the 75th! It turned out to be only a consolation goal in a 3-1 defeat. However, a star was born!
Boy, could we do with Lua-Lua starting tonight’s match! Without him though, it is up to a forever-young Jack Payne to return from injury and into his rightful Number 10 position and fire The U’s to a first away victory this season! Let’s go for:
GK: Lo-Tutala
RB: Hunt
CB: Tucker
CB: Terry
LB: Iandolo
RM: Sesay
CM: Jay Williams
CM: Digby
LM: Lubala
AM: Payne
ST: Ihionvien
Subs: Roberts, KVY, Kuffour, Perry, Thorn, Harvey, Jaden Williams (back from suspension)
However, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Digby drop back into a 5 across the back and Payne back in alongside Jay Williams in a 5-4-1.
Score Prediction:
A very optimistic 0-1 win with a Payne penalty stealing the points for The U’s!
Safe journey to all those going or already up there  |  |
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| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites on 18:54 - Oct 20 with 188 views | ghughes11 |
Looks like 5-4-1, but I'm well off with my starting line-up and I'm going to have to change my 1st goalscorer prediction! | |
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| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites on 19:31 - Oct 20 with 172 views | wessex_exile |
Lubala also injured, but nothing to worry about according to Danny. No goalkeeper on the bench either - fingers crossed  |  |
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| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites on 20:20 - Oct 20 with 147 views | gerry_us |
1-0 down
No surprise really as we appear to be playing 6-4 |  | | |
| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites on 20:30 - Oct 20 with 144 views | gerry_us |
Cowley with another yellow card | | | |
| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites on 20:39 - Oct 20 with 135 views | gerry_us |
Still all to play for second half if the boss allows us a bit of attacking time. | | | |
| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites on 21:39 - Oct 20 with 94 views | gerry_us |
Another draw. Will take it though | | | |
| Colchester United looking for an inspired victory against The Spireites on 21:59 - Oct 20 with 65 views | wessex_exile |
I actually enjoyed that. Proper backs to the wall last-ditch defending in the first half, and we could have been out of sight, but second half we were so much better. Deserved the equaliser, and we could have won it late on, but still an excellent point overall. Delighted for Perry too, it gives hope for the future. | |
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