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Dale to be derailed by Hornby and co tonight 12:39 - Feb 1 with 1823 views

After the last gasp but well-deserved equaliser against Swindon Town at the weekend, the nine men of Colchester United ensured that WB, JD and DH remain unbeaten after two games. So what you might say, but the point is that there has definitely been an upturn in the U’s fortunes. And a late goal, we rarely score late winners or equalisers and that felt like a win.

Now the transfer window has been a most productive one for the U’s. In a hectic last day of the transfer window, we managed to retain the services of Brendan Wiredu and Noah Chilvers, both must be integral to our plans for survival and further climbing the table.

Apart from the signings already made and recorded in previous postings we did some very positive business on the last day with 19-year-old Centre Half Camron Gbadebo arriving on loan from Man City, Sam Hornby 26-year-old Goalkeeper from Bradford and 20-year-old winger Tyreik Wright from Aston Villa.

Frank Nouble has left on loan to Orient until the end of the season, but I suspect that he will not return to the team. Big Frank has been a loyal servant of the club, but his race is run and we wish him well.

Sam Hornby, who I saw play against the U’s at Valley Parade recently (and Noah correctly identified as the errant keeper who handled the ball outside the area when Freddie Sears was running through on goal) has been loaned to Colchester because Bradford signed former U’s target Alex Bass from Pompey in his place.

Armando Dobra could also go back to Ipswich now because he is too lightweight against the physical League Two defenders. In other news former loanee Syl Jasper has joined up with Drey Wright at Hibernian in Scotland.

Updated Squad of 30 players with their Numbers:

29 Shamal George
23 Sam Hornby
1 Dean Gerken
44 Ted Collins

2 MWH
4 Luke Chambers
5 Tommy Smith
15 Tom Dallison
18 Tom Eastman
22 Junior Tchamadeu
27 Cameron Coxe
40 Frankie Terry
17 Myles Kenlock
3 Ryan Clampin
Camron Gbadebo

6 Brendan Wiredu
7 Luke Hannant
8 Cole Skuse
21 Gene Kennedy
14 Noah Chilvers
10 Alan Judge
28 Emyr Huws
37 Chay Cooper

12 Owura Edwards
11 Freddie Sears
16 Corie Andrews
19 Armando Dobra
34 Samson Tovide
24 John Akinde
Tyreik Wright

Table selected positions:
16 Hartlepool 27 31
Stevenage 28 31
Rochdale 25 29
Walsall 27 29
Carlisle 27 27
Barrow 27 26
COL U 26 26
Oldham 26 19
24 Scunny 28 19

WB and his team now have the quality of players in place that will fire us up the league. We have games in hand over most of our opponents and three points tonight will put us on a par with Rochdale. 20 games remain and an unbeaten run is absolutely crucial to move us up the table. Apart from anything else I am sick and tired of examining the table to see our perilous bottom three position and it is about time that this was rectified.

Rochdale H
Orient A
Mansfield A
Carlisle H
Northampton A
Hartlepool H
Oldham H
Orient H
PV H
Scunny A
Bristol Rovers A
FGR H
Tranmere H
Harrogate A
Stevenage H
Exeter A
Bradford H
Newport A
Walsall H
Hartlepool A

Now WB has an interesting problem to solve that of determining the best 18 players from the 30.

Shamal George misses the next three games, Luke Chambers misses tonight’s game and Tommy Smith is still away on International duty. Ryan Clampin remains injured.

WB has selected the same starting XI for his first two games in charge:

George
Tchamadeu Chambers Dallison Kenlock
Wiredu Skuse Huws
Hannant Judge
Sears
Subs: Collins Nouble Edwards Andrews Eastman Akinde Coxe

Enforced changes will necessitate a different team and this is the predicament that WB must get right.

I would imagine that Hornby will simply keep calm and carriage on this evening. WB does seem to have settled on four at the back and Tchamadeu, Kenlock, Dallison are the three he favours with Chambers as Captain. Tonight, I would imagine he will play Tom Eastman rather than Camron Gbadebo although the latter is likely to be on the bench.

In midfield we have Wiredu, Skuse, Huws and Chilvers to choose from with Sears and Akinde up front. However, we also have promising strikers in Andrews and wingers in Wright and Edwards. These therefore are the selection issues that WB must address to determine his best XI.

I would try the following this evening:

Hornby

Tchamadeu Eastman Dallison Kenlock

Wiredu Skuse Chilvers Huws

Sears Akinde

Subs:
Collins Edwards Andrews Gbadebo Wright Hannant Coxe

Clearly when back from suspension Chambers and George would move back into the side.

Robbie Stockdale brings his charges to the JSCS in 18th place in the table. We fought out a 1-1 draw at the Crown Oil stadium earlier in the season. A bizarre own goal gifted the U’s the lead before a second half equaliser meant that we shared the spoils.
Tonight, though is a vital game and we need the three points ahead of the trip to Brisbane Road on Saturday.

Weather will be a mild 10 degrees Celsius and cloudy at the JSCS, breezy but dry.

Scoreline I’m going for 2-0 to the Super U’s. A home debut goal from Big John and a third in successive games for Emyr Huws.

A decent mid-week crowd.

I will be following on iFollow tonight.

Enjoy the game.

Up the U's

Durham_exile

Dale to be derailed by Hornby and co tonight on 14:02 - Feb 1 with 1009 views

burnsieespana

As ever good to see your views.
Not sure Chilvers be available as has a quad injury which he has been managing for some weeks and WB has told him to rest so at best be a sub so be interesting to see who plays instead. Might be Saturdays starting 11 except for George and Chambers.

Dale to be derailed by Hornby and co tonight on 14:11 - Feb 1 with 1008 views

burnsieespana

Dale to be derailed by Hornby and co tonight on 14:02 - Feb 1 by burnsieespana
As ever good to see your views. Not sure Chilvers be available as has a quad injury which he has been managing for some weeks and WB has told him to rest so at best be a sub so be interesting to see who plays instead. Might be Saturdays starting 11 except for George and Chambers.

Game on ifollow tonight so chance to have a look at some of the new signings.

Dale to be derailed by Hornby and co tonight on 14:35 - Feb 1 with 1003 views