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DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 19:46 23 Mar 2024

Pinot, three points against Newport will set us up nicely for Tranmere.

Interesting results today. Sides safe in mid table appear to be on the beach already.

The Bantams are on permanent leave!
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Taylor watch
at 19:42 23 Mar 2024

Joe Taylor was in the crowd today supporting the U's

Top man.
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DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 17:02 23 Mar 2024

I see Sutton didn't read the script but FGR did!

This is going down to the wire.

Up the U's
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DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 15:03 23 Mar 2024

Wessex we were worth the win.

Pym did well to turn Tovide shot onto the post.

Just to illustrate what it meant to the players. When Dallison won the ball in the heart of the defence near the end of the game his emotion was tremendous to watch.

I am sure there were more than 248 of the faithful. But great point in the scheme of things.

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DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 13:26 23 Mar 2024

Colchester good value for the lead.

The partisan home crowd even booing their own players.

I really loathe Mansfield.

We need a second.

The Stags are definitely unhappy but I am sure they underestimated the U's

Don't expect any half time changes but I would like to see Tovide get 30 mins.

We need to keep working hard and deal better with this swirling wind.

How is the Sky commentary Wessex.

Great turnout from the faithful today.

Plenty of sunshine in between the sharp showers.

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DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 12:13 23 Mar 2024

Black Cat
I went to the 3-1 game at the Stadium of Light.

You are right Colchester beat you at Layer Road by the same scoreline.
Roy Keane was fuming.
Enjoy the game.
3-2 Col U
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DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 23:45 22 Mar 2024

Wessex enjoy the double header.

A double; U's and Spireites, sounds brilliant.
Gerry will love it too.

Enjoy.

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DC's Blue and White Army to ensure Stags are in a rut at Field Mill
at 22:21 22 Mar 2024

“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer that in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs – victory in spite of all terrors – victory however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.” Winston Churchill 13 May 1940.

DC and NC should pin these words above the changing room door at Field Mill tomorrow.

If anyone is in any doubt as to the seriousness of our situation they have only to glance at the current league table.

Grimsby 37 39
COL U 36 33
FGR 38 33
Sutton 39 30

Remaining fixtures:

Colchester 36 33
Mansfield A
Newport H
Tranmere A
Wrexham H
Stockport H
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H
Crewe H

FGR 38 33
Doncaster A
Stockport H
Crewe A
MK Dons H
Mansfield A
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H

Sutton 39 30
Accrington H
Salford A
Swindon H
Stockport H
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A

Now here’s the thing, Sky have chosen this game because the Stags are scoring goals for fun and having defeated Harrogate 9-1 they put 5 past Bradford City and so everyone is expecting a home victory.

I hate the expression free hit; we go to Field Mill content in the knowledge that recent games at Mansfield have been close affairs. 2 draws, 2 defeats and a victory are what I have seen since 2019.

Tomorrow gives the U’s the perfect chance to secure three vital points and to send out a message to Gloucestershire and South London that they are the ones going down to the National League rather than the team from North Essex.

It just remains to ask how brave will DC be in his team selection.

Mansfield are likely to line up something like this: 4,3,1,2

Pym
Bowery Flint Brunt Cargill
Boateng Reed Keillor-Dunn
Quinn
Swan Akins

I want DC to bring his “A” game and go toe to toe with the Stags: 4,3,1,2

Goodman

Richardson Dallison Hall Iandolo

Fevrier Chilvers Read

McGeehan

Ihionvien Tovide

Subs:
Hornby Jay Wilkinson Edwards Smith Harbottle Anderson

Clearly Iandolo has been training with the first team as has Tovide who also had 45 minutes in the Essex Senior Cup Final. I don’t think Kells will be back for this one.

DC has rightly said that he expects the whole squad to be involved for the vital run in.

He however must be brave and play two up top to give the Stags something to think about. Sitting back and inviting pressure is simply not an option. Take the game to them, get some crosses into the strikers and give them some valuable service, it will pay dividends.

This is a game where the players should not need motivation. Live on Sky, albeit a lunchtime kick off, will put players in the shop window. Chilvers must be at the last chance saloon but can he rise to the occasion with a big game and three points on the line.

Whatever happens we must not leave there at about 2:20pm cursing our luck because we failed to go forward, create chances and actually take some of them. Give the travelling faithful something to celebrate at Field Mill, a classic away win. Be brave and committed, totally determined to put one over on Clough and his table toppers.

Nothing must be left on the pitch but blood, sweat, toil and tears of joy (with apologies to the great man).

I am predicting a 3-2 victory for the U’s. Mansfield will score, that is inevitable, but let us have the passion, fight and determination to succeed. My son tells me that you can get 5-1 on the U’s to win. That must be worth a pony in anyone’s book (even those who only ever have a flutter on the National (the horse race, not the league!).

The faithful will be up for the fight, they will be giving their all at Field Mill. We are long overdue a classic victory against one of the so-called top teams. They have to play slightly below par (or perhaps complacency will be their downfall) whilst we have to turn up and want it more than them.

The players are on satellite TV, it is a match like every other, still three points at stake but unlike every other it is a game that we are expected to lose. Even many Colchester supporters on the social media sites are predicting a defeat, but the true blue and whites know that it is our moment tomorrow.

Early kick off - 8 degrees Celsius, early morning rain then partly sunny but breezy. A full sized but only three sides to the pitch with the infamous boarded TV gantry stand casting a shadow over proceedings.

Safe journey to the travelling faithful. Enjoy the game, whether actually at the game or on Sky. I am travelling the 125 miles from Durham and it will mean an earlier start for me than usual.

Let the cry of Essex, Essex, Essex ring out combined with “we pay your benefits” as a depressed Clough sinks to his knees after DC inflicts a classic defeat upon the Stags.

This season truly starts tomorrow.

Up the U’s


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Happy League 2023/24 Week 34 (of 38) - Deadline Saturday 23rd March 15.00
at 21:01 22 Mar 2024

BURTON ALBION 1 v 1 PORT VALE
CARLISLE UNITED 0 v 1 STEVENAGE
NORTHAMPTON TOWN 0 v 3 DERBY COUNTY
CREWE ALEXANDRA 2 v 1 AFC WIMBLEDON
DONCASTER ROVERS 2 v 0 FOREST GREEN ROVERS
TRANMERE ROVERS 3 v 1 CRAWLEY TOWN

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Col U Matches PL 2023-24 - Match 37 V Mansfield Town (A)
at 00:25 22 Mar 2024

Mansfield Town 2 Colchester United 3

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Taylor watch
at 14:02 17 Mar 2024

Last week at Barrow when defending a corner we kept Chilvers on the half way line. We were chasing the game at 1-0 down at the time.

Given our predicament the team will always set up in a defensive formation.
I've always been of the opinion that when defending a corner put a striker on the half way line the opposition has to keep two back to defend.


Many years again in 1980 we played Portsmouth at Layer Road.
They came with great support and an attacking line up.

When Colchester forced a corner Pompey put three players on the half way line. I have never seen a team do that since that day.

Interestingly the final score was 1-0 to Colchester. So much for the all out Pompey attack!

Funny old game football.

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Taylor watch
at 23:03 16 Mar 2024

This site rightly allows all views to be expressed.

The truth of course is that no-one knows for sure what would have happened had JT remained with our U's under Cowley. We do agree though that he would have scored goals.

Injuries have been costly this season.

Tovide and Wilkinson have been injured at the worst possible time.

Kells has been missing and every defender has befallen an injury at some stage, result inconsistency of performance and he nobility to play a settled team.

This season is all about survival and then mounting a serious challenge for the play offs next year.

One thing is certain JT would have made our team a far better one in the second half of the season. He is the most exciting player to represent our club for the last 15 years.

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Taylor watch
at 21:52 16 Mar 2024

TS

You've answered your own question.

Taylor frankly was irreplaceable. He is going to be a real handful in the Championship next season for Luton.

Taylor watch takes some of the agony away from our predicament whilst demonstrating that he can score goals at any level.

I know he was never our player but he was intended to be at the JCS for the entire season and would have been if we had played some better football in the first half of the season.

If Luton had simply waited a fortnight for the Cowleys to enter the fray he would have stayed and would have been the first player since Cureton to score more than 20 goals in a season.

However frustrating it is to deny, he would have already fired us to mid table obscurity instead of this constant concern about relegation and non league football.

When Tovide is back he will hopefully offer a partner up front with Ihionvien.

Up the U's and well done Joe Taylor.
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Two from Three - remaining fixtures
at 21:40 16 Mar 2024

Colchester 36 33

Mansfield A
Newport H
Tranmere A
Wrexham H
Stockport H
Crawley A
Grimsby H
Notts Co A
Doncaster H*
Crewe H

FGR 38 33

Doncaster A
Stockport H
Crewe A
MK Dons H
Mansfield A
Wrexham A
Morecambe A
Notts Co H

Sutton 39 30

Accrington H
Salford A
Swindon H
Stockport H
Harrogate A
Crawley H
MK Dons A

It does look like Sutton plus either FGR or Col U.

Victories are needed.

First let's spoil the Stag Party next Saturday.

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Saddle up for three vital points
at 18:04 16 Mar 2024

Thanks Witham
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Saddle up for three vital points
at 16:53 16 Mar 2024

So, we just have to win at Field Mill next week.

Out of the relegation zone on goal difference.

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Saddle up for three vital points
at 16:45 16 Mar 2024

Pinot I don't think we have scored a penalty in the league this season.

Chilvers has been shocking once again.

We are fighting for our survival and that penalty miss has probably cost us two points today.

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Saddle up for three vital points
at 16:28 16 Mar 2024

Chilvers off Smith on

Akinde off Hopper on

Come on the U's
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Taylor watch
at 16:17 16 Mar 2024

Taylor hattrick
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Saddle up for three vital points
at 16:16 16 Mar 2024

Another penalty missed by Chilvers.

Simply not good enough.
How much does he want this?

Come on the U's
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