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Saturday 15 March 3pm Fleetwood Home Saturday 22 March 3pm Bradford Away Friday 28 March 7:45pm Grimsby Home - Sky Sports+ Tuesday 1 April 7:45pm Gillingham Away - Sky Sports+ Saturday 5 April 3pm Notts Co Home Saturday 12 April 3pm Newport Away Friday 18 April 3pm Crewe Home – Sky Sports+ Monday 21 April 3pm Doncaster Away – Sky Sports+ Saturday 26 April 3pm Salford Away Saturday 3 May 3pm Barrow Home
Now I know comparisons are often onerous, but I can’t resist considering the current team with the side that Parky took up to the Championship in 2005/06.
Now don’t forget this was League One not League Two but this is how the 2005/06 table looked after 46 games. Top 15 places only:
Our team on May 6th for that final league game was:
Dean Gerken Greg Halford Neil Danns Kevin Watson Karl Duguid Chris Iwelumo Pat Baldwin John White Liam Chilvers Scott Vernon Jamal Campbell-Ryce
Subs: Kem Izzet Tony Thorpe Mark Cousins Gary Richards Billy Clarke
Missing that day were: Aidan Davison, Wayne Brown and Mark Yeates.
Our last ten matches that season were: (Colchester score first) Doncaster A 0-0* Scunny A 0-0* Brentford H 1-1 Nottingham Forest A 0-1* Hartlepool H 2-0 Chesterfield A 2-2* Tranmere H 1-0 Bournemouth A 2-1 Rotherham H 2-0 Yeovil A 0-0* *Games that I attended.
It is impossible to accurately compare player by player and I’m not going to attempt that but the team that DC and NC have built can certainly achieve promotion to League One this season.
Could it also be argued that the 2024/25 team is actually better than the 2005/06 side.
Anyway, DC has more headaches squad selection wise with Fleetwood in Town on Saturday. Jamie McDonnell will be missing again and Teddy Bishop plus Samson Tovide must unfortunately be doubtful for the game.
The Cod Army led by Pete Wild and with Brendan Wiredu in their ranks arrive in good form unbeaten in their last four games. Earlier this season we took a point in a 0-0 draw at Highbury. The last time I travelled to Fleetwood was April 25, 2015, when we scored two goals in the last 6 minutes to turn around the result from 2-1 down to a 3-2 win.
On Saturday I think the U’s will ease to a 3-0 win to keep the magnificent unbeaten run going but also ensure a fifth consecutive win.
DC is likely to be forced into at least one change with Samson Tovide possibly unfit. Hopefully Gordon and KVY will have recovered from the sickness bug.
Therefore, the team is likely to be as follows:
Macey
Egbo Kells Flanagan Iandolo
Hunt Read
Anderson Payne Edwards
Taylor
Subs: Smith Simpson Tucker Aboh Thorn Gordon KVY
Colchester weather on Saturday will be sunny, dry and 8 degrees Celsius but breezy. The pitch continues to be challenging but the ground staff will have been working hard since Tuesday night.
Colchester to win 3-0 to send out the message that we are no longer operating under the radar but are there on merit and growing in emphasis every game.
The faithful will be there in force with a 5,000-gate expected.
Enjoy the match.
Up the U’s
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Durham_exile
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 17:28 - Mar 15 with 1272 views
Tough first half, swinging both ways, but second half we just blew them away. That was a consummate performance from a team that plays as a team. Where can Danny Cowley's U's take us? Wherever it may be, I'm loving the journey!
Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 17:28 - Mar 15 by durham_exile
Next week at Valley Parade is going to be huge.
Up the U's
I hope Bradford City didn't get their bad performance out of their system against Tranmere. Before today they'd won ten home league matches in a row. But today's defeat followed a loss at Gillingham in their last match.
Anyway, another superb result for The U's today. What a run!
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 18:04 - Mar 15 with 1188 views
Although I admit to not always being that convinced by Anderson, he had an immense game today. We blew them away in the second half and he was contributing in all sorts of ways, including the assist for Taylor.
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 17:50 - Mar 15 by BLACKCAT
I hope Bradford City didn't get their bad performance out of their system against Tranmere. Before today they'd won ten home league matches in a row. But today's defeat followed a loss at Gillingham in their last match.
Anyway, another superb result for The U's today. What a run!
Black cat
The Bantams have simply hit the wall.
We do not need to fear them next Saturday.
They have all the pressure on them, whereas we can go with confidence and look to keep the unbeaten run going.
Imperative that we scored first, has an awkward side to play which could frustrate you. However a side playing with the confidence we have at present not be thwarted. Physically matching sides but mentally assured and composed and that must go to DC and NC instilling developing it with an unbeaten run. Shows how far we have come in a short time. Evreryone played apart, even without Tovide, Bishop and McConnell.
Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 13:22 - Mar 17 by TheOldOakTree
Obviously, but unlike last week, we are no longer reliant on anyone else losing.
....erm, other than the teams we are playing!
Glad we've cleared that up.
We weren't relying on anyone losing before this weekend. It's been in our hands since we beat Port Vale, as we've got to play both Grimsby and Crewe, it's just more in our hands now.
Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:11 - Mar 17 by RSCOSWORTH
We weren't relying on anyone losing before this weekend. It's been in our hands since we beat Port Vale, as we've got to play both Grimsby and Crewe, it's just more in our hands now.
Very true.
Why did I think I could win an arguement with RS?
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 11:46 - Mar 18 with 363 views
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