Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away v Colchester United Sat March 27th @3.00pm

Like, why has he selected Richards Everton when he doesn't even play for us?

 

This smacks of desperation, Looks like they have run out of ideas
Was going to watch but not wasting a tenner on this

 

Hope so.

 

Not sure with no regard, but anyway.

Rowe did as well, but I can see a logic for Clayton Donaldson doing the role for an hour or so and then Rowe coming on when he tires. For all his skill and shooting potency, I’m not sure that Danny Rowe is disciplined enough to play a role and stick to it. A freer role suits him better and that might be later in the game, especially away from home when we appear to be set up to contain initially.

 

Crackimg finish by Scales. And is it just me, or does Don look good at 10 so far....?

 

O’Donnell again. Sorry but Hornby is the stronger of the two at the moment. He manages his area so much better and communicates and controls those in front of him. If OD can’t manage the cross then he has to own his defence and instruct them what to do.

Shot stopping he’s great, but it’s not enough for me. Hornby back next week please.

 

Why do you insist on defending the indefensible?
He is shit at coming to collect the ball!!

 

No, the keeper did not come. He started to come, then changed his mind. Worst of all worlds. Once you start to go you have to carry it through, even if it means knocking others out the way to get there. O'Donnell is utterly useless under the high ball - absolutely shocking.

 

I’m with @JonButterfield on this. Our defence is very weak and seems to get beaten far too easily to balls in our box in the air. It happened last week and happened again today.
If the keeper comes shouts for it and the defence stop, but he doesn’t claim it, that’s on him. That hasn’t happened here. We had chance to win the first header and I think it was FCD who just fell over in front of him for an easy header.
Win the first ball and you cut out the problem. We seem incapable of doing that

 

We knew Donaldson had trouble putting the ball in the net but did we know he was such a playmaker, setting the others up?
Cooke's replacement, well i never.

 

Our best player today by a country mile.
He looks so much better deep than as a target man. His strength, close control, ability to turn out of a tight spot and pick a pass were exactly what we've been lacking going forward since Cooke got injured.

 

Yeah, he could only manage 88 minutes, we need more from him..

 

I agree with you generally on this Fordy, like you I want us to sign players better than what we have got, certainly for the starting eleven but we also need a squad. I think Sutton has got improvement in him especially now he has stopped lunging in with both feet. He's still quite young and up to now I think his career has just been drifting. I like his not giving up atitude.
I'm definitely looking forward to the summer recruitment.

 

I normally do a crossword when watching City on i-follow.
In fact i usually manage several cross words when watching them.

 

Just watched his 2 assists again and they're in a different league, a good and brave decision from T & S ..

 

Yes they were. But what I though was particularly impressive was the way he held the ball, turned and linked play. For the first time in weeks we had an outlet ball for the defenders to play without hoofing it long. At last we had some continuity going forward which was down to Donaldinho.

 

Bit of info on Colchester, just one win in over 20 matches -feel confident of getting something on Sat?
Carlisle and Scunny were struggling and then they got to play City.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56510275

Try and get on the front foot tomorrow City, nothing much to lose.

 

All about context, something you don't some to understand. Where I do agree with you on the draw situation is two or three games ago when It was admitted we set out not to lose. Something I'll never agree with. That wasn't the situation with the Bolton game, that draw was against a team going for promotion in a game where we had been generally outplayed. We didn't set out for a draw it was the circumstance of the game. Its like today, its the context of the game. If we don't play well but get a draw I don't want the management coming out claiming its a good point. It isn't.