3 yoofs on the bench, good stuff. Would rather see Clifton in the middle than Woolford. Grayson left wing?

I don't know why the youth lads aren't playing from the start.

Strange formation again . Thought Grayson was a defender ?

Nice and warm here.

Presumably the back line is
RHJ Davis Collins Grayson Hendrie?

Quoted from arryarryarry

Nice and warm here.

Can you count the magnificent Mariners supporters for my prediction please?  :)

I'm feeling it today CMOOON TOWN
Today's the day!

Quoted from denni266

Strange formation again . Thought Grayson was a defender ?

Not really .3 at the back including RHJ then Hendrix and Grayson as wing backs. From what little I've seen Grayson looks marginally more like a wing back than ring, although that isn't saying very much, I grant you.

Quoted from Abdul19

3 yoofs on the bench, good stuff. Would rather see Clifton in the middle than Woolford. Grayson left wing?

Clifton  is carrying a slight injury

Dennis has looked a threat and a nuisance so far, playing well

Wookford just gave away a stupid freekick. Great save from Macca though

Someone lost their man (Collins?)  Cracking clearance off Greyson

Sitting far too deep lucky to not be 2 nil down in the last few minutes

3 errors from our 2 old men causing all that along with us sitting too deep.

We really do need to strengthen in the summer.

Riding our luck these past few minutes

Grayson clears off the line and then they hit the inside of the post

From the sounds of things we should be behind, but we're not  -  just need to get a grip on things and take the game to them more than inviting pressure

We seem incapable of relieving pressure on ourselves.  It's been a problem since we started that appalling run under Slade; whenever the opposition create successive chances we lack the intelligence and will to turn the tide.

I assume Grayson is in the Lwb role?

Quoted from Davec

I assume Grayson is in the Lwb role?

442 with Greyson and Vernam on the left and right wings.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

442 with Greyson and Vernam on the left and right wings.

Thanks

What do people think to Grayson from what they have seen so far, would he be worth signing next season

Quoted from fiveallive

I don't know why the youth lads aren't playing from the start.

You say that like MJ has a record of giving the YTs game time. He doesn't.

Only 2 YTs have featured in league matches this season. Both Pollock & Burnell have had 1 substitute appearance each of 38 & 6 minutes respectively.

He hasn't even given A.Rose a start & age wise he's technically a 2nd year Pro.

Not to pick on grayson as its not really his fault but he does just look like a defender on the left wing, I don't think their defence is really too worried about him

Quoted from MarinerDevil

We seem incapable of relieving pressure on ourselves.  It's been a problem since we started that appalling run under Slade; whenever the opposition create successive chances we lack the intelligence and will to turn the tide.

I'm not excusing either the manager or the players, but think you're right in that we have just become accustomed to being the team on the back foot

The backs to the wall approach at the end of last season saw us escape by the skin of our teeth, but we've flattered to deceive this season

At least we've got the luxury of analysing things from a position of safety this Easter rather than us twitching nervously as we did this time last year

Got to have more belief in ourselves next season though, because the habit of letting the opposition have the lion's share of play is going to come back and bite us in the long run

Quoted from Davec

Thanks

What do people think to Grayson from what they have seen so far, would he be worth signing next season

Absolutely not. Plays about 6 positions and isn't particularly good in any of them. Somehow he's now viewed as a set piece specialist, but the only thing he specialises at is blasting free kicks into the first defender.

1-0 Colchester

No surprise

It was coming.... another unforced Woolford error  :-/

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Not to pick on grayson as its not really his fault but he does just look like a defender on the left wing, I don't think their defence is really too worried about him

Yeah he doesn't look like a winger. He took an awful free kick earlier and had a full backs effort at goal.

The future is looking bright......1-0.....to them

Looks like Woolfords playing for them-he's given them 3 good chances

Fuckin old man Woolford again!!! He's been at the center of all our issues today! Under no real pressure and plays a ball across goal no where near Davis instead if just pumping the ball forward.

Quoted from golfer

Looks like Woolfords playing for them-he's given them 3 good chances

I've counted 5

flipping dire. All of them. sick of this, Jolley can go, so can all the players. flipping woeful. “High pressing attacking football”😂😂😂😂

I've seen many fans say that Woolford is our best passer of the ball but I couldn't disagree more, every single game what passes he seems to give away simple passes.

Zero energy from Town in midfield.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Fuckin old man Woolford again!!! He's been at the center of all our issues today! Under no real pressure and plays a ball across goal no where near Davis instead if just pumping the ball forward.

Really good that we're still playing him instead of someone who'll actually still be here next season with something to prove. Clever management from Jolley.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Fuckin old man Woolford again!!! He's been at the center of all our issues today! Under no real pressure and plays a ball across goal no where near Davis instead if just pumping the ball forward.

His distribution at Morecambe last week was really suspect too.... for someone of his experience and having played at a higher level, it's more than disappointing

I heard him being interviewed on RH a few weeks back saying he was enjoying his football and wouldn't mind another contract. Surely not??

Is Seb Ring injured. Not in the squad altogether ??

You will never win anything with players like woolford in the squad

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

His distribution at Morecambe last week was really suspect too.... for someone of his experience and having played at a higher level, it's more than disappointing

I heard him being interviewed on RH a few weeks back saying he was enjoying his football and wouldn't mind another contract. Surely not??

I hope he doesn't get a contract, Hess can do his job and better and let Clifton sprint all over the pitch supporting both the defence and the Strikers.

Quoted from Stew0_0

Is Seb Ring injured. Not in the squad altogether ??

Just not good enough

You can see they've absolutely got us sussed now, fullbacks staying up the pitch because we only attack down the middle

RHJ booked for an overzelus shoulder barge on Senior who has beaten him a few times now.

For a team that since Christmas have shown relegation form, Colchester are having it all their own way today

From the sounds of it Town aren't anywhere close to being in the game.... it is very worrying how we're not able to compete against a team that prior to playing us was in such dire form

Getting the urine taken out of us by Colchester

Like the commentators say vernam great run, everyone else looking like they can't be arsed just waited for him to lose it

Watching, we are excrement, need a complete change next season whatever today's result

Dennis booked for intent to foul. To be fair it would of been a naughty foul if he had caused the foul.

Cardwell and Dennis have been useless, but the service to them game after game after game is a disgrace

Quoted from Hagrid

Cardwell and Dennis have been useless, but the service to them game after game after game is a disgrace

How can you say this are useless if they haven't got anything to work with?!?!

Scunny in the bottom 4 as it stands.  Every cloud.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

How can you say this are useless if they haven't got anything to work with?!?!

Ive seen enough of both. That allright with you? Maybe dennis could do something for us with service but he’s quite frankly done nothing

Wish jolly would just stick 3 youths on half time I can't be bothered to watch this lot sleep walk to another loss

HT

JT says the bad news is it's 1-0 and the good news is it's only 1-0

Apart from a good 10 minutes when we first started and I was feeling a little optimistic. Since then Woolford has lost the plot and needs subbing desperately, Greyson has gone missing and as a result RHJ has become issolated down the left.

Apart from one moment Collins has been solid as has Davis and Hendrie, Hess has been putting in a Hess performance. Cardwell and Dennis have had nothing to work with since the opening 10 minutes and Vernam is once again working his socks off to no result at the moment.

We're sat far to deep (oh where have we heard that before) and just letting Colchester do whatever they want. We're not even close today so far.

It's exactly a month since Wes Thomas scored his last goal for us. In the 6 games afterwards, and up to today we've scored 2. And taken 3 points.
We could do with a rocket scientist to work out this poor form, really we could.

What can i say about that half?

The midfiled apart from Vernam has been shocking, they may as well not have been on the pitch.
Woolford looks like a 90 year old, seriously though the team need a new midfield next season.
Defense have been fine but getting no protection, strikers been ok but no service from the mid.

Hess not having a great day but has been the only mid this season that can hold his head high.

Wooly needs shipping out at the season end. we need 3 new centre mids. Clifton is a few years away from being a regular starter for me but will be good.

No left back not helping either

Shocking.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

How can you say this are useless if they haven't got anything to work with?!?!

They don't have any appetite for fifty fifty balls and both of them are powder puff, bring the youngster's on, they might show some fight, you won't win anything with tired old men

Quoted from monkeyboy

Clifton is a few years away from being a regular starter for me but will be good.

8)

Quoted from monkeyboy

What can i say about that half?

Clifton is a few years away from being a regular starter for me but will be good.

You mean when he's as old as Woolford is now? ;)

Quoted from Hagrid

Ive seen enough of both. That allright with you? Maybe dennis could do something for us with service but he’s quite frankly done nothing

But again thats a contradiction in itself. You've seen enough of both but you acknowledge neither gets enough service but you've made your mind up. Dennis could be alright with some service but hes done nothing. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Surely to make your mind up you need to see both strikers when they are getting a reasonable amount of service otherwise you're basing your opinion on the performance of their team mates not doing their jobs.

Quite simply the players don’t look @rsed.

Get the kids on I reckon.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

HAHA not quite he is only 20 after all.  Woolfford is 48 isnt he?

You mean when he's as old as Woolford is now? ;)

No one should be having a go at Cardwell and Dennis to be fair when they have had not one decent ball into them, even when they do get the ball there is only vernam anywhere near to support.

Shocking performance, Woolford gives them a goal after a panic pass as they had a player starting to close nearly 10 yards from him halfway into our half, meanwhile their defence/midfield able to ping it around at will till 25 yrds from goal, were way too deep as usual. Get Pollock on for Collins and foff Woolford to further out of it than Thomas. Dont think Grayson has touched the ball after 1st 15 mins, and tyhat was clearing the stand from 20yrds with a shot when no real pressure and a beautiful free kick straight to the opposing player 15 yrds in front of him. (Unfair he did pick out Collins at rear post with another) Get the contracted kids on please. >:(

Quoted from monkeyboy

No one should be having a go at Cardwell and Dennis to be fair when they have had not one decent ball into them, even when they do get the ball there is only vernam anywhere near to support.

Neither have won any 50/50 balls

Woolford and Greyson off for Rose and Clifton

Yes clifton and akheem on, woolford and grayson off, perfect

Clifton & Rose on

Grayson and Woolford off.... although I understand Colchester were pleading with MJ to keep him on  ;)

Man clean open in cnter of the box to make a bicycle kick under no pressure?!?!?! We've got 11 men in the box this shouldn't happen!!

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Clifton & Rose on

Grayson and Woolford off.... although I understand Colchester were pleading with MJ to keep him on  ;)

He’s put Rose on the left wing?

Why not 4-3-3 ?

At least Sunny have dropped into the bottom during the games today.

intercourse my life we’ve won a corner

The ironic thing is we are still in this game.

At least we're looking more lively.

Wow we’re looking lively? Its utter shite, we are creating NOTHING. And its been this way all season.

Quoted from Hagrid

intercourse my life we’ve won a corner

And another..... are things looking up?  ;)

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

And another..... are things looking up?  ;)

Maybe mate😂 i mean even when we get a corner- or any set piece- we never do anything with them do we

Quoted from Hagrid

Wow we’re looking lively? Its utter shite, we are creating NOTHING. And its been this way all season.

Never said it was good, just looking at the positives at least we we're improving even if its only a small improvement. Especially after everyone was saying how flat we looked in the first half.

Cracking bit of play by Rose and RHJ all it needed was a toe to put it over the line

We ate playing coaching manual football . Never any off the cuff or anything different or no attacking intent even at home. Just nothing to excite the fans .

Yellow for Clifton after hes caught the man late.

Bottom three all losing, Notts County are really going to need the 3 points they will get off us.

323 Mariners in a crowd of 3677

Come on Town.... make it a good Friday for the faithful

UTM

sorry its game over jolley bye bye.

Quoted from sisapon

sorry its game over jolley bye bye.

Yes i think , well for me, jolly has not got what it takes to be a manager,, coach yes, but not good enough to be in charge.. fine words dont win games

Quoted from sisapon

sorry its game over jolley bye bye.

That's crazy talk - the problem isnt the manager, it's higher up

Freekick from Hess was awful. Aimed once again for Collins to head back across, he should of just had a punt and aimed it at the back post

Nasty tackle that on Akheem Rose. Nasty

Schoolboy tactics,schoolboy errors, - might as well have schoolboys playing and send Jolly back to school

Nasty tackle on Rose then, late on his ankle, even caused him to shriek.

Quoted from denni266

Yes i think , well for me, jolly has not got what it takes to be a manager,, coach yes, but not good enough to be in charge.. fine words dont win games

If anybody thinks that a change of manager is what we need to sort things out, I can only surmise your surname begins with F and rhymes with ‘ plenty ‘   :-/

Only saving grace it is still 1-0 and we haven't taken a proper battering.

Just looked at stats. Colchester 14 shots, 9 on target. Town 1 shot, 0 on target!
How damning is that? 😢

If we had a decent defence, midfield and attack.....I reckon we could do something next season.

Notts County will be rubbing their hands with glee. They can pick 11 outfield players as we aren't going to be troubling their goal

Quoted from Civvy at last

If anybody thinks that a change of manager is what we need to sort things out, I can only surmise your surname begins with F and rhymes with ‘ plenty ‘   :-/

I wish. i wouldnt be sat here listning to this crap on the radio.i would be in the seyshells  or like

Cant see notts are worried about going down, guarenteed 3 points against us

Fair play to Dennis then, had the ball nicked off him after a poor pass, chased the man down back to our own box, played the ball then bolted back up the pitch and got himself back in the box for a cross that wasn't even close.

RHJ comes off and Burrell comes on for with 3 minutes of stoppage time to play.... what's the point?

Why not give him 20 minutes or so at least :-/

What's the odds on a "Jolley out" thread tonight?

Red card

Collins sent off for a second yellow

At least he won't be playing on Monday!

That just sums up the lot of them. flipping dire

There's no disguising the fact that we are on an abysmal run of form, not scoring goals or creating chances. One shot on goal in the whole match smacks of desperately poor tactics, and nothing to do with Fenty, much as I've never been his biggest fan? The fans who still travel in numbers are a total credit to the club and deserve something better, surely.

Was Collins booked twice in the space of a minute or so?

FT 1-0

Reminds me of that old street in York.... a shambles  :(

Collins 2nd yellow after Maccas shocking pass. After he dived in trying to recover it because he had to really.

FT

Roll on the summer clearout

Quoted from AdamHaddock

Was Collins booked twice in the space of a minute or so?

Yeah.... booking off his Bank Holiday Monday  ;)

Quoted from AdamHaddock

FT

Roll on the summer  BOARDROOM clear out

Amended accordingly!

Quoted from AdamHaddock

FT

Roll on the summer clearout

Starting with Michael Jolley.

Oh Dear
We don’t look very inspiring
We are poor
Thank god we are safe
Long Long Meetings need to take place at the club close season
If we continue at this  level next season we will be staring NL in the face again
Come On Town Sort it

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Yeah.... booking off his Bank Holiday Monday  ;)

and Notts County away as it's second red of the season.

Quoted from RoboCod

It's exactly a month since Wes Thomas scored his last goal for us. In the 6 games afterwards, and up to today we've scored 2. And taken 3 points.
We could do with a rocket scientist to work out this poor form, really we could.

Sigh. My prediction for the last few games..
1 point.
No clean sheets.
No goals.

Just being facetious here. We will score one.

What a pile of poo, Rose wasted, Burrell pointless, Cardwell hopeless, Colins old slow and stupid, Woolford words cant convey, Grayson why?and why on the wing, Jolly get a grip, stick all those youngsters on from the start on Monday they cant create less or defend worse. >:(

Still need another point to match last years total. Can't believe we will be (at best) only 9 points better than last season.

Wonder how Jolley will talk away this afternoon's performance.... depends on whether JT pushes him to explain how ineffective we were

I'm not subscribing to a witch-hunt but for us to have had only one single attempt on goal ( which was off target ) how can he justify his team's performance against a team that on form could have been there for the taking :-/

Quoted from Madeleymariner

What a pile of poo, Rose wasted, Burrell pointless, Cardwell hopeless, Colins old slow and stupid, Woolford words cant convey, Grayson why?and why on the wing, Jolly get a grip, stick all those youngsters on from the start on Monday they cant create less or defend worse. >:(

Agreed with all the above. Think we’ve dropped a whopper getting rid of Mitch Rose TBH

Quoted from Civvy at last

Amended accordingly!

Even if we were to have a boardroom clearout, I'm starting to have serious doubts about whether Jolley has what it takes to take us forward. 10 games without a win. 3 goals in that time. And only 3 of the teams we've played in that time have been above 12th place! He probably does have a shitty budget but you're telling me Cambridge, Crawley, Morecambe and Stevenage, who we've played in this run, have a lot more to work with given their attendances compared to ours?

The BBC stats:

Shots:   18 v 1

Shots on target:   10 v 0

Says it all really.  Even if I was not at the game.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

The BBC stats:

Shots:   18 v 1

Shots on target:   10 v 0

Says it all really.  Even if I was not at the game.

The press clearly have it in for us!

From a distance and looking at the match stats, it looks as if they have given up totally now that they are 'safe'. One shot and that was not on the target. How on earth can you play for 90 plus minutes and not have more attempts to score? Did we actually get into their box? If I had travelled to this match to support the team I would want my money back. The players and the club should apologise and offer to refund those who travelled. It was an insult to the fans.

Very, very deflated and I take my hat off to those who have gone to games all this season and had to watch dross.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Starting with Michael Jolley.

No. For the love of god NO.

Of all the managers we've had since Hurst, Jolley has genuine potential. It's obvious that there are other issues in the club that constant rotation of managers is not going to cure. Lets at least keep a manager for more than a year and give him a chance to try and put together a squad that works. We're safe this season, promotion this season was always an ambitious pipe dream anyway.

get rid of fenty his gave us a shite budget since we've came up the league, took money away from the club last few years, same old excrement

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

get rid of fenty his gave us a shite budget since we've came up the league, took money away from the club last few years, same old excrement

And there’s me thinking that he’s providing us with a competitive budget  ;D

Quoted from chicaneuk

No. For the love of god NO.

Of all the managers we've had since Hurst, Jolley has genuine potential. It's obvious that there are other issues in the club that constant rotation of managers is not going to cure. Lets at least keep a manager for more than a year and give him a chance to try and put together a squad that works. We're safe this season, promotion this season was always an ambitious pipe dream anyway.

Can you show me where the potential is pls. because i just dont see anything other than a coach with fine words, that along with many of us have got used or bored with..He persists with a system without the players that can play it.. His teams are toothless and dont know where the goal is. Plays players  out of position and expects the team to play well. .These are his players and it stops at him. We are so boring to watch half the fans stay down eating the pies rather than watch the re starts

Its not the manager, its the budget. we all know where the budget comes from.

On paper Jolley made a good couple of signings in Whitehouse and Welsh, one injured and the other just injured a crim or just past it.
3 new mids and a reasonable replacement for Collins will see a huge improvement.

No good getting rid of Jolley, i do believe he is building something and will take time. pay peanuts and it will take a while to build any quality!

Jolley going now would be just moving the deckchairs on the Titantic. Gives the captain the excuse he is doing something.

Quoted from chicaneuk

No. For the love of god NO.

Of all the managers we've had since Hurst, Jolley has genuine potential. It's obvious that there are other issues in the club that constant rotation of managers is not going to cure. Lets at least keep a manager for more than a year and give him a chance to try and put together a squad that works. We're safe this season, promotion this season was always an ambitious pipe dream anyway.

Potential? Really?

We all want a manager to be given time, but we need a decent manager who does enough to deserve time. Jolley reign is turning into a total shambles.

Jolley going now would be just moving the deckchairs on the Titantic. Gives the captain the excuse he is doing something.

MJ did a great job last season. But that is last season.

How many players did he bring in for this campaign?

This was his full season in  charge and needed to kick on or show signs of potential.  He has done neither.

The manager is ultimately responsible for assembling the squad, picking teams, dictating tactics/formations and instilling how he wants his team to play.  At the minute it's all square pegs and round holes or failing badly at picking right formations.

But hells bells you know you are in f@cking trouble and how far expectations have fallen when a point at Morecombe is celebrated like it's a draw at The Nou Camp.

0 wins in 10 says it all and a team that is totally toothless. Can't be many teams who are on a worse run than us.

Definition of potential (in football)...

Doing crap, but we’re hoping he suddenly starts being less shite.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

RHJ comes off and Burrell comes on for with 3 minutes of stoppage time to play.... what's the point?

Why not give him 20 minutes or so at least :-/

Tactics mate-Jolly good tactics. If he had 20 minutes he would be that disheartened he might give up football forever.

Although scunny are slowly falling into the relegation zone ( I bl@@dy do hope the get relegated) at this his moment it would be embarrassing to give them 6 points next season.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Starting with Michael Jolley.

If we had a referendum on who was best--Bignob,Slade or Jolly it would be like another Brexit

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Potential? Really?

We all want a manager to be given time, but we need a decent manager who does enough to deserve time. Jolley reign is turning into a total shambles.

Bignot was a shambles, and so was Slade. So... are all the managers we hire just terrible, or as I say, are there wider issues that management changes simply will not resolve.

Quoted from golfer

If we had a referendum on who was best--Bignob,Slade or Jolly it would be like another Brexit

Well I wouldn't vote remain for any of them.

I witnessed some great performances under billy bignot
But some v poor ones to
Now I just witness the same old toothless ness