Three changes for the Mariners today - but no sign of James Hanson.

Mattie Pollock replaces Duncan Idehen, Kyle Bennett comes in for Harry Clifton, while Owen Windsor starts in place of the injured Matt Green.

Town XI: McKeown, Hendrie, Waterfall, Pollock, Preston, Rose, Hewitt, Bennett, Scannell, Windsor, Edwards.

Subs: Battersby, Idehen, Starbuck, Taylor, Clifton, Williams, Gibson.

No Hanson. Getting silly. Like the bloke but its a waste of time

The bench looks a little weak!

Not an half bad looking team, but as for Hanson, time to hang his boots up, body just isn't up to it anymore...he's become a waste of a pay packet now.😔

Colchester giving a debut to a 16 year old appropriately called Junior.

4 attackers? Thought we were playing this one tight?!? 😁 😄😄

Watching the iFollow, showing awkward clips of people being filmed as they enter the stadium. Quite amusing.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Colchester giving a debut to a 16 year old appropriately called Junior.

Let's hope he is as good as Mendes   8)

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Colchester giving a debut to a 16 year old appropriately called Junior.

Talking of which, Ira has another Saturday before Xmas to sell his clothing products.

Nice to hear Gary Cohen is summarising on RH for today's game

Always liked him as a player.... a shame his time with us was cut short

Quoted from Hagrid

No Hanson. Getting silly. Like the bloke but its a waste of time

Broken down in training I understand, probably out for a few more weeks.

Decent starting 11 that. No excuses today.

Anyone else got no sound?

Got sound and can here singing!

Hear!!

Quoted from arryarryarry

Broken down in training I understand, probably out for a few more weeks.

Time to go. Ship him out now and save some money

Tondeur on now.

Handy early booking for Pollock What odds on a sending off?

Radio Essex commentators abysmal BTW

Pollock already on a booking.

Scannell is foinf to be vital in this match for us i reckon

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

Scannell is going to be vital in this match for us i reckon

Where's Max again?

Oh excrement here we go again!

Here we go again.

Groundhog day

That was our throw originally. But intercourse off town

Why is no the flipping players on the goal posts amertish

1-0 down
8 minutes gone
All to do now

We're shite, end of   :-/

Going to be a long evening

How the intercourse did that go in?

Early goals are absolutely killing us

Any half decent goalkeeper should be stopping that

Soft as sh1te .......here we go for another long afternoon. Where the f**k was Macca.

This is getting daft.

Quoted from TAGG

Where's Max again?

Out for 2 weeks with a soft tissue strain or something

Slow motion stuff

Macca is stood on his line reading the paper.

Another atrocious goal to concede...

Can’t blame Macca there, Pollock beaten too easily

We’re absolutelyfuckinggarbage.

There is no chemistry between any players, not pressing as a team or anything.

Not gonna hold anything up top. Weak as urine

We've come from behind in 67% of our away wins this season, so I'm confident.

Quoted from lee65

Can’t blame Macca there, Pollock beaten too easily

Macca should have stopped that one, it crawled slowly past him, once again he costs us a goal.

We were behind early at Crawley but came back

Whether we can do it again though...a big ask

Got to hope we can keep in this and start to put them under pressure instead of inviting them on to us

Quoted from Abdul19

We've come from behind in 67% of our away wins this season, so I'm confident.

No Vernam hat trick this season

Quoted from lee65

Can’t blame Macca there, Pollock beaten too easily

No, you can blame both of them. Shouldn't be letting the opposition get to the ball in from a corner, but a goalkeeper supposedly renowned for his shot-stopping shouldn't be taking half an hour to dive towards a quite weakly hit attempt on goal. Not good enough from either player.

Maybe Limbrick is being missed more than we thought!

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

There is no chemistry between any players, not pressing as a team or anything.

I don't care whether or not there's any romantic spark between them. I just want them to be alert on the pitch.

Calm down folks...it's early doors yet... ;)

God this thread is depressing...

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Out for 2 weeks with a soft tissue strain or something

Maybe he's straining too much with his soft tisssues!

Macca at fault and giving the ball away in midfield far to much....

I’d love to know what we work on on the training ground, because it’s like we’re putting out 11 strangers every game. What’s concerning is the lack of tactical cohesion, I have no idea how we’re trying to play apart from shite.

I might start drinking......

Aw shucks yet another early goal  I fear another thumping coming on.

We have had better reserve teams than this showeer of crap

I’d like to say I have a feeling we’ll still win this but I haven’t...

Quoted from oochiad

I might start drinking......

I can't watch Town without taking medication these days  (wine)

Come on town we can get at Colchester.

Quoted from barralad

God this thread is depressing...

Better than the game

Goaaallllllllllatzo

Yeeeeeeeeeees direct from a corner

Windsor should of scored there.

Goal

Great goal

Yas get in there

Gettt innnn

Or did someone get a touch?

Yyyyyyyeeessss

Get in Hendrie

easy. 8)

How did Windsor not score

But no matter

Hendrie makes it 1-1

UTM 🏁

Put hendrie up front

Get in, always thought we would equalise   ;D

Luke Hendrie a more prolific goalscorer than all our attackers!!

Hendrie joint top goalscorer

Quoted from promotion plaice

I can't watch Town without taking medication these days  (wine)

You shouldn't need laxatives!

Thats another poor goal conceded in this game...Hendrie, more reliable that our front men...

Quoted from Mariner93er

I’d love to know what we work on on the training ground, because it’s like we’re putting out 11 strangers every game. What’s concerning is the lack of tactical cohesion, I have no idea how we’re trying to play apart from shite.

Yeah you’d think we’d at least have some corner routines like Hendrie at the near post or something

Did Gerkin get in a bit of a pickle with that corner?

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

Hendrie joint top goalscorer

And unless this is addressed we will struggle all season.  You need more than 1 person contributing to goals

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Did Gerkin get in a bit of a pickle with that corner?

Excellent!!!

Don't see them very often. Direct from a corner!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Excellent!!!

Been waiting since February for that

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Did Gerkin get in a bit of a pickle with that corner?

Yeah a right wally

At first I thought Danny Rose had joined Menno Willems and Joe Colbeck in an elite group.

Quoted from AussieMariner

Yeah you’d think we’d at least have some corner routines like Hendrie at the near post or something

We have.


our plan involves hendrie scoring direct from the corner!

Come on town!! The drinks doing the trick!🤪

These officials giving us nothing

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Did Gerkin get in a bit of a pickle with that corner?

Years ago he made a howler in a game and the opposition fans chanted “you should have stayed in your burger” at him.

Quoted from oochiad

Come on town!! The drinks doing the trick!🤪

Just managed a bottle of Heineken between goals. Come on!!!

Quoted from LH

Years ago he made a howler in a game and the opposition fans chanted “you should have stayed in your burger” at him.

His wife's got nice baps

Poor again from Windsor. And that looked a pen for me...

Quoted from Hagrid

Poor again from Windsor. And that looked a pen for me...

Nah...Preston got the ball,.

Definite dive there

Not sure he did! But happy to be wrong.  Hewitt playing well in the middle

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Just managed a bottle of Heineken between goals. Come on!!!

leave that there....

I’m not sure he got the ball but I think their guy fell over his own feet

So how are we playing generally? more confidence since the goal?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

His wife's got nice baps

This is my level.

Preston useless on throws.... every game.

Bennett more involved. Playing some nice balls

Quoted from forza ivano

So how are we playing generally? more confidence since the goal?

Certainly well in it, just need that clinical final ball

Colchester commentary very complimentary towards us, they thought it wasn’t a penalty and agreeing where on top at the moment.... I love the choice of commentary option .....

Quoted from forza ivano

So how are we playing generally? more confidence since the goal?

I'd say so, we're giving them their half basically and then pressing them once they're in our half.  We still look clueless going forward, especially with them having 2 or 3 guys who can match Edwards pace

Quoted from oochiad

Colchester commentary very complimentary towards us, they thought it wasn’t a penalty and agreeing where on top at the moment.... I love the choice of commentary option .....

They like the way were are pressing up when Colchester trying to play out from the back - sounds like its working well for us

Scannell carrying a knock

Bloody hell. Big blow

Wonder if Ollie will take him off   8)

That’s a blow as I think Scannell has the ability we need

someone should suggest to John Tondeur that he subscribes to a match pass so he can watch the replays

Williams on, I'd forgotten all about him

They’ve also commented on what a good job IH is doing from the stands with his instructions........How’s it going with JT anyone? Complimentary at all or negative......

HT.....1-1

Happy with that after our poor start, come on Town.

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

someone should suggest to John Tondeur that he subscribes to a match pass so he can watch the replays

Maybe he wouldn’t mix the players up so much too 😉

Seems to take conceding a goal to get us going

I hope in all the ,bawling from Ollie, that he tells Owura to look after the ball in key areas. He has been our main threat and liability at the same time.

Quoted from oochiad

They’ve also commented on what a good job IH is doing from the stands with his instructions........How’s it going with JT anyone? Complimentary at all or negative......

Dull as normal.

  They have some pacey defenders.

Edward's doing nothing for me.
Bennett has picked a couple of nice passes out but just looks so pedestrian inbetween.
Windsor suffering the same fate as every other striker, poor service.
They have the pace over us in every department.

We have looked ok going forward in small patches but too often our passes are hopeful rather than purposeful.

They are leaving gaps, if we can keep hold of the ball long enough to exploit them.

Oh and very noticeable how much more energetic the players are when Holloway is screaming at them when we are pressing. He will have a sore throat tonight

Decent half. Look quite dangerous with Bennett dropping into the space and picking the passes.
Don’t think it was Hendrie’s goal, think it just went straight in with a Nick off the defender.

Two evenly matched teams.

I am actually pleased we are going direct more.

Bennett and scannel will be decent players for us. But they need game time. Gutting about scannels quad. But- time for Williams to show his worth, he has quality in there.

Quoted from moosey_club

He will have a sore throat tonight

Might stop him talking for five minutes

Edwards very frustrating, expect great things then he gives it away, expect nothing and he does something magic.
Scannell not done much so hoping Williams gets into his stride. hope injury not serious tho

The 16 year old lad is doing well for Colchester perhaps we should be putting more pressure on him

If the town fans were there and got talking to a Colchester fan they would not believe that after Vernams performance there last season he was allowed to leave on a free, that is really embarrassing.

Quoted from Gaffer58

If the town fans were there and got talking to a Colchester fan they would not believe that after Vernams performance there last season he was allowed to leave on a free, that is really embarrassing.

The Colchester commentators mentioned it

We need to press them high, thats what led to the goal Edwards forcing them back to having a throw in near their corner flag.

Quoted from Gaffer58

If the town fans were there and got talking to a Colchester fan they would not believe that after Vernams performance there last season he was allowed to leave on a free, that is really embarrassing.

You need to get your facts right.  We did not let him go, he wanted to play in a higher league, and wouldn't sign a contract with us.

Quoted from 123614

You need to get your facts right.  

Are you John Fenty ?

Quoted from Ipswin

Are you John Fenty ?

No, but I can read.

Clear booking. Nothing from the ref

shiiiiiiiiiiit

Quoted from 123614

You need to get your facts right.  We did not let him go, he wanted to play in a higher league, and wouldn't sign a contract with us.

Which he was allowed to do as we didnt offer him the terms good enough to enforce our retainer

Oh FFS! What are they playing at?

How flipping easy was that went past preseton 3 times walked past 5 players flipping awful

Rose preston. Weak as intercourse. Thats absolute garbage

Shocking defending, so many of us in the box.

Quoted from moosey_club

Which he was allowed to do as we didnt offer him the terms good enough to enforce our retainer

What didn't you understand about him wanting to play in a higher league?

Good goal from their point of view
Crap defending from us though

2-1 Colchester 😐

Poor.....poor defending again.

Weak as urine defending...

Crap defending again

Shocking defending.

Shocking defending. You tackle him, no you tackle him, no you tackle him. FFS

There where 7 Town Players and Macca in the box when that lad scored, completely unacceptable.

Timed that piss well

Windsors been awful tonight. And another shocking call from the referee

We’re being given nothing here as usual

preston bennet rose anyone of them put a tackle in can't let him do that

Can’t blame the ref for us being simply nowhere near good enough

Quoted from oochiad

We’re being given nothing here as usual

The home fans swaying the ref, unfair.

Quoted from Hagrid

Windsors been awful tonight. And another shocking call from the referee

Agree

Dont look like creating anything. Relying on edwards to do something

Good effort there

Much better. Keep at them

Windsor wants f*****g shooting for that he had enough time to just keep in simple.

Oh for goodness sake

Embarrassing from Rose after good work from Windsor.

Sat nicely for Rose there but poor finish

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Embarrassing from Rose after good work from Windsor.

At least they didn't get a goal kick ;-)

Unlucky

How the hell dis that no go in

Dunno how that isn't a corner, came off their number 9. Did well not to stick it in his own net

Playing well now. But must take chances

We’re still in this

Just need to keep the pressure on

And not do anything silly

Should have been a corner

Odd decision to take Bennet off, he’s far from dynamic but I’m not sure who else we’ve got who can pick a pass.

What was Waterfall playing at there?

These arent very good either. And we’ve given them 3 points. Im worried

Last 10 minutes

Going to have to risk it, pushing up

Could work in our favour

But could equally go against us

Come on Town

Pollock off & Taylor on?

Strange one

When did we sign a Russian?

OH just F OFF

Cleared off line

So close to an equaliser

Just lacking composure

Won't get anywhere with Macca in goal, give Battersby a run

Just score!!!!!

Quoted from wuffing

OH just F OFF

No, Polokoff

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Pollock off & Taylor on?

Strange one

Bringing on or starting Taylor in itself is a strange decision. Bring him on for Pollock I can only think he's just getting back from an injury

We deserve something from this

Couldn’t finish a flipping dinner...created some great chances but can’t put any anyway...

Sliced Gherkin anyone?

Unlucky Town

I want to cry

Still behind but we’re playing really well

Come on Town

What ever the result we’ve played well and will be ok 🤞🤞

Probably created more chances tonight than the rest of the season put together. Not turned them into goals but overall a promising performance, will get 4 or 5 on another day

Deserve a point

Can everyone ignore the Scunt troll tonight. Don't feed him anything

impotent stuff

Tennyson said "y" "is" no one spelling my name correctly?

How the intercourse havent we scored

I cant believe we havent scored

So unlucky 😞

You only deserve anything when you stick that flippin' ball in the net!

They’re hanging on in desperation

But still we can’t put the ball in the net

Playing well and the subs have made a big impact today

4 minutes to rescue a point

should have won this game chance after chance lsst 10

another  crap night .. Ollies win rate is starting to look very poor

Annoying, but we played well. Unlucky. UTM.

We lost but we really should of got at least a draw.

Cant see us getting anything tuesday but deserved more today

Did everything but get a point!

Shooting ourselves in the foot giving them two soft goals. But we were much the better in the second half.

FT  2-1

We were probably the better team but for all our jabs, they came up with the knockout blow

Disappointing to lose but lots of good things on show tonight

UTM

Poor quality at both ends equals 0 points.

defeat but played well with it. lots to build on.

Let’s see this for what it is - we’re probably going down.

a disastrous result, that brings home just how much of a relegation fight we are in, and its not even January.

this is what happens when you do not prioritise a striker, Holloway is completely to blame for this mess.

His management has been inept since the Summer.

Unlucky not to get anything from that. How we haven’t scored in that 2nd half I’ll never know. They were proper hanging on.

Sounded a lot better. Can defo build on that.UTM

Crap defending killed us
Very good performance to be fair
But not lethal for enough of the game at both ends
Just need some composure
Take some responsibility

I think we need to an experienced no nonsense defender
A leader
A Whittle type
No fuss

Playing and looking good is sfa if you cannot even get a point never mind a win , I wouldnt bother turning up tuesday  just give them the points

Starting to make chances and actually having shots at goal. Could have scored 4 or 5 probably will on another night Midfield actually providing the right ball in build up Not bad considering Green and The Crock Hanson both missing

Shame it seems its now the defence that is poor

By the end we were doing but scoring...

Colchester weren't anything special, we should of pressed and harrassed them all game and let them lump the ball forward.

We desperately need two strikers a goalscorer, a big guy to win things and hold the ball up, a guy in the middle to be that creative outlet and will run at people and another winger who will do the same.

Dont feed the Trolls guys, we go again tuesday.

When I look at us at the moment

- Macca is in patchy form
- We’re paralysed by fear in defence
- Either by Ollie tinkering or injuries we never play the same midfield.
- We only ever get 1 man in the box
- We over complicate it when we should keep in simple.

Tonight though despite conceding 2 soft goals and defending like a bunch of fannies the lads did have a go and created enough opportunities to win the game, deserved a point if not more.

If we can just pick a settled side for a few games in a row we’ll destroy average sides like we played tonight and be able to avoid any relegation threat.

The best team certainly didn’t win tonight.

All that said I expect Newport to beat us (sorry) and if we fail to get a result versus Mansfield on Saturday and Bradford best Oldham were in the relegation zone.

UTM!!

Quoted from Heisenberg

Let’s see this for what it is - we’re probably going down.

Not with performances like tonight, any other day they'll all go in. We need to give Southend a spanking for confidence

Better fist of it second half, but they defended when it mattered and we didnt.

I’m far from a troll but I’ve seen enough crap grimsby teams to know when we’re in trouble , Woods team drew lots of games and should have won a few of them but was still relegated .

Gotta say, we didn't deserve to lose that game and overall really enjoyed the vast majority of it...but we can't keep letting soft goals in, Kyle Bennett backed out of all his challenges tonight and he could quite easily have stuck his foot in and stopped the kid shooting for their second goal.....feel for Holloway tonight, tried to be attacking and if not for their defenders chucking themselves all over the place we could have walked away 5-2..try again Tuesday, hopefully with the and intent and guts those boys showed tonight..

No where near good enough to be league players
Bennett, Windsor, Taylor, Williams, Gibson
Probably two or three I've missed.

Only just
Preston, Hewitt

Our squad does not even come in the average category

Much more encouraging. We just aren’t getting the rub of the green at the moment are we. Distinct change in style- more direct which is a positive imo.

Keep this starting 11 with a couple of additions and we will be an ok team this year. Defo need another left back. As good as Preston is on the ball. He isn’t the best defensively. And in a team that doesn’t score a excrement load- that’s not ideal.  

Hendrie is a really good player. Need him signed up for next year.

Quoted from Ipswin

Not with performances like tonight, any other day they'll all go in. We need to give Southend a spanking for confidence

By heck swin, positive post there young man, nice to see it..

Well two goals that should be avoided cost us , how 3 or 4 men just let man run into box for 2nd goal wow , we should have scored 4 at least tonight some glaring misses , not downhearted after that the effort was there just final bit missing , put hanson in that team differant result

Just looking for signs of cohesion at this stage and we definitely deserved something from that game. They haven't lost at home all season and just had a bit more belief and experience. Stick a couple of experienced strikers in our team and we would have got at least a point today.

Think once we get 3 or 4 players in key areas come Jan and start playing those teams around us we'll be fine.

Unlucky today.

Can’t really complain at that performance, we really deserved to win and it’s a travesty we didn’t even draw.

For those on audio only, we had some moments late on but no way were we on top all second half. At least we created chances but failure to pull the trigger or stay composed has cost us a point.
Ollie left it too late to go three at the back. Far too many backward passes in wide areas in the first half. Colchester's movement and passing not as good as Exeter but they found spaces in wide areas that we failed to find.

We make the game far too complicated. As soon as we upped the tempo we caused problems but spent too long in our own half again only to opt for the long diag often to a centre half.

Scannell didn't seem right from the start. Nowhere near as effective as last game. Their 16 year old was MOM.

Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh.
Frustrating watch that.  So much good stuff but undone by bad luck in front of goal and a spot of poor defending.  probably didn't want to give away a pen for their second.
So much to be positive about, but then as per usual we will probably be totally crap on Tuesday

Still John Fenty out. We will never progress whilst he remains

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

By heck swin, positive post there young man, nice to see it..

Positive performance mate, credit where it's due (and the right to be negative and critical when that's due too) but well played tonight could have been 4, 5 or even 6-2 just got to be confidentand aggressive like that up front week in week out.

Not long since we had no shots on goal, looked afraid to have a go and lacked confidence in front of goal, the old Covid moaner said so himself. Well done tonight no chance of relegation provided we keep up that level of committment and effort. Goals will come if we play like that again thats for sure.

Quoted from Ipswin

Not with performances like tonight, any other day they'll all go in. We need to give Southend a spanking for confidence

Well said Swin!!

Just need to be able to carry on that kind of performance from one game to the next

Hopefully the players will realise that tonight they deserved more and that the defeat shouldn't be too much of a disappointment

Just got to work on cutting out the silly errors and the points will start coming our way instead of going to the opposition

UTM

Quoted from fishcake63

Well two goals that should be avoided cost us , how 3 or 4 men just let man run into box for 2nd goal wow , we should have scored 4 at least tonight some glaring misses , not downhearted after that the effort was there just final bit missing , put hanson in that team differant result

I think once he got in to our box our defence were frightend of giving away a penalty

If their forward had gone down, you can bet that's what would have happened

Just a pity he got so close to goal and was allowed to get his shot off... we allowed him to waltz through when in reality with so many defenders in the box he shouldn't have been anywhere close to scoring

Positives in gibsons and williams performance off the bench. They both looked like they had a point to prove. Im writing tuesday off already but play like this elsewhere and we’ll be okay

I thought at times in that second we played some of the best football we have played so far this season and at times looked.far and away the better side.

Just at times we play too many passes around their area when a shot would have been better and very disappointing to let in two very poor goals.

Why are we playing so many away games?

Why are the local neighbours to the west playing better?

We should have a point at least.

Quoted from Hagrid

Positives in gibsons and williams performance off the bench. They both looked like they had a point to prove. Im writing tuesday off already but play like this elsewhere and we’ll be okay

I thought Willians did ok when he came on and like all of them he’s not had a run in the team, but I still think he’s got a bit to prove TBH.

There’s about three in there that aren’t good enough. But they all have everything and that’s all we can ask of them. The time is definitely up for Fenty. He is the thread that is holding everything back and it has to change. I’m past caring how, fans buy out, sugar daddy or anything.

There must be something we can do to get rid of him

Quoted from Hagrid

There must be something we can do to get rid of him

Voodoo dolls.  ;D

We have this thread about 4 times a season. He's still here and the ball is still in his court.

As good as we were second half, and whilst I think we deserved a point, we left with nothing and couldn’t finish a dinner.

We’ve been here before and whatever people think of Holloway, whatever excuse they want to use, we’re staring a relegation battle in the face.

Yes, we might exist and for some that appears to be enough but going down was a disaster first time around, a second time would be even worse. Especially with the same leadership having learned absolutely flipping nothing clearly.

We need to do something otherwise this season that people seem happy wrote off actually ends in disaster...

Its probably what fenty wants.. drop a league  pay less wages etc  , he gets his money back quicker  . He wont lose any sleep if we only break even so long as he gets paid.. He only has one ambition now and that is to snuggle up to borris , and it was only a look at me thing owning a football club ,, not that the football has been worth watching , just been a struggle .. And i dont think Ollie would still be here if we went down , he would jump ship as he would not want that on his CV .

What I want to know is where are the strikers coming from that we are going to sign in January.

Quoted from grimsby pete

What I want to know is where are the strikers coming from that we are going to sign in January.

Ollie did have them all in his phone . but it melted  ;D