This has started to look like one of our better away performances of the season, so far.

Whatever we have been doing in training seems to have worked, as the team as a whole has looked far more compact and has been defending from the front.

Colchester did have a chance in the first minute, when a lapse of concentration let Halford in, but he dragged his shot well wide. After that, the Saddlers looked the better side.

Smith smacked a shot from the edge of the box against the post and Roper just failed to get hold of the rebound for Davidson to save.

Colchester have had only a couple of long range shots which Oakes has dealt with comfortably and the first of those was in the thirtieth minute.

Keates hit the bar in the closing minutes, as Davidson just tipped the ball onto the woodwork.

Mills has hardly wasted a pass, Halsall is busy encouraging and organising from the sidelines and the only downside is the failure to hold on to the ball better up front.