no one will beat us if we score first …
Seems king crod has retired to his chambers early tonight after his “lunchtime romp” . 
. Night off for the upstairs maid .
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Great performance today, especially second half.
The thing that impresses me most is that everytime there’s a melee is our box with the ball bobbling around we always seem to come out on top. Everyone puts their body on the line. Sign of a squad full of togetherness and great characters.
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I loved Tom Knowles. He was never the player we hoped for and I’m sure he didn’t live up to his own expectations but he was whole-hearted and compromised himself for the good of the team.
However, Connor Barrett is above and beyond what Tom ever produced for us.
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Imagine if gordon had as good a delivery and impact as Barrett !
Barrett is a league 1 player Atleast
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Hard to define but we seem so calm and ruthless in dealing with threats in our box.
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Whisper it quietly, please.
Well Sads said he wanted to give us a team we could be proud of. I think we got one.
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He will be with us.
I could watch that goal all night, any prem player doing that Sky would be having orgasms.
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It’s as though we have 15 players in there at times
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If you said the defence was gonna be Allen, Williams and Okagbue then you might have been a tad worried at the start of the season but once again we limited the opposition to hardly anything. I once criticised Sadler that he wasn’t improving players, how wrong was I
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As you say, all players who have come to the fore under Sadler.
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I’ve been critical of Sadler. I stand corrected what a start to the season and what a fantastic squad he has assembled. We look so comfortable regardless of the style we are up against.
Some real gems in our team but every single player has a part to play
Uts
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This is key aswell. We look so solid. Can anyone pull any stats up defensive wise for this season? Imagine they are pretty impressive
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Earing, Williams, Jellis and Barrett, all picked up from non league. Good work that.
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Read Cowley’s aftermatch comments though it a very fair assessment of the game and was quite complimentary about us ,makes a change from some of the sour grapes from recent managers.hate a bad loser .heres a link if you want to read it
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24616422.colchester-united-boss-danny-cowley-walsall-defeat/
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Only managed to catch the second half - but from what I saw we were excellent.
One thing I love about this group is that we just look so so solid. Even when the opposition are in dangerous areas im just not worried anymore! The anxiety of watching us has gone. It’s bloody great.
I have to say Sadler has blown my expectations completely out the water. He is clearly a fantastic man manager and tactically hes learnt from his mistakes. You can’t ask for more than that.
I really do believe this is our season.
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7 goals conceded in 13 games this season? That’s where wins like today’s come from.
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I would agree with this. We are a very good side out of possession, and press very well. I actually thought that Colchester looked pretty good in the first 25 minutes, they zipped the ball around pretty well upfront and caused us a few problems. But, we gradually got on top and the first goal was excellent: a great long ball, expertly brought down by Jellis and finished expertly too. I think Jellis was my MOTM - I can’t believe they gave it to Gordon - he was shocking in the first half.
Barrett defended well against a tricky left winger, and he was a great attacking outlet. The defence looked solid and the midfield gradually won the battle. Matt put himself about well - he does an important job in dragging us forward, and Lowe continues to shine. All-in-all, a very good win against a decent side - a really enjoyable day, and I had a good laugh at: “It’s a long way back to Essex when you’re sht”, and “You’ve only come to see the Saddlers”. After 7 shite seasons, I’m really enjoying this!
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