Life Isn't Fair

 

But tomorrow I'll get the chance to see Kevin Phillips live in the flesh as West Brom take on the Addicks (my struggling defacto team while i'm here in the UK). As both teams have come off the boil in recent weeks it should be a high action crunch match.

 

Can't wait till I'm back in NZ for the start of the 'nix season! All this should Championship and L1 viewing make a good comparison with NZ football.

 

 

 

 

1-1 draw by the way but with lots of good chances though WBA looked more likely and are a very good team.

 

I saw the mighty U's beat Doncaster 2-0 at Layer Road back in 1990.

They hadn't won for months (I think it was the season they went down into the Conference) and the place just went off. It was a fantastic night I'll never forget. They are a credit to East Anglia.

 

Commiserations on that recent result. Losing 1-5 to those bird-brained Budgies can't get much worse - but, that said, better than staring at life in the Conference.

 

 

 

 

 

and, belatedly, just saying how  impressed (and jealous) I am with your playing record that you noted in the 14a topic

 

my second comeback has been thwarted by a knee injury and (probably) a relative lack of staunchness - so good on you for flying the flag  for us 'oldies' (along with Oi OI Edgecumbe)

 

I might 'fill-in' for a couple of Master's sides if they are short (knees and pain-threshold/whimpishness permitting)

 

feel free to kick West Brom's arse

 

All we need is for Crewe to lose every game and we can stay up

 

I guess next season the tone of this thread will change significantly as ColU and Vale thrash all comers as they march their way to the tops of their respective leagues.

 

The title may have to change to "Life's not fair if you're drawn to play the Valiants or Col U!"

 

 

To that end I propose that the Vale and ColU, and any other battlers (I include bloody Charlton in this category - soft pikers, prem pretenders) stay top of mind as we draw a close on this season and look to the next.

 

Besides all supporters of battlers have a lot to look forward to...new talent from the youths in the club...new signings...and new management. Positive times for all as this season draws to an end.

 

I'll keep my nose in the wind over the up coming transfer season to see how the battlers of 07-08 rise from the ashes for 08-09.

 

Or may be we can pass this tread to the Champ and L1 strugglers of next season and we can run to the luxury of a celebratory thread. I'm thinking something along the lines of "Rags to Riches"...

 

>>>Colchester boss Geraint Williams said his side's focus will be on securing victory in Saturday's last-ever game at Layer Road.

The U's boss insisted his side should not get caught-up in the emotion of the occasion against high-flying Stoke.

"Everyone rightly wants to say goodbye to the ground - it's the end of an era," Williams told BBC Essex.

"But we've got to make sure that they've got one last smile at this ground."

He added: "We've got to be professional and concentrate on the performance and that is what we'll be setting out to do."

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He added: "People will spend a moment and stand where they have for all these years and look around and think back, whatever the result is.

Williams has spent 10 years at the Essex club and conceded he may allow himself to get a little sentimental after the match.

He said: "After the game is done and we've had a good performance and come off with a win then, if I want to, I can sit until midnight in the dug-out and have a think about things.

"But it's important to remember that we've got a part to play between three o'clock and a quarter-to-five - do that part and make everybody else's day."