Life Isn't Fair

Great work to draw with Hull, I hope you can do the same or go one better against Bristol on the 23rd!

Thanks Flash Harry. This weeks game is a big ask. Bristol City have been going very strongly this season. They tend to win away games 1-0. We are in good shape though with several of our injured players now back in contention. Lisbie will play and Watson should too. Also newish signing Hammond from Brighton is in the mix.

We will do our best (coz we have no choice! We need every point to get out of trouble).

We looked dead and gone but now we are back!

We're away at Barnsley next Tuesday night. I'd say a full house and a terrific atmosphere there for their inspired team. Not often you get to play against the two richest teams in the world. And Barsnley get to do it!

At Least Bristol haven't been pumping in the goals like some of the other promotion contenders. If you get one goal early I hope Bristol struggle to get more than a draw out of the game.

Don't mind Flash harry, I love seeing the NOT big name teams doing well. You are correct too about the refereeing standards. My sources at QPR say pretty much the same thing. It must be a universal thing!

Glad Flash Harry is enjoying the Championship. When I lived in England I followed ColU (of course) but often watched other lower division games. I rarely watched Div 1/Prem League. Firstly cost too much, secondly too hard to get tickets/travel to game/fight way through crowds/pay exorbitant prices for drinks and food.

I actually liked watching the Conference. I watched games at Fisher, Maidstone, Welling and Dagenham and they were great fun!

This years Championship is wide open - the gap between top and bottom is not that great (ColU points total would be safety in other divisions).

And once again another topsy turvey result. Preston beat top of the table Stoke 2 - 0 to climb out of the relegation zone. The leaders in the Championship sure are doing everything they can to give everyone a chance in the play-offs! It has widened the gap to safety a bit for ColU though. I hope you make the most of this weekends game.

Good for Preston but a hammer blow for us. I never expected that result as Stoke have been consistently strong.

Much gloom around my family and friends in Colchester; the hope is beginning to fade I fear.

bit of a surprise, but still quite few games left, all the best

Keep the faith Orpewise, we can stay up!

Thanks WillyB. Its never over til its over rover!

The Irons look doomed - Leicester have to be a target. then fight it out with Preston and Sheff Wed for the third drop spot!

Wolves today - heres hoping! Full squad so no excuses. Lisbie needs to fire and hopefully maybe a Jackson free kick! ANY win will do with ANY player scoring !!!

Well we've bought in Izale Mcleod on loan from Charlton. Only 1 goal in 18 appearances for Charlton but he was prolific with MK Dons. Colchester have a habit of sorting out misfiring strikers after Iwelumo and Cureton and we're getting there with Lisbie so hopefully Mcleod will be more of the same!

A good move for Mcleod and hopefully he bags loads of goals for you. There was no way he was going to get a run with Scott Sinclair now on loan at Charlton from Chelsea (apparently he's majic). The way Charlton have been botching goal scoring opportunities in the past two months they need someone a bit more clinical and from what I've seen and heard of Mcleod he's still trying to find his mojo in the Championship. Iwelumo has gone off the boil a bit though, perhaps because Curbishley hasn't been starting him much lately. Maybe CAFC could send him back your way too?

Would love Iwelumo back but can't see it happening really. Charlton have bagged someone who looks like they have a great career ahead of them in Sinclair from what I've read. Cheers for the good luck message, same to you, I'm assuming you're a Charlton fan?

Sadness prevails. A desperate defeat. Difficult now, life just isnt fair! The new stadium is nearly ready, the finances are good, the administration first class, the crowd good, good youth team.........dont let us go down please!

Leicester deserve to go down, the Iron will go down, send Preston down please let us stay!!

Really gutted. How many games left do we have to save ourselves? Its not impossible yet but it getting trickier..

Well Willy I've been vaguely following Charlton since I arrived in the UK back in June - so not a true long-term 'fan'. A mate at work's been a member all his life and I went to my first game here in the members end at the Valley last month and was blown away by the atmosphere. Since I arrived I've been listening to the matches on the radio via the Beeb and decided early on that I'd forget about following the Prem league as it was just too predictable and over-hyped. I've watched and listened to a few Plymouth matches as I was interested in how Fallon was going, did the same with Mulligan at Sc**thorpe and then Vale which is how I happened on this thread.

Yeah, you've got a great amount of entertainment over there at your disposal, we have the NZFC and A-league - no fair!

4-1 today against Plymouth, yikes. Relegation is looking more certain by the day...least Lisbie scored a good goal though.

the Tigers will hopefully beat Sc**thorpe on Saturday - to help put a smile on our faces!

Getting too late now. We will need to be at playoff form to gain the points necessary. 4-1 shows a team with lost confidence.

Still there is always a chance so yes please Tigers to beat the Iron!!

having spent the last twwo seasons down that end of the table and needing to get the calculator out before and after every game from here on in, I know it's not pleasant but surely  it's not over yet

McLeod is out for the season. Gone back to Charlton for recovery - 9 months out.

Sheringham is retiring.

We need three wins in a row starting with Palace.

We held Coventry for you. Doing our bit to help.

Yes that was good. Leicester, Coventry both looking weak, and I dont think Scunnie have the strength in the squad. Its not impossible....just difficult!

You guys know what the feeling of being at the bottom is like....good for you that you are not up and clear.

What's happening with our Valiant boys?

Vale are as good as gone. They're up against Doncaster in a couple of hours and will do well to avoid a thrashing as Doncaster look to go top of the table. They're 14 points off the safety zone and 11 goals behind current 20th spot team Crewe.

1 all at half time come on ColU!!

Bummer One:   ColU lose 2-1 at Palace. Now 9 points from safety. getting into the too hard basket now. The administration and management pledge that squad will be retained for a promotion push season in Div1 if the worst happens. No panic just reality.We also have a good youth set up producing some good players (like Elito who will get a chance next year). ColU people know what an honour it has been to be in the Championship and we have let no one down.

Bummer Two: I feel for Vale fans. It is tough when the trapdoor is gaping wide open and nothing seems to go your way. ColU fans had to watch as we dropped into the Conference a few years ago and that was a horrible experience! ColU came back and so can you.

This has been a great thread celebrating the lesser known sides; thanks to all contributers especially Lonegunman and Tigers who have always been complimentary about our teams.

I see the tigers are up a place. The U's will probably go down but when you look at the last 18 months, nearly the entire club has been ripped apart with transfers of players and staff. hang in their guys, we all know there's only two teams in East Anglia, Colchester and Cambridge United. Lonegunmen2008-03-13 19:31:12

Ban and Stick...

Wotzthat!

Defeat at home to Wednesday is probably the end of the road. I cant see how we will get enough points to escape now as we are six behind Sc**thorpe and 10 from any kind of safety - that means we have to get ten points more than those teams in the remaining games. Too hard.

Life just isn't fair! Back to Div 1 and kick and rush footie!

And we wont be playing poor old Vale either by the look of it!

So goodbye Hull City and goodbye QPR!!

agree it looks a bit grim for your lot

Just our luck having Mcleod out straight away. I'd look to take one of Man Utd's young guns on loan, Febian Brandy or Danny Wellbeck perhaps. Play Sheringham while we still can, I'm sure he wants to go out on a bright note and he's got the class and experience to help us.

Good idea. I think we have good players, we just got into a bad spell and then it just became hard. Confidence goes down and the margins between winning and losing are quite narrow. Apart from Plymouth game we are not being thumped. just losing by one goal all the time!

Vale with a 2-0 win against Crewe! Ties them level with Luton on 25 points but way behind on goal difference, and Luton have a game in hand, albeit against Oldham who sit 8th in the table.

Good luck with that Flash Harry! Similar for both our teams now really! Glad to hear you got a win.

Hull FIVE Southampton Nil - go the Tigers! And the U's holding Baardiff sh*tty1-1! Vale 3 Leeds 3. What a day for results! Lonegunmen2008-03-16 06:46:57