Match Day Thread: Colchester 2nd Sept 2025 (EFL Trophy)

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The cup that matters.

Is it too much to ask to see some free flowing attacking football against a poor L2 outfit? If it all goes to pot we can at least have 2 benches to rage at.

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These one pm kick offs are not helpful.

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We are only 3 places ahead of Gillingham!

We could soon be that L2 side, just wish Dan Rice would give his Manager his whole hearted backing & put us all out of our misery!

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Not sure the 7pm kick-offs are helpful tbh, not that I can make it. A very low-key affair for what was once a fierce rivalry. “Legs”, “minutes”, “confidence”, “something different”, and all that. Or more of the same, we’ll see.

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Am contemplating going down to see if any of the new signings get a run out, 7pm is a bugger though…but it is C*lu so feel I have to be there.

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7pm is an absolutely ridiculous kick off. It’s not been clearly thought out and I urge the club to return to 7.45pm kick offs in this competition in future.

Looks like Fink starts tonight.

Right, that’s the iPad sorted:

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None of yesterday’s signings start tonight. Fink on the bench.

Have we ruled out them having lost the pin for the iPad and they’ve just been sat there trying different combinations since Blooms left?

Yeah I think the club said they wouldn’t feature yesterday.

A wild Fink appears

That’s probably it hehe! 4-6-0..nope…3-7-0..nope…

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The team is

  1. Norris
  2. Back
  3. Harvey
  4. Casey
  5. Hagelskjaer
  6. Leahy
  7. Tilley
  8. Henderson
  9. Savage
  10. Fred
  11. Lowry

Subs: Moore, Fink, Lutonadio, Westergaard, Gregory, Olabiyi, Abbot

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You know the manager is under pressure when he’s naming a team like that.

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I’d like to see Fred as the centre forward.

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I’m nervous when we have a sub named “Lutonadio”. Sounds like a cyborg from Luton that’s been sent to spy on us!

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