[spireitematt]

What the hell happened? Even before the sending off we were allowing them to much time on the ball and too much space and weren't closing them down. We were playing route one football knocking the ball long to Novak who was the only one upfront and getting outmuscled and fouled by the Colchester centre backs.

Now comes the sending off. What was the referee thinking? Sordell was going down before Talbot got anywhere near him and the ref was nowhere near the incident to actually see it but gave a red card anyway. After the red card we still allowed Colchester too much time on the ball and the ref was so biased it was unbelievable. First goal was a great free kick (finally after Colchester were awarded most of the decisions) by Jones and then we allowed them back into it because we were beaten at the back and they scored. Then up till half-time we parked the bus and allowed them to run and shoot at us without any one closing them down, if Tommy wasn't between the sticks it could have been 3-4 or even 5-1 at HT.

Second half started exactly the same as the first, we had 10 men behind the ball for a good 10 minutes in the second half parking the bus and what do we do when we got it punt it up the field to no one. The second goal was a good worked goal and a great counter attack by Dan Jones on the left hand side and crossed the ball into the box went past everyone and Dan Gardner followed it up and passed it to Novak to put it the net. The third goal was another good worked goal Ollie Banks set the goal up and Morsy put it away with about 20 minutes to go. Surely game over? Nope this is Chesterfield remember, never do anything the easier way.

Ball punted up long to Novak he chases it the Colchester keeper collects and puts his studs on Novak's thigh and while 2-3 Chesterfield players are appealing to the referee they carry on playing and but the ball in the net and to be fair it was a good goal but we shouldn't have switched off and should have played to the whistle. What do we do for the remaining 15 minutes? We parked the bus again and try and grind out a result but Colchester had other ideas and after taking 2 shots at Tommy Lee in injury time they took a third and it hits Raglan and goes in the net 3-3.

So the conclusion is referee's performance was inept and we played poor.

[Devongone]

Blimey.

Our toddler Baggie had to mark a difficult-sounding opponent. How did he do?

When things are tough, why don't we put on Gnanduillet, he's unusual, strong and difficult to read ....... just the sort of player defenders who are feeling the need to push forward feel nervous about?

On an apparent 33% share of the game we scored 3, how many might we have got had we pushed forward a little more?

[spireitematt]

Blimey.

Our toddler Baggie had to mark a difficult-sounding opponent. How did he do?

When things are tough, why don't we put on Gnanduillet, he's unusual, strong and difficult to read ....... just the sort of player defenders who are feeling the need to push forward feel nervous about?

On an apparent 33% share of the game we scored 3, how many might we have got had we pushed forward a little more?

Well because Talbot got sent off the Fitzwater guy came on for Gboly and we played like a 4-4-1 but in the second half was more like an 8-0-1. Fitzwater was ok he got beat a few times.

Well when Harrison came on for Novak, Harrison was winning the headers and holding up the ball and he had a great 1 on 1 with the keeper but the keeper outfoxed him. Harrison looked good maybe the two goals in the reserves mid-week has boosted his confidence because I think he could play a vital role. It was the sort of game you needed to play 4-4-2 with Harrison or Mani upfront with Armand.

You could tell Colchester came with a game plan and a plan to get one of our players sent off which they succeeded because most of there players were going down when they hadn't been touched and when a Chesterfield player was fouled the referee gave a few of the free kicks to Colchester which was odd.  

The red card changed the game Dev. If Talbot hadn't been sent off the game might have been a little different and we might have won because Talbot was playing pretty well till the referee gave that decision. Once we were down to ten men Colchester sort of forced us into parking the bus which was annoying because the referee was like there 12th man. I suppose a draw was a fair result seeing as we played with 10 men for the majority of the match, if Colchester had won it would have been a kick in the teeth.

At the minute I would say we are going through a bad patch of unluckiness what with injuries and with officials.

[bluepooch]

Don't know much about Callum Harriott except he's on loan from Charlton but he absolutely ran us ragged and was involved in just about everything.It was indeed a baptism of fire for young Fitzy having to cope with him
Would like Harriott in our team.
Not sure if Deano's tactics of 9 men behind the ball was the right decision, I suppose we have to ask ourselves would Cookies team have got anything from the game in the same situation.

[spireitematt]

Don't know much about Callum Harriott except he's on loan from Charlton but he absolutely ran us ragged and was involved in just about everything.It was indeed a baptism of fire for young Fitzy having to cope with him
Would like Harriott in our team.
Not sure if Deano's tactics of 9 men behind the ball was the right decision, I suppose we have to ask ourselves would Cookies team have got anything from the game in the same situation.

I think best form of defence is attack and I think after the 3rd goal we should have been looking for a 4th and could have got a 4th. At the end of the day Dean Saunders is the manager and we should get behind him and the team, he's brought in really good players but he's just been unlucky with injuries.

[Devongone]

I thought the substitution seemed triply hard on young Fitzwater. He's 17, never played a league game. We put him on to play with 10 men, and to get him on we took off the danger man in front of him, Ariyibi .... and he was set to play against the player who was causing a good player like Talbot some trouble. Talk about a baptism of fire ......

We did have an experienced, if much older and slower right back on the bench in Humphreys. Mostly I favour giving young players a game, but this one seemed a bit Soderberg to me - enough rope to hang himself. I'm glad Fitzwater got through it with some credit. It didn't impress me from a management point of view.

[spireitematt]

I thought the substitution seemed triply hard on young Fitzwater. He's 17, never played a league game. We put him on to play with 10 men, and to get him on we took off the danger man in front of him, Ariyibi .... and he was set to play against the player who was causing a good player like Talbot some trouble. Talk about a baptism of fire ......

We did have an experienced, if much older and slower right back on the bench in Humphreys. Mostly I favour giving young players a game, but this one seemed a bit Soderberg to me - enough rope to hang himself. I'm glad Fitzwater got through it with some credit. It didn't impress me from a management point of view.

It was either take off Ariyibi or take off Gardner so when Talbot was sent off he took off Ariyibi put on Fitzwater and player a 4-4-1. Humphreys played RB against Wigan and apparently that wasn't great. Wonder what Soderberg is up to now? When Fitzwater came on in the first half he looked nervous and a bit skittish but in the second half his nerves seemed to have disappeared. Be interesting to see if Jake Beesley will get a run at RB this season or any youth players for that.

[Devongone]

Soderberg plays in the Swedish top flight - first choice I think.

There were lots of choices available for Saunders. For instance, by common consent, Banks has been our worst player this season, get him off. Drop Morsy deeper, go with Ariyibi, Gardner, O'Shea. Come on, the Hump with a whole career behind him, seen fast players throughout his time, or a kid who has trained with the squad twice and has never played a league game. Much as I didn't want the Hump at the club, a moderate game against Wigan shouldn't put him behind a 17 year-old in a crisis. The guy has always come through for us.

I can kinda see how Mr Saunders has avoided trophies and has always been sacked if that's the approach. I reckon he's lucky he didn't break the kid's heart.

[bluepooch]

So judging by tonight's result maybe Saturdays result wasn't a bad one in hindsight.

[Devongone]

Too true Pooch and Colchester had a man sent off ....... but Bury beat 'em even easier remember. Marmalade not quite set?