Despite some of the comments I’ve been reading on the CUFC message board I’m pleased with the appointment of the new manager. I think that Paul Lambert will fit the role really well. He has a great footballing pedigree and I can see him going a lot further in the game. I’d be more than happy for Colchester United to be the jewel in his crown when he applies for a top job one day. Hopefully we will see an immediate change in the way the squad is made up, organised and sent out onto the field.
Strip the squad down to its bare essentials and then build it up again as it should be. In fact I think it may already have started, judging by this view of the front window of the club shop. That must be three of the players allocated to ‘other duties’. Who could blame the management after another up and down performance at Cheltenham. I hesitate to refer to any other team as ‘lowly’ since each time they beat us we end up below them, and this week was no different. Yet again we get ourselves a handsome lead and blow it.
The radio commentary took us through the full range of emotions. 3-1 up and it was all Colchester. There’s ony one team in it today. Colchester are walking it through. There’ll be more goals for sure. Oh, yes there were more. Perhaps the players were listening to the commentary too, and forgot they had a match to finish off. At 3-3 there was the tiniest hope of snatching a victory amidst all the disappointment, but I would have settled for another draw snatched from the jaws of victory. But no, after 5 minutes of added time we let them snatch the winner and the whole damn thing has been a wasted effort.
New day Monday, new manager, new era.
Tags: away, cheltenham, cufc, league one
