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Jon Palmer
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Team news, live updates and reaction all here this evening:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/s ... ed-9862089
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Jim
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Pett as the advanced midfielder? Stating the obvious but highlights the need for a new AM this month.

Interesting Hay given the nod upfront, looking forward to seeing him play
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Jim wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 18:14 Pett as the advanced midfielder? Stating the obvious but highlights the need for a new AM this month.

Interesting Hay given the nod upfront, looking forward to seeing him play
Keep Pett there :lol:

Not great that Bradders is off and Adedokun on already.

Some lovely chap from Essex near the TV camera swearing his head off shouting at the "line" and ref over and over. "How's that a f#!$ foul, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref...line, FFS, how's that a f#!$ foul.... Ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref..." He went quiet for a minute when it turned out Bradders was actually injured and had to go off. The gobby twat didn't shut up for long though.
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Terry Tibbs is still chuntering on. I assume he's part of Colchester's set up, as their other fans sound more distant. Really getting on my nerves.
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triggo
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Where is the crowd ????
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What the hell kind of defending was that?! Long ball from the keeper and Lyle Taylor, of all players to just let run free, literally runs onto it one on one and scores. How do we give away such incredibly simple goals?!
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art vandalay
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Where’s the camera - centre of the CF stand? If so, there aren’t any fans near there.
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art vandalay
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Poor from us first half though. Not much constructive football, AJB being given the runaround and Colchester having all the better chances.
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That’s the worst I’ve seen us play since the first half v Swindon.
How can the two centre halves go AWOL in the last few seconds of injury time?
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Shocking defending; reminded me of the series "slow horses!' Colchester have some decent players; yet to see the same skill from CTFC.Why do we hoof the ball upfield to a diminutive CF?
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art vandalay wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 19:52 Where’s the camera - centre of the CF stand? If so, there aren’t any fans near there.
It's the Noddy cup. Away fans down in blocks 7 and 8 and PRE closed...same as it always is.
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This Colchester clown, who has been effing and jeffing at the ref all night, literally just said "have some respect with how you talk" to someone. What an absolute bell end.
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Shade wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 19:35 Terry Tibbs is still chuntering on. I assume he's part of Colchester's set up, as their other fans sound more distant. Really getting on my nerves.
Yeah, this guy's really pissing me off. Someone needs to give him a knee to the balls.
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You'd think the lads hadn't played for 2 months, not 2 weeks. Don't think anyone is playing well, really. A few are doing the basics ok but that's it. Thomas and Archer producing nothing, front two getting no ball, but Miller had a good header saved from the one decent Arkell cross.
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CTFCfan99
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Loose ball - referee waits to see who picks it up, then when Archer gets it, ref decides it's a free kick to them. Make it make sense
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Jerry St Clair
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With 5 mins left we’re not quite hanging on, but I’d be relieved to make it to pens.
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Amazed he's not given a foul on the keeper, but we'll take it!
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Just as I'd settled for it being an incredibly poor 1-1 draw, it's an incredibly poor 2-1 win (maybe) instead :lol:

That shut Terry Tibbs up!
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CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 20:51 Amazed he's not given a foul on the keeper, but we'll take it!
I thought that at first, but on the replay keeper just drops it to Miller
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If we can play that badly and win, it's a good thing.
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Si Robin wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 20:53
CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 20:51 Amazed he's not given a foul on the keeper, but we'll take it!
I thought that at first, but on the replay keeper just drops it to Miller
Fell into his own defender if anything.
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CTFCfan99
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Shade wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 20:54
Si Robin wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 20:53
CTFCfan99 wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 20:51 Amazed he's not given a foul on the keeper, but we'll take it!
I thought that at first, but on the replay keeper just drops it to Miller
Fell into his own defender if anything.
Yep absolutely - just surprised given some of the soft fouls he was giving all game
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Fuller
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Take that but a poor game and overall performance.
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HamTown
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Wow that was undeserved although the losing Bradbury and Pett didn't help things.

Hay looked promising early on but was pretty anonymous.

Hope the Johnsons have an attacking mid in the works as Pett isn't going to cut it as more than a make shift, fantastic finish though.
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Wish the match sponsors had given their keeper the Man of The Match award!
He had barely anything to do, but was the obvious choice.
Another long range effort from Miller.😉
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Just hope Darragh Power the new RB fits straight in, he did well to get that tackle in with his first touch.
AJB isn’t a good enough defender to play there, but ok as a RWB.
£110k in prize money for us so far, and Birmingham and Peterborough also through in the southern section draw. Orient v Stevenage is next week.
Q/F draw is this Saturday.
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Jerry St Clair
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Stevenage marginally preferable to Orient. And the chance to avenge their party-pooping on the final day last year would be nice.

A big “No thanks” to Brum and Peterborough.
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Jerry St Clair
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Jerry St Clair wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 20:45 With 5 mins left we’re not quite hanging on, but I’d be relieved to make it to pens.
This is why we’re all hopelessly addicted to this game and this club. You never know what’s round the corner.
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Garby74
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I actually thought we were OK in spells in first half.

Second half we were out fought.

Took a few challenges for the penny to drop.
Held on and shut up the away crowd.
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art vandalay
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Can’t fault the lads for effort but it was a very scrappy game and we simply never got anything going. Well done their keeper.
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Fuller wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 21:24 Just hope Darragh Power the new RB fits straight in, he did well to get that tackle in with his first touch.
AJB isn’t a good enough defender to play there, but ok as a RWB.
£110k in prize money for us so far, and Birmingham and Peterborough also through in the southern section draw. Orient v Stevenage is next week.
Q/F draw is this Saturday.
Q/F is the first 'open' draw - i.e. not regionalised.
We beat Salford on the way to the Plymouth semi final.

Odds on Birmingham and Wrexham being kept apart...?
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HamTown wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 21:04 Wow that was undeserved although the losing Bradbury and Pett didn't help things.
Unless the referee influenced things through a shocking decision which impacted the result then everything in football is deserved. We scored more than them fair and square so we deserved it.
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HamTown
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 23:10
HamTown wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 21:04 Wow that was undeserved although the losing Bradbury and Pett didn't help things.
Unless the referee influenced things through a shocking decision which impacted the result then everything in football is deserved. We scored more than them fair and square so we deserved it.
Well, yes technically but the amount of conceding possession, how their left winger terrifed us on that side of the pitch along with the 2 howlers from their keeper we were fortunate.

According to skysports they have our passing success at 55.9% 5 shots and 3 on target, tiki taka it was not.
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HamTown wrote: ↑15 Jan 2025, 07:53
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 23:10
HamTown wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 21:04 Wow that was undeserved although the losing Bradbury and Pett didn't help things.
Unless the referee influenced things through a shocking decision which impacted the result then everything in football is deserved. We scored more than them fair and square so we deserved it.
Well, yes technically but the amount of conceding possession, how their left winger terrifed us on that side of the pitch along with the 2 howlers from their keeper we were fortunate.

According to skysports they have our passing success at 55.9% 5 shots and 3 on target, tiki taka it was not.
Fair points. Depends on your outlook on the sport I guess. I have always thought possession to be a misused and meaningless stat in itself, and would argue that teams who regularly win with less possession (e.g. Forest) play more effective football than teams who hog possession and do little with it.

I personally adhere to this paraphrasing of Mourinho’s approach: Most chances conceded are from mistakes; most mistakes happen when a team has the ball; therefore the team who has the most possession concedes the most chances.
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