May as well start a thread early to prepare for our inevitable 1st round exit!
In all seriousness - Colchester are on a terrible run of form currently with no wins in the last 7 games (in all comps).
Our current form has picked up with just 2 defeats in the last 7 games (in all comps).
Colchester fans are fed up with the Cowleys tactics and many want them removed as manager already, with a run of managers even more numerous than we have had in the same time scale since 2020.
It will be Holloways first actual game in charge so we will see what he brings to the table in terms of tactics and personel changes to the side, could be interesting.
Colchester fans thoughts on their defeat on Friday and the Cowleys.
Let's be honest. If any of our previous 5/6 managers were doing the things that the Cowleys have been doing this season, most of us would want them gone. Rubbish tactics, rubbish performances, rubbish results.
Utterly abysmal. Worst I have seen in 62 years. No idea how to fix something so broken
I feel sorry for Robbie because he has backed them financially but he must have his finger close to the trigger now, their overall results have been very poor.
Gobshite con artists. Clapping the fans hasn’t worked, and now they’re fresh out of ideas.
Bet they wished they had takes the Bradford offer now. They had a poor stock before they came here, and now they’ll be get another football league job again
So how long do we give the Cowleys?
The recruitment has been disastrous and the players in the squad don’t really seem to suit the way they want to play.
Reading between the lines I’m sure they weren’t happy about having so many players sold in the summer but that’s league 2 for you.
Not sure there is anyone better available at the moment.
Baffled by our performance. There was just nothing to be excited by at all. It was like we weren’t even trying to get an equaliser, where is the passion?!
What an absolute shambles. The ball boys showed more urgency than the players. I know Anderson scored but let’s face it. He couldn’t really miss the open goal after missing it first time around. He has no pace whatsoever and for an alleged winger he can’t even cross it away from the goalkeeper. We will get relegated this season because our players and our management team are not good enough.
It wasn't great and another game shoehorning our best player into a position he will have no effect in.
Let's be honest with ourselves if the Cowley's can't get us out of the mire who can?
We've had more managers than hot dinners recently so I definitely don't want them to get sacked.
Trouble is the Cowleys style brings on half the problems. We sit back and let teams have 70% of the ball, and every attack we do have is hopeful and desperate, we don’t build anything or look like a unit.
The Cowleys have said their teams are front foot, forward thinking, aggressive and like to retain and keep the ball high up the pitch…..yet on the pitch we see the exact opposite. Since Walsall, team has been set up very withdrawn, set up to hang on for the first 60 minutes and then play a bit for the last 30. It does feel like what the Cowleys say and what they actually do are different things at times.
The Cowleys arrived with the reputation of being top level coaches that could coax a performance out of any player and improve any squad beyond their limitations.
We are miles from that at the moment. Miles.
We can't sack the Cowleys. They need time to be able to reflect on their initial ideas and signings, to see that they aren't working
Even with the low price of entry I would be surprised to see us break 5k TBH with Colchester bring at most 150 fans I would think.
I hope Ollie goes back to his tried and trusted 443/433 formation.
