We began sprightly enough with a well worked goal in the 3rd minute from striker Jordan Rhodes after a sharp cross from Jack Hunt who had outspaced his marker. 'Hey up,' I thought, 'this is going to be easy.' You'd think after watching Town play for almost 30 years I'd have known better than to let such an idea pass through my head. Less than two minutes later Colchester equalised with Town defender Peter Clarke being bettered by Odejayi. Still, Rhodes had another chance not long afterwards that produced a brilliant save. Town were looking good. But after the bright start it all went a bit flat. Our defence was continually breached with Naysmith in particular seeming slow on the right wing. Colchester scored a second (Antonio on 27) and I'm afraid Town players were booed off by some fans as the half ended.
The second half was different again. Danny Ward, who signed a permanent contract during summer, came on for Gary Roberts. Ward's a quality player, pacy and with great ball control. He changed the game. For the next twenty minutes Town had their best spell and played how they should have been playing all season. Rhodes equalised on 59 and Novak put us 3-2 up five minutes later. The last twenty minutes was spent defending the lead.
The win puts Town on 6 points and 11th in the league.
Jordan Rhodes
Meanwhile the top of the table looks like this:
pts
MK Dons 10
Charlton 10
Sheff U 10
Brentford 9
Preston 7
At the other end Leyton Orient have yet to grab a point and newly promotoed Chesterfield are also having a slow start.
Still, it's early days. Give us a few more weeks, a bit of bad weather and the inevitable injuries and we'll start to see which teams look like being contenders. I hope Town are in there.
Helena Pielichaty
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