U's continue fine form with impressive win at Orient (From Essex County Standard)

Fantastic result, and looking at the BBC website it shows that Col Utd had an impressive 72% possession in that game, which is amazing considering we were away from home. Well done Col Utd, I'm proud to be a supporter of this club now, and everything looks positive. Only a few points to play offs, and safely moving away from relegation (which, don't forget we were in with Ward 6 games ago) up the U's!!

Fantastic result, U's! I am having to pinch myself such is the surprise of winning three games on the bounce! I listened ardently on BBC Essex and have to say, I, like many others listening, must have been impressed! Now let's aim high and for the play-offs! Up the U's!!

I managed to persuade my 13 year old Grandson who is a Fulham season ticket holder to come to Brisbane Road last night. Very last minute and he moaned all the way from West London. What a different journey on the way back! He said we were "awesome" and says he will come with me to WHCS whenever it doesn't clash with Fulham. He had been twice when Ward was manager and after his last visit said he was going to report me to the NSPCC for child cruelty! My first view of a Dunne / Kinsella team and I agree with my Grandson. Awesome!

And that's the way we need to be....entertaining. There's a core support of about 3,000 fans who will watch the u's what ever. But if we are going to attract more fans then we need to continue playing this attractive attacking football as people want to be entertained, yes we will lose a couple but its worth it compared to jw style defensive/ a draw will do or ab hoofball.
Up the u's

Also great to see woody score, he is blossoming under dunne. People used to constantly moan about him, but that's because the negative football being played past couple of years did him no favours. Think he will have a great season

One of the first things on the agenda for me right now if I was the chairman, would be to to sit down with Joe and offer him an extended contract. Eyes will soon be preying down from higher clubs above, and I believe Joe is only on a contract to end of season. Fantastic result again last night, and once again keeping a clean sheet. When I look back to some of the blogs from certain quarters ( no names mentioned only it begins with N ) when Ward was in charge,I now hope they have opened their eyes. Always trying to blame it,on low budgets, and other managers having had bigger purse strings. Just a load of B-llocks. It all boils down to hardwork,organisatio
n of the players on the pitch, and players wiling to take the ball forward and create. Not in a million years with Ward as manager and Izzet in midfield would we be in this position now. It should be a five thousand crowd for next Tuesday.

All this and Ipswich bottom of the Championship too! Sweet.

In less than a month Joe Dunne and Mark Kinsella have completely transformed Colchester United into a team all supporters can be proud of. The contributions made by the three loanees Jabo Ibehre, Craig Eastmond and Sanchez Watt should not be uderestimated either. The side is now entertaining to watch but producing positive results and, Robbie Cowling must see in retrospect, how poor John Ward was as a team manager.

Another terrific result last night and, now sitting more comfortably in the middle of the table, gives the team a solid platform to build on. With a more positive atmosphere developing at the WHCS now, who knows what can still be achieved this season so, come on you armchair supporters get down to the WHCS and give your team the full support it now richly deserves.

BRILLIANT STUFF - go U's. Pity there are not more positive posts on here after this run of results. If this had been another bad JW performance/result there would have been loads on here by now. Which shows people prefer to moan rather than praise. Said tongue very firmly in cheek!!

Keep playing like this and I will have to consider returning to the stands. Well Dunne Joe!

I'd forgotten how good football can be! Last season I started to read the free EADT during the game - it was just so dull - and this season I was about to give up having watched the U's for more than 30 years. What a difference!! Now I can't wait to see the next match - the U's are playing entertaining,lively,
creative,exciting,pa
ssionate and attacking football. We'll have a few bad results at some point but belief and passion are back at WHCS in abundance. If you havent seen the "new U's" yet I suggest you get along to a game soon.

Joe Dunne's contract is not the only
one we should be concerned about.
Because Anthony Wordsworth's contract expires at the end of this season,as he reportedly signed a two year deal in 2011,unless he has signed a revised deal since then,He will also be twenty four on January 3,so unless he does sign a fresh
contract he could leave on a free at the end of the season.
To be fair to John Ward,Woody enjoyed his best-ever season under JW last season.
He was the U's top league scorer with
thirteen goals,his best-ever total.
He was the players' player of the year.
He was runner up in the player of the
year vote.
He also won the 'goal of the season'
award.
But will this be his last season at
Colchester?.
Twice in recent days Joe Dunne
has acknowledged some of the good work John Ward did for the U's.Joe revealed that the Jabo Ibehre loan deal was being arranged when JW was in charge.In the EADT the other day,
Joe also praised JW for bringing Tom Eastman to Colchester.These are small details,but they tell us a bit more about Joe's goodness and decency.

What a fantastic performance by the super u's. We are really starting to dominate other teams. Our attack is looking amazing and another clean sheet is good for Cousins and the back fours confidence.

I am not getting too carried away at the moment though, because we have seen what has happened to Tranmere recently. We might be good, but great teams play longer than a month. We need to kick on with our form and not look back now until we hit that proverbial wall and then assess our progression when it happens.

crazy comments wrote:
One of the first things on the agenda for me right now if I was the chairman, would be to to sit down with Joe and offer him an extended contract. Eyes will soon be preying down from higher clubs above, and I believe Joe is only on a contract to end of season. Fantastic result again last night, and once again keeping a clean sheet. When I look back to some of the blogs from certain quarters ( no names mentioned only it begins with N ) when Ward was in charge,I now hope they have opened their eyes. Always trying to blame it,on low budgets, and other managers having had bigger purse strings. Just a load of B-llocks. It all boils down to hardwork,organisatio

n of the players on the pitch, and players wiling to take the ball forward and create. Not in a million years with Ward as manager and Izzet in midfield would we be in this position now. It should be a five thousand crowd for next Tuesday.

HEY Mr Crazy man, Glad you are sooo happy now, mind you? you do tend to blow hot & cold. Just hope Col U dont hit a bad patch.. I haven't forgotten you and others on here were not too pleased when Joe Dunne was first installed as manager. John Ward deserves respect for doing his best for the club, he's gone now so there's nothing to gain by putting him down.. As for me I have always been consistant in my view that managers players come and go, It's the club I love..I am so pleased our team is having great success at the moment, and I'm quietly confidant we will make a top six spot this time.
Up the U's...

RB, Lexden wrote:
Joe Dunne's contract is not the only
one we should be concerned about.
Because Anthony Wordsworth's contract expires at the end of this season,as he reportedly signed a two year deal in 2011,unless he has signed a revised deal since then,He will also be twenty four on January 3,so unless he does sign a fresh
contract he could leave on a free at the end of the season.
To be fair to John Ward,Woody enjoyed his best-ever season under JW last season.
He was the U's top league scorer with
thirteen goals,his best-ever total.
He was the players' player of the year.
He was runner up in the player of the
year vote.
He also won the 'goal of the season'
award.
But will this be his last season at
Colchester?.
Twice in recent days Joe Dunne
has acknowledged some of the good work John Ward did for the U's.Joe revealed that the Jabo Ibehre loan deal was being arranged when JW was in charge.In the EADT the other day,
Joe also praised JW for bringing Tom Eastman to Colchester.These are small details,but they tell us a bit more about Joe's goodness and decency.

It is interesting that Jabo Ibehre was on U's radar when Ward was in charge but didn't join until he was sacked. It is also interesting that Eastmond and Watt joined almost immediately after Ward was sacked. Could it be that the parent club and managers of these loanees were not prepared to send them to Colchester whilst they were playing the dire and negative stuff that Ward insisted upon? It wouldn't surprise me if Wenger refused to loan his players while U's were playing Wards desperate brand of 'football'. How on earth could that help their development?

25414nora wrote:

crazy comments wrote: One of the first things on the agenda for me right now if I was the chairman, would be to to sit down with Joe and offer him an extended contract. Eyes will soon be preying down from higher clubs above, and I believe Joe is only on a contract to end of season. Fantastic result again last night, and once again keeping a clean sheet. When I look back to some of the blogs from certain quarters ( no names mentioned only it begins with N ) when Ward was in charge,I now hope they have opened their eyes. Always trying to blame it,on low budgets, and other managers having had bigger purse strings. Just a load of B-llocks. It all boils down to hardwork,organisatio n of the players on the pitch, and players wiling to take the ball forward and create. Not in a million years with Ward as manager and Izzet in midfield would we be in this position now. It should be a five thousand crowd for next Tuesday.

HEY Mr Crazy man, Glad you are sooo happy now, mind you? you do tend to blow hot & cold. Just hope Col U dont hit a bad patch.. I haven't forgotten you and others on here were not too pleased when Joe Dunne was first installed as manager. John Ward deserves respect for doing his best for the club, he's gone now so there's nothing to gain by putting him down.. As for me I have always been consistant in my view that managers players come and go, It's the club I love..I am so pleased our team is having great success at the moment, and I'm quietly confidant we will make a top six spot this time. Up the U's...

You got that wrong Nora . I was in full support of Joe Dunne being appointed as manager. The U's are playing a lot better now, but I'm not getting to carried away, because Joe Dunne still has some big team rebuilding to do as yet before it compares with the promotion winning team that Parky built. Joe knows that himself.