Up the Us
Up the Us Promoted to the football league in 1950, Colchester United have spent all but two seasons in the bottom two divisions, bouncing between the third and fourth tiers on a regular basis. Howe...
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"Pure Profit" you sound like a true chairman! Selling academy players and players signed on a free makes the deals extra special. It is a good conversation to have though on the striker.
1. Take the deal and move your career up to the top division but miss Europe.
2. Stay in the second division and get to play in Europe.
I would be interested to hear what players would actually prefer.
U’s Fail to Impress
The U’s involvement in the European International Cup was mostly a chastening experience, with defeats against two sides, and one win at the end.
After losing to Brighton in the opening match, the U’s then lost against a Porto side reduced to 10 men after only 6 minutes. They looked way off the pace in matches against higher opposition; especially Porto, the Portuguese champions.
The U’s redeemed themselves in the final fixture, giving Fiorentina a 2-goal start and only really coming alive with a change to 4-1-2-1-2 narrow formation in the second half. Max Dean put them on the road to recovery, and Xisco Aguilar scored the winning goal to send U’s fans back to England with a litte pride at least.
The U’s were invited to a tournament with a higher level of opposition to what they have seen before, probably because of their new status as a club with European football this coming season. Manager Danny Cowley found it a useful development.
“This has been a marvellous exercise for us, to play against much bigger opposition and find out wher we are at,” he said. “We’ve learned a lot for us to go back and consider. Tactics, formations, what some of the players need to work on.
“We have much to do”
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