The game didn't start off too well for the Spireites, as Drew Talbot recieved a very suspect red card 16 minutes into the game. Colchester striker Marvin Sordell was put through by a team mate, and was then seen to be shoved over by Talbot, preventing him from going one on one with Tommy Lee. However, if you review the footage, it looks like Sordell is offside, and you can also clearly see there was no contact made, so in fact Sordell either dived or tripped up. A poor decision from the officials. However, five minutes later young substitute Jack Fitzwater, who recently arrived on a month long loan from West Brom, won a free kick on the right wing. Left Back Dan Jones delivered, and the ball somehow ended up in the back of the net, it looked like it got a nick on the way through, so whether it was an Ian Evatt header or Dan Jones free kick that drew us level, i can't say. However, BBC Football puts it down as Jones' goal, so it has to go to him. The lead didn't last long however, as pacy forward Gavin Massey equalised in the 28th minute with a fine striker, after a low hard cross from Callum Harriott wasn't dealt with properly by the defence. The game went in at half time at 1-1 after a very open, attacking first half. At the start of the second half, we were very much under the cosh, probably because we only had ten men. However, we proved our solidity by going in front again in the 62nd minute, when Lee Novak scored his first goal for Town with a close range shot, putting us 2-1 up. The next ten minutes were all about Colchester, and Tommy had to make some good saves to keep out efforts from Sordell and Harriot. However, once again we scored against the run of play, this time through a Sam Morsy 74th minute goal, pushing his tally up to three this season. By then the effects of having ten men on the pitch, a 17 year old debutant in RB, and spending the majority of the game with our backs to the wall were starting to show, and just two minutes after us scoring, Colchester clawed a goal back to reduce the deficit to one goal. Midfielder George Moncur the scorer this time, with a good finish from inside the box, into the right hand corner. In the last fifteen minutes, Jones and Banks were both booked, and Harrison and Donohue came on to replace Novak and Gardner, and Harrison had the chance to put us 4-2 up, but apart from that things appeared to have calmed down. Then once again our defensive frailties showed, when we conceded in the 92nd minute to a Charlie Raglan own goal. The young defender can't be blamed however, as the ball was bundled round the box, their player then hit the bar and when the ball was crossed back into the box it hit Raglan two yards out and there was nowt he could do about it. Wrong place, wrong time, that's all you can say about it.
So for the second time in the last two weeks there has been five or more goals at the Proact. Another performance where we've seen lots of weaknesses (the defence). However, we've also seen lots of strengths and positives, in our midfield and ability to score goals even in tough circumstances. Today we should've won, no doubt about it, but to be ten men down for 75 minutes, with a weakened squad, against a team with a good strike force who are desperate to get a win under their belts is never easy, and credit must be given to the lads for giving their absolute all in another entertaining match. Despite throwing two points away, a point was still good to take away from yesterday's game. At least we're not boring!
My Man of the Match: Tommy Lee
This may seem an odd choice seeing as we conceded three goals, but when you think about the fact that he had to put up with top class forwards all day, and a total of ten Colchester shots on target, with little defensive protection, you might be more convinced by my decision. Tommy has been our saviour on more occasions than i can even begin to remember, and yesterday could have been a different result if it weren't for the fans' favourite's performance. In the second half he was under constant pressure from Massey and Sordell, and managed to make a total of eight saves. The last goal was an OG, so he can't possibly be to blame. Just like Morsy, he has been key in pretty much all of our games this season, and will be for the rest of the season.
League Table after yesterday's results:
(=) 1. Gilligham (9GD) (17 pts)
(+1) 2. Walsall (9GD) (16pts)
(+2) 3. Burton (3GD) (15pts) Most places moved up: Barnsley have moved
(-2) 4. Coventry (6GD) (13pts) up 3 places after beating Swindon 4-1
(-1) 5. Sheff Utd (2GD) (12pts) yesterday.
(=) 6. Rochdale (5GD) (11pts)
(+1) 7. Chesterfield (2GD) (11pts)
(-1) 8. Swindon (1GD) (11pts)
(+3) 9. Bury (2GD) (10pts) Most places moved down: Oldham have
(-1) 10. Wigan (0GD) (10pts) moved down 6 places after losing 5-1 to
(+3) 11. Barnsley (-1GD) (10pts) Peterborough yesterday.
(+3) 12. Port Vale (3GD) (9pts)
(-3) 13. Fleetwood (2GD) (9pts)
(-3) 14. Bradford (-2GD) (9pts)
(+3) 15. Shrewsbury (-1GD) (8pts)
(+3) 16. Scunthorpe (-2GD) (8pts)
(+3) 17. Peterborough (-1GD) (7pts)
(+3) 18. Millwall (-4GD) (7pts)
(-6) 19. Oldham (-4GD) (7pts)
(-4) 20. Southend (-3GD) (6pts)
(-4) 21. Doncaster (-4GD) (6pts)
(+1) 22. Colchester (-5GD) (4pts)
(-1) 23. Blackpool (-9GD) (4pts)
(=) 24. Crewe (-8GD) (2pts)
League One top scorers:
- Adam Armstrong-Coventry (5 goals)
- Bradley Dack-Gillingham (5 goals)
- Marcus Maddison-Peterborough (4 goals)
- Paddy Madden-Scunthorpe (4 goals)
- Tom Bradshaw-Walsall (4 goals)
- Leon Clarke-Bury (3 goals)
- Nathan Byrne-Swindon (3 goals)
- Jay O'Shea-Chesterfield (3 goals)
- Abdenasser El Khayati-Burton (3 goals)
- Billy Sharp-Sheff Utd (3 goals)
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