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Come on bobby not like you not to keep up.
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Let’s face it Cox’s team never did get used to playing together.
Onwards and hopefully upwards.
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I am not a Colchester supporter but I know how long it takes for a new team to get used to playing together
Go on the thread ” Colchester fan on the league so far ” read it and have a laugh, I assure you it was nothing personal premier iron.
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Swanny must be loving Hill, encouraging more supporters to attend, even got UNITY into his pre match interview. And all that after losing the last 6 games, should keep his gob shut Imo till we win a few then ask. But then again I wish he would just stick to managing the team.
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I am not a Colchester supporter but I know how long it takes for a new team to get used to playing together
Go on the thread ” Colchester fan on the league so far ” read it and have a laugh, I assure you it was nothing personal premier iron.
He’ll get it tomorrow if he goes to GP!!
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Come on bobby not like you not to keep up.
It’s exactly like me, not keeping up!😃
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Just been listening to Keith’s interview with bbc sounds: It’s been a while since I heard an Iron manager espouse such intelligence and positivity: I hope I’m not posting something that has already been discussed here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bm0j89
UTBI
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Learn to keep your gob shut Mr Hill the fans turned up like you asked,even after 6 defeats on the bounce, to see the same old same old. Fans expect and demand better than that.
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Think the next 17 games are what counts not the past two seasons, what is done is done, keep going and supporting or keep going and keep moaning or stop going and keep moaning or just stop. Endless permutations, I’m going to keep going and just say it as it is as it happens, what happened with certain players 1,2,3 or whatever seasons back means nothing constructive now, what matters is the manager working with these current players he all knows from previous times and working hard NOW to get best out of them NOW,nothing else from years back is relevant and will probably be counter productive anyway. Concentrate on the last 17 games and then let’s see, personally I think we are done but looking back means nowt IMO.
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Which bookies does Mr Hills friend use, I’ll have some of that 9to1 for relegation, it’s an imaginary friend really though isn’t it?. Just managers spiel he’s coming out with. We know we’re in the shite Mr Hill that’s why you were brought in to do something about it. Please get on and do it.
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If Keith Hill was good enough to turn around the 4 years of decline in 3 months then he would be managing a Champions League side – not trying to work the miracle with ten bob players at the Sinking Sands.
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To be fair he’s a young kid from u23’s played 3 games in a week and the amount of work he get’s through is admirable, yes you’re right we should expect all players to get 90mins out of game in game out but he’s an undercooked kid in footballing terms not a robot.
The other players Hill had to sign, through no fault of his own are nowhere near match fit.
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Good job we didn’t sign Calvin Andrew then!
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Topics: 11The point I suppose is that we signed players whose prospect of gainful employment elsewhere was limited.
If the story is to be believed we have a budget that would place us in the bottom half of the national league which means trying to bring in quality, unless you’re going to try and run with a squad of 14 or 15, is virtually impossible.
The fact Hill knows the players in question in some respects is almost irrelevant.
I’m sure he knows hundreds of players, but we can’t afford most of them.
You only have to look at the game time and recent scoring records (or lack thereof) of the players who he’s brought in to realise why we were able to afford them and why we didn’t have to beat off an army of other clubs to get them. Basically we were left scavenging for left overs and scraps on deadline day.
Being kind, defensively I don’t actually think we’re that bad, and as a side I don’t see a lack of effort – but the lack of quality in the middle of the park and further up the field is absolutely frightening.
It’s significantly worse than I can ever remember and I go back nearly 50 years – and have seen lots of dross, particularly back in the 70’s (when crowds were significantly lower than now might I add).
That comes down to wages, pure and simple. We can’t compete with the rest of the division in terms of players who are sought after to any extent.
Assuming we go down, then under Swann sadly we’ll face exactly the same issue in the National League next season.
It doesn’t matter to an extent who he puts in charge either.
If you’ve got a crappy 3 wheel van that’s 40 years old you can put Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel and he’s still not getting a ton out of it down the motorway.
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