PMS is back for 2007 with Colchester as visitors to Portman Road, A rather changed squad from my last report. Price is in goal, new boy Wright welcomed to the defense with Naylor as captain whist De Vos is out injured from a training incident with Ian Miller, Bruce partners Naylor in centre with Harding on the left. In midfield are Peters, Williams, Legwinski and Roberts with Lee and Clarke up front. On the bench are a bunch of staff and Supple, Wilnis, Richards, Haynes and O’ Callaghan.

 

Facing the Blues for the U’s is Gerken, Halford, Brown, Watson, Duguid, Izzet, Iwelumo, Garcia, Barker, Richards, and Ephraim. On the visiting bench is Davison, White, Jackson, Guy and Elokobi.

 

The visitor get off to an attacking start, nothing new for the Essex boys, but Tractor boy Bruce is letting no one through unlike the British Government.

 

In the 2^nd minute Duguid is offside and decides to introduce the match ball to the North stand, then in the 3^rd minute Legwinski takes the ball from Garcia and starts an attack but it is short lived, I look away then look back again to a Colchester corner that Watson takes and that’s the end of that.

 

On 6 minutes the Town defense are in their comfortable state or slow allowing Colchester to get a shot in but Price comfortably saves.

 

In the 8^th minute Town have a corner in front of the Green king stand and Town keeper Lewis Price gives a blow up bangy thing to the North stand to play with, meanwhile Naylor heads the corner ball over and out for a goal kick.

 

Onto 11 minutes Tractor Boy Peters brings the ball down on the left wing then strikes a volley into the box but it just keeps going past the right post, then on 12 minutes there is a crisp packet on the pitch, oh the excitement.

 

A handball is given against Williams on 13 minutes, the Colchester free kick is taken by Brown, the delivery is good but the defense is even better.

 

It all happens in the 14^th minute when Lee, Peters and Clarke are playing on attack in the Colchester box the ball crosses the line but the ref says otherwise and play continues with the U’s on the counter, breaking through the defense and hitting the back of the net, it’s the visitors that go a goal up and Clarke is booked for creating an understandable fuss.

 

In the 16^th minute Lee is jumping and waving his arms like a fairy on acid, Peters is then taken down by Brown giving Town a free kick, Roberts takes the kick, the delivery is good heading for goal until Colchester keeper pulls off a fantastic save.

 

Another free kick goes to Town after Izzet stops Williams in his flow, the free kick is crap and a bunch of people are dragged out of the Green King stand.

 

Skipping onto 24 minutes I am looking through my bag for something to suck on- noting, boo, then in the 26^th minute I am busy looking at a cross between Rolf Harris, Chris Evans and Noel Edmunds, scary I know.

 

Peters is gain on attack on 28 minutes the push is strong and so is the push from Halford on Lee inside the Colchester box, Halford gets a yellow, Town get a penalty which Lee takes and scores, its 1 a piece.

 

Not much happens after that until 35 minutes when there seems to be a clash of heads between Wright and Duguid when the match restarts Clarke and Lee are soon attacking the right wing but the attack is again broken from a foul, I’m starting to think this is the Essex boys only form of defense. The attack from the U’s is not much to be admired either with the constant stoppages for offside.

 

Lee gets a lovely shot in on 41 the ball has a beautiful curl on it but hits the cross bar and goes over.

 

44 minutes sees Colchester counter, on the way they are all flying around like a tiger has bitten their bums, Naylor behave, Price collects the ball then releases it for Town when the referee Mr. Graham Laws decides to stop play for a bitten bum.

 

That’s pretty much it for the 1^st 45 and the teams go in with the score line even.

 

The 2^nd half starts and it’s not long before Brown is again conceding free kicks, but Town can make nothing from them.

 

Colchester break on 49 minutes but a possible shot ends up a million miles away.

 

On 53 minutes Colchester have the attack once again after Roberts loses the ball way too easily but it is as successful as the Nutty Professor at camp.

 

Town have a corner in the 55^th minute taken by Williams the delivery is good, both Bruce and Legwinski jump for the ball, Legwinski gets his head to it and sends it past Gerken, Town are now a goal up it’s 2-1.

 

In the 57^th minute Legwinski becomes the man with no name… or number, then in the 60^th minute Roberts sends the ball into the Colchester box, Clarke falls over which somehow results in a free kick to the visitors.

 

Guy replaces Ephraim on 62 minutes and an empty Haribo packet is on the pitch.

 

A long range effort from Lee goes just over the bar on 65 minutes after Iwelumo knocks down Bruce giving Town a free kick then Haynes replaces Clarke for Town on 66.

 

Oh the confusion on 68 minutes when Town can’t  clear a Colchester free kick, the ball is bouncing here there and everywhere around the Town box before a Colchester head knocks the ball into the net, but hey it’s offside, the score is still 2-1, lets all have a disco.

 

It’s nearly 10 minutes before anything worth a mention happens again and all that happens then is Jackson comes on for Izzet for the U’s and we have an argument over who has the funkiest socks this week.

 

Brown is finally booked in the 79^th minute after once again viciously stopping Lee on a goal run, Naylor finds the ball and knocks it out to Peters who hits the ball over.

 

Haynes is managing to find lots of space and in the 82^nd minute the space extends past the defense leaving just the keeper to beat, which he does keeping his derby delight alive, 3-1 to the Tractor Boys.

 

On 84 minutes I’m trying to have 4 different conversations in 4 different directions whilst trying to watch the match and take notes. I’m confused.

 

86 minutes Richards goes off and on 92 minutes Richards comes on.

 

Ok, on 86 minutes White replaces Richards for Colchester and new Town boy O’ Callaghan replaces Lee, meanwhile the North stand try to get a Mexican wave started but are failing miserably.

 

Harding gets into the match in the 87^th minute knocking down Colchester substitute White.

 

4 minutes injury time is added during which Naylor shows us what it’s like to fly and Roberts is replaced by Richards.

 

Price makes a brilliant save then a debatable deliberate handball from Wright gives Colchester a penalty and new Tractor Boy a red card. Iwelumo takes the spot kick, sends Price the wrong way it’s now 3-2.

 

In the 95^th minute of play for something happened resulting in a booking for Williams for decent and another booking for another player whose identity seems to be a mystery.

 

This has been PMS, I have been Shady, you have been you, Thank you and goodnight.  

 

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