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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS 09:07 - Mar 14 with 1975 viewsdurham_exile

After a magnificent home victory against Port Vale on Tuesday night, the Super U’s are now unbeaten for 12 matches and have won the last 4 in a row.

The transformation under the Cowleys after the last four seasons of real struggle has been phenomenal.

League Table as of 14 March:

Walsall 37 69
Bradford 36 66
Doncaster 36 62
Notts Co 36 61
Wimbledon 36 60
PV 35 58
Crewe 36 56
Grimsby 36 56
COL U 36 55
Bromley 37 52

Our 10 remaining games:

Saturday 15 March 3pm Fleetwood Home
Saturday 22 March 3pm Bradford Away
Friday 28 March 7:45pm Grimsby Home - Sky Sports+
Tuesday 1 April 7:45pm Gillingham Away - Sky Sports+
Saturday 5 April 3pm Notts Co Home
Saturday 12 April 3pm Newport Away
Friday 18 April 3pm Crewe Home – Sky Sports+
Monday 21 April 3pm Doncaster Away – Sky Sports+
Saturday 26 April 3pm Salford Away
Saturday 3 May 3pm Barrow Home

Now I know comparisons are often onerous, but I can’t resist considering the current team with the side that Parky took up to the Championship in 2005/06.

Now don’t forget this was League One not League Two but this is how the 2005/06 table looked after 46 games. Top 15 places only:

Southend 46 82 Promoted
COL U 46 79 Promoted (W22 D13 L11 58 40 +18 )
Brentford 46 76
Huddersfield 46 73
Barnsley 46 72 (promoted via play-offs)
Swansea 46 71
Nottingham Forest 46 69
Doncaster 46 69
Bristol City 46 65
Oldham 46 65
Bradford 46 61
Scunny 46 60
PV 46 60
Gillingham 46 60
Yeovil 46 56

Our team on May 6th for that final league game was:

Dean Gerken
Greg Halford
Neil Danns
Kevin Watson
Karl Duguid
Chris Iwelumo
Pat Baldwin
John White
Liam Chilvers
Scott Vernon
Jamal Campbell-Ryce

Subs:
Kem Izzet
Tony Thorpe
Mark Cousins
Gary Richards
Billy Clarke

Missing that day were: Aidan Davison, Wayne Brown and Mark Yeates.

Our last ten matches that season were: (Colchester score first)
Doncaster A 0-0*
Scunny A 0-0*
Brentford H 1-1
Nottingham Forest A 0-1*
Hartlepool H 2-0
Chesterfield A 2-2*
Tranmere H 1-0
Bournemouth A 2-1
Rotherham H 2-0
Yeovil A 0-0*
*Games that I attended.

It is impossible to accurately compare player by player and I’m not going to attempt that but the team that DC and NC have built can certainly achieve promotion to League One this season.

Could it also be argued that the 2024/25 team is actually better than the 2005/06 side.

Anyway, DC has more headaches squad selection wise with Fleetwood in Town on Saturday. Jamie McDonnell will be missing again and Teddy Bishop plus Samson Tovide must unfortunately be doubtful for the game.

The Cod Army led by Pete Wild and with Brendan Wiredu in their ranks arrive in good form unbeaten in their last four games. Earlier this season we took a point in a 0-0 draw at Highbury. The last time I travelled to Fleetwood was April 25, 2015, when we scored two goals in the last 6 minutes to turn around the result from 2-1 down to a 3-2 win.

On Saturday I think the U’s will ease to a 3-0 win to keep the magnificent unbeaten run going but also ensure a fifth consecutive win.

DC is likely to be forced into at least one change with Samson Tovide possibly unfit. Hopefully Gordon and KVY will have recovered from the sickness bug.

Therefore, the team is likely to be as follows:

Macey

Egbo Kells Flanagan Iandolo

Hunt Read

Anderson Payne Edwards

Taylor

Subs:
Smith Simpson Tucker Aboh Thorn Gordon KVY

Colchester weather on Saturday will be sunny, dry and 8 degrees Celsius but breezy. The pitch continues to be challenging but the ground staff will have been working hard since Tuesday night.

Colchester to win 3-0 to send out the message that we are no longer operating under the radar but are there on merit and growing in emphasis every game.

The faithful will be there in force with a 5,000-gate expected.

Enjoy the match.

Up the U’s


[Post edited 14 Mar 10:31]

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:34 - Mar 14 with 1401 viewsRSCOSWORTH

I'm expecting the same starting XI but with Iandolo in midfield instead of Hunt, as it was on Tuesday night. According to what I've read Iandolo's yellow cards at Swindon DO NOT count in terms of yellow card accumulation so he sits on nine yellow cards going into Saturday's game. It's game 37 so pretty much the last chance for him to be suspended for accumulation of yellow cards. Fingers crossed he stays out of the referee's book as we can't afford to lose him for two games at this stage of the season.

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:52 - Mar 14 with 1369 viewsTheOldOakTree

You’ve missed someone from the 2006 team. Possibly Halford?

That season we had Iwelumo 19 goals, Danns 16 goals, Halford 8 goals, Garcia 8 goals. We also had Davidson, Watson, Brown, Chilvers, Yeats. All good enough to play in the championship. In my opinion the team was far superior to the players we have been able to attract recently and of course it needed to be to reach the Championship.

Parky did an amazing job, but I feel that if DC/NC can get us promoted it would way exceed Parkys achievement. With two or three exceptions, we have a squad of L2 players, who DC has playing better as a team than the sum of their individual abilities. Then consider the state of the club when DC/NC arrived, compared to the relatively stable club that Parky joined. Probably the most relevant point is that the arrival of DC/NC has coincided with our main man abandoning his crackpot philosophy of bringing players and coaches through the academy all playing the 'Colchester way'.
[Post edited 14 Mar 9:59]
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:57 - Mar 14 with 1361 viewsTheOldOakTree

BIlly Clarke? Was he the little shite we had on loan from the binners who was too good to play for the U's?

Threw a proper tantrum when he was subbed at Layer Road and stormed off down the tunnel in a huff, only to be hauled back to sit on the bench.
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 10:00 - Mar 14 with 1361 viewsdurham_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:52 - Mar 14 by TheOldOakTree

You’ve missed someone from the 2006 team. Possibly Halford?

That season we had Iwelumo 19 goals, Danns 16 goals, Halford 8 goals, Garcia 8 goals. We also had Davidson, Watson, Brown, Chilvers, Yeats. All good enough to play in the championship. In my opinion the team was far superior to the players we have been able to attract recently and of course it needed to be to reach the Championship.

Parky did an amazing job, but I feel that if DC/NC can get us promoted it would way exceed Parkys achievement. With two or three exceptions, we have a squad of L2 players, who DC has playing better as a team than the sum of their individual abilities. Then consider the state of the club when DC/NC arrived, compared to the relatively stable club that Parky joined. Probably the most relevant point is that the arrival of DC/NC has coincided with our main man abandoning his crackpot philosophy of bringing players and coaches through the academy all playing the 'Colchester way'.
[Post edited 14 Mar 9:59]


TOOT, thank you for pointing out my error.

I have indeed missed Greg Halford. I didn't copy him in.
Now included.

As I said comparisons are onerous but we will all have our own views on who is superior.

DC will have achieved the most amazing promotion if he can lead us to League One this season. At present the answer is; we are well on course.

Up the U's
[Post edited 14 Mar 10:32]

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 10:16 - Mar 14 with 1341 viewsRSCOSWORTH

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:52 - Mar 14 by TheOldOakTree

You’ve missed someone from the 2006 team. Possibly Halford?

That season we had Iwelumo 19 goals, Danns 16 goals, Halford 8 goals, Garcia 8 goals. We also had Davidson, Watson, Brown, Chilvers, Yeats. All good enough to play in the championship. In my opinion the team was far superior to the players we have been able to attract recently and of course it needed to be to reach the Championship.

Parky did an amazing job, but I feel that if DC/NC can get us promoted it would way exceed Parkys achievement. With two or three exceptions, we have a squad of L2 players, who DC has playing better as a team than the sum of their individual abilities. Then consider the state of the club when DC/NC arrived, compared to the relatively stable club that Parky joined. Probably the most relevant point is that the arrival of DC/NC has coincided with our main man abandoning his crackpot philosophy of bringing players and coaches through the academy all playing the 'Colchester way'.
[Post edited 14 Mar 9:59]


Halford is missing and don't forget the part that Cureton played, albeit as a loan signing, but he was the catalyst for our season turning around.

I agree that the 2005/06 team was far superior in pretty much every position. I think a few of this year's team would make the squad with maybe Iandolo and Edwards pushing for a starting spot. Also football was different back then to how it is now.

I think our best team that season was:

Gerken
Halford
Brown
Chilvers
Duguid
Garcia
Watson
Danns
Iwelumo
Cureton
Yeates

I forget that we went into that final game against Yeovil with no Brown, no Yeates, no Garcia and no Cureton.

I think the promotion season was Parkinson's third full season in charge and we'd finished 15th, 12th, 11th and 15th in the previous four. Cowley has been in charge for just over a season and our last four season's have seen us finish 20th, 15th, 20th and 22nd. From where we were 12 months ago it's quite some turnaround. And we've sold four players in that time plus two of our better players from last season decided to leave.

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 10:45 - Mar 14 with 1291 viewsRSCOSWORTH

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:57 - Mar 14 by TheOldOakTree

BIlly Clarke? Was he the little shite we had on loan from the binners who was too good to play for the U's?

Threw a proper tantrum when he was subbed at Layer Road and stormed off down the tunnel in a huff, only to be hauled back to sit on the bench.


That would be him. He was a bit hit and miss for us but did do some good stuff at times. Went on to have a pretty decent career, mainly for Bradford.

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 11:45 - Mar 14 with 1249 viewsburnsieespana

Not really interested in comparing previous teams as every generation is different.
What I do find surprising is we have lost the least number of games in the division.
The PV Manager said we play the %'s so we'll and stats do seem to show this as although we have drawn a lot of games you could argue any other side would have lost a gd number of these.
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 11:46 - Mar 14 with 1234 viewsTheOldOakTree

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 10:16 - Mar 14 by RSCOSWORTH

Halford is missing and don't forget the part that Cureton played, albeit as a loan signing, but he was the catalyst for our season turning around.

I agree that the 2005/06 team was far superior in pretty much every position. I think a few of this year's team would make the squad with maybe Iandolo and Edwards pushing for a starting spot. Also football was different back then to how it is now.

I think our best team that season was:

Gerken
Halford
Brown
Chilvers
Duguid
Garcia
Watson
Danns
Iwelumo
Cureton
Yeates

I forget that we went into that final game against Yeovil with no Brown, no Yeates, no Garcia and no Cureton.

I think the promotion season was Parkinson's third full season in charge and we'd finished 15th, 12th, 11th and 15th in the previous four. Cowley has been in charge for just over a season and our last four season's have seen us finish 20th, 15th, 20th and 22nd. From where we were 12 months ago it's quite some turnaround. And we've sold four players in that time plus two of our better players from last season decided to leave.


Of course, Duguid also went on to sign for Championship side for Argyle. I clearly remember the depleted team struggling that day and our nerves taking a right battering.

In the week running up to our glorious day out in Somerset, in an inebriated state, together with a couple of fellow barsiders, we hatched a cunning plan involving large quantities or blue and white powder paint. The sort we had at primary school, that you fed to the class guinea pig to see if it changed colour (don’t try that at home kids).

Wessex, if you are about, it’s best you stop reading now.

The plan was to rock up at Stonehenge at about 4am, in my mates Transit Custom. With the aid of decorating rollers on long poles, we intended to paint alternate stones of the monument in blue and white. Obviously various logistical problems started to appear as we sobered up, for example, unlike today, in those days you could still be sent to prison. Hence the plan was shelved.

The sight greeting the faithful as they came over the brow of the hill would have been something else and let’s face it, as a national monument it’s pretty drab and could do with a bit of a facelift.

I’m surprised we’ve never knocked it down, because in all honesty it’s a bit of an embarrassment to British construction. Where was the value engineering? It’s so over designed, the money wasted on the oversized structure could have gone towards a retractable roof. Why did they build it so close to the A303? Other pagans around the world made do with far more modest constructions and it never did them any harm (apart from the ones that were sacrificed). Yet again Britain lagging behind the rest of the world, still poncing around in the Neolithic age while our cousins over in Lascaux had already lived through the Dulux age.

I appear to have digressed again….

Whatever happens this season, the transformation in a matter of weeks, of a club on life support to one that is fighting fit is legendry.
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 12:33 - Mar 14 with 1208 viewswessex_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 11:46 - Mar 14 by TheOldOakTree

Of course, Duguid also went on to sign for Championship side for Argyle. I clearly remember the depleted team struggling that day and our nerves taking a right battering.

In the week running up to our glorious day out in Somerset, in an inebriated state, together with a couple of fellow barsiders, we hatched a cunning plan involving large quantities or blue and white powder paint. The sort we had at primary school, that you fed to the class guinea pig to see if it changed colour (don’t try that at home kids).

Wessex, if you are about, it’s best you stop reading now.

The plan was to rock up at Stonehenge at about 4am, in my mates Transit Custom. With the aid of decorating rollers on long poles, we intended to paint alternate stones of the monument in blue and white. Obviously various logistical problems started to appear as we sobered up, for example, unlike today, in those days you could still be sent to prison. Hence the plan was shelved.

The sight greeting the faithful as they came over the brow of the hill would have been something else and let’s face it, as a national monument it’s pretty drab and could do with a bit of a facelift.

I’m surprised we’ve never knocked it down, because in all honesty it’s a bit of an embarrassment to British construction. Where was the value engineering? It’s so over designed, the money wasted on the oversized structure could have gone towards a retractable roof. Why did they build it so close to the A303? Other pagans around the world made do with far more modest constructions and it never did them any harm (apart from the ones that were sacrificed). Yet again Britain lagging behind the rest of the world, still poncing around in the Neolithic age while our cousins over in Lascaux had already lived through the Dulux age.

I appear to have digressed again….

Whatever happens this season, the transformation in a matter of weeks, of a club on life support to one that is fighting fit is legendry.


LOL - Just Stop Oil achieved something similar with their orange powder spray. Just to nerd out for a brief moment, there are some international significant lichen colonies on the stones, who really wouldn't have taken kindly to joining the blue and white army (i.e. by dying).

Btw - whilst working in Windsor back in the 80s I genuinely overhead some elderly American tourists comment that the castle was wonderful, but why did they build it under the Heathrow flight path

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 13:41 - Mar 14 with 1158 viewsTheOldOakTree

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 12:33 - Mar 14 by wessex_exile

LOL - Just Stop Oil achieved something similar with their orange powder spray. Just to nerd out for a brief moment, there are some international significant lichen colonies on the stones, who really wouldn't have taken kindly to joining the blue and white army (i.e. by dying).

Btw - whilst working in Windsor back in the 80s I genuinely overhead some elderly American tourists comment that the castle was wonderful, but why did they build it under the Heathrow flight path


Potholes, crumbling schools, lichen on our monuments, it’s just poor maintenance. Can’t we look after anything these days?

Surely English Heritage can run to a Karcher?

https://jarder.co.uk/5l-jarder-ultra-powerful-lichen-remover.html?gad_source=1&a

Always here to help.
[Post edited 14 Mar 16:53]
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:35 - Mar 14 with 1132 viewsMarkyMark47

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:34 - Mar 14 by RSCOSWORTH

I'm expecting the same starting XI but with Iandolo in midfield instead of Hunt, as it was on Tuesday night. According to what I've read Iandolo's yellow cards at Swindon DO NOT count in terms of yellow card accumulation so he sits on nine yellow cards going into Saturday's game. It's game 37 so pretty much the last chance for him to be suspended for accumulation of yellow cards. Fingers crossed he stays out of the referee's book as we can't afford to lose him for two games at this stage of the season.


That's a really good point about Iandolo. Fingers crossed for no card tomorrow. It would be disastrous to lose him for the following two games.
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 09:55 - Mar 15 with 848 viewswessex_exile

South and East stands selling well, looks like you might be right about the crowd Durham.

https://tickets.colchesterunited.net/Tickets/BuyTickets/SeatSelection/34739

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 10:44 - Mar 15 with 812 viewswessex_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:35 - Mar 14 by MarkyMark47

That's a really good point about Iandolo. Fingers crossed for no card tomorrow. It would be disastrous to lose him for the following two games.


I'd almost be tempted to bench Iandolo for this game - yes he's a vital part of the team, but I'd rather he sat this one out than risk losing him for two more games, particularly with the trip to Bradford next Saturday.

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 10:50 - Mar 15 with 809 viewsdurham_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 10:44 - Mar 15 by wessex_exile

I'd almost be tempted to bench Iandolo for this game - yes he's a vital part of the team, but I'd rather he sat this one out than risk losing him for two more games, particularly with the trip to Bradford next Saturday.


Wessex very good point about Iandolo.

With 10 vital games to come, although we have a squad it's all about playing our best team.

Bishop and McDonnell are already sidelined and we might also be without Tovide today.

All we can do is keep on winning football matches and see where we finish up.

Fleetwood are in good form too so another big match today.

Three more points and we could be top seven tonight.

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 12:10 - Mar 15 with 763 viewsbwildered

Sorry all but should not be comparing this campaign Durham with the last promotion with Parky, but the campaign compared with the same step level campaign under Wiggy .

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 12:22 - Mar 15 with 756 viewsdurham_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 12:10 - Mar 15 by bwildered

Sorry all but should not be comparing this campaign Durham with the last promotion with Parky, but the campaign compared with the same step level campaign under Wiggy .


bwildered I will consider that before the Bradford game.

From memory I think Steve Wignall went unbeaten for 17 games.

I suppose the point is we are all admiring the job that the Cowleys have done but nothing has been achieved yet.

10 more games will ultimately determine the U's season but I think something very special is being achieved in North Essex.

It is both exciting and challenging in equal measure. The team spirit is not in doubt and if you consider the brilliance of Tovide's goal and that free kick from Taylor on Tuesday night then they demonstrate the quality within the team

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:28 - Mar 15 with 693 viewsdurham_exile

Team

Macey

Egbo Kells Flanagan Hunt

Read Iandolo

Anderson Payne Edwards

Taylor

Smith Gordon Simpson Tucker Aboh Thorn Jolliffe

Up the U's

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:39 - Mar 15 with 678 viewsWitham

After lunchtime results just 8 points fro. Automatic
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:41 - Mar 15 with 675 viewsTheOldOakTree

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:28 - Mar 15 by durham_exile

Team

Macey

Egbo Kells Flanagan Hunt

Read Iandolo

Anderson Payne Edwards

Taylor

Smith Gordon Simpson Tucker Aboh Thorn Jolliffe

Up the U's


Tough game, Fleetwood are better than their league position would suggest, but we can do this. Hope there’s plenty of noise from the 12th man/woman.
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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:45 - Mar 15 with 664 viewsdurham_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 14:41 - Mar 15 by TheOldOakTree

Tough game, Fleetwood are better than their league position would suggest, but we can do this. Hope there’s plenty of noise from the 12th man/woman.


Win this afternoon and we could be Sixth tonight.

Walsall 37 69
Bradford 36 66
Doncaster 37 63
Notts Co 36 61
Wimbledon 36 60
PV 35 58
Crewe 37 57
Grimsby 36 56
Col U 36 55

Come on how much do we want this
Up the U's

Durham_exile

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 16:20 - Mar 15 with 600 viewsdurham_exile

We've got Lyle Taylor

Durham_exile

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 16:31 - Mar 15 with 588 viewsdurham_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 16:20 - Mar 15 by durham_exile

We've got Lyle Taylor


And Owura Edwards

2-0

Top seven

Simply magnificent

Bring on the Bantams

Durham_exile

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 16:40 - Mar 15 with 569 viewsdurham_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 16:31 - Mar 15 by durham_exile

And Owura Edwards

2-0

Top seven

Simply magnificent

Bring on the Bantams


Automatic promotion is within our reach now.

Superb performance again.

Durham_exile

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 16:53 - Mar 15 with 555 viewsdurham_exile

Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 16:40 - Mar 15 by durham_exile

Automatic promotion is within our reach now.

Superb performance again.


Jack Payne

3-0

Magnificent

5623 at the JCS

Durham_exile

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Cod Army to be battered by Superlative Super U's at Fortress JCS on 17:27 - Mar 15 with 498 viewsCrashBandicoot

Never mind the play offs, I also think automatic promotion is on the table.
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