| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game 12:50 - Dec 12 with 649 views | RSCOSWORTH |
It's two 12:30 kick offs in as many Saturdays for the U’s as they make the trip up to Salford on the back of a battling goalless draw against Gillingham and an unfortunate midweek defeat by West Ham U21’s in the Vertu Trophy. Danny Cowley was announced as the League Two Manager of the Month this morning and I’m hoping the dreaded Manager of the Month curse doesn’t raise it’s ugly head tomorrow. Although I think I remember someone completely disproving the theory that there is any kind of curse.
With no one from Tuesday night really pushing their case for starting spot I’m expecting the U’s to line up as follows:
Macey
Vincent Young Tucker Araujo Iandolo
Bishop Read
Lisbie Anderson
Mbick
Tovide
Subs
Smith Hunt Goodwin Gape Edwards Williams Kuffour Jr. (Terry if Araujo injured)
This means there’s no place in the squad for Oni, Gordon or Powell. With Payne, Baldwin, Perry, Akande and Flanagan all still unavailable due to injury.
Araujo looked in a fair bit of discomfort towards the end of the Gillingham game, I was surprised he managed to carry on at the time, but he did seem to be moving better by full time. I did think it may be cramp but the fact that he didn’t figure against West Ham U21’s, possibly cup-tied, and that we’ve recalled Terry from Braintree makes me worried that it’s a more serious issue. If Araujo is unavailable the obvious replacement, with Flanagan and Baldwin both being out, is Kuffour Jr., who has looked decent in the Vertu Trophy games. Another option would be to bring Hunt into the back four but that might lead to other positional changes.
Despite sitting three places and two points above us in the table Salford’s recent league form has been patchy to say the least with two wins, two defeats and two draws in their last six matches. They’ve also had two high scoring cup games recently, a 4-0 victory over Leyton Orient last Friday and a 7-2 defeat by Rotherham a few days previous, both at home. Our record against Salford is a positive one with six wins and three draws from 12 previous meetings however they were the only team in League Two last season that we didn’t take at least a point off. There are a few former U’s in the Salford squad with Ossama Ashley, Luke Garbutt and Dan Chesters all currently in their squad although I’m only expecting Garbutt, who is their captain, to figure tomorrow. On the subject of Garbutt I remember when he first signed on loan for us thinking how good he looked and that he was playing at a level far beneath his ability. It seems that injuries prevented him having the career many expected him to have (he was capped by England at U16 to U21 level) and he only made five appearances for Everton in between loan spells at Cheltenham, us, Fulham, Wigan, Oxford and Ipswich before joining Blackpool, where he spent three seasons, and he’s now in his third season at Salford.
Tomorrow will be the Danny and Nicky’s 100th game in charge of the U’s. No mean feat in the world of modern football and although it’s not always been smooth sailing I, for one, am so glad we’ve stuck with them. They really have transformed the club both on and off the pitch, which was never going to be easy given we were in a pretty dark place back in January 2024. I feel like we now have a team and a club that we believe in and can get behind and that’s all you really want as a supporter. Since Williams left in 2008 we’ve had 14 permanent managers and only three of them (Ward, McGreal and Cowley) managed the 100 game milestone. I expect Cowley to surpass Ward but he’ll have to go some to overtake McGreal who took charge for over 200 games!
The weather at the Peninsula Stadium tomorrow is, surprisingly, set to be dry and sunny with light winds and a high of 10 degrees. Pretty decent footballing conditions, especially for December. As it’s Danny's 100th game in charge I feel a 1-1 draw would be somewhat fitting and I’m backing Mbick to get our goal.
Up the U’s! |  |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 21:23 - Dec 12 with 545 views | Daniel |
I've heard that Payne and Akande are both back from injury. I expect we won't find out how fit they are until the team is announced at 11:30am tomorrow. |  | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 09:27 - Dec 13 with 388 views | wessex_exile |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 21:23 - Dec 12 by Daniel |
I've heard that Payne and Akande are both back from injury. I expect we won't find out how fit they are until the team is announced at 11:30am tomorrow. |
Great news if so, and great preview too RS. I was quite surprised to learn that since returning to the league over 30 years ago, Danny and Nicky are joining a fairly exclusive group of Col U centurions. Roy McDonough, Steve Wignall, Steve Whitton (2nd spell), Phil Parkinson, Geraint Williams (2nd spell), John Ward and John McGreal. All of them bar Ward (drew) and McGreal (lost) won their 100th game in charge, three of which I was at: Steve Whitton’s Tuesday night League Cup 2-1 win at Portsmouth, Phil Parkinson’s 3-1 win at Torquay whilst collecting signatures for Cuckoo Farm, and Geraint Williams’ 3-1 win at the County Ground, which was also my youngest son Alfie’s very first game watching the U’s. Another one of those would do nicely today. |  |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 11:18 - Dec 13 with 353 views | wessex_exile |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 21:23 - Dec 12 by Daniel |
I've heard that Payne and Akande are both back from injury. I expect we won't find out how fit they are until the team is announced at 11:30am tomorrow. |
Jack Payne on the bench, but so is Lisbie. | |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 11:27 - Dec 13 with 348 views | Daniel |
Macey, Vincent-Young, Tucker, Araujo, Iandolo, Hunt, Read, Bishop, Anderson, Mbick, Tovide | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 11:32 - Dec 13 with 343 views | Daniel |
I can't work out where Hunt is going to play in this line-up. With Lisbie on the bench, my best guess is KVY & Hunt will be on the right wing, but not sure who would be attack and defence. | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 12:20 - Dec 13 with 321 views | wessex_exile |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 11:32 - Dec 13 by Daniel |
I can't work out where Hunt is going to play in this line-up. With Lisbie on the bench, my best guess is KVY & Hunt will be on the right wing, but not sure who would be attack and defence. |
Danny says Mr Versability replaces Lisbie to start with, how long before Hunt stands in for Macey? | |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 12:31 - Dec 13 with 309 views | noah4x4 |
Defensive minded line up.
Then finishers on bench. Makes sense |  | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 12:34 - Dec 13 with 304 views | Daniel |
Looks like KVY ahead of Hunt on the right | | | |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 12:38 - Dec 13 with 298 views | noah4x4 |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 12:31 - Dec 13 by noah4x4 |
Defensive minded line up.
Then finishers on bench. Makes sense |
0-1. Deserved | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 12:50 - Dec 13 with 292 views | gerry_us |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 12:38 - Dec 13 by noah4x4 |
0-1. Deserved |
1-1. Probably deserved due to our complacency |  | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:29 - Dec 13 with 263 views | wessex_exile |
Very close game at the moment, but we're creating some chances. All to play for second half. | |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:39 - Dec 13 with 251 views | wessex_exile |
Fantastic persistence and vision from Iandolo - 2-1 to the U's! | |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:40 - Dec 13 with 250 views | gerry_us |
Iandolo makes it 2-1 to U's. Now...concentrate guys. [Post edited 13 Dec 13:58]
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:41 - Dec 13 with 248 views | noah4x4 |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:39 - Dec 13 by wessex_exile |
Fantastic persistence and vision from Iandolo - 2-1 to the U's! |
Took the words out of my mouth Wessex | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:43 - Dec 13 with 245 views | wessex_exile |
Read makes it 3-1, but it was Tovide charging down the keeper that made that! | |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:46 - Dec 13 with 241 views | noah4x4 |
Dare to dream. | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:46 - Dec 13 with 240 views | gerry_us |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:43 - Dec 13 by wessex_exile |
Read makes it 3-1, but it was Tovide charging down the keeper that made that! |
Oooops 2-3 now. We were sleeping at that free kick | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:03 - Dec 13 with 216 views | gerry_us |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 13:46 - Dec 13 by noah4x4 |
Dare to dream. |
Nightmare? 3-3 | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:06 - Dec 13 with 213 views | noah4x4 |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:03 - Dec 13 by gerry_us |
Nightmare? 3-3 |
Why Gape?!
Hope he proves me wrong, but he has been awful | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:23 - Dec 13 with 203 views | noah4x4 |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:06 - Dec 13 by noah4x4 |
Why Gape?!
Hope he proves me wrong, but he has been awful |
Gape failed to win ball in midfield. Predictable! They go on to score. | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:33 - Dec 13 with 196 views | MarkyMark47 |
Gape reminds me of Woodyard, and look what happened to him. We are short of quality defenders to come off the bench. Why recall Terry and then not use him? |  | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:38 - Dec 13 with 183 views | wessex_exile |
I have no words, three goals away from home and our terrible defending gifts them three of the four they score, the fourth (and the pivotal moment) being a dreadful decision by the referee to give Salford a penalty. | |
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 14:46 - Dec 13 with 177 views | MarkyMark47 |
Hunt made a "seatbelt" type tackle, hence the penalty I think. | | | |
| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 15:08 - Dec 13 with 158 views | gerry_us |
3-1 up away from home with 35 minutes left. Did we make the right decision on how to play out the match? Obviously not.
And if your keeper goes down with an obvious head injury and is treated on the pitch for eight minutes you do NOT leave him on. He even finally left the pitch late on and management should take full responsibility for that mistake. Hope he is OK. [Post edited 13 Dec 15:09]
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| Jammy Draw For Ammies In Danny's 100th Game on 18:24 - Dec 13 with 95 views | bwildered |
Failed to manage the final twenty minutes .
Missed Flanagan in the centre of defence. Both sides look better going forward . Got over run in midfield when we should not have.
Put pressure on a home win next up, but still in a good position considering the away results lately. |  |
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