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Thought I’d kick this thread off and looking forward to having a full programme of fixtures. Yesterday felt odd. We have to bounce back at home vs Cheltenham. Yesterday was poor but there were extenuating circumstances, despite the fact Orient deserved the win. We’ll have both Sinisalo and...

Every year there’s a number of players that come from nowhere and take the league by storm. Although I wasn’t following league 1 much last season, I can still see the likes of Alfie May and Cole Stockton were top performers, when many wouldn’t have known about them previously. So who’s your...

So we’re now into week 4 of pre season and we’ve all had chance to play some friendlies…From what you’ve seen/heard so far: 1. Who’s impressed you the most and you expect to be star player this season? 2. Also any youngsters coming through that you expect to make an impact this season? For...

Last season Grimsby came away with all 3 points from SJP and James McKeown put in one of the best goal keeping performances we’ve seen in years, so I am hoping he won’t be in similar form this time around. To make things even more enjoyable we have the fat tub of lard, Brett Huxtable refereeing...

Tough game for us and I will be delighted if we’re still unbeaten come 5pm on Saturday. Newport fans must be delighted that Flynn is staying, as are we re Taylor so it’s a chance for both managers to show just how good their teams are. We’ve struggled at Rodney Parade the last two seasons and I...

Can’t believe the new season is here already, but I am really looking forward to this opening fixture. It looks, on paper, like a home banker. Macc are in a bit of turmoil and we’re looking solid and have made some decent signings. However, I’d be amazed if we steamroll Macclesfield and come...

So, with less than 1 month till the season starts, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the following questions heading into 19/20.... Key player - Signing you’re most excited about - The player you expect to step up this season - Fixture you’re most looking forward to - Who will go...

Not much excitement for this one. Despite our play off fate being in our own hands it feels like we’re on a bit of a downer following Tuesday’s loss. Vale have improved lately and are always a threat with Pope and Whitfield. I’m hearing Oyeleke is out isn’t he? That can only be a good...

Other than Yeovil this is our closest away trip, just a mere 110 miles away. Think we’ve sold our initial allocation so will be travelling in good numbers. I just hope we can reward the fans with a good performance and a result. Last week’s debacle really shocked me as we looked so far short of...

So, with the mighty Mansfield faltering a bit of late and slipping out of the top 3, and now that we’ve gotten our act together this could be a prelude to the play off semi final in May.... However, a win for us would keep our faint top 3 hopes alive as we have a game in hand although we’d need...

Hard to believe we had a bit of needle with Colchester back in the 90s which started with fans fighting at Layer Road, one of our flags being stolen and set alight, and then our old club bar being smashed up in the return game at SJP. Those were the days... Onto 2019 and this is a big game for...

Anyone know why this game’s kicking off at 2pm? Pretty annoying. Anyway, hopefully we can bounce back from Saturday’s defeat but will need to be a whole lot better. Fingers crossed a few key players will be back starting and we can get a positive result. Was impressed with Northampton earlier...

Need to win today to atone for the last second equaliser on Tuesday. Looks like we’re still going to be without Law, Moxey and Lee Martin which isn’t ideal and expect Boateng to be on the bench. Tranmere are decent and their obvious threat is Norwood so we will need to keep him quiet. I rate...

We need to bounce back after Saturday’s loss but this isn’t an ideal game to do that considering Crewe have a great home record of late, so we’ll need to be on our game to get anything. I’m anticipating a few changes, hopefully Lee Martin and Jonathan Forte will be back plus I’d be keen to see...

Stupid thread title I know but it just shows the number of former ECFC staff/players that will be returning to SJP on Saturday. Just hope the game doesn’t descend into a bit of a circus due to the feelings some fans have toward Tisdale and the others. Apparently there were some idiotic chants...

Urgh, not optimistic about this one. Bury are flying and seem to score shit loads at Gigg Lane and we’re in a real slump at the moment. Could it be one of those games where we pick up the points against the odds? Would love to think so but just can’t see it. Have this feeling Maynard, Mayor...

I wonder if the big man will be at SJP to cast an eye over his new team tonight? Possibly not if he’s only just been appointed... Fuck knows what’s going to happen tonight. Will Macc turn in an impressive performance as so often happens when a new man comes in? Or will they scare him shitless...

Not confident with this one. I actually think Colchester may well go up this season and I believe they’re decent at home? Norris and Szmodics are a big threat going forward so will undoubtably cause us problems from the off. We played pretty well vs Northampton last week and we’re starting to...

Christ knows what team we will put out on Saturday due to our current injury list but it’s a big game for us as we really neee a league win to edge back towards the top 3. We stopped the rot with a 2-0 win last night in the shit cup thingy against a second string Bristol Rovers, but hopefully...

Really tough one, this. Tranmere have done really well since coming up and they got a great win against Crawley who are no mugs. Obviously they have a huge threat with Norwood and I sometimes forget he played for us years ago when he was a teenager but was let go under a bit of a cloud...