Ward - I can turn U's fortunes around (From Gazette)

You already have done Ward. We were a play off chasing team before you arrived.

I was there on Saturday, we were beaten fair and square by Brentford who were far better than us and had a manager who did "difficult" stuff like using substitutes and attacking tactics, the only surprise was we didn't lose 4 or 5 nil!

Mr Ward, please consider handing in your resignation - you have lost the support of even your most 'die hard' of fans, of which I once was one! Sorry, but life is tough and you sometimes have to admit defeat, not give inadequate, lame excuses! Up the U's!!

“We’re not getting the results that we want but if we start throwing toys out of the pram and do things totally differently, the players will look at me differently. "

What are you on about JW?
Players will look at you differently... who cares. To be honest if anything the players might look at you with a grin on their face and be surprised.

Please leave Ward. You have lost your support from the fans.

At this moment in time I think he'd be hard pushed to be able to turn a bicycle around.

I don't like sticking the knife into anybody, and this isn't at all personal against JW. But everything he says just makes it seem even worse. I'll wish you all the best, John. But please go before the damage that you're doing to us is irreversible .

Feisty CBC wrote:
At this moment in time I think he'd be hard pushed to be able to turn a bicycle around.

Nice

Clinton told us on Saturday he had been dropped because of his comments to the press, I can understand this at times but in this case his comments were the truth and far from being controversial. Why the hell John didn't use any subs in that searing heat on Saturday I will never know, if he had brought on Clinton or Massey and either of Heath or White in the last 20-25 minutes we may well have survived the ninety minutes or dare I say nicked a win!

Time for Ward Out chants on saturday

Must admit even as an optimist, I don't have the confident in Ward. As hard as it is to admit, watching his style of football really is quite boring!
I thought with the signings of Sears, Morrison, Massey and Bean that there was reason for optimism in the forthcoming campaign. Sadly I'm wrong. Like others have said on other threads, I'll reserve my final conclusion till after the next two home game. If we don't win even one of them, then it's time for Cowling to act.
Robbie can't ignore an appalling run like this for too long, it simply is relegation form, which is bloody depressing given we're only 6 games into the season.

TheCaptain wrote:
Time for Ward Out chants on saturday

They were ringing out towards the end of the game Saturday...........

U's fan wrote:

TheCaptain wrote:
Time for Ward Out chants on saturday

They were ringing out towards the end of the game Saturday...........

Excellent, wasn't at the away game only make home ones.

TheCaptain wrote:

U's fan wrote:

TheCaptain wrote:
Time for Ward Out chants on saturday

They were ringing out towards the end of the game Saturday...........

Excellent, wasn't at the away game only make home ones.

Yep I am mainly home games now gone are the days when I used to travel up and down the country to away games, very expensive these days!

We tied in a visit to RHS Wisley Friday, stayed at my daughters in Teddington over the weekend and went to Brentford on Saturday, the boys toiled hard in the hot weather but they were never going to win, especially when Brentford had used all 3 subs and we only brought on Clinton Morrison because Wordsworth went off on a stretcher.

U's fan wrote:

TheCaptain wrote:

U's fan wrote:

TheCaptain wrote:
Time for Ward Out chants on saturday

They were ringing out towards the end of the game Saturday...........

Excellent, wasn't at the away game only make home ones.

Yep I am mainly home games now gone are the days when I used to travel up and down the country to away games, very expensive these days!

We tied in a visit to RHS Wisley Friday, stayed at my daughters in Teddington over the weekend and went to Brentford on Saturday, the boys toiled hard in the hot weather but they were never going to win, especially when Brentford had used all 3 subs and we only brought on Clinton Morrison because Wordsworth went off on a stretcher.

Sounds like the weekend was good other than the result. Listened to the game on BBC Essex, ward should have used tactical subs rather than enforced ones.

Yes gone are my days of early starts to go to places like Burnley.

TheCaptain wrote:

U's fan wrote:

TheCaptain wrote:

U's fan wrote:

TheCaptain wrote:
Time for Ward Out chants on saturday

They were ringing out towards the end of the game Saturday...........

Excellent, wasn't at the away game only make home ones.

Yep I am mainly home games now gone are the days when I used to travel up and down the country to away games, very expensive these days!

We tied in a visit to RHS Wisley Friday, stayed at my daughters in Teddington over the weekend and went to Brentford on Saturday, the boys toiled hard in the hot weather but they were never going to win, especially when Brentford had used all 3 subs and we only brought on Clinton Morrison because Wordsworth went off on a stretcher.

Sounds like the weekend was good other than the result. Listened to the game on BBC Essex, ward should have used tactical subs rather than enforced ones.

Yes gone are my days of early starts to go to places like Burnley.

Yes good old days, Darlington and back in a day, 600 plus miles in a Vauxhall Astra but it was all worth it because we won 2-1!

Wow Ward you are clueless. How many times have we (the fans) heard you say that you will turn it around, 19 games now JW and only 1 win, when did you turn it around then?

Also when we are winning you get a pat on the back, I can't remember the last time we actually won comfortably. Or even won. Leave now Ward, because on Saturday the fans and stadium will be at full voice singing and repeating only 2 words. Ward Out!!!!!

When will you listen Mr Ward we don’t want you to turn it around we just want you to leave, The club has been negative since you took over.

Throwing the toys out of the pram is exactly what is needed right now!

I have said it before and seeing as though all of you appear like broken records, I might as well say my opinion again........

It is all very good sacking someone, but with out a plan in place, what can you gain????
Wards football might be boring to some, but nobody knows if sacking him will pick up more points than keeping him would. No one can be sure of this, therefore I am sure Cowling is contemplating all scenarios as we speak.

Cowling must be sure we will get relegated with Ward as manager before we throw money at sacking Ward and paying out for a new manager and a new managers signings because after all, the new manager might never want to play Morrison and Sears for example.

And most of you lot on here don't in my opinion (and probably in the opinion of anyone significant at the club) have any real bearing on the majority of Colchester United fans.
I say this because can any of you clan negative members honestly say that you would back Ward should we get 9 points out of our next 4 games???? If the answer is no, then no matter how poor Ward may appear, your opinion is based on personal reasons and NOT football reasons. You would have your claws out for him regardless of results.

And that sir is Bullying.

"I have reasonable confidence in myself".
How very inspiring!

Oh Waluigi please! Bullying? Really? Ward wont return 9 points from 4 games anyway! I agree about the broken records bit though and I cant be bothered to comment on the has been that is Ward. Cowlng is being stubborn like when he sacked Geraint Williams. Took him ages. Get rid of Ward take Dunne with you and lets get someone from the outside like Kevin Blackwell in. Dont think we can afford Redknapp.

super waluigi wrote:
I have said it before and seeing as though all of you appear like broken records, I might as well say my opinion again........

It is all very good sacking someone, but with out a plan in place, what can you gain????
Wards football might be boring to some, but nobody knows if sacking him will pick up more points than keeping him would. No one can be sure of this, therefore I am sure Cowling is contemplating all scenarios as we speak.

Cowling must be sure we will get relegated with Ward as manager before we throw money at sacking Ward and paying out for a new manager and a new managers signings because after all, the new manager might never want to play Morrison and Sears for example.

And most of you lot on here don't in my opinion (and probably in the opinion of anyone significant at the club) have any real bearing on the majority of Colchester United fans.
I say this because can any of you clan negative members honestly say that you would back Ward should we get 9 points out of our next 4 games???? If the answer is no, then no matter how poor Ward may appear, your opinion is based on personal reasons and NOT football reasons. You would have your claws out for him regardless of results.

And that sir is Bullying.

Three wins in the next four games would make it four wins in 23 games. I think most of the comment here is based on the appalling statistics and contributors have every right to feel that it is time for change after one win in 19. I would love to see us pick up nine points in the next four games but it will not disguise the fact that Wards brand of football is dull, uninspiring and susceptible to exactly the kind of poor run that we are in. By contrast, I seem to recall that when Cyril Lee was manager, we scored about 100 goals in a season and leaked about the same number. I couldn't wait for the next game! We probably only ended up in mid table but boy was it great entertainment. I respect your blue and white blood SW but you must respect other peoples views too which I am afraid have significant credibility.

super waluigi wrote:
I have said it before and seeing as though all of you appear like broken records, I might as well say my opinion again........

It is all very good sacking someone, but with out a plan in place, what can you gain????
Wards football might be boring to some, but nobody knows if sacking him will pick up more points than keeping him would. No one can be sure of this, therefore I am sure Cowling is contemplating all scenarios as we speak.

Cowling must be sure we will get relegated with Ward as manager before we throw money at sacking Ward and paying out for a new manager and a new managers signings because after all, the new manager might never want to play Morrison and Sears for example.

And most of you lot on here don't in my opinion (and probably in the opinion of anyone significant at the club) have any real bearing on the majority of Colchester United fans.
I say this because can any of you clan negative members honestly say that you would back Ward should we get 9 points out of our next 4 games???? If the answer is no, then no matter how poor Ward may appear, your opinion is based on personal reasons and NOT football reasons. You would have your claws out for him regardless of results.

And that sir is Bullying.

Oh my... Super are you Ward/Cowling in disguise?? I remember I asked you before a while back and you didn't answer. You'll probably shout abuse at me now.

Ward has had his chance, and yeah sack him and buy a new manager in... That's the game. I'm sure there are managers they will play much better football then the bore we currently see.

And Super it's a large majority of the fans that think this. Its just you and Ward that think otherwise. Coincidence

Steve86 wrote:

super waluigi wrote:
I have said it before and seeing as though all of you appear like broken records, I might as well say my opinion again........

It is all very good sacking someone, but with out a plan in place, what can you gain????
Wards football might be boring to some, but nobody knows if sacking him will pick up more points than keeping him would. No one can be sure of this, therefore I am sure Cowling is contemplating all scenarios as we speak.

Cowling must be sure we will get relegated with Ward as manager before we throw money at sacking Ward and paying out for a new manager and a new managers signings because after all, the new manager might never want to play Morrison and Sears for example.

And most of you lot on here don't in my opinion (and probably in the opinion of anyone significant at the club) have any real bearing on the majority of Colchester United fans.
I say this because can any of you clan negative members honestly say that you would back Ward should we get 9 points out of our next 4 games???? If the answer is no, then no matter how poor Ward may appear, your opinion is based on personal reasons and NOT football reasons. You would have your claws out for him regardless of results.

And that sir is Bullying.

Oh my... Super are you Ward/Cowling in disguise?? I remember I asked you before a while back and you didn't answer. You'll probably shout abuse at me now.

Ward has had his chance, and yeah sack him and buy a new manager in... That's the game. I'm sure there are managers they will play much better football then the bore we currently see.

And Super it's a large majority of the fans that think this. Its just you and Ward that think otherwise. Coincidence

Lol, I am not Ward, Cowling or any employee of Col U. I am not a relative or a friend of either of these men, nor am I a friend of any staff members with any input at the club.

I am not pro Ward. I don't know how many times I have to say this. If Ward was sacked tomorrow, I would not be surprised nor bothered to be honest.
I want what is best for the club, and that is all I want. I don't know better than you, Mr Honest, Cowling or Ward. I don't know if sacking him or keeping him is the best option. I have an unbiased opinion that we should keep him for now.

I get sick and tired of too many people who actually think that they know better than Ward himself. That is rediculous.

To me the real problem at the core of this club is the negative vibes that surround the town, and this website and its members is testament to this. To me the problem does not lay in getting back the 2,000 dye hard fans that cannot be bothered with Ward as suggested on here, but getting 150,000 people who live in Colchester to hang a Col U badge in there car or buy there grandchildren the new kit rather than Arsenals. Lets face it, the kid ain't going to the Emirates either.

So before anyone judges me as being John Ward or anyone else, please read above and see that I believe there is a real problem within our football community, and that is that not enough people really care about Colchester United in the first place.

super waluigi wrote:

Steve86 wrote:

super waluigi wrote:
I have said it before and seeing as though all of you appear like broken records, I might as well say my opinion again........

It is all very good sacking someone, but with out a plan in place, what can you gain????
Wards football might be boring to some, but nobody knows if sacking him will pick up more points than keeping him would. No one can be sure of this, therefore I am sure Cowling is contemplating all scenarios as we speak.

Cowling must be sure we will get relegated with Ward as manager before we throw money at sacking Ward and paying out for a new manager and a new managers signings because after all, the new manager might never want to play Morrison and Sears for example.

And most of you lot on here don't in my opinion (and probably in the opinion of anyone significant at the club) have any real bearing on the majority of Colchester United fans.
I say this because can any of you clan negative members honestly say that you would back Ward should we get 9 points out of our next 4 games???? If the answer is no, then no matter how poor Ward may appear, your opinion is based on personal reasons and NOT football reasons. You would have your claws out for him regardless of results.

And that sir is Bullying.

Oh my... Super are you Ward/Cowling in disguise?? I remember I asked you before a while back and you didn't answer. You'll probably shout abuse at me now.

Ward has had his chance, and yeah sack him and buy a new manager in... That's the game. I'm sure there are managers they will play much better football then the bore we currently see.

And Super it's a large majority of the fans that think this. Its just you and Ward that think otherwise. Coincidence

Lol, I am not Ward, Cowling or any employee of Col U. I am not a relative or a friend of either of these men, nor am I a friend of any staff members with any input at the club.

I am not pro Ward. I don't know how many times I have to say this. If Ward was sacked tomorrow, I would not be surprised nor bothered to be honest.
I want what is best for the club, and that is all I want. I don't know better than you, Mr Honest, Cowling or Ward. I don't know if sacking him or keeping him is the best option. I have an unbiased opinion that we should keep him for now.

I get sick and tired of too many people who actually think that they know better than Ward himself. That is rediculous.

To me the real problem at the core of this club is the negative vibes that surround the town, and this website and its members is testament to this. To me the problem does not lay in getting back the 2,000 dye hard fans that cannot be bothered with Ward as suggested on here, but getting 150,000 people who live in Colchester to hang a Col U badge in there car or buy there grandchildren the new kit rather than Arsenals. Lets face it, the kid ain't going to the Emirates either.

So before anyone judges me as being John Ward or anyone else, please read above and see that I believe there is a real problem within our football community, and that is that not enough people really care about Colchester United in the first place.

Fair enough.
They don't promote and do anything for the community. Plus their badges and kits are the same price as Arsenals lol.

They do lots in the community. Ben Coker was at my nephews school in Mersea last week. They had a shop that no one cared about, they have a paper that is doing the rounds, they have regular events to let people know they exsist and have massive links with some schools.

It is very uncool for any child to go to school and suggest that he/she supports Col U.

John Wards forty odd years in football has landed him in a comfortable position at Colchester united f.c.
A manager happy in his comfort zone to see him into retirement and a chairman who is pleased to finish mid table is bad news for every U’s fan.
They say we are punching above our weight, well I wonder if clubs like Stevenage, Crawley are saying the same, I bet not, they are more progressive in their aim to punch even higher.
I say raise the punch bag mister chairman and start hitting higher.
Mr Ward must go and soon, we have been going backwards since he took over as manager.

U'sforever wrote:
John Wards forty odd years in football has landed him in a comfortable position at Colchester united f.c.
A manager happy in his comfort zone to see him into retirement and a chairman who is pleased to finish mid table is bad news for every U’s fan.
They say we are punching above our weight, well I wonder if clubs like Stevenage, Crawley are saying the same, I bet not, they are more progressive in their aim to punch even higher.
I say raise the punch bag mister chairman and start hitting higher.
Mr Ward must go and soon, we have been going backwards since he took over as manager.

Well I agree with some of this. Yes Mr Ward will retire after this job no doubt. But he was the ideal candidate to nurse us through a time when no money was available to sign players. Lamberts, Boothroyds and Blackwells only take jobs where they can spend££££.

Oh and for every Stevenage or Crawley there is twice as many Bradfords, Northamptons, Oldhams, Tranmeres, Luton, Cambridge, MAcclesfield etc etc etc. Remember that we did a stevenage and did the unthinkable. More than once too.

Well said Super waluigi....I've not put out a commemt lately, only because I think this Col u Forum has become contaminated. This used to be a site for Colchester United supporters..

Forget about the manager, forget about the players, Managers and players come and go, But It's the Club and It's survival that is important to the real fans.

'Yes' manager Ward and his players are having a horrendous start to this season, and 'Yes' things urgently need to get better.

The constant cut and paste comments from the usual quarter, is frankly getting quite boring, and does nothing to 'gee up' our players and management.

On the plus side, There is an hardcore of about 3,000 real fans who are the silent majority..
Up the U's..

Oh shut up u prat. Its the real fans who know a change is needed. Go back to doing whatever it is you do and let us "real fans" discuss our sinking ship of a club.

it's about time the team started to earn their wages.you're eleven fit young men playing a game you enjoy.i hope you watched the paralympics and took note as to what courage and commitment mean.

I seldom agree with wellnow but I agree with him about the Paralympic athletes. While CUFC were playing (and in the end losing) in the sun at Brentford, with all the subs being kept on the bench as usual, I was in the Olympic Park prior to seeing the final evening of competition in the stadium, Oscar Pistorius winning his gold medal, and a lot of other great performances, especially by a Polish high jumper, all accompanied by thousands of waving Union Jacks because we were there to see the athletes of whichever country who had trained for years to appear on the big stage.
A fortnight of magic for the Olympics, another fortnight of magic for the Paralympics. And now we wake up from the dream, and we are back on earth with CUFC struggling to stay clear of the relegation zone. Why bother? But when (if) I see that John White is back in the team, I'll start coming along. I just hope Ward makes some changes before we get to 10 points adrift at the bottom of the table.

super waluigi wrote:

U'sforever wrote: John Wards forty odd years in football has landed him in a comfortable position at Colchester united f.c. A manager happy in his comfort zone to see him into retirement and a chairman who is pleased to finish mid table is bad news for every U’s fan. They say we are punching above our weight, well I wonder if clubs like Stevenage, Crawley are saying the same, I bet not, they are more progressive in their aim to punch even higher. I say raise the punch bag mister chairman and start hitting higher. Mr Ward must go and soon, we have been going backwards since he took over as manager.

Well I agree with some of this. Yes Mr Ward will retire after this job no doubt. But he was the ideal candidate to nurse us through a time when no money was available to sign players. Lamberts, Boothroyds and Blackwells only take jobs where they can spend££££. Oh and for every Stevenage or Crawley there is twice as many Bradfords, Northamptons, Oldhams, Tranmeres, Luton, Cambridge, MAcclesfield etc etc etc. Remember that we did a stevenage and did the unthinkable. More than once too.

Super Waluigi, If you are in business and you want to be succesfull, then you have to speculate to accumulate. Mr Cowling started off on the right track, with the right intentions but then got let down badly by Lambert leaving. If Lambert had stayed on, then we could well now have been a very succesfull Championship club instead of where we are now, and every one of us would be happy.Instead the club now finds itself with no assets of any good players to sell on for decent fees, which has now forced the decline in the standard of players we now retain at the club. You mention in your blog that Lambert and Boothroyd only take jobs where they can spend. This was certainly not the case with Boothroyd as both Coventry and Northampton are in much the same boat as ourselves. What Boothroyd did do for Coventry was sign Richard Keogh for peanuts ,and who then recently moved on and signed for Derby for a cool one and a half million quid. However back to Lambert. When he left Norwich this is what their Club statement read. When Paul joined us in August 2009 we were on the brink of financial meltdown. Today we are a Barclays League club on a financially sound footing with a staduim to full capacity. We are highly indebted to Paul for all the success we have achieved. David MC Nally Norwich Chief C.O. So by signing players like Holt for £400,000 and was valued recently at six million is not bad business in my books. Getting rid of John Ward will still not solve all the problems to me, because if you want to attract a good young hungry manager to the club instead he will need certain funds to improve the squad which only one person can help in and thats Mr Cowling. I have mentioned before players like Izzet,Heath and Dugie should never been retained,and instead a good experienced creative midfielder in place would have been more benificial. I might surprise a few people but on Saturday the lads will need all the encouragement going and not the Ward out shouts. The best way to do that is send your displeasure by email or letter to the club. Its not nice being in the position we are, so lets get behind the lads on Saturday.

When Ward goes please take Joe Dunne with you!

Boris wrote:
I seldom agree with wellnow but I agree with him about the Paralympic athletes. While CUFC were playing (and in the end losing) in the sun at Brentford, with all the subs being kept on the bench as usual, I was in the Olympic Park prior to seeing the final evening of competition in the stadium, Oscar Pistorius winning his gold medal, and a lot of other great performances, especially by a Polish high jumper, all accompanied by thousands of waving Union Jacks because we were there to see the athletes of whichever country who had trained for years to appear on the big stage. A fortnight of magic for the Olympics, another fortnight of magic for the Paralympics. And now we wake up from the dream, and we are back on earth with CUFC struggling to stay clear of the relegation zone. Why bother? But when (if) I see that John White is back in the team, I'll start coming along. I just hope Ward makes some changes before we get to 10 points adrift at the bottom of the table.

I agree Boris, John White should be in the team. He came in the back end of last season and proved his worth.

Crazy, if you remember correctly, the football under both Lambert and Boothroyd was bloody awful. Indeed as it is now. Where Narrwich found their new found wealth from I'll never no. Still can't believe we got compensation from Boothroyd going to Coventry. That money and all the money from Naarwich for fines and player transfers. Robbie then says...no money for new players. Still he did waste a few thousand a week on a certain player for an ego trip.

Hi crazy. You make some interesting points. You seem to be joining me on the fence right now. I have to say though, while you say about boothroyd taking coventry and making money on keogh, just look what league he helped them on there way to. And lambert may have signed holt for £450,000 but he is not worth 6 mil and it is certainly not in their pockets. Besides when a club of Nirwich size falls into l1 they can cherry pick l1 and l2 players till the cows come home.

Perhaps you could read my other posts now. I have made some of my feelings clearer there. In the mean while it is nice having you be diplomatic about stuff.

25414nora wrote:
Well said Super waluigi....I've not put out a commemt lately, only because I think this Col u Forum has become contaminated. This used to be a site for Colchester United supporters..

Forget about the manager, forget about the players, Managers and players come and go, But It's the Club and It's survival that is important to the real fans.

'Yes' manager Ward and his players are having a horrendous start to this season, and 'Yes' things urgently need to get better.

The constant cut and paste comments from the usual quarter, is frankly getting quite boring, and does nothing to 'gee up' our players and management.

On the plus side, There is an hardcore of about 3,000 real fans who are the silent majority..
Up the U's..

We are the hard ore fans. The silent minority are obviously not hardcore as they are silent. Wait and see the number of people saying ward out on Saturday.

super waluigi wrote:
They do lots in the community. Ben Coker was at my nephews school in Mersea last week. They had a shop that no one cared about, they have a paper that is doing the rounds, they have regular events to let people know they exsist and have massive links with some schools.

It is very uncool for any child to go to school and suggest that he/she supports Col U.

I'm sorry Super I have to disagree with you again. I've never seen a paper, nor have my friends and family around Colchester.

Also I know for a fact that they don't promote in most schools, which they should be doing.

Steve86 wrote:

super waluigi wrote:

Steve86 wrote:

super waluigi wrote:
I have said it before and seeing as though all of you appear like broken records, I might as well say my opinion again........

It is all very good sacking someone, but with out a plan in place, what can you gain????
Wards football might be boring to some, but nobody knows if sacking him will pick up more points than keeping him would. No one can be sure of this, therefore I am sure Cowling is contemplating all scenarios as we speak.

Cowling must be sure we will get relegated with Ward as manager before we throw money at sacking Ward and paying out for a new manager and a new managers signings because after all, the new manager might never want to play Morrison and Sears for example.

And most of you lot on here don't in my opinion (and probably in the opinion of anyone significant at the club) have any real bearing on the majority of Colchester United fans.
I say this because can any of you clan negative members honestly say that you would back Ward should we get 9 points out of our next 4 games???? If the answer is no, then no matter how poor Ward may appear, your opinion is based on personal reasons and NOT football reasons. You would have your claws out for him regardless of results.

And that sir is Bullying.

Oh my... Super are you Ward/Cowling in disguise?? I remember I asked you before a while back and you didn't answer. You'll probably shout abuse at me now.

Ward has had his chance, and yeah sack him and buy a new manager in... That's the game. I'm sure there are managers they will play much better football then the bore we currently see.

And Super it's a large majority of the fans that think this. Its just you and Ward that think otherwise. Coincidence

Lol, I am not Ward, Cowling or any employee of Col U. I am not a relative or a friend of either of these men, nor am I a friend of any staff members with any input at the club.

I am not pro Ward. I don't know how many times I have to say this. If Ward was sacked tomorrow, I would not be surprised nor bothered to be honest.
I want what is best for the club, and that is all I want. I don't know better than you, Mr Honest, Cowling or Ward. I don't know if sacking him or keeping him is the best option. I have an unbiased opinion that we should keep him for now.

I get sick and tired of too many people who actually think that they know better than Ward himself. That is rediculous.

To me the real problem at the core of this club is the negative vibes that surround the town, and this website and its members is testament to this. To me the problem does not lay in getting back the 2,000 dye hard fans that cannot be bothered with Ward as suggested on here, but getting 150,000 people who live in Colchester to hang a Col U badge in there car or buy there grandchildren the new kit rather than Arsenals. Lets face it, the kid ain't going to the Emirates either.

So before anyone judges me as being John Ward or anyone else, please read above and see that I believe there is a real problem within our football community, and that is that not enough people really care about Colchester United in the first place.

Fair enough.
They don't promote and do anything for the community. Plus their badges and kits are the same price as Arsenals lol.

Apart from the fact that RC cycled to the first away game , is planning to cycle to Carlisle for the last game and runs from Tiptree to the Stadium every home game for charity . There is a lot wrong with the performances but they do support the community and do a lot for charity
http://www.justgivin
g.com/ColUTCT if you want to chip in !!!

crazy comments wrote:

super waluigi wrote:

U'sforever wrote: John Wards forty odd years in football has landed him in a comfortable position at Colchester united f.c. A manager happy in his comfort zone to see him into retirement and a chairman who is pleased to finish mid table is bad news for every U’s fan. They say we are punching above our weight, well I wonder if clubs like Stevenage, Crawley are saying the same, I bet not, they are more progressive in their aim to punch even higher. I say raise the punch bag mister chairman and start hitting higher. Mr Ward must go and soon, we have been going backwards since he took over as manager.

Well I agree with some of this. Yes Mr Ward will retire after this job no doubt. But he was the ideal candidate to nurse us through a time when no money was available to sign players. Lamberts, Boothroyds and Blackwells only take jobs where they can spend££££. Oh and for every Stevenage or Crawley there is twice as many Bradfords, Northamptons, Oldhams, Tranmeres, Luton, Cambridge, MAcclesfield etc etc etc. Remember that we did a stevenage and did the unthinkable. More than once too.

Super Waluigi, If you are in business and you want to be succesfull, then you have to speculate to accumulate. Mr Cowling started off on the right track, with the right intentions but then got let down badly by Lambert leaving. If Lambert had stayed on, then we could well now have been a very succesfull Championship club instead of where we are now, and every one of us would be happy.Instead the club now finds itself with no assets of any good players to sell on for decent fees, which has now forced the decline in the standard of players we now retain at the club. You mention in your blog that Lambert and Boothroyd only take jobs where they can spend. This was certainly not the case with Boothroyd as both Coventry and Northampton are in much the same boat as ourselves. What Boothroyd did do for Coventry was sign Richard Keogh for peanuts ,and who then recently moved on and signed for Derby for a cool one and a half million quid. However back to Lambert. When he left Norwich this is what their Club statement read. When Paul joined us in August 2009 we were on the brink of financial meltdown. Today we are a Barclays League club on a financially sound footing with a staduim to full capacity. We are highly indebted to Paul for all the success we have achieved. David MC Nally Norwich Chief C.O. So by signing players like Holt for £400,000 and was valued recently at six million is not bad business in my books. Getting rid of John Ward will still not solve all the problems to me, because if you want to attract a good young hungry manager to the club instead he will need certain funds to improve the squad which only one person can help in and thats Mr Cowling. I have mentioned before players like Izzet,Heath and Dugie should never been retained,and instead a good experienced creative midfielder in place would have been more benificial. I might surprise a few people but on Saturday the lads will need all the encouragement going and not the Ward out shouts. The best way to do that is send your displeasure by email or letter to the club. Its not nice being in the position we are, so lets get behind the lads on Saturday.

While I agree that the team needs our support, one of our only options to protest is to chant WARD OUT.

Your suggestion of emailing the club with my displeasure was previously returned with the attitude of "If you don't like it you know what you can do". Now that approx 2.000 have done that the club seems to be worried. They can't have it all their own way.

I've only been coming to the games in the past five years and travel from Basildon as often as I can. The first year I came was at Layer Road when we got relegated from the Championship. What made me fall in love with the club was that they were prepared to go down fighting to the bitter end. I can accept losing but only if the team is trying their hardest. Sadly I've not seen much of that in the past 18 months. Most of this is down to a manage who has very poor tactics and no motivational skills. JW might be the nicest guy in the world and I won't dispute that, but unfortunately he's clearly not doing a good job.

I don't like to see anybody sacked but the stats under JW just haven't been good enough.

Up the U's

Goonerboy wrote:

Steve86 wrote:

super waluigi wrote:

Steve86 wrote:

super waluigi wrote:
I have said it before and seeing as though all of you appear like broken records, I might as well say my opinion again........

It is all very good sacking someone, but with out a plan in place, what can you gain????
Wards football might be boring to some, but nobody knows if sacking him will pick up more points than keeping him would. No one can be sure of this, therefore I am sure Cowling is contemplating all scenarios as we speak.

Cowling must be sure we will get relegated with Ward as manager before we throw money at sacking Ward and paying out for a new manager and a new managers signings because after all, the new manager might never want to play Morrison and Sears for example.

And most of you lot on here don't in my opinion (and probably in the opinion of anyone significant at the club) have any real bearing on the majority of Colchester United fans.
I say this because can any of you clan negative members honestly say that you would back Ward should we get 9 points out of our next 4 games???? If the answer is no, then no matter how poor Ward may appear, your opinion is based on personal reasons and NOT football reasons. You would have your claws out for him regardless of results.

And that sir is Bullying.

Oh my... Super are you Ward/Cowling in disguise?? I remember I asked you before a while back and you didn't answer. You'll probably shout abuse at me now.

Ward has had his chance, and yeah sack him and buy a new manager in... That's the game. I'm sure there are managers they will play much better football then the bore we currently see.

And Super it's a large majority of the fans that think this. Its just you and Ward that think otherwise. Coincidence

Lol, I am not Ward, Cowling or any employee of Col U. I am not a relative or a friend of either of these men, nor am I a friend of any staff members with any input at the club.

I am not pro Ward. I don't know how many times I have to say this. If Ward was sacked tomorrow, I would not be surprised nor bothered to be honest.
I want what is best for the club, and that is all I want. I don't know better than you, Mr Honest, Cowling or Ward. I don't know if sacking him or keeping him is the best option. I have an unbiased opinion that we should keep him for now.

I get sick and tired of too many people who actually think that they know better than Ward himself. That is rediculous.

To me the real problem at the core of this club is the negative vibes that surround the town, and this website and its members is testament to this. To me the problem does not lay in getting back the 2,000 dye hard fans that cannot be bothered with Ward as suggested on here, but getting 150,000 people who live in Colchester to hang a Col U badge in there car or buy there grandchildren the new kit rather than Arsenals. Lets face it, the kid ain't going to the Emirates either.

So before anyone judges me as being John Ward or anyone else, please read above and see that I believe there is a real problem within our football community, and that is that not enough people really care about Colchester United in the first place.

Fair enough.
They don't promote and do anything for the community. Plus their badges and kits are the same price as Arsenals lol.

Apart from the fact that RC cycled to the first away game , is planning to cycle to Carlisle for the last game and runs from Tiptree to the Stadium every home game for charity . There is a lot wrong with the performances but they do support the community and do a lot for charity
http://www.justgivin

g.com/ColUTCT if you want to chip in !!!

I didn't know that. That's obviously not been promoted much.

somebody on here is confusing charity and personal fitness of a rich being with the performance of his football club.lets get the football right first and then bask in the other at leisure.

I'm sure we all remember Steve Wignall, a good manager who got us promoted, but when he reached the stage that he wasn't improving the club anymore he left.

Ward could learn from SW.

Tony Willis wrote:
Who cares, where there is football there is trouble yobs and antisocial behaviour ban it as a spectator sport .let the yob followers of the dumb sport stay indoors and smash there own homes up when there team loses.

What the hell are you talking about, have you been to watch a game.

At Col U there is no violence no trouble and lots of children.

Are you still at the Den in the 70s

25414nora wrote:
Well said Super waluigi....I've not put out a commemt lately, only because I think this Col u Forum has become contaminated. This used to be a site for Colchester United supporters..

Forget about the manager, forget about the players, Managers and players come and go, But It's the Club and It's survival that is important to the real fans.

'Yes' manager Ward and his players are having a horrendous start to this season, and 'Yes' things urgently need to get better.

The constant cut and paste comments from the usual quarter, is frankly getting quite boring, and does nothing to 'gee up' our players and management.

On the plus side, There is an hardcore of about 3,000 real fans who are the silent majority..
Up the U's..

The 'silent majority' are not the hardcore real fans lol! hahahaha

I take it nora is one of those silent supporters in the East stand that don't chant. Thats if nora actually watches the football real fans do.

The fans that express their views, chant in the games are the real fans. I like everyone else on here is entited to my own opinions and sharing them, after all the fans pay the players and the managers wages so we want to see the money well spent at the moment it isn't.

Tony Willis wrote:
Who cares, where there is football there is trouble yobs and antisocial behaviour ban it as a spectator sport .let the yob followers of the dumb sport stay indoors and smash there own homes up when there team loses.

Lol! Random.

Feisty CBC wrote:
Crazy, if you remember correctly, the football under both Lambert and Boothroyd was bloody awful. Indeed as it is now. Where Narrwich found their new found wealth from I'll never no. Still can't believe we got compensation from Boothroyd going to Coventry. That money and all the money from Naarwich for fines and player transfers. Robbie then says...no money for new players. Still he did waste a few thousand a week on a certain player for an ego trip.

I agree it has been terrible football since we have moved to the community stadium. I can count on one hand the only good exciting matches I have watched. Though I dont agree with Wards tactics I will still be giving my 100% support to the team. Personally I think we have to give J.W. twelve games to sort things out. If by then things have not improved then I think a change shoud be made.

1 win in 19 is a clear indication of where Col U are at the moment. I think 5 games into a season is too early to sack a manger. We have made some (on paper anyway) very good signings that need time to settle. Freddie was scoring for fun pre season against non league and professional outfits, we just need him to turn it on in the league.

Robbie C has made it clear over time that he knows his own mind and no amount of chanting is going to make him change it. If attendances fall as result then he will have to deal with those consequences.

John Ward is making some odd team / tactic choices for me - John White was clearly outstanding last season and should be back in starting 11 asap. Move Matt Rose up to left midfield where he was much better last season. Why no subs were used at Brentford I cannot even begin to understand?! His statement about having "reasonable confidence" in himself is the most troubling part in this for me. If he does not have "full confidence" in himself to improve the teams fortunes then who the hell else will?

If the decision were made to release him, then who do we get in as a replacement? A manager with a reputation is something we cannot afford and we have no transfer kitty to offer. If we get in a young unknown who does well, we will get dropped like a hot potato when a "better" offer appears i.e. Phil P. / Paul L. / and to a certain extent Aidy B.

The long and short of it is that Col U is just too small a club to attract any loyalty from managers, players and fans (excluding the core 4,000) so we are between a rock and a hard place. The only way to change it is to create some success and keep hold of the people that brought it about which Col U has never been able to do. The current Chairman I believe will be part of that with his vision including the new training ground but it is going to take a long time.

Up The U's.

So many of these posts astound me; nobody is more disapointed than me about the start to the season and indeed how we have gone backwards over the last 3 years but we should all remember that without RC and his financial input in recent years we would not be in business for one thing. Secondly we are a small club, always have been and always will be. Colchester is not a hot bed of football, we punched above our weight for a few years and now we are back to reality. Yes we can sack JW but where will that get us, we won't attract big name to replace him, we are a small club. Just look round football - how often does a knee jerk sacking work? Lets face it people were calling for Parky to go 6 games into that amazing season. Neither RC or JW want to fail and to be frank if I was RC right now and reading this drivel I would say "thats it had enough, I don't need this" and pull out. Then just where would we be?

There are lots of people out there who could do and the job and love the club. They may not have league management experience but that's not a bad thing.

I'm thinking of Kinsella, Wilkins or Paul Buckle (experienced as well). it doesn't need to be a big name.

It's not the 5 league games this season that bothers me on their own but the last 14 from last season.

Sorry where does this loving the club come from?? Its a job! Did Ferguson love MU all those years ago? He may well do now but thats v different. How many Managers out there and players for that matter 'love' their club; very few. Duguid clearly loves CUFC but there are people out there having a pop at the club for re-signing him. That said I am still as worried as everyone else (because I love the club - nearly 50 years) but we need to get real.

crazy comments wrote:

Boris wrote:
I seldom agree with wellnow but I agree with him about the Paralympic athletes. While CUFC were playing (and in the end losing) in the sun at Brentford, with all the subs being kept on the bench as usual, I was in the Olympic Park prior to seeing the final evening of competition in the stadium, Oscar Pistorius winning his gold medal, and a lot of other great performances, especially by a Polish high jumper, all accompanied by thousands of waving Union Jacks because we were there to see the athletes of whichever country who had trained for years to appear on the big stage. A fortnight of magic for the Olympics, another fortnight of magic for the Paralympics. And now we wake up from the dream, and we are back on earth with CUFC struggling to stay clear of the relegation zone. Why bother? But when (if) I see that John White is back in the team, I'll start coming along. I just hope Ward makes some changes before we get to 10 points adrift at the bottom of the table.

I agree Boris, John White should be in the team. He came in the back end of last season and proved his worth.

Thanks crazy, it's good that we agree on this point, as do others.
You got one detail wrong on another post though, where you said that Paul Lambert signed Grant Holt for Norwich City. But he didn't, for Holt was in the Norwich team that Lambert's Col U thrashed 7-1 on that famous day at Carrow Road in August 2009. Lambert then joined them a few days later.
Paul Lambert obviously has many good qualities, to be so successful. But at Col U he was deficient as a man-manager. He got rid of the excellent Johnnie Jackson just a few days before leaving us. And he had no time for John White, sending him off on loan to Southend. It was Aidy Hoofroyd who brought him back and played him in pretty well every game.

Originally from ... wrote:
So many of these posts astound me; nobody is more disapointed than me about the start to the season and indeed how we have gone backwards over the last 3 years but we should all remember that without RC and his financial input in recent years we would not be in business for one thing. Secondly we are a small club, always have been and always will be. Colchester is not a hot bed of football, we punched above our weight for a few years and now we are back to reality. Yes we can sack JW but where will that get us, we won't attract big name to replace him, we are a small club. Just look round football - how often does a knee jerk sacking work? Lets face it people were calling for Parky to go 6 games into that amazing season. Neither RC or JW want to fail and to be frank if I was RC right now and reading this drivel I would say "thats it had enough, I don't need this" and pull out. Then just where would we be?

The provincial chav logic you pedal will only see the football club slide back down into the Conference and become one of footballs losers. Aspiration is a virtue; the club should never settle for mediocrity or stray from an upwardly mobile agenda. Colchester United with its excellent training facilities is an attractive proposition, for many a young ambitious manager. McDonough, Wignall, and Parkinson delivered promotions on shoestring budgets a far cry from the embarrassment of riches John Ward still has at his disposal.

Provincial chav logic? When you don't agree with someone insult them, interesting approach. I care about this club as much as anyone & just because I see things differently does not make me wrong and you right! You mention Parky who performed miracles for us but I suspect you were one of the many calling for his head in precisely this situ back then. I am not preaching a lack of aspiration just realism

3 Points or goodbye Mr Permatan.