COLCHESTER United claimed an away point after drawing 1-1 with Rochdale, on Friday night.
The U's went ahead through Max Taylor's own goal late in the first half but Jimmy Keohane cancelled it out, on the hour.
Here are the Gazette player ratings, following the U's share of the spoils at the Crown Oil Arena.
SHAMAL GEORGE 7
Denied O’Keeffe early in the second half and had little chance with Dale’s goal
MILES WELCH-HAYES 7
U’s right-back generally dealt well with Rochdale’s wide threat and got forward well
LUKE CHAMBERS 7
Won his fair share of headers and provided plenty of diagonal passes to start the U’s attacks
TOMMY SMITH 7
U’s skipper led the back four well and looked unruffled throughout
CHARLIE DANIELS 8
U’s left-back delivered some wonderful balls into the box and showed his quality
COLE SKUSE 8
Produced an excellent midfield display on his return to the side; kept the U’s moving well
NOAH CHILVERS 7
Was efficient in the U’s engine room and had a couple of long-range efforts
BRENDAN WIREDU 8
U’s man of the match. Did a great job disrupting Dale’s flow and unlucky not to score
SYLVESTER JASPER 7
Showed some superb moments of skill in a left-sided role before being replaced just after the hour mark
FREDDIE SEARS 7
Did his fair share of defending and worked extremely for the team
FRANK NOUBLE 7
Proved a thorn in the side of the Dale defence with his physical threat; hit the side netting early in the second half
SUBSTITUTES
LUKE HANNANT (for Jasper, 68) 6
Battled hard for the U’s and tried to make things happen after coming on
GENE KENNEDY (for Skuse, 89)
CAMERON COXE (for Chilvers, 90)
Subs (not used): Eastman, Tovide, Thomas, Turner.
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