FLEETWOOD Town boss Pete Wild was left frustrated after his side's 3-0 defeat at Colchester United.
The Cod Army lost for the first time in five matches in League Two, after second-half goals from Lyle Taylor, Owura Edwards and Jack Payne secured victory for the U's at the JobServe Community Stadium.
Fleetwood had their chances in a goal-less first half, with Mackenzie Hunt and Mark Helm spurning good opportunities, before Colchester took control, scoring three times after the break.
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Wild said: “It was really frustrating.
“In the first half, we had the better of the play, we had the better of the opportunities but ultimately not taken those opportunities.
“At half-time, it was very much a case of let’s make sure we keep things tight and defend properly and our chances will come.
“I thought in the first ten minutes of the second half we did that but ultimately, when they got the first goal, we just didn’t play to the levels that we should play to, I think is the most positive way of putting that.
“I felt that when they’d scored the first goal, Colchester, without doing a lot, controlled us and our opportunities at goal became not great, for want of a better word and we didn’t really have that attacking threat that we’d had first half.
“We tried to bring subs on to liven that up but sadly, that wasn’t the case.
“My summary is that there was nothing in the game, they’ve taken their chances when they’ve come and we haven’t and then when they scored, we never looked like scoring which is a sad indictment of our second-half performance."
Fleetwood were second best after half-time, as Colchester racked up a fifth straight win.
Wild continued: "We knew it was going to be a game of limited chances.
"It was the game we exactly thought it was going to be.
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"It was a similar game to last week against Port Vale and whoever got in the ascendency first was probably going to control the game.
"We were gutted we didn't do that from the positions that we got into to try and get chances in the first half and in the second half, when we got punched in the face we didn't really react.
"Two big goals and it was game over, wasn't it?
"I don't think there was much between the two sides - they've taken their chances and we haven't and that is ultimately the summary of the game.
"But I thought when they went 2-0 up, they controlled the game and saw the game out really well."
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