THE boy with bravado in his play has found bullets in his shooting boots and is now off the mark. Colchester United's new playmaking ace, Sylvester Jasper, arrives.

Jasper seized his first professional goal with stupendous calm against Harrogate Town last weekend before an erupting, euphoric crowd to steal all the points, most headlines and United's only home league win to date this season.

Hayden Mullins' ace in the hole finally came up trumps. It's been on the cards.

An apprentice maker-of-moments, Jasper fashioned his delicate decider right on cue, following a memorable marauding run and assist by Brendan Wiredu. It stumped at least five oncoming opponents.

That crescendo you feel will live as long in conversations as the actual goal, making it 1-0.

Those twin attackers, Jasper and Wiredu, combined with delightful power and precision to each exploit gaping gaps, exactly when it mattered most.

A rare victory for U's fans to savour and, hopefully, the first of many more finishes yet to come in this precocious young man's fledgling career.

The 20-year-old now has deserved credit to his name, after some encouraging cameos. This flourish was so impressive it earnt him an automatic line-up place against Bristol Rovers, just days afterwards.

Jasper has been a box of tricks since his arrival in Essex, on loan from trendy Fulham. His dribbling stats are peerless amongst his age group in the entire division.

Calls for him to start games at pitch-top's triangle have recently intensified along with United's chronic inability to regularly score.

He's so full of zip, that you're often yelling for fellow team-mates to help dig him out of midfield cul-de-sacs and instead go create.

Born in a South London postcode province nicknamed the concrete Catalonia, is it any wonder he's now here auditioning for a staring role as Colchester's crown prince.

That satisfying slide-rule finish into the far corner opened his senior account and prompted some sour grapes from losing manager, Simon Weaver.

He claimed that Jasper's wrecking-ball winner contributed unjustly to Harrogate's demise.

"It was a dead atmosphere... and we got sucked into that malaise," Weaver pointedly said.

Obviously a flagrant disservice to the day's hero, who'd already fired off a warning ricochet right out the playbook.

A nearly perfect free-kick slammed back off the bar shortly after he'd entered the action, 63 minutes in. It spoke volumes regards to his attacking intent against the bystanders.

As a familiar 𝘯𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 feel and deadlock scenario unfolded, increasingly desperate partisan fans would've taken one going in off someone's backside before the eventual groundbreaker.

Later it was refreshing to hear Jasper himself call the timely goal "beautiful." He also netted in front of his family, who were touchingly cheerleading along having come from the Capital.

Ahead of two more home games before the end of the month, at least thanks to him we're all in synch. More goalmouth glory surely awaits United's Bone Ace.