COLCHESTER United were beaten 5-3 at AFC Wimbledon, on Friday night.

Nearly 500 U's fans made the trip to South West London to see their side beaten by the Dons, at Plough Lane.

Colchester supporters give their verdict on another disappointing defeat for their side.

Si Collinson

It’s just excuse after excuse from a manager who is out of his depth. No plan A let alone a plan B. God alone knows what he said at HT but a different team mindset came out for the second half. Fatigue due to a busy festive schedule. News flash it’s like this every year, Just go

Ben Halliday

Horrendous. Every fan knew Etherington was the cheap option and wasn't good enough. Yet we are always treated like dirt amd looked down upon as being clueless. Amazing how more often than not we seem more clued up than those choosing people for roles! Awful!

Thomas Anderson

He can't justify his position anymore. He's worse than Steve Ball. Get him gone for his sake as well as ours

Steve Lowe

I feel the national league is calling . Only forest green and Sutton are slightly worse than us .we can’t defend corners and it’s same every game. What do they actually do week in training. Change needed now or bye bye league football

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Doug

This club is poisoned. The manager needs to go but I struggle to see who can come in and change the mentality. When one of the subs can spend the whole second half just standing by the corner flag and no one on the bench reacts there are serious issues.

Matt Webb

We will simply start the internal appointment merry go round again. This needs to change. Garner challenged the poor culture and was sacked. Cowling needs to hear/ listen to alternative views. The philosophy is not working and club need to reingage with the fans. Sad times

Ian McPherson

A number of points. There needs to be a greater composure and professionalism. Ball given away too easily in midfield. I hate to say this but Noah has not been his best this season and rest might help him refocus. Zak Mitchel, great player, but we need a bit more experience. Zak would be be a great holding centre mid, but I know we are short at the back. Main thing that is getting to me is the negativity of the fans. Having said this, ME isn't the man for the job and signings in Jan are required. But the fans play a big part in this and need to support what we have. Negativity helps no one.

Dave B

Start asking tough questions, Jon. Same with @BBCEssexSport. Something is seriously wrong for the club to be continually failing. How can the club grow when we have had so many years of decline? RC loves to talk about budgets but even when it's good we struggle. So fed up now :(

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Jeff Coates

Just an absurd situation. Terrible recruitment of players and even worse appointment of managers. Everyone can see it's a total mess. Our only hope is to appoint an old steady head as a manager and get the team playing disciplined, simple L2 football

David Clayton

Theme of half decent 1st halves being followed by awful 2nds. Giving ME the job was mistake; keeping him is wilful self sabotage. McGeehan represented all that is wrong at the moment; a good player with no regard for responsibility or the club. A disgrace. Whole club needs a reset

Adam

Defence is as leaky as anything. Midfield near non existent and then ME takes Jay off who set up our first two goals. Since Wimbledon scored there third and fourth, that was just the final nail in the coffin. Cowling has to sell up and sack ME immediately otherwise we're finished

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Ian

Blessed to follow such a wonderfully run club. Couldnt be more happier at this time. 2024 should see our dreams realised.

Craig Dees

Close the door on your way out!

Adam

Nail in the coffin hopefully for Matt. Never seen such a terrible 2nd half performance. At the end of the day, the players and management get a payday and will get a new contract elsewhere, whilst dealing permanent damage to the club. Rotten to the core, NL beckons

Matt Foot

Awful to watch. Could have been a lot worse but think they took pity on us. Structure & discipline of the side severely lacking. Easy to play through & spaces between units are huge. Doesn’t appear to be any plan & it makes you wonder what if anything is worked on in training.

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BigBods1

We were half decent…for about ten minutes in the first half. Lucky to only concede five. Relegation form.

Harry

Worst manager in the clubs eighty six year history.

Aaron Finch

What an utterly depressing time to be a #colu fan. A fanbase desperate for something to get behind but being failed by inept decision making and an inability to compete. Etherington needs to go now to be replaced by someone with experience and know how!

Colin Baker

Has he been sacked yet???

Gary Squires

Spineless and pathetic, get Danny Cowley in now to sort this appalling shower out ...... Etherington out tonight please