Tooley’s Take

23-Oct-2024 07:50:42 | Chesterfield FC

Phil Tooley takes a look at the game and its context Chesterfield 1 Colchester United 1 League Two Game #13 Colchester, as a city, is famous for several things. Colchester Castle, the largest surviving Norman Keep in Europe. Impregnable. Colchester Native Oysters, world renowned by shellfish lovers. You need to be an expert shucker to prise them open to get the prize. Colchester is the only British place to be specifically named in the dystopian novel 1984, by George Orwell, the book that introduced readers to Room 101, the basement torture chamber in which the powers that be attempt to subject captives to their own worst nightmare, fear or phobia. The objective is to break down their final resistance. Our worst fear of yet another home draw materialised due to being unable to break down the U’s’ final resistance. Twenty-four shots to four, 17 corners to nil, 76% possession. Nightmare. But it really shouldn’t have been. Performance-wise, total domination, more chances than a game of Monopoly, and Danny Cowley’s side, on his birthday, bought him the only card he wanted, the Get Out of Jail one. Poor goal to concede, but early enough to do something about it. An inspired […]