Colchester United fan Matt Calmus with his views on the U's VA-VA BOOM. Perhaps Colchester United's fine midweek felling of Port Vale was always going to rest in Lyle Taylor's hands, or rather feet. Like incandescent lightning before an inevitable thunderbolt crescendo, so came Taylor's classy pin-point free-kick late on, feeding Fiacre Kelleher's delightful winning goal.
The clincher: a rhapsody, in boots. Some curtain call strike that, from Lyle. What a set-piece, coming as it did almost right before an impossibility long added-time period, elasticated to some nine or more minutes.
READ MORE: Danny Cowley surprised Jamie McDonnell didn't get call-up No wonder conspiracy theorists among us so often cast referees as pantomime villains, when the clock and everything else seems against us. Bang goes an idea with this barnstorming victory that after 16 tied EFL fixtures so far, this group of players will only settle for draws. Cue an avalanche of playful jibes baying for a precious full-time whistle to blow.
Eventually, it did. Certainly a showpiece result to relish; we U's just refuse to lose. Sweet relief gave way to pure ecstasy, during a somewhat sobering realisation of what had actually just happened- ripples of joy flowed around the ground at Danny Cowley's side sensationally confirming four wins on the spin.
We continue to unapologetically skyrocket up League Two's standings ladder, finding both form and rhythm at the right time. That whole Lyle inspired net-busting endga.
