Colchester 2 Walsall 1 - George Bennett analysis
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00:00Hi Sadler's fans, I'm inside the Jobserv Community Stadium where Walsall have fallen to a 2-1
00:08defeat against Colchester United. That's now the third successive away loss in League
00:15Two. Four without a win and three defeats in the last four games for Walsall. What was
00:23a 12-point gap as they headed to Bradford City a fortnight ago. It's now been cut to
00:30six with Knox County beating Morecambe 2-0. It was quite a drab first half to be honest.
00:39We were at Edwards, it was the biggest threat for Colchester and really had the ascendancy
00:45in that foot race with Oshinmiken to find it difficult to cope. He was maybe fortunate
00:50to escape unpunished for a push inside the box on Teddy Bishop in the first half. Possibly
00:56would have been soft but it was definitely a risky move inside the penalty area. Neither
01:02goalkeeper tested in the first half. Charlie Lakin did flash one wide, Anderson also curled
01:09one wide early on for Colchester and then after the break Colchester probably started
01:14the best side but it was Walsall who hit the front 65 minutes on the clock. Charlie
01:20Lakin buried a low, powerful finish into the bottom corner for his first goal since September.
01:27Oshinmiken to dart him round down the right hand side, fed the ball into the box and Harrison
01:33with his back to goal who was making his Walsall debut following his deadline day loan to it
01:38from MK Dons, teed up Lakin to funder the wall. Beyond the reach of Matt Macy but that
01:45was 65 minutes on the clock but four minutes later Teddy Bishop fired Colchester level
01:52and then we were at Edwards, cut inside afforded far too much space and bent the ball into
01:57the far top corner. Walsall's misery was compounded when Taylor Allen was shown a second yellow
02:02card for an off the ball incident with Jack Payne and yeah I mean you know talk about
02:10Allen's maturity though he offered to come out face the media and take responsibility
02:15for that but yeah it's a disappointing trip for Walsall here in Essex.