Before the match began, I had chance to read the programme and the feature interview was with Luke Garbutt. There was nothing too revealing in his interview; needless to say, he said all the right things and he hopes his loan spell at Colchester will develop him into a better player which will hopefully lead to making a breakthrough at Everton. Personally I don’t think Garbutt has any future at Everton while a certain Leighton Baines is at the club but, if press rumours are to be believed, it’s possible Baines might be joining Man Utd sooner rather than later and that at least offers a little light to Garbutt (not that I’d want Baines to leave Everton).
To be honest, I wasn’t sure if Garbutt was going to start against Peterborough. Colchester’s regular left back Ryan Dickson is finally back from injury and, during pre-season and the early few games, Dickson had been the most impressive player. So Garbutt’s place in the side is under pressure. However, it brought a smile to my face to hear the team line-up with Garbutt starting and Dickson on the bench. It seems that the left back space for the time being is Garbutt’s to lose.
The first half was a very tense affair with not much to report on. I think Colchester wanted to keep it tight and neither side really looked too likely to score. Garbutt didn’t really have much influence in the first half. He got forward when he could but mostly I think he was more interested in keeping the defence tight and not giving Peterborough an early lead. There were a couple of corners from Garbutt but none of them came to anything.
The second half was a much more feisty affair and within the first 8 minutes Peterborough had been reduced to 10 men thanks to a justified red card. This extra advantage gave Colchester a boost and Garbutt in particular started to come into the game more as an attacking force.
As you will know if you have read my previous reports, Garbutt is a very good attacking defender, a left-footed Seamus Coleman would be a good example. Garbutt made quite a few attacks down the left-hand side in the second half and I think Peterborough players were really struggling to contain him and the Colchester side which was growing in confidence.
Then on the 70th minute the breakthrough came and it was Luke Garbutt who got down the left-hand side and whipped in a really terrific cross for young 18-year-old striker Macauley Bonne to head home. It was a great home debut goal for Bonne but also a wonderful assist for Garbutt.
1-0 to Colchester and Peterborough’s manager Darren Ferguson was not happy. His mood got worse as the Colchester United fans started getting on Fergie Jnr’s back. The supporters sitting behind me started singing "Are you Moyesy, are you Moyesy, are you Moyesy in disguise? ARE YOU MOYESY IN DISGUISE?" This chant made me smile even though it was offensive to our ex-manager, who I remain very much a fan of. It did however piss off Ferguson Jnr something wicked and the Colchester fans kept repeating the chant for the rest of the game.
There was 6 minutes of extra time to be played out at the end but Garbutt and his teammates held out and Colchester recorded a very unexpected victory. Colchester’s first win in 12 games and their first ever with Luke Garbutt in the side.
In rounding up, I think Garbutt had another very good game today. Not quite as impressive as the previous home match where he got Man-of-the-Match but he was still very good and easily one of Colchester’s better players. The assist for the goal was also another high point for Garbutt.
Garbutt is definitely improving and developing into a very good player. I don’t think he’s Premier League class yet but I actually think he’s got a half a chance of getting there sooner rather than later. I’ve not had chance to see much of Bryan Oviedo but I think Garbutt would rival him for the left-back spot if anything happened to Leighton Baines and, on the evidence of the last couple of games, I don’t think Garbutt would let Everton down if called upon.
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2 Posted 27/10/2013 at 14:31:37
3 Posted 27/10/2013 at 14:51:32
Sadly he's signed a 5 year contract at a club who don't need to sell him.
Nobody really springs to mind. We may have to look abroad for this one. The good thing is that Martinez will know what's going on with Baines and has plenty of time to scout a replacement.
4 Posted 27/10/2013 at 15:02:20
5 Posted 27/10/2013 at 15:14:50
Other options:– Bertrand, Naughton, Neil Taylor, Ben Davies. None really excite me, which is a shame because I'd like to replace Baines with another British player.
6 Posted 27/10/2013 at 15:47:49
7 Posted 27/10/2013 at 14:20:35
8 Posted 27/10/2013 at 19:17:26
9 Posted 28/10/2013 at 01:45:45
There again, Martinez is big on a certain type of character and he'll have all bases covered.
10 Posted 28/10/2013 at 06:58:30
We must all wait and see, both on the Baines and Garbutt front... so that's what we will do.
Keep up the good work.
11 Posted 28/10/2013 at 08:05:24
It definitely won't be us if we allow one of our most creative players to leave in January - in fact Shaw would have a better chance of playing CL footy with his current team if that's the case.
BK is caught between a rock and a hard place. If it wasn't for Fellaini, Baines would've gone in August, but even "the world's biggest Blue" knew he couldn't sell our top 2 performers on deadline day and risk the seals turning on him.
Sadly if Baines wants to go, and if Man U are in some sort of recovery by then, I'd expect him to go late in the January window, the rest of the Felli money to be spent whilst quietly banking the Baines money, and the seals will be back to clapping on 1 February against Villa.
12 Posted 28/10/2013 at 09:33:30
Glad Garbutt is doing well. Needs to excel in the championship for me before he can be considered ready for a shot with us.
Was on a stag in Southampton this weekend and watched them vs Fulham. They were absolutely dominant. Shaw was ok but for me their stand out player was Lallana who is a huge Everton fan.
13 Posted 28/10/2013 at 17:30:35
14 Posted 28/10/2013 at 19:22:33
It looks like long term he fancies Martins Indi with Stones and possibly Tyias Browning who is well regarded at the club. That could be why he's not concerned with all his current centre backs being 30+; bring the youngsters on gradually and learn from the experienced.
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1 Posted 27/10/2013 at 14:15:05
If Baines goes then we need to bring in a top quality replacement.