TUESDAY night’s performance was a great response to the disappointing home result on Saturday, where Colchester took advantage of Town’s lack of leadership last Saturday.

When Nathan Thompson was wrongly sent off against Yeovil, everyone knew it would be costly going into two home games – and they were right as no-one could fill the hole in defence left by the club captain.

Both Jordan Turnbull and Jack Stephens are good defenders but their shortcomings were highlighted again without Thompson alongside them.

Unfortunately the form of our captain won’t go unnoticed by other Football League clubs.

As we’ve seen already this season every player at Town has his price, so let’s hope no one comes close to Nathan’s value in January.

Once again Brad Smith’s absence was painfully obvious against Colchester, with loan man Amari’i Bell struggling to match the talents of the Australian international, who has returned to Liverpool.

The club have signed Harry Toffolo on a month’s loan, brought in to help Bell as a wing-back.

But with Toffolo playing as a left back or centre back so far in his career, it will be interesting to see how quickly he can learn his new role.

Looking at Town’s forward line, it seems Mark Cooper has found three strikers who are more than capable of leading the club to success this season.

Michael Smith, Jonathan Obika and Andy Williams continue to score goals on a regular basis.

Michael Smith has easily managed to prove the doubters wrong this season, scoring 11 goals in 16 games, while Williams and Obika have contributed 12 between them.

Let’s hope they can all add to their tallies this weekend as Town travels to Stadium Soulless to face Milton Keynes Dons.

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