Yeovil showed boss Terry Skiverton they are up for their survival battle by putting their bodies on the line to take a hard-fought point.
Sunday People
02:59, 11 Feb 2013Updated 06:17, 11 Feb 2013
Yeovil showed boss Terry Skiverton they are up for their survival battle by putting their bodies on the line to take a hard-fought point.
Glovers substitute Adam Phillip was denied in stoppage-time by Colchester keeper Ben Williams.
Skiverton said: “We spoke before the game about how we want to move forward and be a lot more solid and cut out the mistakes.
“We did that – it was a really small step, but we’re heading in the right direction.”
After the break Colchester went agonisingly close when Kayode Odejayi saw his close-range effort tipped onto the bar by Yeovil keeper John Sullivan.
Skiverton added: “I was really pleased with the response, but I’ve said it before, only for it to be shoved back down my throat again.”
Colchester boss John Ward agreed his players were below par, saying: “This is a performance to forget because we haven’t done as well as could we have. But don’t forget that we were playing a team that was trying to stop us.”