The hardy band of Colchester United supporters who braved the elements to watch their side take on Yeovil Town probably experienced a slight sense of deja-vu as they trudged wearily away from a snowy Weston Homes Community Stadium, on Saturday night.

For the second successive home game, they had witnessed their team slump to a 1-0 defeat to a team situated below them in the table.

Sadly, surrendering points against clubs situated in the lower reaches of League Two has become something of a familiar feeling for John McGreal’s side, this season.

In fairness, Colchester’s results at the Community Stadium under McGreal have been good.

This season, they are still in the top ten for best home form in the division, despite their back-to-back defeats at the venue.

But following the Yeovil reverse, they have now dropped points at home against nine of the sides currently immediately below them in the bottom 11 of the table.

With four fixtures remaining at the Community Stadium – all against clubs currently with realistic promotion ambitions – Colchester have already lost as many home league games this season as they did in the entire previous campaign.

Unfortunately, the U’s home has become more of a burden than a fortress, over recent weeks.

Even McGreal admitted after the Yeovil loss that it might be better that they now have two successive away games, after back-to-back losses in front of their own fans.

Goals – or rather a lack of them - have become an issue, too after they drew a blank for the second successive home match.

Colchester once again lacked bite in attack and they have managed to find the net just once in their last four games, where they have recorded one point from a possible 12.

McGreal admitted after the Yeovil defeat that his side need to improve their finishing and said they have missed the scoring input of Brennan Dickenson and Kurtis Guthrie, who scored 19 home goals between them, last season.

That seems a long time ago now and with the play-offs now looking a remote possibility to say the least this season, a third successive season of League Two football beckons.

With more than a dozen senior players out of contract this summer, it might well be a very different-looking U’s side that lines up at the start of the next campaign.