COLCHESTER United’s Frankie Kent is keeping his glass half-full in expectancy that the moment that turns his team’s fortunes around will arrive against Swindon Town this weekend.

On Saturday, the Essex outfit welcome Luke Williams’ side to the Colchester Community Stadium, desperately scratching around for a scrap of good fortune to arrest their slide at the bottom of the League One table.

Last weekend, Colchester’s disappointing 3-0 loss at the hands of local rivals Southend United saw them slip to their 17th defeat of the season so far, whilst fellow strugglers Crewe Alexandra, Fleetwood Town and Shrewsbury Town all picked up vital points.

Defender Kent, 20, isn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet and has pinpointed his team’s next two home matches, which includes the visit of Town, as crucial to Colchester’s chances of launching a rescue mission.

“It’s just not clicking for us at the minute, but I’m sure it will. We’ve just got to continue looking forward,” Kent told the East Anglian Daily Times.

“We’ve still got 17 games to go. We went on a decent run earlier in the season (four wins on the bounce), and we can do that again.

“I know that we’ve got the quality of players to do it. We just need the little things to click for us.

“Our next two games are key to our whole season, playing at home.

“The fans, as proved by the Tottenham FA Cup game (a 4-1 fourth round defeat on January 30), have been brilliant and they have been getting right behind us.

“We just need one game – a turning point – and one little thing or one goal to go for us. Anything can change it.

“I feel it’s coming, I know we keep saying it, but it is coming. I can feel it.

“We all have to take responsibility for the results. We are part of a whole team.

“It was helpful to have a long chat after Saturday’s game in the dressing room, so that everyone could say what they thought.”

Meanwhile, Southend have moved to condemn the actions of the fan who ran onto the pitch before attacking Colchester supporters during last weekend’s derby.

A police investigation into the incident has since been launched and in a statement on Southend’s website, chief executive Steve Kavanagh said: “The club will do everything we can to ensure Roots Hall continues to remain a safe and family-friendly environment.”