In an interview on Sky TV’s Soccer AM back in 2004, Iain Dowie coined the term “bouncebackability” while he was manager at Crystal Palace. Dowie used the phrase to describe how his team had gone from the fringes of relegation in December to winning promotion via the play-offs in May. Since he first said it, […]
Last Saturday’s goalless draw against Northampton was frustrating from a number of perspectives. Firstly, after being held to a draw up in Doncaster the previous weekend thanks to an equalizer 15 minutes from time, not being able to find a breakthrough after playing almost the entire second half against 10 men, felt like an opportunity […]
Going into the game away at Doncaster, a team sitting just outside the top 7 who were only relegated last season and should surely be amongst the teams involved in any potential promotion/play-off conversations, most Orient fans would have probably considered a point to be a decent return. Especially having lost at home to end […]
Well that’ll teach me! I have been following Orient long enough to know that optimism is an incredibly dangerous trait. No sooner had I finished reviewing Orient’s League 2 record-breaking start to the season in last week’s post, than we were brought back down to earth with a resounding bump. Saturday’s defeat by Newport County […]
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