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Month: October 2025

Written by Football NerdOctober 31, 2025

Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: A Step in the Right Direction.

Well that was a bit more positive wasn’t it? While it wasn’t the most scintillating performance or convincing victory, the most important thing for Orient last Saturday against Lincoln was simply to find a way to win the match. In the last week’s post (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Will the Real Leyton Orient Please Stand Up?), […]

Written by Football NerdOctober 24, 2025

Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Will the Real Leyton Orient Please Stand Up?

I really don’t know what to make of this current incarnation of Leyton Orient. Last week’s blog post after the 4-0 home win over Doncaster (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Reassurance through Victory for Orient Fans.) focused on the positive signs that suggested that the team was starting to come together, then we had that “performance” and […]

Written by Football NerdOctober 17, 2025

Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Reassurance through Victory for Orient Fans.

Going into last Saturday’s match at home to Doncaster Rovers there were two main themes occupying the minds of Orient fans. Firstly, what the hell was going on with our defence that had seen us concede the most goals in League 1? Secondly, whether Richie Wellens really was going to abandon us and be lured […]

Written by Football NerdOctober 10, 2025

Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Is it Time for Orient to Batten Down the Hatches?

“Letting goals in, and cheaply, is proving to be a real Achilles heel for us, and in many ways is undoing the good work we are putting in to try to develop our attacking cohesion.” (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: No Case for the Defence) When I wrote those words last week, I was hopeful that ongoing […]

Written by Football NerdOctober 2, 2025

Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: No Case for the Defence

3-0-2-0-4-1-2-1-2-3 The above isn’t some kind of clever mathematical code, instead it is the goals conceded by Orient in their 10 league matches so far. To put it another way, that is 18 league goals conceded (at a rate of 1.8 goals against per match) and ranks as the equal worst record in the division […]

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