Some brief musings this week as thanks to the postponement of the Harrogate Town game scheduled for Tuesday night there is only one game to reflect on, the win over Exeter City last Saturday. Since KJ’s appointment as manager there has been a tangible feelgood atmosphere around the club, while we as Orient fans are […]
The last time I put together any Orient-based musings was back in the middle of May, in the immediate aftermath of Orient’s meek display at Salford in the last game of the season (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings – Farewell and thank you to Jobi, all change at the Orient and some very ambitious plans for […]
So football didn’t come home in the end, instead it proved to be a fairly predictable defeat that not only punctured the feelgood vibes that most of the country has been enjoying, but brought us all crashing back down to earth with a bump. That the defeat ultimately came via a penalty shootout felt almost […]
So, have we all recovered from Wednesday night then? For only the second time in their entire footballing history England will play in the final of a major tournament. In achieving that Gareth Southgate and his players are helping long-suffering England fans to banish memories of all those glorious failures of the past, especially those […]
I ended last week’s post by suggesting that it was now or never for England at a major tournament, that: “If the Three Lions are ever to truly blossom into the top team we all hope they can be, then beating the Germans, even on penalties, feels like an essential step on the way. We […]
On the face of it playing a 24-team finals tournament using 12 different venues spread across a continent in June and July 2020 was always going to be logistically challenging. However, factor in a global pandemic which brought the world as we knew it let alone international travel and football to a halt from which […]
The news that up to 10,000 fans were going to be allowed into Emirates Stadium for the final game of the season was quickly followed by an email informing me that I was one of the “lucky” ones to be selected to stump up £90 for a Club Level seat for the match. Cynically I […]
Let’s start with the absolutely mundane this week and Orient’s so-called “performance” at Salford in the final match of this season that I think we will all be well and truly glad to see the back of. As we logged into Orient TV we were greeted with the news that the kick-off had been pushed […]
I think we will all be happy to just bring an end to this bizarre season and, assuming we keep on the road to recovery after this almost unbelievable global pandemic, get back to normality in our lives and more specifically our football-watching. Anyone who watched Orient’s final home game of the season against Carlisle […]
Hands up, who thought we would go to Southend, win comfortably and potentially relegate the Shrimpers to the National League last Saturday? Anyone who thought so was in good company as it looked for all the world as if the Orient players felt the same. Southend were very much in the last chance saloon going […]
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