It is often said that a week is a long time in politics, well similar seems to apply to football or at least the good ship Orient in these early days of the season under our new manager and with a much-changed squad. As downbeat as I felt after the humbling by Harrogate Town, not […]
Oops, it looks like I may have overdone it with the optimism in last week’s post (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings – Very Early Days, but encouraging signs from the O’s (#Jacketball)), a dangerous perspective to have for any Orient fan. After the 3-0 humbling of Exeter it felt very much as if there were positive signs […]
I really don’t know where this came from. This utterly mad idea that I was going to put my ludicrously over-priced Arsenal season ticket on hold and instead spend the money I was wasting at the Emirates on endeavouring to watch all of Leyton Orient’s home matches and as many away ones as I could […]
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 […]
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 […]
Well what a nice and quiet news week it’s been in world football then! Thankfully last night’s Orient game provided not only a welcome distraction from the whole European Super League power and money grab by the Dirty Half-dozen, but also a timely reminder of what real football looks like. The result may not have […]
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