After two draws followed by three straight victories Orient’s new manager bounce came to something of an abrupt halt on one of Richie Wellens’ old playing and managerial stomping grounds on Tuesday evening. Before focusing on where things may have gone awry at Boundary Park however let’s start with the hard-fought victory over Barrow at […]
Played: 4 Won: 2 Drawn: 2 Lost: 0 Goals For: 7 Goals Against: 2 Points: 8 As I am sure you are all more than fully aware, the above is how Orient’s record reads since Richie Wellens walked through the door at Brisbane Road and with very limited time to work on the training ground […]
Normally when I sit down to write these blog posts, the words, thoughts and opinions flow easily and I have rattled through a thousand words or so without even realising it. Today however it feels very different. Many of the Orient faithful, especially those who we have met on our travels will already know what […]
…On the 15th day…Orient’s new head coach was announced. In the end it seemed fairly obvious that the new man was going to be Richie Wellens, as his was pretty much the only name still doing the rounds after the rumours of Darren Ferguson, Neil Lennon etc, had been well and truly quashed. So, what […]
If rumours (or the bookies) are to be believed, so far both Darren Ferguson and Neil Lennon have ruled themselves out of the opportunity to become Orient’s next manager. Although I personally have my doubts about how likely those rumoured appointments ever were, the fact is that a week and a half into the “process” […]
In the end, when the news broke that Orient had “parted company with Manager Kenny Jackett with immediate effect” the only real surprise for supporters was that the board and Director of Football had finally acted, as the recent noises coming out of the club suggested that they were prepared to back Jackett in the […]
For 20 minutes or so on Saturday we had hope. For the first time in as long as probably any of us can remember, Orient looked like a team with a purpose. At long last we started a match with impetus, quickness, and slicker movement when we had the ball, supported by aggressive pressure on […]
Two defeats in quick succession have all but ended any pretensions Orient had of being in the play-off mix come the end of the season. It is of course mathematically possible to climb the table, but barring something completely unexpected and spectacular, it is hard to see how a team that has won just 7 […]
2 points from a possible 18, 2 goals scored only one of which was by an Orient player, 6 new players in with 1 leaving for pastures new higher up the league, and 4 matches postponed. That in a nutshell is how Orient’s record reads over the last 2 months since that stunning and largely […]
I have to say that an insipid goalless draw and a lacklustre defeat thanks to a late winner from the opposition, aren’t exactly the type of performances and results I was hoping for when I suggested last week that: “if we are serious about rekindling our promotion tilt then we are going to need to […]
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