Thankfully (not a word I often use when missing out on a football match!) the bringing forward of Orient’s kick off away at Exeter City last Saturday meant that it got underway half an hour into Arsenal’s match at Burnley. As bad as the Gunners performed in surrendering an early lead, it did mean that […]
In last week’s post I suggested ahead of the visit of Tranmere Rovers that if Ross didn’t try something new to spark the team and squad back into life, then he was running the real risk of not being able to withstand the loudening calls for his head if it all went wrong (Orient Nerd […]
Well hasn’t it been a thoroughly humbling if not completely depressing return to action for the O’s? I had literally just finished gathering my thoughts for my latest contribution to the Orientear and (spoiler alert coming ahead of Saturday’s publication!) wondering whether with eighteen games still to play, including an intense run of nine games […]
Originally, as I normally do when the O’s are in the two games in a week routine, I was planning to write about Saturday’s goalless draw at home to Colchester United within the context of what had happened up in Cumbria in the rearranged fixture against Carlisle. However as we are all too aware, first […]
I have to confess that I have rewritten the headline and introduction to this post after yesterday’s much grittier performance away at Crawley. Originally the post was going to be all about Orient’s struggles on the road and how we needed to do our utmost to start putting things right on our travels. Ultimately a […]
Once again after a run of positive results, in this case three wins in a row without conceding a goal, when Orient looked to take the next step by beating an opponent who were higher than us in the table, we couldn’t reach the level expected. In a very frustrating way it reminded me of […]
With the game away at Carlisle having been postponed as a result of a frozen pitch, and Orient not having had a midweek game for a couple of weeks, it felt like a long time since we had last seen the O’s in action going into the game against Morecambe last Saturday. Such a pause […]
Just before the Festive Period I wondered if the fact that Orient’s form this season had been so consistently inconsistent was down to the impact of the pandemic (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- is Orient’s consistent inconsistency simply a reflection of the topsy-turvy nature of the Pandemic-impacted League? ). Most specifically, it felt that the by-necessity […]
How can anyone even begin to explain the past two weeks in the life of Leyton Orient? First up we manage to beat the league leaders, Newport County, despite going a goal down midway through the first half, thanks to a resilient and impressive second half display and two opportunistically taken goals by DJ (who […]
Mrs Football Nerd and I were among the chosen ones to be able to get tickets to go to a real live football match last Tuesday: an EFL Trophy tie between Leyton Orient and Bristol Rovers. While the social distancing measures, compulsory facemasks and most importantly the pubs in the surrounding area and concession and […]
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