So, let’s start with the disappointing, the 2-0 defeat at Scunthorpe. Winning away games is never a given of course, even against a team that had struggled for form and goals for the most part this season. Scunthorpe had won four league games and scored just thirteen goals with five having come in their previous […]
As disappointing as it was to exit the FA Cup at the first obstacle for the fifth consecutive year, it may have helped Orient in this hectic season with its condensed timeframe. We have already seen the benefits of having a week off from the Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday routine and a relatively settled squad with the wins […]
Well doesn’t that feel a hell of a lot better. Two home league games, two wins, six points in the bag and we now sit in eighth place in the table a mere point off the playoff places. There is of course a hell of a long way to go in a season that is […]
We all know that Colchester are a good side: having finished sixth last year and earned themselves a place in the play-offs. We also all begrudgingly remember that they were better than us last season beating us 2-1 at their place and 3-1 at Brisbane Road on Boxing Day; but I have to say that […]
In many ways it is difficult to know how to sum up Orient’s last two games. On the face of it two cup defeats in the space of four days should be grounds for disappointment, certainly if you read any of the fan pages on social media you might think the correct response is anger […]
Last night’s result away at Forest Green, if not necessarily the performance, was frustrating for Orient after a run which saw the side win three out of four matches and climb to eleventh in the table, just two points off the all-important top seven. While a trip to the New Lawn to play a team […]
Speaking after last night’s 1-1 draw with Exeter City, vice skipper Josh Coulson suggested that the sliver of disappoint that the players were feeling at having not secured all three points for a third consecutive match was a good sign, an indication of an upturn in form after the home defeat to Grimsby. Certainly, seven […]
After Saturday’s late home defeat at the hands of Grimsby Town, it is probably fair to say that there was growing unrest among the Orient faithful, certainly if you perused any of the associated social media pages there was a feeling that the O’s had gone off track thanks in no small part to the […]
Who knew that deep in the hearts of Premier League club owners lay a touching and purportedly genuine concern for the clubs in the lower tiers of English football? A mere matter of weeks after Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden firmly planted the ball in their court, few of us realised that the altruistic, all-caring clubs […]
I ended last week’s post wondering how many points Orient might take from two tricky-looking fixtures away from home in the space of just four days (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Like Trump, Orient may have beaten Coronavirus… for now.); while I am far from being apoplectic, I do feel some justification in being a little bit […]
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