3-0-2-0-4-1-2-1-2-3 The above isn’t some kind of clever mathematical code, instead it is the goals conceded by Orient in their 10 league matches so far. To put it another way, that is 18 league goals conceded (at a rate of 1.8 goals against per match) and ranks as the equal worst record in the division […]
In sitting down to write this post, I really struggled to know how to start. The overwhelming feeling that I had on the way home from Reading last Saturday was one of frustration. Once again the O’s looked fairly blunt from an attacking perspective and succumbed to two sloppy goals, something that has been all […]
On the face of it a 1-1 draw at home against Bolton Wanderers, a team who we have struggled against in recent seasons and who will likely be challenging for the play-off places again this season, is far from disastrous. So why does it feel a tad frustrating? Once again we struggled to look truly […]
Since my last post a couple of weeks ago (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Reflections on Orient’s Mixed Start to the Season.), Orient’s up and down start to the campaign has very much continued. The performance and result at home to Northampton was frustrating to say the least. If we were hoping to bounce back after the […]
Having just returned from the other side of the “Pond” on a baseball trip that saw us take in four games in four different ballparks in two cities, it is time to focus back in on all things Orient. So what have I missed? The League Cup tie at home to Wycombe was the very […]
A quick and early set of musings this week, as I am off to the States in a few days for a rearranged baseball trip that we had originally planned for May (after the league season had finished of course!), but as so often seems to happen, life conspired to get in the way. While […]
So for the third season in a row the O’s got off to a losing start. As optimistic as I was trying to be going into Saturday’s match at Huddersfield, at the same time deep down I was also a little bit concerned that the sheer turnover of players and the relatively short turnaround after […]
Where has the summer break gone? With the 2025/26 season getting underway tomorrow with the O’s away at Huddersfield (where we ended the last league campaign), let’s take stock of how the O’s are shaping up ahead of the big kick-off. Departures and Arrivals When the club (finally) released the retained list at the beginning […]
We ended last week’s post (Orient Nerd Season Review 2024/25 – Part 3: February 2025 (Part 2) to March 2025) when we had just beaten Stevenage 1-0 in a largely uneventful match at Brisbane Road. Although rather concerningly I had done something to my back which would put a halt to me doing one of the […]
We ended Part 2 (Orient Nerd Season Review 2024/25 – Part 2: December 2024 to February 2025) of our Season Review having just done ourselves proud, not only competing against, but actually challenging one of the greatest squads ever assembled in the shape of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. That however wasn’t the end of the story […]
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