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 […]
So what did we all think about the match that Sky billed as “the biggest game of the season so far”: the clash between Liverpool and Manchester United last Sunday? Titanic struggle full of drama, excitement and entertainment, or damp squib through which even self-confessed football obsessives found it difficult to keep our focus on […]
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 […]
Even in the money-driven world of modern football, FA Cup Third Round weekend normally serves to re-fire the souls of football obsessives who are growing increasingly weary of modern football and its incessant, unwavering focus on commercial interest. The world’s oldest cup competition normally has the uncanny knack of conjuring up a refreshing underdog story, […]
So here we go again, welcome to UK Lockdown 3.0 and yet another post about the impact of the pandemic on the sport that we all love! However, so far at least, it seems that football has escaped suspension, at least for the time being. How long that remains the case is probably reliant on […]
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 […]
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 […]
