One of the things that I have noticed about the O’s astonishing start to the season, is it feels like the stakes are higher for every match we play. In many ways, as I touched on in last week’s post (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings – Orient back in action and looking to keep up the […]
Even though it has only been two weeks, doesn’t it feel like quite some time since our beloved O’s were in action with that stunning comeback win up at Stockport? Of course, the small matters of a month made up entirely of away fixtures, and a highly controversial autumn/ winter World Cup have only made […]
After the disappointment of the non-performance and defeat at Wimbledon the preceding Tuesday evening, we were all hoping that the O’s got back on track at Harrogate in the next league game. As I alluded to in last week’s post (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings – A disappointing week for the Orient, but with some very […]
Another autumn and another early exit from the FA Cup for Leyton Orient. How annoyed you personally feel about our elimination from the world’s oldest cup competition last weekend, may well depend on where you see the club’s priorities going forward for the rest of the season. It might also be influenced somewhat by the […]
Hands up if you thought Paul Smyth was man of the match in Orient’s 1-0 win over Salford last Saturday? Yep, just as I thought, that’s unanimous! Seriously just when you think the mercurial Northern Ireland forward couldn’t improve on his magical strikes, he goes and produces another one that simply had to be seen […]
In an interview on Sky TV’s Soccer AM back in 2004, Iain Dowie coined the term “bouncebackability” while he was manager at Crystal Palace. Dowie used the phrase to describe how his team had gone from the fringes of relegation in December to winning promotion via the play-offs in May. Since he first said it, […]
Last Saturday’s goalless draw against Northampton was frustrating from a number of perspectives. Firstly, after being held to a draw up in Doncaster the previous weekend thanks to an equalizer 15 minutes from time, not being able to find a breakthrough after playing almost the entire second half against 10 men, felt like an opportunity […]
Going into the game away at Doncaster, a team sitting just outside the top 7 who were only relegated last season and should surely be amongst the teams involved in any potential promotion/play-off conversations, most Orient fans would have probably considered a point to be a decent return. Especially having lost at home to end […]
Well that’ll teach me! I have been following Orient long enough to know that optimism is an incredibly dangerous trait. No sooner had I finished reviewing Orient’s League 2 record-breaking start to the season in last week’s post, than we were brought back down to earth with a resounding bump. Saturday’s defeat by Newport County […]
Ahead of last Saturday’s trip to Holker Street to face Barrow in a largely unexpected top of the table clash, the general feeling amongst the Orient faithful seemed to be that this match was going to be the toughest the O’s had faced in the opening 10 games of the campaign. As I said in […]
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