Last week we talked about Orient having turned a corner after a difficult start and how it felt like we were starting to get our season up and running (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Orient get their season up and running.). A week and two matches later and that momentum seems to have dissipated after two disappointing […]
Building on the win at Reading a couple of weeks back, this last week has been another positive one for Orient with an away win at previously undefeated Stockport, followed by a creditable draw at home to perennially favoured for promotion Peterborough. Going into the match last Saturday at Stockport, I was hopeful of us […]
We ended last week’s blog (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Might a settled starting eleven be the key to Orient getting on track in the season?) with the hope that the additional time on the training ground as a result of the Peterborough game being postponed might help Orient to get back on track and get their […]
How annoyingly frustrating are international breaks? Especially this one that comes just as the season is getting underway to accommodate the Nations League – a “competition” that most football fans don’t really understand, and even fewer see the point of! Perhaps the only good thing is that the enforced break from league action will have […]
Well that was all a bit disappointing wasn’t it? After the relative high of the unexpected win at Millwall in the League Cup, Orient fans were brought crashing down to earth by a stagnant performance and 3-0 capitulation at lowly Shrewsbury Town. It is now the O’s that sit bottom of the table, the only […]
When I first sat down to write this piece on Tuesday afternoon, I was all set for a deep dive into where it had gone wrong for Orient after three consecutive league defeats to start the 2024/25 campaign. Then we had the performance and result at the Den on Tuesday evening, which not only saw […]
A slightly briefer round-up of all things Orient this week, as the missus and I have been in my “hometown” of Rotterdam this week. While unfortunately our schedule didn’t allow us to catch a Feyenoord match, it did provide an ideal tonic from the frustration at The Valley last Saturday. Thanks to another altered kick-off […]
As I walked out of Brisbane Road on Saturday evening, the one word that kept echoing round my head was “naïve”. I wasn’t disappointed per se, but former O Victor Adeboyejo’s winner for Bolton with just quarter of an hour left to play felt like something of a sucker punch. Going into the match it […]
So here we go then, it’s time to strap ourselves in and get ready for Orient’s 2024/25 adventure. I think we can all agree that while we ran out of steam a little bit towards the end, thanks in no small part to the significant injuries that we picked up throughout the campaign, last season […]
Part 1 – Berlin – The Orient Nerds’ Summer Holiday Part 1: Ein Euro-Fußball-Abenteuer in Deutschland- Berlin Part 2- Munich – The Orient Nerds’ Summer Holiday Part 2: Ein Euro-Fußball-Abenteuer in Deutschland-München here we come! A mere couple of weeks after returning from Germany we were off on our travels again, this time up to the grand […]
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