I guess probably the best thing we can say about Orient’s win at Tamworth in the first round of the FA Cup, is that we (just about) got through it. Thankfully we didn’t fall victim to another giant-killing in the ilk of Maldon & Tiptree at home (yes I am still bitter, if not downright […]
Well that was a bit more positive wasn’t it? While it wasn’t the most scintillating performance or convincing victory, the most important thing for Orient last Saturday against Lincoln was simply to find a way to win the match. In the last week’s post (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Will the Real Leyton Orient Please Stand Up?), […]
I really don’t know what to make of this current incarnation of Leyton Orient. Last week’s blog post after the 4-0 home win over Doncaster (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Reassurance through Victory for Orient Fans.) focused on the positive signs that suggested that the team was starting to come together, then we had that “performance” and […]
Going into last Saturday’s match at home to Doncaster Rovers there were two main themes occupying the minds of Orient fans. Firstly, what the hell was going on with our defence that had seen us concede the most goals in League 1? Secondly, whether Richie Wellens really was going to abandon us and be lured […]
“Letting goals in, and cheaply, is proving to be a real Achilles heel for us, and in many ways is undoing the good work we are putting in to try to develop our attacking cohesion.” (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: No Case for the Defence) When I wrote those words last week, I was hopeful that ongoing […]
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 […]
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