I guess it was kind of inevitable that after a very busy and hectic run of five matches in three weeks, fatigue, both physical and mental, was going to catch up with the squad and we would have to grit our way through a match. There were signs of that at Bristol Rovers on New […]
What a difference a week makes! After reflecting in last week’s post on a frustrating week for O’s fans (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Orient are stuck in a rut and can’t seem to get out.), this week after a dramatic (and lucky!) win against Oldham in the FA Cup and a much better team performance and […]
I know I was far from alone, but I had the right hump when the final whistle went up at Chesterfield on Sunday afternoon. It wasn’t just the fact that we had exited the FA Cup, I realise in the grand scheme of the 2023/24 season that while a run in the cup would have […]
Having pondered Orient fans’ slight frustration at two draws in succession last week (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Is our slight frustration a sign of how far the O’s have come in such a short space of time?), I guess I should probably blame myself for the goalless draw that played out at the Pirelli Stadium last […]
In last week’s post (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Orient given a reality check at Ice Station Sixfields) I aired my growing concern that Orient’s stuttering form, culminating in the defeat at arctic-like Northampton, could mean that they started to fall further off the promotion race pace. For a while now I have felt that apart from […]
After the O’s stunning bounce back to league form with the brilliant 5-0 win over Hartlepool, the fixture list dictated that it would be a brief cup sojourn for the O’s before we head off to Rochdale on our league travels once again. Much has been written and spoken about how the FA Cup has […]
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 […]
In many ways it is difficult to know how to sum up Orient’s last two games. On the face of it two cup defeats in the space of four days should be grounds for disappointment, certainly if you read any of the fan pages on social media you might think the correct response is anger […]
Given what has gone before: the dog days of Arsène’s reign, the confused tactics and communication of Unai Emery, the appointment of a rookie coach albeit one who could boast a pedigree apprenticeship under one of the most respected and revered managers in modern football, it would have been difficult to find any Gooner who […]
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