Let’s start with the absolutely mundane this week and Orient’s so-called “performance” at Salford in the final match of this season that I think we will all be well and truly glad to see the back of. As we logged into Orient TV we were greeted with the news that the kick-off had been pushed […]
I think we will all be happy to just bring an end to this bizarre season and, assuming we keep on the road to recovery after this almost unbelievable global pandemic, get back to normality in our lives and more specifically our football-watching. Anyone who watched Orient’s final home game of the season against Carlisle […]
Hands up, who thought we would go to Southend, win comfortably and potentially relegate the Shrimpers to the National League last Saturday? Anyone who thought so was in good company as it looked for all the world as if the Orient players felt the same. Southend were very much in the last chance saloon going […]
Hands up who feels disappointed after Easter Monday’s draw with lowly Walsall? As frustrating as our level of performance was after a recent run of four wins in a row capped off by a lively and energetic display at Mansfield just three days previously, might the disappointment that we are feeling at the boys not […]
Three wins in a row, nine points in eight days and up to ninth in the table just four points off play-off qualification, albeit having played a game more than Newport and Exeter who sit above us. What a turnaround it has been for interim manager Jobi McAnuff and the Orient squad. While we can’t […]
Thankfully (not a word I often use when missing out on a football match!) the bringing forward of Orient’s kick off away at Exeter City last Saturday meant that it got underway half an hour into Arsenal’s match at Burnley. As bad as the Gunners performed in surrendering an early lead, it did mean that […]
In last week’s post I suggested ahead of the visit of Tranmere Rovers that if Ross didn’t try something new to spark the team and squad back into life, then he was running the real risk of not being able to withstand the loudening calls for his head if it all went wrong (Orient Nerd […]
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