Going into this run of three games in a week, I have to admit that I was slightly apprehensive. As good as Orient’s unbeaten run in the league had been, I was a bit concerned that the step up in quality of opposition (at least in the form of Reading and Stockport), an always tough […]
After all the fun, drama and excitement of the giant-killing of Derby County last week, this week has felt a little bit “after the lord mayor’s show”. It’s not that I thought the goalless draw at Peterborough was especially disappointing, or that I will lose a great deal of sleep over exiting the Pizza Cup […]
So how was your Tuesday evening? Sometimes, just once in a while, this magical game of football throws up one of those matches that reminds us all why we fell in love with the game in the first place. To come out of a ground absolutely buzzing, physically shaking from the pure emotion and excitement […]
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 […]
In my last blog post before the Christmas break, looking ahead to the five league matches in three weeks that were facing us, I rather tentatively suggested that: “making predictions is always a dangerous practice but if we can say win at least two and draw one, possibly two, of those matches then it is […]
Coming on the back of four consecutive wins in different competitions, being held to a goalless draw at home to struggling Burton Albion felt a bit frustrating. However with the games coming thick and fast over the festive period and a congested middle of the league table there are still grounds for optimism going forward. […]
Often in football when a team is mired in a bit of a slump something unexpected can act as a catalyst and spark it back into form. While I don’t think Orient’s recent upturn in fortunes can be put solely down to Josh Keeley’s extraordinary equalizer and Dan Agyei’s late winner against Oldham in the […]
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 […]
Two weeks ago on the back of a comprehensive victory over Blackpool and having progressed in whatever the EFL Trophy is called this week, I (naively perhaps?) suggested that there were some grounds for optimism amongst Orient fans. Sitting here writing this in the aftermath of another home defeat, this time to an ordinary-looking Huddersfield […]
A Different Matchday Experience Another week and another Orient home fixture postponed due to international call-ups. This time the better half and I decided that we would follow the lead of one of our closest Orient-following friends, Chris, and head off to watch Clapton CFC. For those of you not familiar with the history of […]
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