As a relatively new recruit to the Orient cause, up until this season I hadn’t as yet had the experience of watching the O’s take on one of the top division teams in the FA Cup. I was at the Valley back in 2006 when Orient unluckily lost to Premier League Charlton, although that was […]
By means of a recap from Part 1 of this Season Review (Orient Nerd Season Review 2024/25 – Part 1: July to November 2024, it’s fair to say that for the first four months of the 2024/25 campaign, the O’s had been somewhat (largely?) underwhelming. They had just however, somehow, managed to squeeze through in the […]
Go on then, be honest, how many times have you watched it? I am of course referring to Jamie Donley’s wonder strike/ Stefan Ortega’s own goal (please delete according to your preference/ taste!), which was pretty much on a loop in the Orient Nerd household on Sunday morning and has had a fair few watches […]
I really did not want to write another f**k*n’ piece on the seemingly inevitable advent of a European Super League. Ever since I started this blog some five years ago, there have been periodic murmurings of the launch of such a money-oriented abomination of the game that we all love. While these have thankfully tended […]
So what did we all think about the match that Sky billed as “the biggest game of the season so far”: the clash between Liverpool and Manchester United last Sunday? Titanic struggle full of drama, excitement and entertainment, or damp squib through which even self-confessed football obsessives found it difficult to keep our focus on […]
As brilliant as Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool were right up to their sealing of the title with seven games still to play, and as much as we expect Manchester City to bounce back and target regaining their status as champions, even without the acquisition of a certain Argentinian megastar, would it be right to suggest that […]
So that’s it! After more than eleven months, the most bizarre, surreal and frankly weirdest season that English football has ever known is all but done and dusted. With just the FA Cup Final tomorrow and the Championship Play-off Final next Tuesday to be decided before the campaign can be called complete, what have we […]
“I truly believe [Financial Fair Play] FFP is gone. I think it’s better to open the circus door and let everybody enjoy.” It is not often that I find myself agreeing with the Premier League pantomime arch-villain and self-avowed “Special One”, nor is it a position I want to find myself in too often in […]
Reading the thoughts of uber football expert Jonathan Wilson in the Guardian last week (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/26/dont-be-tempted-to-think-klopps-blueprint-has-superseded-guardiolas) in the immediate aftermath of Liverpool being crowned champions, one fact from his piece stood out: “It is a measure of what an astonishing season this has been from Liverpool that if Manchester City had won every match they played […]
Yet more technology controversy. 100 days after Coronavirus pandemic-enforced lockdown, the Premier League returned but it wasn’t the same as we remember it. After a minute’s silence to remember those who have sadly fallen victim to this unprecedented and devastating virus, referee Michael Oliver sounded his whistle to signal the fulfilment of Project Restart then […]
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