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 […]
With the game away at Carlisle having been postponed as a result of a frozen pitch, and Orient not having had a midweek game for a couple of weeks, it felt like a long time since we had last seen the O’s in action going into the game against Morecambe last Saturday. Such a pause […]
We all know that Colchester are a good side: having finished sixth last year and earned themselves a place in the play-offs. We also all begrudgingly remember that they were better than us last season beating us 2-1 at their place and 3-1 at Brisbane Road on Boxing Day; but I have to say that […]
After Saturday’s late home defeat at the hands of Grimsby Town, it is probably fair to say that there was growing unrest among the Orient faithful, certainly if you perused any of the associated social media pages there was a feeling that the O’s had gone off track thanks in no small part to the […]
As a result of indulging one of my other great sporting loves and going to Manchester to watch St Helens win the Rugby League Grand Final a couple of weeks back, as well as the way the O’s fixtures fell in October, myself and Mrs. Football Nerd hadn’t been to Brisbane Road for a whole […]
On Saturday afternoon just before 5pm, I had that increasingly familiar sinking feeling deep down in the pit of my stomach, as Jake Taylor’s curled effort beat the outstretched arm of Brillo and nestled in the top corner it felt like a crushing blow and the end of Orient’s ‘valiant’ (pardon the pun!) effort against […]
Originally this post was going to be all about Mrs Football Nerd’s and my trip to Colchester on our first bona fide away day of the season, but as a result of our Interim Head Coach’s understandable decision to stand down, it feels completely right to also give some thoughts to the position in which […]
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