Exiles thread - Bolton (A)

[RedDwarf 1881]

Sorry, but I feel you’re in the vast minority in your admiration of Pigott.

It's not admiration of Piggot as such it's the balance he brings or a player of that ilk, there are lots of talented players but you need something to tie it together

The odd pass here and there isn't anywhere near good enough for the supposed first choice striker who's there to score goals

Pigott definitely isn't League One standard . Actually , I think he would struggle in League Two

[Stan1972]

Best game Shaq Forde has had in an Orient shirt
Been a real handful for Bolton in 2nd half
We have been so unlucky not to make it 3-3 in last few mins
Big 2nd half for Beckles too, he has been superb!

[i8ubutler]

All over - a loss but at least some fight.

[Tuffers#2]

Best game Shaq Forde has had in an Orient shirt
Been a real handful for Bolton in 2nd half
We have been so unlucky not to make it 3-3 in last few mins

Happes mistake costing us points again

[Stan1972]

If we can play like that in next few games like we did in 2nd half today we will win more than we lose.
Well thought back O’s
Most dangerous we have looked attacking all season.

[Hoover Attack]

Should have grabbed an equaliser at the death.

Great second half performance.

MOTM Forde, mentions to Beckles (2nd half) and Pratley and Miz for turning the game around.

[RedDwarf 1881]

Best game Shaq Forde has had in an Orient shirt
Been a real handful for Bolton in 2nd half
We have been so unlucky not to make it 3-3 in last few mins
Big 2nd half for Beckles too, he has been superb!

Fair enough but that's the second time we've given a team like Bolton a three goal start before we woke up . We were unlucky not to get the draw against Oxford as well . How many more times are we going to do that ?

[cymruO]

Credit to us in the second half, but for that terrible start could have been so different. Lots for Richie to think about, and not just about comings and goings.

[Hoover Attack]

Best game Shaq Forde has had in an Orient shirt
Been a real handful for Bolton in 2nd half
We have been so unlucky not to make it 3-3 in last few mins
Big 2nd half for Beckles too, he has been superb!

Agreed with all of this.

[Hoover Attack]

Best game Shaq Forde has had in an Orient shirt
Been a real handful for Bolton in 2nd half
We have been so unlucky not to make it 3-3 in last few mins
Big 2nd half for Beckles too, he has been superb!

Fair enough but that's the second time we've given a team like Bolton a three goal start before we woke up . We were unlucky not to get the draw against Oxford as well . How many more times are we going to do that ?

Possibly a few until we fully acclimatise to this level and get the experience we so clearly need.

[Hoover Attack]

Amazing what happens when ruel is not in the middle miscontrolling every ball or tripping over his own feet. He scores the odd goal but our play breaks down too often when he is on the pitch.

The turn around came from Prat’s and El Miz replacing Brown and Galbraith, not from Galbraith replacing Ruel.

Ruel was subbed because he had been booked.

[Tuffers#2]

Doing The O’s proud

Proper Orient supporters

We’re all Orient supporters, just because you go to an away game doesn’t make you more of a supporter than someone who chooses not to go to the game.

It kind of does though

[Sid Bishop]

Who else does the manager have? He can only pick the players in this squad.

The players he brought in you mean

Did he? There is a transfer committee. They make their decisions based on value to the club and he bases his on who he wants.

The defence are the same as last season and the GK coach recommended Brynn.

Forde had a half decent season in non-league. Howes had a half decent career in non-league.

We have 1 fit winger and are forced to play wing backs - not the formation he wants to play. When he does go 4 at the back, he’s forced to play strikers on the wings who both want to come inside.

We have a wage thief in the squad who is supposed to be the creative hub but he does f*** all other than eat.

Orient are exactly where everyone expected them to be come the end of the season.

''We have a wage thief in the squad who is supposed to be the creative hub but he does f*** all other than eat''
Cant argue with that !

[Tuffers#2]

Best game Shaq Forde has had in an Orient shirt
Been a real handful for Bolton in 2nd half
We have been so unlucky not to make it 3-3 in last few mins
Big 2nd half for Beckles too, he has been superb!

Fair enough but that's the second time we've given a team like Bolton a three goal start before we woke up . We were unlucky not to get the draw against Oxford as well . How many more times are we going to do that ?

21,000 at the game today,
12k more than our capacity.

That's what a bigger budget buys .
3 points at home

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Decent spirit and the goal will hopefully give Theo some confidence. Should have probably scored at the end too

Unfortunately it’s still 0 points and you can’t collapse for ten mins at this level. El miz being out could have a bigger effect than the result.

[Hoover Attack]

Proper Orient supporters

We’re all Orient supporters, just because you go to an away game doesn’t make you more of a supporter than someone who chooses not to go to the game.

It kind of does though

It definitely does.

[Hoover Attack]

Unfortunately it’s still 0 points and you can’t collapse for ten mins at this level. El miz being out could have a bigger effect than the result.

Looked like it was a contact injury from that shoulder to shoulder, so hopefully just some heavy bruising to come out and not something daft like a broken rib.

[B.whitehouse+10more]

Well done Orient still learning about league One, but expect them to push on second half of the season. We have a great Manager and excellent board who care about the club. We have gone from a shambles of a club, in the National League, to a well run unit, a lot of money has been invested by the owners, I’m just happy to be where we are now after 2 promotions in 6 years. Every game I watch is a bonus as we could have gone out of existence. Up the O’s

[Top of the JES]

Think you have got to put today down to Richie, wrong starting eleven our midfield killed us first half, got the right players on second half and we bossed it and could have got a point.

Richies learning too I guess.

[gshaw]

Credit to us in the second half, but for that terrible start could have been so different. Lots for Richie to think about, and not just about comings and goings.

Has to be put into context of a team 3-0 stepping off the gas too

[Hoover Attack]

The players he brought in you mean

Did he? There is a transfer committee. They make their decisions based on value to the club and he bases his on who he wants.

The defence are the same as last season and the GK coach recommended Brynn.

Forde had a half decent season in non-league. Howes had a half decent career in non-league.

We have 1 fit winger and are forced to play wing backs - not the formation he wants to play. When he does go 4 at the back, he’s forced to play strikers on the wings who both want to come inside.

We have a wage thief in the squad who is supposed to be the creative hub but he does f*** all other than eat.

Orient are exactly where everyone expected them to be come the end of the season.

''We have a wage thief in the squad who is supposed to be the creative hub but he does f*** all other than eat''
Cant argue with that !

Sadly this is true.

Can you imagine if Moncur was playing like the top class number 10 his salary should merit? We’d be a totally different proposition.

[Reflecto]

Looked like we were going to be overrun at 3 0. Shocking start to the game - looks like we came back strongly and in the end our attacking stats were better than Wanderers. Let's hope that the remaining 24 games gives us another 8 wins and we will be fine. Lots of work to be done by RW and ML...

[Reflecto]

Form stats are not pretty reading though...its 8 points from 10 games

[Mistadobalina]

Such an odd game. First 15 minutes we were abysmal, I can't remember ever seeing a start like that. Every Bolton attack looked like a goal was going to come. Happe, James and Beckles were dreadful.

And then second half it all clicked, absolutely all over them. They barely hung on to that, two genuinely great chances to equalise at the death.

Wellens point after the Cheltenham game about us having an extremely fit squad rings true. We get a lot of late goals and create a lot of pressure at the end.

[Chief crazy horse]

We’re all Orient supporters, just because you go to an away game doesn’t make you more of a supporter than someone who chooses not to go to the game.

It kind of does though

It definitely does.

No it doesn't - not a 'definite', anyway.