Matchday thread

[Fisch]

Just got in. We haven't given them a freebie yet?

[gshaw]

Narrow escape, Bradford drive down the middle, through ball into the box and squared across goal but incoming attacker too late to get there sliding in.

Down the other end niice feet from Wilkinson slaloming his way into the box, found enough room to shoot but blocked by a defender.

[gshaw]

JMD strike blocked by another last ditch slide by Bradford defender. He gets the ball back puts in a whipped cross put behind for a corner

[LeytonOstone]

Half the team look knackered

[gshaw]

Half the team look knackered

That's going to be the danger towards the last 10.

[gshaw]

Massive scramble in the box following a JMD corner. Two or three shots all blocked, these Bradford defenders throw themselves in front of everything.

[Fisch]

Appreciated gshaw

[gshaw]

Brophy on for JMD, who has had a decent game tbf

Ball played into Wilkinson on edge of box, travels inside then works angle to shoot. Goes near post instead of far and puts it wide.

Down the other end Sargeant gets down low and makes a very smart one handed stop to a ball going low back across him. Dare I say Brill this season wouldn't have got to it.

Wright booked for a late / heavy tackle. Thought he may have gone for that.

[RedDwarf 1881]

Brophy on for JMD, who has had a decent game tbf

Ball played into Wilkinson on edge of box, travels inside then works angle to shoot. Goes near post instead of far and puts it wide.

Down the other end Sargeant gets down low and makes a very smart one handed stop to a ball going low back across him. Dare I say Brill this season wouldn't have got to it.

That's exactly what I was thinking . Whatever the scores ends up today I think Sargeant has to keep his place in goal. The goalkeeper position will need to be reviewed in the Summer.

[gshaw]

4 mins added time...

Marsh MOTM hmmmmm

[gshaw]

FT 0-0. Poor game but at least stops the rot

[RedDwarf 1881]

0-0 ,Yep, I'm pleased with that . With Morecambe losing today we're another point further away from bottom spot . Well done Orient .

[Fisch]

Based on chances created, who will be more disappointed?

[gshaw]

Based on chances created, who will be more disappointed?

Bradford given their league position will feel they should've tested us more. Neither side did enough to win today imo.

[Mistadobalina]

Probably us. Bradford were very poor second half. One of those goal mouth scrambles should have resulted in a goal.

[eagwgw]

About time Marv and Happe got a chance to get a partnership going. IMO similar to the time when Elokobi got dislodged, we were better after.

Will Ross be able to resist putting Ling back in over Turley?

[gshaw]

About time Marv and Happe got a chance to get a partnership going. IMO similar to the time when Elokobi got dislodged, we were better after.

Will Ross be able to resist putting Ling back in over Turley?

No way he could drop Turley but the Judd / Ling situation will be interesting. Usually Judd gets dropped after one good game, usually "injured" so we shall see who gets the nod next game.

[Mistadobalina]

I don't think we want to make a habit of playing Happe at left back. Hes quite slow and offers nothing going forward. Very impressed with Turley today so we have a good selection headache for the next match.

[MrB]

Just needed someone with a bit more guile to open up the Ciy’s defence.Well earned point

[MrB]

Based on chances created, who will be more disappointed?

Bradford given their league position will feel they should've tested us more. Neither side did enough to win today imo.

Yup my view

[Thor]

Turley and Marv were very good today, there is no reason to break that partnership it worked well, strong, quick and powerful, Bradford had zero chances against them today. Judd has to keep his place after his performance today and whilst I agree happe is better suited to playing as a centre half the back 4 were impressive today and if I were the interim head coach best friend of the dof I would not change any of them for the next game.

[Thor]

Just needed someone with a bit more guile to open up the Ciy’s defence.Well earned point

The fact that RE didn't change it up till late.sugfests he was happy to take the point and whilst I agree with a point, today we could have earnt 3 if we had gone for it a little bit more.

Personally I wouldn't have taken JMD off as he was our best offensive player, I'd have shifted him over to the right, put Brophy on the left, shifted wilko to the middle and take off Angol. Then tell the players feed the wide man, get crosses in and mix it up by getting the wide players in behind the full backs.

Still hopefully the rots stopped, defensively we were good so let's build on this and take it forwards.

[gshaw]

Turley and Marv were very good today, there is no reason to break that partnership it worked well, strong, quick and powerful, Bradford had zero chances against them today. Judd has to keep his place after his performance today and whilst I agree happe is better suited to playing as a centre half the back 4 were impressive today and if I were the interim head coach best friend of the dof I would not change any of them for the next game.

That's a fair shout, if you had to change it the idea of a left footed CB in Happe with the experience of Turley makes sense but none of them deserve to be dropped after today. Solid performance from the back 4 and keeper, not something we've been able to say for much of this season.

Just needed someone with a bit more guile to open up the Ciy’s defence.Well earned point

The fact that RE didn't change it up till late.sugfests he was happy to take the point and whilst I agree with a point, today we could have earnt 3 if we had gone for it a little bit more.

Personally I wouldn't have taken JMD off as he was our best offensive player, I'd have shifted him over to the right, put Brophy on the left, shifted wilko to the middle and take off Angol. Then tell the players feed the wide man, get crosses in and mix it up by getting the wide players in behind the full backs.

Still hopefully the rots stopped, defensively we were good so let's build on this and take it forwards.

I thought similar on the sub but taking Wilkinson off and playing JMD and Brophy wide.

[Thor]

Yeah fair do's the only reason I would have kept Wilko on was due to his getting the better of the player most of the time and Angol looking tired. Wilko was the one shooting as well, I'm.not sure Angol is fit enough just yet and he was feeding off scraps to be fair to him.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Turley and Marv were very good today, there is no reason to break that partnership it worked well, strong, quick and powerful, Bradford had zero chances against them today. Judd has to keep his place after his performance today and whilst I agree happe is better suited to playing as a centre half the back 4 were impressive today and if I were the interim head coach best friend of the dof I would not change any of them for the next game.

If Widdowson is fit, then Marv has to sit it out.