Independent Leyton Orient Forum

RicketyCricket wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:54 pm Well given our current style of play and the players we have, I think it is best to go with what has been successful, and what is likely to do well in League Two.

I'd rather we had two strikers like Koroma but it's just not realistic, is it?

RicketyCricket wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:54 pm Well given our current style of play and the players we have, I think it is best to go with what has been successful, and what is likely to do well in League Two.

I'd rather we had two strikers like Koroma but it's just not realistic, is it?

RicketyCricket wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:36 pm Just sinking it what a big miss Bonne will be. His goals may have dried up but he was the focal point of our team for two years, hopefully Wilkinson can replace that but I don't think he's the same type of player. Need someone who will work as tirellesly and run for every ball like Bonne did.

200k is a joke as well but not much the club could have done about it. If Koroma goes Ill begin to worry and we can only expect a lower mid-table finish if that happens.

Great player for the club though, will never forget that last minute penalty against Sutton and the equaliser against Eastleigh (what a goal btw). Hope he continues to do well.

Lucky7 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:03 pm Poleaxing the Lino was my fave bit of that game

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:49 pm You do realise that we don't necessarily need to replace him with a player with the same skillset, right?

gshaw wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:11 pm

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:49 pm You do realise that we don't necessarily need to replace him with a player with the same skillset, right?

If you want to play the same way you do. That said I think we're going to be a lot more direct this year.

The concern is whether we get enough players in - we basically made it through with Bonne + Koroma alone for the majority of the season. Alabi and Simpson didn't make much impact and Harrold is purely a super sub / route one option for short periods of time. We need 3, perhaps 4 strikers coming in (Koroma dependent) to compete at this level and I'm not sure we'll get them.

gshaw wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:11 pm

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:49 pm You do realise that we don't necessarily need to replace him with a player with the same skillset, right?

If you want to play the same way you do. That said I think we're going to be a lot more direct this year.

The concern is whether we get enough players in - we basically made it through with Bonne + Koroma alone for the majority of the season. Alabi and Simpson didn't make much impact and Harrold is purely a super sub / route one option for short periods of time. We need 3, perhaps 4 strikers coming in (Koroma dependent) to compete at this level and I'm not sure we'll get them.

Lucky7 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:37 pm East to west west to east that’s how I remember him

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:30 pm

gshaw wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:11 pm

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:49 pm You do realise that we don't necessarily need to replace him with a player with the same skillset, right?

If you want to play the same way you do. That said I think we're going to be a lot more direct this year.

The concern is whether we get enough players in - we basically made it through with Bonne + Koroma alone for the majority of the season. Alabi and Simpson didn't make much impact and Harrold is purely a super sub / route one option for short periods of time. We need 3, perhaps 4 strikers coming in (Koroma dependent) to compete at this level and I'm not sure we'll get them.

Not necessarily depending on how we decide to employ Maguire-Drew. Can see one more forward coming in at most (unless Koroma leaves) before the season starts and then another mid season when we bin Harrold off. Though we also need to bin Alabi too.

banqo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:26 pm The doom and gloom on here is truly amazing. It's bloody June for God's sake, not August 2nd!!

banqo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:26 pm The doom and gloom on here is truly amazing. It's bloody June for God's sake, not August 2nd!!

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:25 pm

banqo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:26 pm The doom and gloom on here is truly amazing. It's bloody June for God's sake, not August 2nd!!

Cannot wait until 5pm on the 2 Aug or Doomsday as it will become known. It will be mental on here as season tickets are binned and protests organised.

Scuba Diver wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:34 pm Bonne had numerous critics last season on here, and admittedly the goals dried up a bit. Though they went noticeably quieter after his pen at Sutton.
What you got from him was 100%,every minute of every game: and he rarely missed a game.
You could say his goals kept us up in 17/18, and played a huge role in getting us up in 18/19.

When we absolutely needed a free transfer to come in and do the business, following an horrendous time for the club, he did it. Ling deserves credit here too, I feel, but Bonne will always be a bit of a ledge in my eyes for the above reasons.

Good luck to the bloke; let's hope his replacement has the same application and attitude, which can take you a long way in the English game

CreamofSumYungGai wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:52 pm

Scuba Diver wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:34 pm Bonne had numerous critics last season on here, and admittedly the goals dried up a bit. Though they went noticeably quieter after his pen at Sutton.
What you got from him was 100%,every minute of every game: and he rarely missed a game.
You could say his goals kept us up in 17/18, and played a huge role in getting us up in 18/19.

When we absolutely needed a free transfer to come in and do the business, following an horrendous time for the club, he did it. Ling deserves credit here too, I feel, but Bonne will always be a bit of a ledge in my eyes for the above reasons.

Good luck to the bloke; let's hope his replacement has the same application and attitude, which can take you a long way in the English game

This this this.

Bonnes goals may have dried up, he may well have been a bit less polished towards the end of the season, but his effort and application were incredible. I can’t think of another player we’ve had who was so switched on.

gshaw wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:09 pm

CreamofSumYungGai wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:52 pm

Scuba Diver wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:34 pm Bonne had numerous critics last season on here, and admittedly the goals dried up a bit. Though they went noticeably quieter after his pen at Sutton.
What you got from him was 100%,every minute of every game: and he rarely missed a game.
You could say his goals kept us up in 17/18, and played a huge role in getting us up in 18/19.

When we absolutely needed a free transfer to come in and do the business, following an horrendous time for the club, he did it. Ling deserves credit here too, I feel, but Bonne will always be a bit of a ledge in my eyes for the above reasons.

Good luck to the bloke; let's hope his replacement has the same application and attitude, which can take you a long way in the English game

This this this.

Bonnes goals may have dried up, he may well have been a bit less polished towards the end of the season, but his effort and application were incredible. I can’t think of another player we’ve had who was so switched on.

Yup absolutely, his fitness, work rate and commitment to the cause were immense. Gave everything for us and deserves his break.