Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Jman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:42 am I thought Kyprianou was marginally better than Coleman yesterday, once he had time on the ball, he linked play quite well. The problem is, as others have noted, is neither of them offer much else. Two quite similar players who seem to shirk tackles and offer no goal threat. Also have been thinking whether Hector was lucky to stay on yesterday after his deliberate clip on a Rochdale player as they broke. That was a let off for me.

One thing I did think was interesting was just what a difference Pratley made when he came on. Suddenly the large holes in our midfield were starting to disappear. It makes you think someone like him is a really good option to bring on and see out a game, problem is we’ve seldom been in that position… And injuries/bad form have been we’ve had to play him a lot more from the off when clearly his legs have mostly gone

Beradogs wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:07 pm Vigouroux. 7. Couple of decent stops.
Thompson. 7.5. Joint MOM. He has been excellent the last three games. Doesn’t offer much going toward but immovable at the back and a good range of passing.
Beccles. 6. Defence under a lot of pressure first half and they dealt well with most of it.
Ogie. 7. Good game if not quite his imperious best.
Wood. 6. Solid enough.
Coleman. 5. First home win in however long is not the time to knock two of our kids. The manager will know we need much better next season.
Hector. 5. See Coleman.
Archibald. 6.5. Plenty of huff and puff. Not as confident on the ball as earlier in the season.
Smyth. Joint MOM. 7.5 Worldie goal and got better and better as the game went on. Just when he was taking over completely you can guess what happened…injured.
Ruel 7. Another goal. Drifted in and out.
Drinnan. 7.5. He doesn’t stop running and what I like about him, no matter how bad we are playing or how many goals we are losing by, he just keeps on going. Never drops his head.

Subs. 6. Smith scored a simple header.

Wellens. 7.5.Working a miracle getting points from current options. We will see a lot of new faces next season. The midfield will finally see a complete overhaul as the first half was shambolic and he will know it.

Rochdale. 6. Near and tidy but folded like a pack of cards by the end.

Ref. 7. Good game.

Beradogs wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:07 pm Vigouroux. 7. Couple of decent stops.
Thompson. 7.5. Joint MOM. He has been excellent the last three games. Doesn’t offer much going toward but immovable at the back and a good range of passing.
Beccles. 6. Defence under a lot of pressure first half and they dealt well with most of it.
Ogie. 7. Good game if not quite his imperious best.
Wood. 6. Solid enough.
Coleman. 5. First home win in however long is not the time to knock two of our kids. The manager will know we need much better next season.
Hector. 5. See Coleman.
Archibald. 6.5. Plenty of huff and puff. Not as confident on the ball as earlier in the season.
Smyth. Joint MOM. 7.5 Worldie goal and got better and better as the game went on. Just when he was taking over completely you can guess what happened…injured.
Ruel 7. Another goal. Drifted in and out.
Drinnan. 7.5. He doesn’t stop running and what I like about him, no matter how bad we are playing or how many goals we are losing by, he just keeps on going. Never drops his head.

Subs. 6. Smith scored a simple header.

Wellens. 7.5.Working a miracle getting points from current options. We will see a lot of new faces next season. The midfield will finally see a complete overhaul as the first half was shambolic and he will know it.

Rochdale. 6. Near and tidy but folded like a pack of cards by the end.

Ref. 7. Good game.

Currywurst and Chips wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:21 pm Is Smyth injured again?

Currywurst and Chips wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:21 pm Is Smyth injured again?

Currywurst and Chips wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:21 pm Is Smyth injured again?

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:32 pm Vigoroux 6
Thompson 6 - decent defensively, kept passing it back inside when we had chances to break forward
Beckles 4 - something isn’t right with him, didn’t look like her was concentrating or overly arsed about being on the pitch
Ogie 5
Wood 5
Hector 2 - looked out of his depth, poor positionally. He only got 2 because he made 2 decent passes in the 2nd half
Coleman 3 - see above, marginally better overall
Archibald 7 - made some intelligent runs, worked hard
Smyth 7 - worked hard, great finish
Ruel 6 - good finish but wasn’t really in the game. Showed some flashes when he was. Got more into it when they changed shape and he wasn’t playing in the hole.
Drinan 6

The officials were terrible. Didn’t give obvious fouls when Rochdale players were literally holding their arms around Orient players. Where the f*** did 6 mins of extra time come from?

Still's Carenae wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:45 am

Jman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:42 am I thought Kyprianou was marginally better than Coleman yesterday, once he had time on the ball, he linked play quite well. The problem is, as others have noted, is neither of them offer much else. Two quite similar players who seem to shirk tackles and offer no goal threat. Also have been thinking whether Hector was lucky to stay on yesterday after his deliberate clip on a Rochdale player as they broke. That was a let off for me.

One thing I did think was interesting was just what a difference Pratley made when he came on. Suddenly the large holes in our midfield were starting to disappear. It makes you think someone like him is a really good option to bring on and see out a game, problem is we’ve seldom been in that position… And injuries/bad form have been we’ve had to play him a lot more from the off when clearly his legs have mostly gone

Hector was only a yellow. If that was a red card then most teams would end up with at least a red each match. Those type of tackles happen every game.

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:32 pm Vigoroux 6
Thompson 6 - decent defensively, kept passing it back inside when we had chances to break forward
Beckles 4 - something isn’t right with him, didn’t look like her was concentrating or overly arsed about being on the pitch
Ogie 5
Wood 5
Hector 2 - looked out of his depth, poor positionally. He only got 2 because he made 2 decent passes in the 2nd half
Coleman 3 - see above, marginally better overall
Archibald 7 - made some intelligent runs, worked hard
Smyth 7 - worked hard, great finish
Ruel 6 - good finish but wasn’t really in the game. Showed some flashes when he was. Got more into it when they changed shape and he wasn’t playing in the hole.
Drinan 6

The officials were terrible. Didn’t give obvious fouls when Rochdale players were literally holding their arms around Orient players. Where the f*** did 6 mins of extra time come from?

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:32 pm Vigoroux 6
Thompson 6 - decent defensively, kept passing it back inside when we had chances to break forward
Beckles 4 - something isn’t right with him, didn’t look like her was concentrating or overly arsed about being on the pitch
Ogie 5
Wood 5
Hector 2 - looked out of his depth, poor positionally. He only got 2 because he made 2 decent passes in the 2nd half
Coleman 3 - see above, marginally better overall
Archibald 7 - made some intelligent runs, worked hard
Smyth 7 - worked hard, great finish
Ruel 6 - good finish but wasn’t really in the game. Showed some flashes when he was. Got more into it when they changed shape and he wasn’t playing in the hole.
Drinan 6

LittleMate wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:04 pm

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:32 pm Vigoroux 6
Thompson 6 - decent defensively, kept passing it back inside when we had chances to break forward
Beckles 4 - something isn’t right with him, didn’t look like her was concentrating or overly arsed about being on the pitch
Ogie 5
Wood 5
Hector 2 - looked out of his depth, poor positionally. He only got 2 because he made 2 decent passes in the 2nd half
Coleman 3 - see above, marginally better overall
Archibald 7 - made some intelligent runs, worked hard
Smyth 7 - worked hard, great finish
Ruel 6 - good finish but wasn’t really in the game. Showed some flashes when he was. Got more into it when they changed shape and he wasn’t playing in the hole.
Drinan 6

The officials were terrible. Didn’t give obvious fouls when Rochdale players were literally holding their arms around Orient players. Where the f*** did 6 mins of extra time come from?

If you were at the game then you either have blinkers on or are narrow minded. I know they did not have great games but the 2 boys that you give 2 and 3 to went off when the team was winning 2-1. One of them - the one you gave a 2 - provided an assist. You gave Smyth a 7 by comparison, when even our manager said it looked like he was playing with a rugby ball for the first part of the match.

Gary the Plumber wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:35 pm

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:32 pm Vigoroux 6
Thompson 6 - decent defensively, kept passing it back inside when we had chances to break forward
Beckles 4 - something isn’t right with him, didn’t look like her was concentrating or overly arsed about being on the pitch
Ogie 5
Wood 5
Hector 2 - looked out of his depth, poor positionally. He only got 2 because he made 2 decent passes in the 2nd half
Coleman 3 - see above, marginally better overall
Archibald 7 - made some intelligent runs, worked hard
Smyth 7 - worked hard, great finish
Ruel 6 - good finish but wasn’t really in the game. Showed some flashes when he was. Got more into it when they changed shape and he wasn’t playing in the hole.
Drinan 6

This is the most inaccurate set of ratings I’ve seen in a long time.

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:05 am

LittleMate wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:04 pm

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:32 pm Vigoroux 6
Thompson 6 - decent defensively, kept passing it back inside when we had chances to break forward
Beckles 4 - something isn’t right with him, didn’t look like her was concentrating or overly arsed about being on the pitch
Ogie 5
Wood 5
Hector 2 - looked out of his depth, poor positionally. He only got 2 because he made 2 decent passes in the 2nd half
Coleman 3 - see above, marginally better overall
Archibald 7 - made some intelligent runs, worked hard
Smyth 7 - worked hard, great finish
Ruel 6 - good finish but wasn’t really in the game. Showed some flashes when he was. Got more into it when they changed shape and he wasn’t playing in the hole.
Drinan 6

The officials were terrible. Didn’t give obvious fouls when Rochdale players were literally holding their arms around Orient players. Where the f*** did 6 mins of extra time come from?

If you were at the game then you either have blinkers on or are narrow minded. I know they did not have great games but the 2 boys that you give 2 and 3 to went off when the team was winning 2-1. One of them - the one you gave a 2 - provided an assist. You gave Smyth a 7 by comparison, when even our manager said it looked like he was playing with a rugby ball for the first part of the match.

They were both brought off because they were terrible.

LittleMate wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:36 am

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:05 am

LittleMate wrote: ↑Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:04 pm
If you were at the game then you either have blinkers on or are narrow minded. I know they did not have great games but the 2 boys that you give 2 and 3 to went off when the team was winning 2-1. One of them - the one you gave a 2 - provided an assist. You gave Smyth a 7 by comparison, when even our manager said it looked like he was playing with a rugby ball for the first part of the match.

They were both brought off because they were terrible.

We were also winning 2-1 and needed fresh legs. You gave Kyp a 2 despite providing an assist. You gave Beckles a 4, whilst giving Thompson a 6 (who lost his man for the goal - Ogie did too btw). An inaccurate set of ratings.

Gary the Plumber wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 1:13 pm Thompson couldn't handle the bloke down the left (was it their 8 from memory?) Not a criticism as he's not a full back, just highlighting how bad your analysis is when saying he was our best defender.