Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:53 pm Agree with opening post. And yes for me, Clay was stand out man of the match. But oh, if only he could shoot...!

The Big Shot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:58 pm Another proper gutting result for Apple Wumble, he'll be thankful we have Plymouth at home next.

gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:11 pm Have to caveat these with the fact Cambridge were awful, worst side I've seen down here this season after Stevenage. That said a better performance today with players mostly in their correct positions for once.

Also great to have McAnuff back, his leadership makes all the difference seeing out a game.

Vigoroux - 6 - rarely troubled, slightly ropey kicking but good save at the end. Nice bit of shithousing / timewasting right at the end, that's what I like to see!

Brophy - 7 - usual high workrate at both ends
Coulson - 5 - bailed out by his colleagues a good few times, lack of pace at this level is a problem
Happe - 6 better of the two CBs
Marsh - 7 - solid performance and saved Coulson a few times

Clay - 7 - MOTM - looked up for it, assist for the goal. Think today proves you can't have him and Wright in the same team
Cissé - 7 - solid, get him signed
Dayton - 7 - gave us a bit more inventiveness in the middle

Sotiriou - 6 - hustle and bustle, has that bit of spark about him to make things happen but tried to do a bit too much today
Johnson - 7 - looked better down the middle than out wide, will be pleased with his poacher's goal, rewarded for his workrate
JMD - 7 - looked lively on the right, well taken goal

Subs:

McAnuff - 7 - calmness personified, just controls the play with his football brain and leads those around him
Widdowson - 6 - finally got him on at LB to help see the game out. Solid.
Angol - 4 - still not a target man, lost the ball every time it came to him

Cambridge keeper - 7 - only going to get a 3 from Cambridge fans but did well for us spilling the ball for the second goal and looking generally dodgy

Better game management and squad selection today. Has Embleton finally seen the light? Need to cut the sloppy errors out though.

Interesting selection decisions ahead once Wright and Wilkinson return. Neither should get back into starting XI automatically based on today.

Grealish wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:12 pm
I noticed that the team seemed to have added some shithousery overall today which seemed to disrupt Cambridge a bit.

Clay was excellent, although he walked on thin ice a bit by getting involved in some of the pushing & shoving. Having Cissé around has really helped Clay to do more of the stuff that he's good at.

As for Jobi, what a guy

RedO wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:34 pm Fat Brophy

RedO wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:34 pm Also, Cambridge were shocking.

And the ref was pony (for both sides in equal measure).

Real Al wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:02 pm

RedO wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:34 pm Also, Cambridge were shocking.

And the ref was pony (for both sides in equal measure).

Really, I thought the ref was pretty good. Let quite a lot go, which kept the game flowing.

Ghostkidofthenorth wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:37 pm Thought Marsh was better than most have rated and my MoM today, closely followed by Cisse and Clay. Would like us to keep both Marsh and Cisse come the summer both are "league one capable".