Swindon Town v Leyton Orient Official Matchday Thread

[Dr Pierre Chang]

First half fairly average and was a sucker punch to concede right after scoring but that second half was a joke. Totally ineffective and no real chance of note.

The 'strength' of our bench today was fucking abysmal. The sooner Ranger is back in the mix the better because we really do look lost without his presence upfront.

Impressed with Orient - reminded me of a Di Canio away performance. Strong at the back, well organised, niggling fouls to disrupt the match and wind up the home support and they took the piss overall. Good side.

McEveley had a tough time but was up against their best player.

Anyone else think the Orient 2nd was a Kasim own goal? He looked dis-interested today for me and his range of passing was really lacking.

Wasn't impressed with some of Cooper's pre match comments, we are in League 1 ffs not the top flight.

[chalkies_shorts]

I thought we were shit. There was no width and Orient looked as though they would score every time they attacked. I'd struggle to pick a MOM. Our defence really is a total fucking shambles. Orient were fitter, stronger, wanted it more and a bigger bunch of cheating cunts than we were.
We got what we deserved. We missed Ranger as we had no focal point in attack. N'Guessan was dogshit today. Pritchard was wank. Ward and Hall were the Chuckle Brothers ably assisted by Nathan.
Now for some beer. Oh what for a Foley type character.

[leefer]

Very worrying for me today,lot of our better players like Pritchard and Kasim were awfull.
Our fitness looks poor to me all Orient players looked faster and more up for it than our lot today.
Was really disapointed by that showing today to be frank.

[@mwooly63]

Ummmmmmm
Garbage
Thats all I can manage for now

[ronnie21]

Orient really didn't have to play well to beat us today - they were helped by the ref to a certain extent, he blew for a foul every time they went down, rolling around yet we hardly got anything.  But take nothing away from them they were bigger, fitter and stronger than us and showed us up as not really being good enough.  No pattern to our play, no hold-up, no driving into the box, we were poor.  Their no. 4 ran the game and - sadly for us - ran the ref as well.

[leefer]

Forgot to say that Cuthbert today was outstanding for them,and no billy big bollox either....lot of credit to him in my opinion.

[Dostoyevsky]

What a waste of money. Only made better by meeting the London Reds in The Great Western pre-match. Shame I couldn't join them for the Froch bout later. enjoy the night lads

[Batch]

For the first 20 minutes it looked like we were in for a good match. Ajose missed a sitter, then we took the lead. As a team what we did next was criminal but not unheard of. We switch off and straight from the kickoff it was over Thompsons head, Wes was in no-mans-land and it was 1-1.

From that point on we were on the back foot against a better team, and even though the Orient goals were crap - they earned them. In contrast our back four get a lot of criticism, but in truth having a soft centre isn't just a back four issue. The midfield is skillful but is not offering the same level of protection that we had last year.

Continuing in the second half we lost the midfield battle and while we probed and huffed and puffed the truth is Orient could have had a couple more had Fods not made a couple pf good saves and had the Orient attack not turned a bit Laurel and Hardey in front of goal.

So no complaints, we got what we deserved. If I were to summarise I don't think Orient fully showed why they are where they are, yet we did show why we won't go up if we don't sort it out.
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Now for two special (Olympics) mentions:

1. Their #10 was the biggest moaning twat I've seen for a while. Spent half his time on his arse, half his time moaning about it.

2. The ref - I've never seen the play stopped (head injury) with us in possession midway in their half, only for play to be restarted with an uncontested drop ball at their keepers feet. And I swear yoGabbaGabba was brought down in the box too. Looked a pen to me.

3. McEveley was getting a lot of stick from some fans, and praise from others. But I think it sums up his game. Lots of good things and the odd not so good. IMHO he was our best defender. Shame he lost it and went on a mission to get a red - why other with the blatant second yellow when so near the end of the match and 3-1 down.

4. Based on what I've seen. Pritchard, championship. You're having a laugh. Undoubted skill is masking his shortcomings (no pun intended). Oh for a wide man that can actually beat a player. Or can spot a pass without having to run 40 yards with the ball at his feet first. I think he can come good, now is the time that he needs to do it.

[tans]

Absolute shite today.

That is all.

Nothing more to say.

[Bob's Orange]

Thought el gabas looked lively. Never a penalty though.

[Batch]

Thought el gabas looked lively. Never a penalty though.

Looked tripped from behind to me. Would like to see a decent replay of it, which we'll never get.

[suttonred]

What a waste of money. Only made better by meeting the London Reds in The Great Western pre-match. Shame I couldn't join them for the Froch bout later. enjoy the night lads

In the great western? most normally head for the gluey. must have been Mark for one desperate for a strongbow would be my first guess?

[Empathy Sloth]

I don't think it happened.

[suttonred]

I tend to head there first when on the train, but didn't go today and now and again a couple of the others pop in, but normally its the gluey or the tap.

[Abrahammer]

I don't think it happened.

Fair assumption, they were the voices in Dosser's head