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Team News
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Same as the last game.
Same bench.
Makes sense.
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Re: Team News
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Thereâs a hell of a lot of anger on here tonight!
Ok, we lost & played poorly but we canât win every game! To be fair to Orient, they played well & Ballard was superb.
We make far too many individual mistakes in defence. Piergianni was particularly poor today. How much time did their player have to cross for the winning goal? We seem very slow to close down.
Unfortunately Luther is struggling this season imo. I donât think he was particularly bad tonight but he looks slow & gives the ball away a lot.
We are extremely reliant on Earley which is a big problem seeing as he canât seem to last 90 minutes!
Matt Phillips still looks class & takes the ball down so well but thereâs a limit to what he can do without support.
At least they have a great chance to put things right on Saturday!
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Re: Team News
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I'm not sure if i agree regarding Luther. Luther is as solid as ever this season. We give the ball away a lot as a team but pride ourselves on winning it back and playing a high intensity game. 90% of the time is the defence firing the ball into Reid and Matt Phillips. If it doesn't stick, we go again.
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Re: Team News
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Luther started the season well but looks a bit off it recently. He was poor yesterday.
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Re: Team News
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We took a punt in Earley in hope his injury issues over but seems not , feel sorry for him .
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Re: Team News
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Letâs hope itâs nothing too serious. Heâs been great for us. Took a knock in a challenge, can happen to any player at any time and hopefully a knock is all it was.
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Re: Team News
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The trouble is he has "dodgy" ankles I understand so is just more prone to being affected in first place.
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Re: Team News
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Shame we played the last 25 mins with 10 men as Robbo was on the pitch
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Free kicks into the area
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Why do Reid and Roberts always stand massively offside.
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Re: Free kicks into the area
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It's aimed towards Pidge or Goode, with the opposition defenders running towards their own goal.
Once Pidge wins the header, Reid and Roberts are onside as it's a different phase of play
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Re: Free kicks into the area
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Sounds great in theory but have we ever made it work? Would like to see some variety in set pieces, the long throw-ins are starting to get on my nerves as well especially when a team is comfortable dealing with them like last night (or they just don't reach their target!)
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Re: Free kicks into the area
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We donât actually have a long throw in taker.
Goode is just the best of a bad bunch. If someone could put it on the penalty spot Iâd be all for it.
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Re: Free kicks into the area
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I don't think we use the long throw tactic for the sake of it. The fact Goode and Earley are somewhat capable of occasionally launching it into the box is reason enough to use it but not EVERY time. If we had nobody capable, I don't imagine we would persist with it. It's a nice weapon to have available and was always a novelty when you saw one, but now it's become trendy amongst teams at the top level we aren't going to see the end of it any time soon
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Re: Free kicks into the area
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Agree, good times have up your sleeve when you are chasing the game etc but not by default .
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Re: Free kicks into the area
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They need to go in flatter and harder, that's why they do nothing. Might as well drop it short and get someone swing a cross in arcing away from goal. That's far harder to deal with.
Edited by RockyBottom at 13:03:58 on 11th March 2026
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Re: Team News
Views: 751
Fucking disgusting performance. Every single player should be ashamed of themselves tonight.
You can see why Roberts never starts games anymore. Fuck him off in the summer.
One of Pidge's worst ever performances for us and he got MOTM.
Got two LBs who cannot play more than ten matches in a row.
FUCK OFF.
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Re: Team News
Views: 612
The above was harsh on Marschall, Luther and Jasper, they don't need to be ashamed.
The subs had a chance to make a claim to start. None of them did a single thing. Houghton was particularly bad.
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Re: Team News
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I'm never a fan of 'throw on all the attacking players'. It's always a bit messy. In Houghton's defence he was our only centre mid for the final 15.
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Re: Team News
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Pidge getting MotM genuinely made me laugh, Ballard ran rings round him and Goode.
Dreadful all round, and not Revs' fault as there were too many bad individual performances, but why pick two centre backs on as subs and not one of Phoenix or Campbell? One of them could have offered something different off the bench. I doubt they would have made the difference as we were just shit, but once they went two down and with Earley off we basically had nothing on the left side of the pitch
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Re: Team News
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Pidge has been a great servant to our club and deserves to be a part of everything we do. Here's the but...from what I've seen we have played as good or better without him in the starting line up. Our game is so predictable when he plays...its the same old, same old on set pieces...lump it in to Pidge, to try and head a goal, every time. We are so, so predictable when he plays and he creates very little. To end on a positive, very little gets past him in the air when he defends. As mentioned before I can't comment on how he played last night as I couldn't make the game.
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Re: Team News
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The set pieces are a separate issue - there are so many occasions when everyone is in the box and a short pass down the wing, or trying anything different, would create a lot more space than trying the same thing every time.
Not sure how many we've got directly from set pieces this season, but I think it could be a lot more by mixing it up occasionally. I can see why we do it because Pidge is superb in the air, but he's usually double or triple marked now because everyone knows where it's going.
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Re: Team News
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Professional footballers in the third tier of English football⌠and canât string a pass together. Embarrassing
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Re: Team News
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At least other results were kind.
Massively have to put things right Sat with both the performance and the result.
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Re: Team News
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First time we actually test their keeper is in 88th minute. Embarrassing. If only we had brought on some skillful wingers. Oh yeah, not even in the squad. Fucking joke. Saturday wasn't really any better but Burton offered nothing. I like 352 but we have to find a way to get these influencual players in the team. We are workmanlike at best.
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Re: Team News
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As I keep saying it all stems from our cbs inability on the ball. Ideally if none of them can pass you'd have a midfielder coming back between two of them in some kind of quarterback role to try and find the players, but not sure we even have someone that I'd trust to do that. Not sure White is the answer as the game seems to pass him by most of the time. When Saxon went off we completely lost our outlet up the left side and then also lost Pattenden up the right when he was moved across.
The complete lack of moment off the ball from 75% of the team is also a major problem. So many times tonight there was literally fuck all on. I know it's a tight pitch but even so, Ballard managed to find the space.
The thing that really really fucks me off is how many attacking throw ins we waste with this Goode bollocks. It must be 500 for the season and how many have worked? Possibly one? It's a fucking joke, at least mix it up a bit and have someone go short for a cross once in a while.
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Re: Team News
Views: 375
Agree re movement. It is puzzling that the players must be being coached not to play between the lines, look for that smaller % pass or whatever. Itâs beyond conservative and costs us in games like last night. Kemp giving or receiving in those situations is at his most dangerous.
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Re: Team News
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I rather suspect that's part of the reason Kemp isn't playing. He does exactly that and drifts a bit.
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Re: Team News
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It doesnât help that we have two strikers who canât outpace any centre halves in the league.
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Re: Team News
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Second para particularly correct there. I saw Goode a couple of times playing out from the back, look up and give that arm gesture that says âwho the hell am I supposed to send this to?!â IIRC he turned back and played it backwards when most of the team were well ahead of him, so he obviously felt nothing was on even when from the stands it looked like a long ball forward was obvious.
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Re: Team News
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The lack of movement really winds me up too, especially when the ball is out wide - it must be intentional and designed not to ruin the shape, but there's a reason so many attacks end up back with the CBs or Marschall
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Re: Team News
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"The complete lack of moment off the ball from 75% of the team is also a major problem. So many times tonight there was literally fuck all on."
Yep, we spent the entire second half saying exactly that.
And our set-piece deliveries today were actually very decent, consistently putting the ball into really dangerous areas, yet nobody attacked them! So poor.
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Re: Team News
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Same here. And said the same about the deliveries too - all looked dangerous, perfectly placed (in theory) - just no one on the end of them.
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Re: Team News
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...and that is exactly why you need to try and have some period of possession within the game. It must be blooding knackering chasing the opposition movement for 80 odd mins. When we do finally get on the ball, it's hard surprisingly everyone is looking at a teammate to make that run, knowing it will ultimately just be lumped forwards anyway!
Edited by RockyBottom at 23:19:59 on 10th March 2026
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Re: Team News
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I think naming an unchanged 11 is not a great idea if you're just planning on pegging around without the ball for 90+
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Re: Team News
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They had no footballing nouse tonight
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Re: Team News
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The last time I saw a long throw lead to a goal was Jude Stirling's debut for us.
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Re: Team News
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I feel Chem Campbell has done very little wrong.
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Re: Team News
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I like him and think he should be on ahead of most of our attackers, and certainly instead of Roberts.
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Re: Team News
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âSaturday wasn't really any better but Burton offered nothingâ
Spot on. But felt inappropriate to say at the time.
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Re: Team News
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Roberts shouldnât be within a 5 mile radius of the pitch if weâre trying to score a goal.
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Re: Team News
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If one moment late on spoke volumes, Robbo put in a cross towards Lubala.
The ball flew out for a goal kick â but no goal was going to come from a situation involving those two players.
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Re: Team News
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By that logic neither should half the team!
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Re: Team News
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Orient will stay up by 2 or 3 points won't they đ
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Re: Team News
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Thatâs the main sickener from tonight
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Re: Losing 2-1
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Ballard again, Ballard again, Ballard again ole ole
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Disappointed
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That was a rotten performance. Canât give any of our players more than 2/10. Worst Iâve seen us play at home for ages.
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Re: Disappointed
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Wasnât a good showing. Against Wellend too, thatâs the biggest crime.
Hope Saxon isnât too badly injured. On to the next one.
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Re: Disappointed
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Pathetic and embarrassing. Trying to shithouse another game by lumping it forward to Pidge. Fucking shit
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Re: Disappointed
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Ballard was immense for them. Ran us ragged all game.
Never kind. Get back on the horse Saturday
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Re: Disappointed
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Ballard is far too good for the Os â league top scorer I think.
He'll be onwards and upwards in the summer.
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Re: Disappointed
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Best player Iâve seen here since Kone, maybe better.
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Re: Disappointed
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A better footballer than Kone I would say.
Looks Championship quailty on that performance.
They do have a knack for finding a decent forward.
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Re: Disappointed
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We're fantastic at home dontcha know.
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Re: Disappointed
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Turned up on Saturday and got three points through pure graft, thought that was all we need to do. Every time Reidy or Robbo beat their man they have to go back and beat themselves to make it even.
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Re: Disappointed
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Exactly, so infuriating.
Everything about that performance was absolutely shite.
Standard #Borocharity
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:47:04 on 10th March 2026
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1-1
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Shame we let the lead go. They just broke forward very fast.
Orient are fighting hard.
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Re: 1-1
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Thought we were great at everything except ball retention, which is nothing short of catastrophic.
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Re: 1-1
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Pidge got done and that let them in.
A bit flat at the moment.
Needs some energy injecting into it.
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Re: 1-1
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That finish from Ballard the only moment of class in the entire half
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Re: Team News
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Saxon Earley is too good for us!
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Re: Team News
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But unfortunately is made of glass
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Re: Team News
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Looked a bit like he got his studs caught in the turf and went over on his ankle slightly. Hopefully not too serious!
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Re: Team News
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Doesn't look great and Freestone coming on surely means a change of shape.
Not a great half, created very little and look a bit all over the place at the back, even against a poor Orient team.
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Re: Team News
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Same formation, Luther gone to RWB, Pattenden now LWB with Freestone in the back 3
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Re: Team News
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Shocking this half. Just not turned up, could see it coming, but nothing done on the sidelines.
For the love of God bring on Kemp.
Edited by RockyBottom at 21:03:54 on 10th March 2026
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Re: Team News
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I'm not watching but catching up on BBC and Borochat for news.
Did Kemp run over Revs cat?
Sounds as if we need a spark from the man who is on fire!!
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Re: Team News
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I think not watching was a good choice!
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Re: Team News
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I think Rev's cat probably ran over Kemp. He offered nothing when he came on. But then, nobody else did either.
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Re: Team News
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Not troubled their keeper all game apart from the penalty. A lot of huffing and puffing
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Re: Team News
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Why can't we take corners like them. Whipped in at pace.
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Re: Team News
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It's not like we've been unlucky, we've just created next to nothing all game. Such a waste of a great chance.
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Re: Team News
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Too much head tennis, too much Pirlogianni
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Re: Team News
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I think on 50 minutes we'd had about 60 completed passes. Says it all.
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Re: Team News
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and can we please, please stop these bloody Goode throw ins.
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Re: Penalty..
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Defender was all over Pidge pulling his shirt and forcing him to the ground in attempt to keep him away from the ball. The commentator hasn't got much of a clue, mind.
Edited by Sev at 20:13:21 on 10th March 2026
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Re: Penalty..
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Commentator has a bit of Alan Bennett about him.
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Re: Penalty..
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Ordered new Alan Bennett diaries today!
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Re: Team News
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This surprises me a bit as Revs usually seems keen on keeping everyone fresh.
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Re: Team News
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On this assume Phoenix injured as been out for few weeks but same for Campbell now ?
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Re: Team News
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Playing wing backs means no wingers. So both sacrificed is my guess.
Roberts can drop in should we need a winger but can also replace Reid or Matt Phillips on 75 minutes and do a job.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 19:31:27 on 10th March 2026
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Re: Team News
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Is that 3 games in a row? Hopefully fatigue doesn't set in. Sometimes good to freshen things up.
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Re: Team News
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It's genius when we win.
If we lose it was a bloody stupid thing to do.
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Crowd
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Looks like no one there...
Sign of the times, the curse of tv or something else?
Whatever it is it's not great, in what is an important game...
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Re: Crowd
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Is it really a surprise?
A rearranged game with fans like me unable to make it.
I'm saddened as its a wasted ST. Unfortunately it can't be helped. It's more of a pain to the club as the revenue from paying customers will be missed.
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Re: Crowd
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I'm sure all I can hear are Stevenage fans singing, whilst the commentator is praising the Orient fans for making noise?!
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Orient's kit
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That's got to be one of the worst I've ever seen!
Edited by RockyBottom at 19:44:17 on 10th March 2026
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Re: Orient's kit
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Said exactly that when they emerged. Of all the possible colour choices they went with THAT?? A kind of sagey-grey version of vomit. Beggars belief.
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Re: Orient's kit
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âWhat colour shall we have the away kit this year?â Blows nose. âThatâll do.â
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