The Voice - Match preview #20: Leyton Orient vs Bradford City Saturday 20th December 2025 3:00pm

No man of the match today, let’s try and pick the least crappest

 

None of these lot look like they've never played football before. Why can't we just pass the ball? What is with all this stupid booting it to nobody? It's hard to be so judgmental of a team third in the league, but this second half is simply embarrassing. 0/10 for effort

 

And Joe Wright has been worse.

 

Looks like the lack of goals did for us today. Can't get a clean sheets every week, but you have to be able to score a couple against weak defences.

 

Worse performance of the season this second half is.
Everyone looks shattered and we are playing right into Orients hands.
Really poor hopefully a one off.
Sarcevic today has been so wasteful.

 

Once again our finishing let us down.

 

We lose , we play another day. Three defeats after promotion , halfway through the season …Who knew?

That goalscorer is needed in Jan.

 

Since the Sarcevic chance before their 2nd goal I don't think we've had a chance, been really poor the last 15 minutes with so many aimless long balls especially from Wright who seems to be thinking we were playing 1 touch football.

 

Our set pieces are a total waste of time.

 

We are third in the table but it never really feels like a team vying for automatic promotion. A decent team puts this game to bed but we just seem to lack that extra bit of quality that I look for in a promotion winning side

 

Spot on.

 

cant see a new striker doing any good we cant get the ball to our existing trio.

 

awful second half. second to absolutely everything. they wanted it more and it showed.

 

Incidentally , what’s not to dislike regarding the other results . Lincoln maybe ?

 

I do wonder about the mindset of a sub. You’re sat there and can clearly see things aren’t working after 50? Minutes yet you get splinters in your arse for another 20 mins before Alexander acts. It must be tough coming on when the other 9 are huffing and puffing and they are running out of legs. Why don’t managers act sooner?In theory all the players train to play 90mins so why not use them better and sooner? It’s not as though they would disrupt our non existent game plan is it?

 

Worrying that we seemed devoid of ideas when chasing the game. Passing and closing down got worse and Orient went through us easily. No composure whatsoever.

 

We were terrible as soon as we went 2-1 down, but before then wasted opportunities to put the game to bed. Similar to the Bolton cup game, feels like our heads dropped and composure went out of the window.

 

I think, or well I hope, Graham and co are aware of this and we seriously need to upgrade some of the players in January. We won't get an easier chance at promotion than we have this season

 

Zero composure. These hooked balls and first time no look clearances are not somebody in second spot should do. Really poor second half. Ballard got two, but he let us off a cricket score. Pressure getting to us I think. Time to bring in an experienced old pro during the window. Calm us down a bit focus us.

 

Bobby Pointon looked really poor today, scored last week but poor since his injury.