Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away V Leyton Orient Saturday 28/8/2021 @ 3.00pm

Yeah, fair enough. You and @Rogered Tart are probably right. So blame shared. But there's still no way R'OD should be letting that in.

 

You were bigging Orient up not long ago as a blueprint for how we need to conduct our transfer business.

Exposed again!!!

 

Obviously want to beat Orient but a point wouldnt be a diaster considering the decent start.

Picking up home wins against these sides is more important. There are going to be a few slips and slides along the way. And some decent wins like Mansfield.

 

a mate reckons the Birkbeck Tavern is good for ale & food, but a bit further to walk.
https://thebirkbecktavern.co.uk/
I don't think the Supporters Club Bar is open at the ground due to Covid. Been a few times and if it's beers you want it's miles ahead. Run by the members, open to away fans on a one day membership for a quid.

 

4 games into a season let’s not wet ourselves yet

 

If I return at 3pm tomorrow will this thread be able to turn its attention to the Leyton Orient game...

 

a bit sad i cant stream on ifollow but thats the rub of the green. sure there are enough like me who live a helluva way from VP so won't have bought a season ticket but would still stream for a tenner each time if the option was there.

game wise we should be turning these over, this season in my mind there isn't a single team we should be scared of. Usually one or two big fish i.e bolton last season, but this season I would say that tag falls very squarely on ourselves. I back us to win comfortably, 3-1 to city.

 

That was a disappointing day out. Never at the races in the second half. They stopped us playing and Cook looked totally isolated. Still, it’s all about the reaction now.

 

Both poor goals and poor keeping, We will find it hard to win anything with this keeper in goal, Beaten far to easy,

 

Not according to Derek. It seems that at Plymouth and Morecambe he did train the players 6 times a week. That’s what he alludes to in his interview anyway. He said In his interview that the lighter sessions were the idea of somebody else and won’t be happening again. I assume that the Morecambe and Plymouth players responded well to this as he got promoted with them both.
My guess is a coach be that Truman or the fitness coaches will have advised that given Orient had a game on Wednesday and we didn’t that we maybe could have given the legs a rest slightly. Clearly that didn’t work and Adams won’t be allowing it again which is absolutely fine by me.

 

I think at the end of day it bodes down to the fact that these players are in league two for a reason, they’re inconsistent and we have to set our expectations accordingly.

 

I don't think O'Donnell was expecting the shot with it being so close to the goal line. The second one he has to do better although Canavan has a hand in both goals with poor defending.

 

Absolutely no idea.
I don't think you can blame Canavan there. He has escorted the guy almost to the goal line. I wouldn't want him to be diving in unnecessarily there and risking giving away a pen. He has done his job and has every right to expect his keeper to stop that in his sleep.

 

To be fair he’s always been one bad game away from an avalanche of criticism. No matter what he does he won’t convince his detractors that he should be the number 1. Personally I prefer Hornby and as long as he’s given a fair crack of the whip, I’m happy to go with Adams choice as he sees them both everyday. If he’s going to stick with ROD, then it begs the question why they didn’t go out and sign someone to challenge ROD rather than offering a new deal to someone he doesn’t have faith in.

 

Worryingly it was the same team that started against Mansfield and had done so well. Also the first game this season (cup and league) where we haven't competed and deserved the loss. I think as far as Adams is concerned no player can expect to be an automatic choice, hopefully Saturday is a one off but it showed that if you concentrate on matching us physically and shut down Callum Cooke there are weaknesses there.

 

Agree with that mate, i'd say a higher level keeper saves both goals, more so the second than the first.

 

Win as a team, lose as a team. I'll settle for shared responsibility

 

Lucky those who can get granted a scholarship or have a parent who works there and gets their kids in for free/reduced fees. Imagine having to pay £7k a term….and some send a few kids. Christ. On here we whinge about paying £2 odd for a bottle of coke.