Clown College vs Portsmouth

[The Terminator]

WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF #LOFC

 

[The Terminator]

 

[antn1.b]

should be a picture of a half empty circus with a large mob of people outside with money that aren't allowed in.
think I may have wangled some tickets but really shouldn't be made this difficult to get into an event with empty seats.

 

[NolansOrient]

First game for the new manager, off-pitch madness aside this could actually be a decent game with a strong away following from Pompey. Orient's home form is only slightly worse than Portsmouth's away form so anything could happen.

Orient have failed to score in their last 3 encounters, scoring only one very average goal in the last 450 minutes of football. Not good.

Back to back league defeats see the Blues needing a win, but their away form is abysmal, losing out 3-1 to the Tangerines last time around. Home form is looking pretty spectacular though - what goes wrong away from home Pompey fans?

Orient won this fixture last year in extremely fortuitous circumstances in what was probably the game of the season at Brisbane Road in 2015-2016, but having lost at home to the likes of Newport and Yeovil already this season, I'm preparing for a strong Portsmouth showing.

Orient 0 - 2 Pompey.

Oh, Portsmouth fans, if you feel like joining in with any anti-Bechetti chants (our mad Italian owner), it would be greatly appreciated by the home faithful.

 

[K-Win]

The first attempt of the season against our bogey team. Haven't beaten the O's in the league since April 1976. Harold Wilson had just resigned as PM and Chairman Mao was still alive.

I predict that historical precedent and new manager bounce will cause the Leyton Orient circus to eke out a 1-0 win against our hopeless away-day jokers.

 

[The Terminator]

Our fanbase has lost alot of interest, Cavasin is going to have to become one hell of a miracle worker to get everyone back on the same side.

I know of at least 5 mates who for one reason or another at the moment, are jacking in going to most games - mainly because it annoys them to see the club being torn limb from limb from the inside and out. It has become immensely frustrating.

I would expect Nigel Atangana to return to our midfield after his injury (hopefully) or it will be another square pegs round holes job.

Harry Cornick and Sandro Semedo are both injured so we are really pushing it for wingers, an unfit Jens Janse or Alan Dunne may have to play and god forbid if Tom Parkes is injured as well.

Our last home game the crowd stuck with the team in difficult circumstances, when we fall behind tomorrow that will be put to the test.

 

[antn1.b]

orient 14/5 on sky bet. huge odds for a team playing at home against another team with such a poor record on the road so far this season.

 

[K-Win]

Agreed ant. Despite all the problems the O's have at the moment, it's still really hard to have any confidence in Pompey today. Cook is under pressure again to halt the slide.

Good to see Atangana has found a home. Thought we were a bit quick to ship him out. Unless you were a youth team product, not one player survived the Cook purge.

 

[WAP]

Agreed ant. Despite all the problems the O's have at the moment, it's still really hard to have any confidence in Pompey today. Cook is under pressure again to halt the slide.

Good to see Atangana has found a home. Thought we were a bit quick to ship him out. Unless you were a youth team product, not one player survived the Cook purge.

Atangana was way too inconsistent, even at league 2 level he was giving the ball away too much.

 

[The Terminator]

Atangana was way too inconsistent, even at league 2 level he was giving the ball away too much.

He's improved since he has come here, IMO his passing has slowly gotten better. Fans like his no nonsense approach to the game as well.

One of Hendons better signings before he was sacked!

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

Well, that was poor.

 

[The Terminator]

You have to have some sympathy for Cavasin as we had ZERO central midfielders at all and he was trying to play passing game, without any recognised ball player. Our whole midfield was 4 wingers in the first half. Second half I wasn't suprised to se Dunne come on, because we were getting over run in midfield big time. It made a small difference, but not surpisingly we lost the game on a set piece.

We were crap though, our heads dramatically dropped when we went 1-0 down and we never ever looked like getting back into the game at all.

Portsmouth should've been ahead alot earlier and were miles and miles ahead of us.

As I said, I have some sypmathy for Cavasin, but the only place we're going is Non League and no one can say that this hasn't been coming the last 2 years.

Thats 25 home league defeats since the summer of 2014 when Becchetti got here.

 

[antn1.b]

was the rest of the stand pompey were housed in empty? really starting to loose faith in modern football. empty seats that cannot be purchased just seems ridiculous no matter how you look at it

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

was the rest of the stand pompey were housed in empty? really starting to loose faith in modern football. empty seats that cannot be purchased just seems ridiculous no matter how you look at it

No, there were a few hundred, but the fans there could certainly have been accommodated in other parts of the stadium.

 

[antn1.b]

it's a joke really. seen loads of pompey fans saying they were at their first away game of the year yet having racked up miles and spending a small fortune following them already this season i can't get a ticket. the club refuse to admit there is any sort of an issue and Insist that sharing tickets between supporters trust members and brown nosers then the rest on first come first serve is the way forward. getting more and more tempted just to walk up the road and watch some local footy for a fraction of the price on a Saturday afternoon.