Jabo Jabo Jabo

After years of loyal service with Leyton Orient, Jabo has now added the middlename ‘Journeyman’ to his already impressive moniker.
Who knows, in ten years time, Jabo could be presenting the Football League goals show instead of Steve Claridge.
For now though, he’s attempting to be sent off for EVERY LEAGUE ONE team in 365 days.

Go Jabo!

Geraint Williams One Year On

W 18 D 11 L 17 F61 A62 Pts 65

Compared with 10 wins, 35 goals and 42 points from Lingy’s final 46.

Thanks to Rambling Man for the stats.
The highlights, starting from last season:_
* An improvement in home form, accruing enough points to stay up
* Nine wins in first fifteen games
* Loan signing of Simon Church
* 6-1 demolition of Newcastle United (albeit in a friendly)
* 1-0 win away win over Charlton
* Signing of Jonathan Tehoue and loan of Nicky Adams
* Unbeaten run of 5 games so far in 2010.

A small list at the moment, but the main factor was of course avoiding relegation last season, and making a good start to the second part of this season to drag us clear again from the dreaded R word.

The blog is back

Well, it’s been a while since I put much here, I started tweeting more, but I’ve spent today putting down some content for the rest of the month, here’s a sneak preview of what’s coming soon.

Jabo Jabo Jabo
Geraint Williams One Year On
January Review Part 1
January Review Part 2
Match Preview v Leeds
Pre/post Coverage of Leeds match
Yours For A Fiver
What A Difference A Week Makes
Footballs Unanswered Questions
Jonathan Tehoue Tribute Song
Leyton Orient and fans on Twitter
Are You Watching Ferguson?

Around 8 of the above are in the bag already, so two to be worked on, and more to be laid down, time permitting.

Keeping up with writing match reports is hard, and available elsewhere, so I will go for a different angle for a while and see what develops. The blog (and Twitter feed) started around a year ago, and coincided with a return to form for the team (under Geraint Williams after the departure of Martin Ling) so now is a good time to get back on the blog after recent results.
Suggestions to further non-match related stuff welcome!

Up the O’s

Leyton Orient v Brighton Match report links

More to follow over the weekend…
From the Brighton Evening Argus

LeytonOrient.com

Brighton & Hove Albion Quick Preview

Well following an impressive start to the decade Orient host old rivals Brighton & Hove Albion today at Brisbane Road.
Three weeks ago, this game would have been backs against the wall, with the two teams rotating positions in the relegation zone. Fortuneatly a run of three wins and a draw have taken Orient up to the giddy heights of 11th!
Is it too much for Orient to expect ANOTHER victory today??

Orient news from the London Lite 15th September

Orient will check on Stephen Purches and Adam Chambers after both picked up knocks in the 1-1 draw with Exter

L.Orient banned from entering transfer market after poaching French players

Leyton Orient, the little known east london club who play on the site of a future supermarket and are twinned with French Giants Lorient (club motto – because they’re worth it) have been handed a world record 10 year ban in the transfer market after illegally approaching, attempting to sign, and generally poaching like eggs the cream of the French Cheese market in Calais.

Take That

Orient chairman Harry Byrne and Chief Executive Column Writer Mort Pinter acted under cover by opening a warehouse named “Eastenders” in Calais where they sold cheap booze, and English people flocked in their thousands to buy the bargains in January and August.

The scam was discoverd when a french employee, known locally as Len, revealed what his bosses were doing by inadvertedly posting information on Fraisebook and Tweeter (the french versions of Friends Re-United and Myspace)

The full list of players poached by L.Orient is as follows….

Loick Pires (brother of Robert)
Paul Thierry (brother of John Henry)
Stephane Purchase
Rianne Jarvis
Jerome Jones (gk)
Thierry Mkandawire
Jerome Ibehere
Jason Jean (JJ) Melligan
Sasha Opinell
Simone Church
Michel’ Simpson
Zinedane Zakuani
Amara Simba
Magno Vierra
That Other one from the Calais amatuer team

Manager Gerard Williams slammed FIFA and was quoted as saying “Sacre Blue” before eating an onion and crying real tears and cycling off down the louvre…

Reserves v Crystal Palace

Hammered!
Don’t mention the score!!

The Season so far and Upcoming Fixtures

League:
Bristol Rovers (a) Won 2-1
Oldham Athletic (h) Lost 1-2
League So Far: Played 2 Won 1 Lost 1 For 3 Ag 3 Pts 3

Carling Cup 1st Rd: Colchester (a) Won 2-1

Match reports to follow.

August 18th – Charlton (h)
August 22nd – Yeovil (a)
August 29th – Carlisle (h)
Carling Cup 2nd Rd – Stoke (h)

PRE-SEASON REPORT

Geraint Williams first pre season in charge of Leyton Orient saw a number of trialists given the chance to impress, although none of them were taken on in the end. It also saw a mixed bag of results and many goals being scored. With seven games, we won 3 drew 2 and lost 3, scoring 16 and conceding 12. The wins were against Billericay, Kildare and Newcastle United, draws with Bishop Stortford and Hayes & Yeading, and losing to St Albans, Ebbsfleet and Dagenham & Redbridge.
Here is a brief outline of the games.

Billericay Town 4 Leyton Orient 5

Starting line up:

Morris

Cave Brown

Daniels

Chorley

Ashworth

Melligan

Smith

Hall

McGleish

Brown (Trialist who had a few good touches but didn’t really show enough)

Baker

Second Half:
J. Jones, Purches, Mkandawire, Casciato ( trialist who was decided against also scored against Kildare), M. Richards (Trialist – good in the games but was not taken on), Davis (Trialist), Demetriou, Sydes, Pires, Jarvis, Patulea

Scorers: Melligan, McGleish, Jarvis (2), Patulea

Kildare 0 Leyton Orient 2

Scorers: Casciato, Chorley (Both Casciato and Richards released after this game)

Ebbsfleet 3 Leyton Orient 2

Scorers: Demetriou, McGleish

Bishop Stortford 0 Leyton Orient 0

Jones, Cave Brown, Ashworth, Gunmundson (trialist) Gilbert (trialist released after Newcastle game, asked for too much money), Beautyman, Sydes, Thornton, Baker, Scowcroft

Subs: Melwood for Thornton, Benjamin, Babbs for Jarvis, Crowther for Scowcroft

Leyton Orient 6 Newcastle United 1

Hayes and Yeading 1 Leyton Orient 1

Scorer : Scowcroft

St Albans 2 Leyton Orient 0

Morris, Cave Brown, Mkandawire, Babbs, Bieudonne, Melligan, Hall, Beautyman, Demetriou, McGleish, Patulea

Subs: Sydes for Melligan, Pires for Demetriou, Crowther for McGleish, Benjemen for Patulea, Ashworth for Mkandawire

Dagenham and Redbridge 1 Leyton Orient 0