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I don't think it is much worse than the year we went up but most teams are quite solid and have to be beaten by something special rather than gifting goals as seemed par in league two.
Obviously it's far behind the Championship but let's not pretend there weren't teams who came to RH and were on a par with Orient. The first half West Brom put in against us was shocking and they had a player who has already been traded for many millions in defence as well as a goalkeeper who didn't concede a goal at the World Cup. Burnley's performance also springs to mind.
Just as we need something special to beat most teams, Orient needed it in Thornton's free-kick which was a different class and hauled them back in to the game. If we cut out sloppy goals, we'd be as good as any in the top 8 or so but we have to do it rather than talk about it.
Obviously it's far behind the Championship but let's not pretend there weren't teams who came to RH and were on a par with Orient. The first half West Brom put in against us was shocking and they had a player who has already been traded for many millions in defence as well as a goalkeeper who didn't concede a goal at the World Cup. Burnley's performance also springs to mind.
Just as we need something special to beat most teams, Orient needed it in Thornton's free-kick which was a different class and hauled them back in to the game. If we cut out sloppy goals, we'd be as good as any in the top 8 or so but we have to do it rather than talk about it.
