Stockport County 1 Leyton Orient 4 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 21 September 2024
In the words of the song “ Momma told me there`d be times like these” and County found out just how difficult times could be in League 1 this season ,as they slumped to a morale sapping defeat today at the hands of Leyton Orient at Edgeley Park. The stadium was a picture -bathed in early autumnal sunshine ,but County`s display was anything but sunny as Richie Wellens Orient side handed the blues a lesson in soccer basics in securing their second win of the season . The visitors winning margin …. 4-1 did not flatter them at all, as they looked likely to score every time that they skipped clear in the second half particularly. By contrast, County`s issues were many- the defence addicted to short passing across the back and `just one more` time after time was our undoing. It could be argued that there was `no one to pass to` and I would not entirely dismiss that out of hand - there did seem to be little or no linkage twixt back-line and midfield , and the whole team