Eastleigh Vs Leyton Orient

[picamixdriver]

It Seems Leyton Orient Has A Good Team Out Tonight
http://orientitis.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4831
Hopefully no match for THE SPITFIRES!!!

[picamixdriver]

Eastleigh 1:1 1st min Then Leyton Orient Scored In The 5th Minute 
http://www.bet365.com/home/default.asp?
Just Go Down To Eastleigh Vs Leyton Orient

[jamieefc]

http://www.leytonorient.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10439~2097355,00.html - Live text updates from Leyton Orient website.

[RendelFC]

2-1 down

[picamixdriver]

Richard Graham Seems a good a signing already. We kept a full squad for 84 minutes from 3 leagues above us we should proud to be a Spitfire! lets hope truro win on thursday or the game to be called off

[Laundry Boy]

Line up v Orient
1. Barfoot
2. Goodhind
3. Poate
4. Brown
5. Smith
6. Bottomley
7. Mason
8. Slabber
9. Palmer
10. Gillespie
11. Graham

12.Robinson
13.Toomer
14.Collins
15.Easton
16. Maxwell

Tom Jordan and Chris Holland did not feature due to a "dead leg" and "hip problem" respectively

Collins replaced Palmer and Maxwell replaced Brown during the second half.

An excellent workout for the lads who showed a tremendous work ethic against a decent Orient team.
A goal late in the game(86mins or thereabouts) courtesy of a linesman with "a twitch"(his words) when he put his flag up then down for offside.
We have made a doctors appointment for him, as a twitch as bad as that requires attention!
A game  where the fitness and stamina of the guys shone through, and although Orient had quite a bit of posession they only had 2/3 worthwhile attempts on goal. Richard Graham opened his account for us with a crisp shot from approx 20yards. The Orient equaliser was a similar attempt a few minutes later.
Tomorrow see the sqad with a well deserved "day off" as we await the outcome of the Orient v Truro fixture on Thursday evening.

[seatonspitfire]

Great performance by the lads on a lousy evening weatherwise. Some of the new faces looking good. Well done team.

[RendelFC]

So we can still (just about ) top the group and go through if Truro beat Leyton Orient 1-0. Am I right?

[Paul Satts]

Kev, whats the situation with the Keepers?
Trialist Nathan Thompson started against Truro & Totton, with Freddie Toomer on the bench.
But for the Orient game i see we have a kpper called Barfoot?  Anything to do with Stuart Barfoot (ex Bournemouth, Bashley, Andover)?
Where has he come from and is he also just a trialist?
I see Jason Matthews hasnt been in either the squad. Hows his injury?

[MichaelEFC]

Gareth Barfoot from Totton.

[Paul Satts]

Yeah i just twigged that after i posted. He played the second half against us on Saturday. I was impressed with him.

[picamixdriver]

Truro have to only draw with Leyton Orient 0:0
and we go through as if you score a goal like Eastleigh did last
night and you loose you still get 2 points 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_Challenge_Cup
we are top the table by 2 points
http://orientitis.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4827&start=25
and the Leton Orient Forum Agree
But Im not sure if there are any draws so Truro Might have to beat
Leyton Orient

[RendelFC]

If a match is drawn then a winner gets decided by penalties.

Think its 3 for a win and 2 for a loss.

It seems highly unlikely that we can win the group and go through unless the points system is even more stupid than it seems.

[picamixdriver]

Its only 1 point if they dont score and lose

[picamixdriver]

We play Blackpool or Kilmarnock in the semi finals
if Leyton Orient looses

[ade]

i wonder if next year joma could make the points system even more confusing 

er, or is just me....

[picamixdriver]

Leyton Orient 2 nil up does not look goog for us
I think we are out now

[josefc]

H&W  V  SHREWSBURY

LEYTON ORIENT  V  BLACKPOOL

[Paul Satts]

I fancy H&W to beat Shrewsbury, which could set up a Final for them against a Premiership team.....

[ade]

I fancy H&W to beat Shrewsbury, which could set up a Final for them against a Premiership team.....

not those classy hawks up against premiership opposition again............ yawn