Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens did not hold back after his sides latest defeat, this time to Doncaster Rovers. Grant McCann’s side ran out 3-0 winners to add to the 2-1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers before that.
The only win for Orient since Christmas has been the 3-1 win over Reading, as they continue to struggle to gain and sort of form.
Orient sit in 18th position as they struggle to stay away from the drop zone. The thrashing by Doncaster hasn’t helped their cause at all. Richie Wellens side have won just nine times, drawing five and losing fourteen this season.
The recall of goalkeeper Tommy Simkin didn’t help, but the Stoke man only managed two clean sheets in the first part of the season, before his recall.
Speaking following the Doncaster result, Wellens said:
“Shocking, Poor. From the first whistle their system dictated what we did. Their right-back (Jamie Sterry) had a field day in the first 20 minutes. The system caused us problems and we didn’t have the personnel on the pitch – we wanted to go to a back four but we didn’t have the personnel to do that.”
“Forget talent. Forget imagination. Forget skill. Forget all the good bits about football. If you don’t turn up and you don’t work hard – I’m embarrassed for our supporters to watch that. We played Doncaster at home and physically outran them, outfought them, won duels and won 4-0. Tonight was a total reversal.”
Youngster Cahill has struggled since coming into the side, in 15 games the youngster has just three clean sheet and Wellens appeared to ask the board for help in the goalkeeping department, so that Cahill has time to develop.
Speaking on his keeper, Wellens added:
“We’ve had a problem with our goalkeeper all season. He keeps making mistake after mistake. We need a man.
“Killian (Cahill) is going to be a good goalkeeper but we signed him as a number two to develop him over a period of time. I need a man that is going to come for crosses, organise the defence, that’s vocal, that has character and personality.”
“Once we get that we might start seeing clean sheets. They (Doncaster) played well tonight, we played poorly. You have to give them credit and the first goal was good but we don’t track runners from midfield.”
“The second goal is a free-kick we don’t need to give away and then we don’t need to commit a foul (for the penalty). And then the third one – Doncaster were 3-0 up against Wigan the other day and conceded three in the second half. It’s just a straight shot and the ‘keeper spills it.”
“I’m not blaming anyone – these are just the facts of what’s happened tonight.”
