Sat Jan 10, 2026 5:53 pm
Nathan Trott - 5
Had an absolute howler early on as he took too long on the ball and was chased down by Ballard, who opened the scoring for Orient. Bounced back, however, making a brilliant save to deny Lloyd from point-blank range. Has plenty of credit in the bank.
Perry Ng - 4
Like most of the Bluebirds defence, made a really poor start. Improved towards the end but was off the pace for the most part.
Will Pysgod - 5
Nearly set up Salech with a few searching passes forward, and made some useful contributions, but didn't stand out.
Gabriel Osho - 5
Played his part in Orient's goal as he gave Trott no real option of a return pass. Looked shaky in the first half but grew in confidence and made a couple of important contributions after the break.
Joel Bagan - 4
Made a few important interceptions, but looked off the pace today. Subbed.
Ryan Wintle - 6
A solid performance as those around him stuttered. Fired a speculative volley over the bar as his side pushed for a goal.
Alex Robertson - 5
Quiet first half, but grew into the game. Looked as though he'd set up Salech for the winner before finding the ball back at his feet, but his effort was well blocked. Subbed.
Omari Kellyman - 5
Involved in a few promising attacking moves, but his afternoon ended early towards the end of the first half with what looked like a groin injury. Subbed.
Ollie Tanner - 8
Looked really, really sharp. Had more room to manoeuvre on the right-hand side and caused the Orient defence real problems. Unlucky to be booked after some pathetic theatrics from Archibald, but was a bit silly to get involved in the scuffle with the Orient captain. Subbed on the hour mark.
Chris Willock - 5
Was contained by the Orient defence who doubled up on him and gave him little space to work with. Had a big chance when his side were pushing for a winner but his shot trickled wide. Frustrating.
Yousef Salech - 7
Used his strength to great effect, even if it did see him unfairly penalised. Should have done better with an early chance but more than made up for it with a brilliantly-taken equaliser. Really should have taken the shot when through on goal later on, but chose to square to Robertson.
Substitutes:
David Turnbull (for Kellyman, 42) - 7
A good performance in the second half as he looked to make things happen for his side.
Isaak Davies (for Tanner, 60) - 5
Nearly fired into the top corner late on as he looked to fizz the ball across goal.
Ronan Kpakio (for Bagan, 60) - 4
Immediately got involved at both ends of the pitch but looked a liability at times.
Callum Robinson (for Robertson, 86) - 5
Brought on to find a winner, but didn't have much time to deliver.
Sat Jan 10, 2026 5:55 pm
Not sure I agree with these scores today!
Nathan Trott recovered well from his early mistake, and Alex Robertson grew into the game to be, for me, Man of the Match!
Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:54 pm
Spot on.
NG was shocking and Bagan as bad
Sun Jan 11, 2026 5:06 pm
Not far off to be fair. Trott arguably cancelled his howler with a point-blank saves minutes later. Rest is quite accurate.
Sun Jan 11, 2026 5:08 pm
Can’t argue with most of those. I probably would give Willock a 4.
Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:14 pm
SB 1927 wrote:Not far off to be fair. Trott arguably cancelled his howler with a point-blank saves minutes later. Rest is quite accurate.
Trott made that chance for them, should've come for it and not given their striker a sniff.