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Five questions to stew on over Leyton Orient's international break
24.09.26, 10:52 Updated 24.09.26, 11:06
Herman Wang
International breaks aren’t just for watching your League One club’s best player get hurt playing against Luxembourg U21s in a friendly. They’re also a chance for a club to assess the opening month of the season, heal up a few injuries and fix whatever dysfunction is plaguing the squad.
With Saturday’s trip to Mansfield now pushed back due to international call-ups, the Os have some respite after a breakneck schedule before their next league fixture against Plymouth on October 3rd.
A useful win over Stevenage in Orient’s last game has helped arrest a disconcerting slide that included elimination from the Carabao Cup by Bradford City and a meek 3-1 loss to Arsenal U21s in the EFL Sandwich Trophy, but there is plenty still to resolve.
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Herman Wang Herman previously ran the Leyton Laureate blog and is a season ticket holder in the North Stand. In addition to writing and editing for the Orientear, he is a RainbOs committee member. In his day job, he is a business journalist and began his career as a sports reporter in the U.S.