Angry Ling lashes Orient
02 Nov 2006 - 09:14:50
Leyton Orient boss Martin Ling slammed the 'schoolboy defending' of his side after the O's were dumped out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy by Bristol City.
Individual errors cost Orient dearly as despite taking a second-half lead, the home side gave away three late goals to exit the competition at the second round stage.
"It's an all too familiar story," Ling told the club's official website. "For 70 minutes it looked like a good performance, but then we chucked away three goals that they haven't had to work for.
"They've come as a result of three schoolboy errors - the first from a stupid back pass, no one was picking up at the back post for the second and Matt Lockwood has slipped for the third.
"Whether it's confidence or concentration I don't know, but it's schoolboy defending and teams are scoring far too easily against us."
