F A n F I L E

Last season was an affront to football. Boring streams, even more boring matches and an almost dead mid- table finish. Zzzzzz... The big talking point among the fans is our summer clear- out, restructure and new manager in Kenny Jackett [ below].

This season will be different to

last because we now have an experienced boss, hungry players with experience, and League Two may just be rubbish... so we’ll be the best of the rubbish.

I’ve really missed getting to sell our fanzine, chatting to friends and not being able to shout at referees.

Instead of going to the football last season I refereed grassroots on Saturdays, but largely endured streams while on Whatsapp groups.

Look out for Hector Kyprianou – he was recently called up for Cyprus’ national team, and some decent performances last season showed he could have a promising future. The player I’d happily drive to another club is Ouss Cissé.

The opposition player I secretly

admire is Tom Conlon of Port Vale – he had an excellent campaign in a not- very- good side. The pantomime villain will be either our goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux or Mrs Theo – the new addition to the mascot family. The ground I’m most looking

forward to visiting is Boundary Park, Oldham. Made some good friends up there. It’s always cold, but the welcome warm. The best Orient social media

account is @ Comicorient – laserguided humour and great cartoons.

Our key player will be Dan Kemp [ above]. He joined in January from West Ham U23s and always looks to make things happen. The fans’ opinion of the gaffer is high – a love- in for Jackett since he put pen to paper in May. A 40 per cent win ratio, promotions, trophies... is this where it all goes wrong?

We’ll finish top three, insists my heart. Head says fourth and win the play- offs ( because we always do it the hard way).