The problem is a lack of decent full-backs. Note the plural. One would be nice. Two would be better.
Ever since Charlie Daniels was flogged to moneybags Bournemouth and Whing decided to forward his career by moving, er, backwards, to Oxford, we've struggled to replace either right or left-back until this season.
Gary Sawyer down the left seems fine, not particularly dynamic I'll grant you that, but plenty adequate for a league one defence that is the 8th best in the division. Ditto with McSweeney done the right-hand side. Throw in the emergence of Moses Odubajo and the fact that Lloyd James can play there (not very well though) and we're quite covered. The problem now is that we're extremely stretched within the squad due to the amount of games we've played, the players in question look knackered, and an addition to the squad would be more than welcome.
Step forward Elliot Omozusi. The local lad from Homerton who we originally signed from Fulham in the summer of 2010. This is also the same Elliot Omozusi whose contract we had terminated back in November 2011 due to crimes committed.
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| Elliot Omozusi. Sad times. |
It would appear that Omuzusi has been training with the O's since his release last autumn due to crimes committed and has proven himself worthy of a new contract that runs until the end of the season at the O's.
Russell Slade and Matt Porter have spoken out and mentioned that Omozusi had made a bad mistake, he's now served his time, got his head down and deserves a second chance.
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Personally I'm all for giving people a second chance. If they balls that up then its a lot easier to wave goodbye knowing you're tried your hardest to help out.
As you would expect comparisons have been drawn with Marlon King, Lee Hughes and that drink-driver 'keeper that ended up inside a few years back. Whilst i don't feel that the crime in this instance is a bad as the others mentioned, feelings are high amongst O's fans.
Feelings run high on the O's message board.
Now we have to jump back to the crux of Orient's problem. We need full-backs. And Elliot Omozusi is a good one. He won our young player of the year award for 2010/11 season and is clearly a talent. He has England youth honours from Under-16's up to the Under-19's and at 24 years of age he's a free-agent and a player that the O's could really utilise.
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| Elliot Omozusi. Happier times. |
Will it all work out? Time will tell I guess. Elliot is equally as good as, if not better than what we have in the team currently. Whilst predominantly a right-back i think he could provide good enough cover on the left too. I believe this is a good signing and hopefully Elliot himself can come out, prove he's learned the errors of his ways and do some community work for the club along the way too.
Now all we need is another left-footed player in the squad.
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