Leyton Orient v QPR 11AUG21 1-1 FT (5-3 penalties) EFL Cup

I think MW's throwing this away on purpose

I think his claim to be good at LB too was inflated. Having said that, Kakay did not stop the scorer!

Ball on for Bettache

5 to take penalties......?

Ends 1 - 1 and we now have penalties

Phew! 5-3 on penalties!! Credit to Dykes, Ball, Dozzell, Kelman & Adomah for stepping up and finishing well

What an absolutely bizarre game of football. I was watching 20 minutes behind after putting my little boy to bed!

We went from sexy football to Sunday league football.

The first 30 minutes were verging on sensational at times but the second half was abysmal. We should have been out of sight by half time (Adomah miss was a real sitter) but then were lucky to get to penalties by the end.

We let them back into the game in the last 5 minutes of the first half and never recovered. We were disjointed and created nothing in the 2nd half. Such a contrast. The subs didn’t help, Odubajo in particular looked like he’d spent the first half down the pub and looked nothing like the player from pre-season. Players like Dozzell who were playing with such freedom and confidence in the first period were suddenly anonymous.

Just such an odd game to go from soooo good to soooo, frankly, shite.

Did Dykes even touch the ball in the 2nd half?

Lovely penalties though. Little hoop will love watching them in the morning.