Jordan Brown - Finally Official

One thing ive learnt from this is that Orient have alot of people who are supposedly itk. I've seen 5 different accounts on Twitter all saying hes defo gone and someone from the club has told them that. We don't have one 😂
 
Kyle Seasider said:
Am I the only one that would be very happy with this? He's stong in the challenge, provides a layer of protection to our defence, bring energy to the MF, a serious hard worker. He seems to fit everything we were missing in mf last season. Orient don't seem to want to lose him, most of the fans I've seen commenting don't want him to go and seem to think he will keep on improving. He was one of the stand out players in a team that finished above us and very nearly went up. All sounds great to me. I dont get the negativity or who people realistically think we are going to sign.
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It would be a good signing, but it’s not done yet! When the club announce it as a done deal , then I will be a little excited
 
He hasn't travelled to Spain and I've just seen someone say that hes passed his medical with us yesterday and will be announced tomorrow. I guess we will find out tomorrow
 
Hope everyone is on standby!

- Fax machine plugged in?
- Top brass at the Armfield put the surgical sheet on the top table, ready for the 360 degree tattoo inspection?
- Anyone contacted the DVLA to get his car make and reg number?
- Anyone know if his wife/husband/life partner is a looker?

I know some enterprising souls are already ahead of the game with some badly scanning song lyrics for a chant, let's keep working on those...

On a more serious note, agree that if this is a genuine possibility it is a really important role and what I've seen and heard of Brown he sounds a very good fit for us.
 
Evans and Morgan are both more highly rated than JB on whoscored.com. 🤷🏻 JB is a DM but whoscored says his weakness is tackling. So it'll be interesting to see what he's like in real life. Different from Evans and Morgan no doubt, and another option. I wonder how Wellens feels about his departure? May feel El Mizouni is an upgrade. May wish he had both. I've no idea how good JB is, will have to wait and see. I'm guessing our coaching staff must have been impressed with him last season in the two games they saw him up close.

Edit. Just watched some of the Pool v Orient game in TTV. Brown looks ok, functional, no frills. Sitting deep and playing the simple pass, not going into tackles, not physical or assertive, just ok for me, unlikely to start in a 442 perhaps, with Evans, Morgan and Honeyman to accommodate? Feels to me like Wellens knows what he's doing here. Will have to wait and see though, of course.
 
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voyeur said:
Evans and Morgan are both more highly rated than JB on whoscored.com. JB is a DM but whoscored says his weakness is tackling. So it'll be interesting to see what he's like in real life. Different from Evans and Morgan no doubt, and another option. I wonder how Wellens feels about his departure? May feel El Mizouni is an upgrade. May wish he had both. I've no idea how good JB is, will have to wait and see. I'm guessing our coaching staff must have been impressed with him last season in the two games they saw him up close.

Edit. Just watched some of the Pool v Orient game in TTV. Brown looks ok, functional, no frills. Sitting deep and playing the simple pass, not going into tackles, not physical or assertive, just ok for me, unlikely to start in a 442 perhaps, with Evans, Morgan and Honeyman to accommodate? Feels to me like Wellens knows what he's doing here. Will have to wait and see though, of course.
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All the Orient fans I'm seeing comment about is are all saying that he one of thoes players that you don't realise how important he is and how good he is until hes not playing. I've looked at a few clips of him and I get what theyre saying. Players like him never seem to get the love that they deserve until theyre missing and suddenly the MF is falling apart.
 
Kyle Seasider said:
All the Orient fans I'm seeing comment about is are all saying that he one of thoes players that you don't realise how important he is and how good he is until hes not playing. I've looked at a few clips of him and I get what theyre saying. Players like him never seem to get the love that they deserve until theyre missing and suddenly the MF is falling apart.
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The kind of player you want to tie down for 4 or 5 years and keep in the squad. Unglamorous and does the dirty work.

Or 10 years if your name is Keith Southern.
 
Last season we played so many games where we were like the England team of Gerrard and Lampard. Battered some teams where chances were taken but so many times both our midfielders were caught out of position and neither really wanted nor were capable of holding the defensive position or had the energy to get back quickly.

England are seeing something similar again now when we have an array of attacking midfielders yet no real quality to protect them. Often asking Rice, Bellingham or recently Curtis Jones to put a foot in and cover the gaps.

Pool need the DM. Even if he's not as good a player as Evans, Honeyman or Morgan. We were too unbalanced last season and also our bench was rubbish. If it's not this kid then a n other is needed badly.
 
Im not really sure on this one. Our midfield was certainly caught out last year and they were certainly flogged and needed a rest but that being caught out was more due to us playing a 2 and just getting outnumbered every game by other teams playing 3 in the middle. If we are to change formation to a 3 then its a good signing but if its as a 2 then i dont really see him playing in front of any of Evans, Morgan or Honeyman and it really making a huge difference as to whether we get out numbered or not. He does seem to be able to fill in a few positions though so he seems to me like a good squad player. Suppose we will see how we set up. In any case its not a bad signing, im just not sure how he fits yet.
 
Critchknows said:
Im not really sure on this one. Our midfield was certainly caught out last year and they were certainly flogged and needed a rest but that being caught out was more due to us playing a 2 and just getting outnumbered every game by other teams playing 3 in the middle. If we are to change formation to a 3 then its a good signing but if its as a 2 then i dont really see him playing in front of any of Evans, Morgan or Honeyman and it really making a huge difference as to whether we get out numbered or not. He does seem to be able to fill in a few positions though so he seems to me like a good squad player. Suppose we will see how we set up. In any case its not a bad signing, im just not sure how he fits yet.
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Are Morgan and Evans good enough for a top 6 side? Bruce will have his thoughts on that.
 
I don't really know much about the lad but he gets glowing reviews from pretty much every Orient fan. It'll be interesting to see how Bruce wants us to line up, as with Evans, Morgan, Honeyman and seemingly Brown, we are looking pretty strong in the middle of the park. Add to that Finnigan who did himself no harm when he featured last season and I think we have enough in that area to do well. Hopefully we get confirmation today.
 
Chunkylad said:
Last season we played so many games where we were like the England team of Gerrard and Lampard. Battered some teams where chances were taken but so many times both our midfielders were caught out of position and neither really wanted nor were capable of holding the defensive position or had the energy to get back quickly.

England are seeing something similar again now when we have an array of attacking midfielders yet no real quality to protect them. Often asking Rice, Bellingham or recently Curtis Jones to put a foot in and cover the gaps.

Pool need the DM. Even if he's not as good a player as Evans, Honeyman or Morgan. We were too unbalanced last season and also our bench was rubbish. If it's not this kid then a n other is needed badly.
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Dare I say it, but Norburn was a bit of an example of this. He wasn't good enough for us (so let's not pretend i'm saying we should have kept him) but I did feel like Evans played better with Norburn alongside him.

A more mobile version of Norburn would not be a bad thing. Brown alongside Morgan would be an interesting two, but i'm still not sure where Honeyman fits in amongst any of these signings (though that's a nice problem to have).
 
Midland_seasider said:
Dare I say it, but Norburn was a bit of an example of this. He wasn't good enough for us (so let's not pretend i'm saying we should have kept him) but I did feel like Evans played better with Norburn alongside him.

A more mobile version of Norburn would not be a bad thing. Brown alongside Morgan would be an interesting two, but i'm still not sure where Honeyman fits in amongst any of these signings (though that's a nice problem to have).
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I had hoped that Honeyman was brought in to play as a box to box CM. However, in his latest interview with the Gazette, Bruce described him as a replacement for Carey. Maybe he is going to initially play on the left in Carey's inverted midfield role?
 
OhhhBarryBarry! said:
I had hoped that Honeyman was brought in to play as a box to box CM. However, in his latest interview with the Gazette, Bruce described him as a replacement for Carey. Maybe he is going to initially play on the left in Carey's inverted midfield role?
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I almost hope that is the plan for Honeyman, I think that allowed a nice balance whereby that LM became a midfield 3 at points, but had the freedom to drift a bit.

If that is the plan, I also wonder whether there's an opportunity for another LWB to come in - or perhaps Lyons playing as an attacking LWB fighting with Coulson?
 
Midland_seasider said:
Dare I say it, but Norburn was a bit of an example of this. He wasn't good enough for us (so let's not pretend i'm saying we should have kept him) but I did feel like Evans played better with Norburn alongside him.

A more mobile version of Norburn would not be a bad thing. Brown alongside Morgan would be an interesting two, but i'm still not sure where Honeyman fits in amongst any of these signings (though that's a nice problem to have).
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A 4-2-3-1 with Honeyman in the number 10 role with Brown and Morgan as the holding MFs
 
Chunkylad said:
Last season we played so many games where we were like the England team of Gerrard and Lampard. Battered some teams where chances were taken but so many times both our midfielders were caught out of position and neither really wanted nor were capable of holding the defensive position or had the energy to get back quickly.

England are seeing something similar again now when we have an array of attacking midfielders yet no real quality to protect them. Often asking Rice, Bellingham or recently Curtis Jones to put a foot in and cover the gaps.

Pool need the DM. Even if he's not as good a player as Evans, Honeyman or Morgan. We were too unbalanced last season and also our bench was rubbish. If it's not this kid then a n other is needed badly.
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We definitely need a DM. Let's hope this lad can do the business.
 
OhhhBarryBarry! said:
I had hoped that Honeyman was brought in to play as a box to box CM. However, in his latest interview with the Gazette, Bruce described him as a replacement for Carey. Maybe he is going to initially play on the left in Carey's inverted midfield role?
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I muted that idea when he signed but got shouted down that, this would be square in round holes. The experiment certainly worked with Carey and results backed it, so I just thought that Bruce may well look at deploying that tactic again? Particularly as Coulson is a natural wide attacking player so the two wouldn't be in each others way.
 
Kyle Seasider said:
All the Orient fans I'm seeing comment about is are all saying that he one of thoes players that you don't realise how important he is and how good he is until hes not playing. I've looked at a few clips of him and I get what theyre saying. Players like him never seem to get the love that they deserve until theyre missing and suddenly the MF is falling apart.
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Some Orient fans are saying if it's 400k they should take the money and run.

I've no strong opinion, just trying to get a feel for what this fella might give us.
 
voyeur said:
Evans and Morgan are both more highly rated than JB on whoscored.com. JB is a DM but whoscored says his weakness is tackling. So it'll be interesting to see what he's like in real life. Different from Evans and Morgan no doubt, and another option. I wonder how Wellens feels about his departure? May feel El Mizouni is an upgrade. May wish he had both. I've no idea how good JB is, will have to wait and see. I'm guessing our coaching staff must have been impressed with him last season in the two games they saw him up close.

Edit. Just watched some of the Pool v Orient game in TTV. Brown looks ok, functional, no frills. Sitting deep and playing the simple pass, not going into tackles, not physical or assertive, just ok for me, unlikely to start in a 442 perhaps, with Evans, Morgan and Honeyman to accommodate? Feels to me like Wellens knows what he's doing here. Will have to wait and see though, of course.
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re the opening of your second para, that's the type of player our fans can't seem to take to! Barry Ferguson, Norburn and Evans. And no doubt others too. The player who sits in deep, gets it and gives it keeping it simple. Always the type of player to come in for criticism from our fans.
 
20togo said:
re the opening of your second para, that's the type of player our fans can't seem to take to! Barry Ferguson, Norburn and Evans. And no doubt others too. The player who sits in deep, gets it and gives it keeping it simple. Always the type of player to come in for criticism from our fans.
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Maybe, though I feel we really need that type of player. So I'm up for us signing one, but we need top end L1 quality. Hopefully this fella is. Time will tell.
 
Chunkylad said:
I muted that idea when he signed but got shouted down that, this would be square in round holes. The experiment certainly worked with Carey and results backed it, so I just thought that Bruce may well look at deploying that tactic again? Particularly as Coulson is a natural wide attacking player so the two wouldn't be in each others way.
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It seems like a decent like for like replacement for that position, if anything Honeyman is probably a bit more natural than Carey out wide.

I personally was not a massive fan of the Coulson overlap on the left. I felt it left us exposed down that side quite often. Maybe a DM covering that side could be the missing piece?

I'd still like us to sign a quality left winger so we can play a more traditional 442 if needed.
 
I like how we seem to be going for players with recent experience challenging or achieving promotion from this league.

Also you need competition for places and solid injury replacements, last thing we need is Honeyman being injured and only having Evans/Morgan who often looked overrun this season.

This looks a solid and sensible move.
 
If we’re signing another striker I doubt it’s 4231. Although I don’t know how we’d fit all midfielders in (if Brown is coming). Maybe Honeyman will be used outwide. Either way, nice problem to have
 
On Saturday under Jordan Brown Wikipedia, it stated Having Medical at Blackpool.Today states plays for L.Orient no mention of Medical or Blackpool????
 
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