Leyton Orient v Carlisle United preview

And Curle, who was sent to the stands along with O’s assistant boss Andy Hessenthaler after an incident on the touchline in the second half, lauded the impact of his senior players after making seven alterations to his starting line-up for the second successive league game.

Leyton Orient forward Paul McCallum is taken off on a stretcher with his Northampton Town rival Shaun Brisley checking he is okay (pic: Simon O’Connor).

Hendon said: “If teams were playing how we are playing against us I would be concerned”. In each of those victories the O’s have scored at least four goals.

“The squad is turning into a team mentality and we have a few very good players who were left out today who started on Saturday”.

Then came the managerial spat but it was Sweeney that was to have the last word when he struck the victor on 72 minutes.

“We took a few of our flair players out of the game because we needed people in there just to know their job and stick to it throughout the 95 minutes, as it was”. “But that topped them all tonight”.

“I’ve got to say, I thought they carried out their instructions to a man excellently”. There have been pats on the back, everybody’s had a nice day out, and now we go to work again [at Orient].

“Even at the end Blair has had a shot that the goalkeeper has tipped over the crossbar and the referee has given a goal kick so I don’t know what they see sometimes”. “We’ve hit the woodwork three times, missed a host of chances so what more can you do, the ball is just not going in at the moment, it’s as simple as that”.