Very disappointing. Started brightly but as soon as Orient scored heads down. Awful handball and shocking defensive performance. Could have been six. Only positive is JC's great finish, but very worrying ahead of Tuesday.

As far as I know he's scored once, in pre-season and is a regular on the bench.

Despite Dikamona (and potentially Ayo) strengthening our defence, I still don't believe we'll keep a clean sheet. However, I will continue the optimism and go for a 3-2 win courtesy of Cureton (providing he plays), Hemmings and Doidge.

The daily mirror does exaggerate either way it'll be in the region of 5-8m I reckon.

Daily Mirror reports a 10m fee has been agreed.

Up until the first goal think we looked decent tonight, Dikakoma looked solid and Charlton were in a game. However, the vain in which they scored was simply unacceptable. The changes came too late and the errors were poor. What's Wayne going to do Saturday?

Very happy he'll be a regular but due to him being top scorer last two seasons surprised Palace would let him go.

PaulHornchurch wrote:Hi Joel, can't see Cureton being involved with Orient Saturday and Exeter Tuesday.

Oh yes, however I refuse to be fazed by his absence. Hemmings to score the goal for the daggers.

The League Cup is when you can go for it, and I believe we can defy the odds. I'm going for a 1-0 win courtesy of JC.

Wikipedia and the man himself has officially confirmed he has signed for the Daggers.

Zavon's game is orientated by pace. If a defender comes near him or looks like he's going to attempt a tackle, instinct will tell you that Zavon will try to distribute it quickly in fear of his knee being caught and subsequently being injured again. I really hope this is only a minor setback (if not...

He didn't exactly look reluctant to come off.

Brilliant exciting game. Boucaud looked confident, commanding and a worthy captain. Jodi looked electric, great performance from the lad. Quite worried about Zavon though, hope he can recover swiftly and hope it was just for precaution.

I think we'll finish 11th in the league, reach the FA Cup 1st round and maybe defeat Charlton to finally beat our League Cup hoodoo. If Richards and Kane sign, that will be a huge boost.

The Charlton/Southend programme stated there would be a page about our signings in the Palace game, I assume this means we'll sign more players as our current additions does not constitute a whole page!