WELLENS SLAMS ORIENT SUBS

LEYTON Orient boss Richie Wellens bizarrely criticised his substitutes’ efforts after his side were held at home by leaders Wrexham.

- Peter Hancock

The draw saw the Red Dragons knocked off their perch, but rather than praise his side, Wellens chose to focus on the efforts from his replacements.

“We need more impact from our substitutes,” he said. “Once again, I don’t think it was good enough from our bench.

“We need our front players to be more energetic, but if we take the gilt-edge chances then it becomes very different.

“I’m a bit disappointed, but it’s a clean sheet against a good team. [Paul] Mullin was a threat when he nearly got on a ricochet in our box, but other than that I don’t think our goalkeeper had a save to make.

“I thought first half we dominated the game and we should have been 3-0 up without actually being crisp and really good.