East London’s finest can certainly take heart from Tuesday’s battling point at Ashton Gate.

Having come away from Swindon only 72 hours beforehand with a well-earned win, it was a big ask to expect another three points would just be churned out.

City are what you could arguably label as a ‘sleeping giant’ and by their own gaffer’s admission ‘a team in transition’.

But, with big hitters, such as the likes of two-goal Sam Baldock, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and our former loanee Scott Wagstaff in their starting eleven, it was never going to be a ‘gimmie’.

Despite twice taking the lead, ultimately we were pegged back by a side who we face in the return fixture in less than six weeks – on New Years Day.

It will be interested to see how many points either side has picked up between this weekend and then – whether we are still flying high and if the Robins have pulled away from the drop zone.

City and even this Saturday’s opponents – Sheffield United - will have to come good sooner or later.

City’s current record of two wins from eighteen games is as lamentable, as ours’ is superlative.

So, surely let’s enjoy the moment.

But, there were occasions in Tuesday night’s clash when it would been hard to imagine our hosts are in the predicament they clearly are entrenched into.

Roared on by a crowd of close to 11,000 – more than our own ground capacity – it was a case of us sometimes riding our luck, but at least we finished the game on the offensive.

It’s a stepping-stone for our hosts.

However, such as the standards our players have set this season, it was certainly disappointing to concede the goals in the manner they went in, but also an indication that anyone is a match for anyone in this league.

City will at least have been pleased with the point in the end.

In what has widely been billed as ‘Nasty November’ - given our difficult fixture schedule - four points from these two difficult fixtures is a big plus and ultimately ‘toughies’ as they turned out results-wise; it certainly gives us a springboard to go and do the job on Saturday against Nigel Clough’s Blades.

But, we are still comfortably averaging more than two points a game – that is nothing less than championship form, promotion at the very least, with reportedly over 90 points gleaned from our last 46 games.

At this stage of the season the table doesn’t lie and we thoroughly deserve our elevated league standing.

I and many of the 400 travelling – and dare I say – extremely proud - travelling Orient support would certainly have taken four points from these last two away trips and who knows, the point gleaned at Bristol may well prove to be crucial come Judgement Day at the start of May?

After all, you can’t win them all.