Right winger Gavin Massey believes Leyton Orient cannot let their loss at Portsmouth affect them as they prepare to face Morecambe at Brisbane Road tomorrow.

Orient currently sit 20th in the table with their opponents six points ahead in 17th.

The 24-year-old said: “We can’t let Saturday’s loss at Portsmouth knock us badly because it is a long, hard season and the games come thick and fast now, so everybody needs to fight for the remainder of the campaign.

“The two games against Exeter and Barnet were disappointing and we feel the same about the Portsmouth result because it looks like we have gone backwards.

“But we haven’t. Everybody is willing to fight for the club and prior to these defeats we were different class against Cambridge United and Crawley Town.”

Performances have improved under Edwards and Danny Webb and the players seemingly have a better understanding of the message the pair would like to get across.

Despite the Pompey defeat forming the O’s third in succession, there were a lot more positives to take from that game than the previous two.

“The last two games before Portsmouth we were really poor and that is not what Andy or Danny Webb are all about,” said Massey.

“Since Andy took over we haven’t been like that, so it wasn’t good enough and the fans and everyone else were right to be disappointed with us after the two defeats.

“I felt like at Portsmouth we were class, although the fact we didn’t get the result doesn’t show it, so that’s frustrating, but we’re all working really hard.

“The boys are giving their all and we all want to work for Andy and Webby and I think you’ve seen that at Portsmouth.”

Massey scored a fine goal to bring the score back to 1-1 at Fratton Park and gave the travelling O's fans something to remember.

When asked if he had scored anything quite like that before he said: “I don’t think I have scored a better one, but it doesn’t really count for anything, so again that’s frustrating and we will have to pick ourselves back up and go again.”

Morecambe have won two and drawn and lost twice in their last six matches compared to Orient's one victory, one draw and four losses. 

The game kicks off at 3pm tomorrow.