ORIENT boss Geraint Williams was left puzzled after Saturday’s game at Stockport County, as his team rallied too late to avoid leaving with nothing.

He asked afterwards. “Why couldn’t we have started with the urgency we showed in the last 25 minutes?”

Tamika Mkandawire hit an 88th-minute consolation, after Nicholas Bignall and Greg Tansey’s second-half goals had already sealed victory for Stockport.

At full-time, the players disappeared into the changing room at Edgeley Park, where WIlliams led a long post-mortem into the 2-1 loss.

Emerging from it, he told the Guardian that Orient needed a confidence boost.

He also admitted that the pressure was mounting, as the team search for an elusive win.

Orient are in the League One relegation zone, without a victory since the opening day.

“There's always pressure to win games, and the more you go without winning, then yes, the pressure does mount,” said Williams.

“We had a good discussion. The players want to put things right. Nobody enjoys losing at this club and we had a good discussion about where we go.

“It’s a confidence thing at the moment, we need to get ourselves in front and get back to everyone believing that we can go on and win games, because we can.

“Even at the last two home games, where we've been in front, then we’ve come away with draws. We need to turn those games into three-pointers. Then the confidence returns.”

Now Saturday’s derby clash against fierce rivals Millwall at Brisbane Road has an added dimension.

The manager called on fans to create a cauldron of noise to help push the players forward to a win.

“It’s a home game, it's a London derby, it's important for everyone at the club to bounce back and give a good reaction to what happened at Stockport,” Williams said.

“We know what it means to fans. It being a derby shouldn’t be that different, as you give 100 per cent in every game.

“But if the crowd is really vociferous then it adds tempo to a game. Of course the fans can make a difference.”

The last meeting between the two sides resulted in fireworks at full-time.

At the New Den last April, Millwall fans flooded on to the field to taunt O’s fans and celebrate a 2-1 win for the Lions.

Police horses were needed to drive the mob away from the away stand, to the other side of the pitch.

More recently, Millwall fans were involved in running battles with West Ham fans just 15 minutes away from Brisbane Road.

Orient striker James Scowcroft played 90 minutes against Stockport last week.

He said he was relishing the prospect of a high-intensity derby.

“It’s an absolutely perfect game for us. It’s a local derby and it’ll be at 100 mph. At the moment it’s the kind of game you want.”