Leyton Orient's Richie Wellens on Carlisle United victory

The in-form Os went seven games unbeaten after seeing off the Blues 3-2 at the Gaughan Group Stadium.

Wellens felt a tactical change during a tricky first-half period had the desired effect against Paul Simpson's strugglers.

And he felt Carlisle struggled to deal with Orient when they got their game going.

"I thought when we did what we wanted to do, we were a goal threat, we looked good," Wellens told reporters after the game.

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"We started the game well, put balls in behind them, had some opportunities.

Richie Wellens (Image: PA)

"For a 20-minute period we then started playing backward, a bit slow, too many touches.

"But then we upped it, pushed our full-backs a lot higher and they couldn't deal with it.

"Getting the goal before half-time was a bonus and after Ruel's goal it was a nothing game, nothing really happened.

"Maybe we should have scored two or three more goals and made it more comfortable.

"But they stayed in the game and I was disappointed with the penalty in the last minute.

"All in all, a good day. I don't think we ever had to reach our best levels to get the three points."

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It was a fifth consecutive win against United for the east London club in league and cup.

While the Blues slipped to the bottom of League One, Orient moved up to ninth.

Wellens oversaw the victory from the stands as he started a three-game touchline ban.

"It's not great - after 20 minutes it was blatantly obvious we needed to push our full-backs higher," he added.

"It took ten minutes for me to get [the instruction] down and them understanding it, but apart from that it was alright [up there]."