Danny Webb admitted Tom Parkes could be facing a lengthy period on the sidelines following their 3-2 loss to Notts County.

Parkes clashed with Shola Ameobi in the fifth minute of the game and came crashing down onto the floor, with Webb having to produce a makeshift defence.

A Jon Stead double along with the opener from Jorge Grant was enough to send the three points the Magpies way and cancelled out goals from Paul McCallum and Teddy Mezague.

Webb said: “I think it is very serious. Unfortunately, it looks like a pelvic fracture initially, hopefully, it is not that bad.

“It is hard to tell straight away, the diagnosis. But he has been for me one of our players of the season in terms of consistency, putting his body on the line for the cause.

“To lose him early on, Callum (Kennedy) had a very sore thigh. And not only did he go through the pain barrier for the team he played centre-half.

“Against a 6ft5 striker. There is a lot of players out there who went above and beyond and they will continue to do so until the end of the season.”

McCallum made the starting XI today despite a recurring knee injury and was also given the captain’s armband due to Liam Kelly being banned for six games following the ball boy incident at Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday.

When asked about his decision to make the striker captain the 33-year-old said: “I think he has gone through a lot. He had that nasty injury last season, he has gone through a lot mentally with that injury.

“He is a good leader on the pitch and even when he was hobbling you leave him on because he is likely to be in the right place at the right time and score.

“Which I am glad he did score. I was even more pleased when Teddy (Mezague) equalised but when you have got a makeshift team.

“Unfortunately near the end, with 10 minutes to go that is a long time in football.”

Kelly’s performance since he returned from injury has certainly spurred the midfield on and many have questioned the length of the ban and why it was so severe.

“It is very excessive. It is extremely excessive. I think especially when you look at the last cases of that,” said the former Southend player.

“But by no means am I defending what he did. Someone of his experience, he said sorry but you don’t do that.

“Three-game ban maybe it is. The referee did he see it? Did he not who knows. Plymouth definitely saw it.

“I think that is the most disappointing thing that a club who have such high morals as Plymouth has got the nerve to criticise.

“To try and make a bigger deal out of something when for me it was a three-match ban. To go to six I feel we are being used as an example.

“Just to try and stop people doing that and they shouldn’t do it. Liam shouldn’t have done it but for me that was excessive.

“You get that news, Hunty (Nicky Hunt) suspended, a lot of things going against us but that won’t let me stop trying to set us up to win football games.

“And to get people off their seats. I am thinking the games I have managed so far from the first minute more times than not the fans have had large periods of not being in their seats.

“Ideally they are off their seats and clapping a victory at the end but it is one step at a time. I appreciate it is at the fast bit of the season.

“We need some points but I think there have been big improvements.”

Orient face Cheltenham on Saturday at Brisbane Road (3pm kick-off).