Possible Clues:

• Yards over the East are few and far between
• Phew! Is that all that's there, by the sound of it?
• Particularly thin boxes, extremely fragile
• Yards on board over the East are few and far between
• Orient supporters previously thin on the ground
• That's the sort of passer that's not dense
• That's not even a bit thick, that they're going a-begging around the South
• Meagre, thin on the ground
• Angry about seeds initially scattered
• Not much of a yard on board to begin with