Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Paul Smyths move made much more sense, although I’m not surprised he has struggled in the Championship. He hasn't really struggled, in spite of that VIth former's article. He's played 25 league games for them and the fans there seem to like him. It's a better season than the one he had with us in 2...

He's a Championship level keeper. Some Orient fans will never accept that our players can go on to bigger and better things after they leave us: see also some of the reaction to Marvin leaving Blackpool. The real issue here is about how the game in this country is so skewed that Premiership Clubs ca...

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:20 pm These investors make their money by investing in poorly performing companies, building them up and selling them on at a profit.

which ones are you talking about here?

There’s a bigger question around all of this as to what the fan base is willing to put up with in order to see us gain more success. Leaving our current ground with lots of history/memories Match day ticket prices in the £40-50 range, if not more. With season tickets approach the £1000 mark. A beer...

Travis talks a lot of bollocks sometimes. Seems to be happening more often. If we're to keep progressing, then the next set of challenges for the Club are an order or magnitude greater than what's happened over the last 7 seasons, because they require the significant expansion of our fanbase, and a...

My kids are big fans

“I get complaints by some my other American owners, that we spend too much on players” Look behind the scenes at some of these bellends that parade around the pitch lapping up the applause. As long as there are football fans prepared to genuflect to anyone with a credit rating, there will be bellen...

Travis talks a lot of bollocks sometimes. Seems to be happening more often. If we're to keep progressing, then the next set of challenges for the Club are an order or magnitude greater than what's happened over the last 7 seasons, because they require the significant expansion of our fanbase, and a...

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 5:55 pm Season tickets up 5% and a new tv deal in place creating extra revenue but the budget only up 10%

Lovely stuff.

Guess the hunt for new investment is going quite slowly then, particularly if we're circling the wagons around Parry.

Happe very likely to sign, Marvin interesting Clubs at a higher level.

Considering everything Richie said and how tough League One is going to be next season our Summer transfer business has to be spot on . IMO, It's going to be one of our most important Summers for transfer business . Get it wrong and we could be facing a relegation battle next season so fingers cros...

Commander of the British Empire? He couldn't even command his box when faced with a 5'5" Argentinian.

"Big" clubs at this level can often get stuck for a while... recent examples include Sunderland, Ipswich, Sheffield United, Leeds, Coventry, Bolton... and tbh Wigan aren't as big as any of those. The "ex Premier League club" thing is overdone IMHO. Bradford are an ex PL club and ...

Richie Wellens was very happy after he signed Pigott 10 months ago: "He's a focal point in terms of his size, but he's certainly not a target man. He's great with his back to goal and a really clever footballer. In terms of goals, he had a wonderful spell at Wimbledon which got him a great mov...

He’s on very decent money and will struggle to get a club in League One. We might have to take a bit of a hit on this. Hope you’re all ready to buy lots of crap food in the ground next season to help cover it.

All I know about Braintree is from our visit there when it seemed pretty tinpot. Didn't they only bring about 20 fans for the reverse fixture, even though it was quite a big local game for them?

Very publicly saying that Pigott isn't his kind of player is also a massive power move, given how much money JP is on. I agree. That’s very hard to come back from or claim misinterpreted comments. You would think he will certainly move over the summer. Also another criticism of the "process&qu...

Very publicly saying that Pigott isn't his kind of player is also a massive power move, given how much money JP is on.

Great news for people who love to applaud exaggerated attendance numbers. Imagine this flashing up on your screen at home... "today's audience is 342,911!" (186 people get up from their armchairs to applaud themselves)

Gonna be a poo poo show of random Friday/Sunday kick offs at 11am for a few thousand people to watch on sky sports. Gshaw will be pleased though... Not happy with Sky getting their claws back into EFL at all. My great hope was seeing the end of the 3pm blackout with Orient running their own domesti...

Rich Tea Wellin wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 3:06 pm Gonna be a poo poo show of random Friday/Sunday kick offs at 11am for a few thousand people to watch on sky sports.

Gshaw will be pleased though...

Don't forget the Thursdays!

Currywurst and Chips wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 8:54 pm Women’s team “star” made it into the national press last week

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27591441 ... on-orient/

This says more about the low standards of The Sun than it does about anything else.

He's not coming back guys.

Thanks for the summary, top work. Stockport and Mansfield have a lot more money than us? The 3 going up will all be ahead of us, as will the 3 going down, so not sure how our budget has dropped from top 10 to 14th. Maybe the purse strings have been tightened? Not listened to the podcast, but it cou...

Thanks for the synopsis - that's saved half an hour!