Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Love to get away from "this can only happen at Orient...." but................. Negative tactics, continued dire results how on earth are you appointed full-time manager on back it is way beyond my understanding..... Seen caretakers/interim managers not stepping up after a run of decent re...

Too much use of then!

Ast Managers..... First team coach...always make good 1st team managers then? that's a given then! 1st team Manager experience or is Fletcher more experienced manager........ ? Didn't look too deeply into his footballing CV due to being Carlisle's problem..... not ours. Skimmed through article, simp...

L2 theme..... 100+ applications culminating in the appointment of Chris Beech.
Academy manager not "loan" manager but reading fans reactions, very similar Carl Fletcher type appointment!
Interesting to see how he gets on, own backroom staff or not!

Hence my quiet student of the game type comment.....
More Harry Potter than Harry Redknapp type of manager/coach!

Hi, don't post often but...... Outside/external appointment, limited experience, "loan" manager joining from non-coaching position etc. Looks like trouble securing backing from existing coaching staff or senior players. Without backing or trust of coaches, senior players, rightly or wrongl...

Steve Cotterill in betting but generally appears in list for every vacant post going..... Good job at Notts County but with backing/money before it ran dry also @ Bristol City........ Generally does "ok" but come across bit head strong, if not a bit of old fashioned "let em have it......

Last forward/Winger sent off to Boro was the great, the Orient legend Alan Comfort himself.....My Fav all-time Orient player.....
Whom was keeping S.Ripley out of the side until busting his knee @ Newcastle (i think....)

That's my brief history, not Steve's.... Ball-boy, Pot-boy etc... lil wonder it's a rare post....(2 in same day is a record....)

Rare post, known of Steve for years. Decent man, speaks loudly been at Daggers 35 years+ despite mergers, change of owners. From ball boy @ Dagenham FC, Pot boy with uncles behind bar, drinking with Sunday league crowd.... (No more after a coked up moron with brain size of a pea caused trouble down ...