Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Stockport are spending a lot and get bigger gates than us.

Imagine if Mk Dons come up, they'll have more money than us as well.

Club would have been mad to give a three year deal to Smyth. His fitness record was very poor when we signed him and he barely played in the first season. Shorter contracts are insurance for the club as much as for the player, as we'll see this summer with Moncur and Piggott, it's hard to get under ...

Totally missed the mark on that one

Is it that 'woke'? . Saw Tamsin Greg play malvolio in a 12th night and Glenda Jackson play King Lear, a trans woman playing a female role doesn't feel mad.

Ffs Ling.

Guess there's a chance that if they are in the prem, he'll be let go on a free as the chances of him getting a look in there are even lower and the amount they could get from him would be chump change compared to what they'll earn. But I'd be very surprised if we weren't blown out the water financia...

I'm surprised to see Rob Hunt going . I thought he was a good player . Also I'm disappointed to see it looks like we're going to be stuck with Pigott for next season He is no where good enough if we want to challenge for promotion . He even had to be told by Ruel recently when to press during a gam...

It's really not an either or. If we had a 18k stadium with potential for expansion, based in the fastest growing part of the richest city in the most popular country for football, it's obviously a much more enticing proposition for potential investors. What Luton has achieved is bonkers and notewort...

Brentford and Bournemouth also massively subsidised by very rich owners to get there. It's certainly one way of doing things but not exactly replicable for us.

Hunt was capable back up for two positions so surprised he's been let go. Interesting to see what type of full back we target as a replacement. Pratley looks absolutely exhausted even when he comes off the bench so a little surprised to see him be offered a playing deal. But if he covers Harold's co...

He won't be replace by anyone as good. How much worse they are then him is my concern. Not sure how anyone can say that for certain nobody knows who a new manager would be if one is incoming. You'd also have thought that the calibre of manager applying would be a bit higher as it's not the usual ci...

4 of them came in the 18 months following Justin's death, where they definitely fluffed it but in difficult circumstances. Davis was rubbish but appointed in difficult circumstances as well, Jackett had the strongest CV we've seen at Orient in decades. They definitely have credit in the bank regardl...

Under current ownership, we've improved our league position every single season aside from one. Seems to be an idea amongst some that this success has been despite them and that they were somehow 'forced' into making good appointments against their judgment, which is obviously bollox. We have the co...

It's understandable that the fans are exacerbating it. The manager not turning up at the end of season awards do being completely ignored by everyone at the club can only mean one thing, something is up (as mentioned in the interview with MH last week). The club have nothing to gain from telling us...

Yeah - I think the club should be more transparent in its dealings with fans- would it hurt them to state that Wellens is in discussions with another club, if that is the case? We can read that he is favourite for the post on betting forums. If he does go, he goes - no need to exacerbate the situat...

Yeah - I think the club should be more transparent in its dealings with fans- would it hurt them to state that Wellens is in discussions with another club, if that is the case? We can read that he is favourite for the post on betting forums. If he does go, he goes - no need to exacerbate the situat...

Sometimes I forget how weird it is to have dozens of fully grown men screaming f*ck off non stop at someone going about their job. Is there any other walk of life this would happen in? Scabs during the miners strike?

Right, but from a communications perspective, that's incredibly incompetent if it's not going to be formally addressed. They are in the middle of their biggest revenue period of the year with season ticket sales, putting out hints that the popular manager might be off almost as an afterthought is bi...

The vetting of these interviews is crackers, would have thought after Wellens had a full public dust up with the board and Ling in January that they'd have given whoever runs our media strong steer to not include bits from interviews that basically give away that the manager might be gone.

He's quite an odd bloke at times. Have said it before but I reckon he'd be much further ahead in his managerial career if he was a bit more savvy and diplomatic. Clearly isn't an issue of talent but his turnover of clubs for a young manager is high and managing disagreements the way he does is going...

Barnsley have sacked their manager. I would think that RW must be a strong contender to replace him. Based on his criticism of some players after Saturdays performance and the clubs failure to match his ambitions it would not surprise me if he was offered the job.. Being close to home and the size ...

Looks a decent prospect and suits how Wellens plays. Wonder if it means we sign one less central midfielder than we otherwise would have done, assuming that Pratley, Moncur and El Miz aren't here next season.

He's fine, has the occasional brainfart but can handle a battle which we need as we haven't got a squad that is able to scrap much. I don't think he's a promotion quality center back but I guess the hope is that Cooper can kick on to be that player for us.

This thread is supposed to be about the old tradition of celebrating St Georges and not the Rwanda bill going through. Suggest you or someone else starts a new thread on that subject ? What old traditions Sid? A feast day of St George has been celebrated in England for hundreds of years on 23 April...