Independent Leyton Orient Forum

ComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:12 pm Promotion is all that counts as far as I'm concerned.
Forest green were champions last season and they're bottom of the league now.
Exeter were runners up, and are doing well in mid table.
Being champions is nice, but promotion is the goal

Totally irrelevant as to where they finished and where they are now.

We are discussing 1st to 3rd. Stevenage are probably talking the same (despite a very difficult run in of away games) but all the others are talking about 2nd, 3rd or playoffs.

If we win tomorrow and Stevenage falter then even they could be thinking like the others. Games are starting to run out...

BTW: No prize money for any placings in league 2. Its the bigger dole out for being in league 1 we get.

Couldn’t really care less, in the scheme of things, where we finish in the top 3. First would be nice but so would 3rd

Throoou The Netting! wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:11 pm Having led the field for so long and seen so many let-downs over the years, I will be disappointed if we do not finish as league champions. Also, always aim for top position, so that if we fall short, second and third places are there as a very welcome consolation. However, if we aim for a top three place and fall short, we might miss-out.

I don't understand what this means, surely in a promotion chase you are aiming to win every game. In what scenario would Wellens say we're actually only aiming for 3rd so take it easy this afternoon lads?

I don't mind finishing 3rd at all. I'd be surprised if we did given how we've done so far and would have a slight worry about what a big drop off in form might mean going into next season, but as long as we're up, that's an incredibly successful season..

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:41 pm Couldn’t really care less, in the scheme of things, where we finish in the top 3. First would be nice but so would 3rd

Loser talk. Its 1st for me or I'm leaving.

LittleMate wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:33 pm We are discussing 1st to 3rd. Stevenage are probably talking the same (despite a very difficult run in of away games) but all the others are talking about 2nd, 3rd or playoffs.

If we win tomorrow and Stevenage falter then even they could be thinking like the others. Games are starting to run out...

BTW: No prize money for any placings in league 2. Its the bigger dole out for being in league 1 we get.

Sad about the prize money situation. Still great news about the games starting to run out.

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:59 pm

Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:41 pm Couldn’t really care less, in the scheme of things, where we finish in the top 3. First would be nice but so would 3rd

Loser talk. Its 1st for me or I'm leaving.

I Might consider coming 2nd or 3rd if this is true

Want 1st lumped on at 16/1 at start of season ..

Before the season, I would have been happy with promotion. Promotion is key but given how far ahead we were in the league and how much better we are than the rest of the league, not winning the league will be disappointing.

Alec Stock (Les Gore) 1955/56. Jimmy Bloomfield 1969/70. Justin Edinburgh 2018/19. Richie Wellens 2022/23 will he join the elite of Os title winning managers

DaveDunmore wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:20 pm Alec Stock (Les Gore) 1955/56. Jimmy Bloomfield 1969/70. Justin Edinburgh 2018/19. Richie Wellens 2022/23 will he join the elite of Os title winning managers

Alec Stock (Les Gore) 1955/56. Division Three South
P46 W29 D8 L9 Pts 66 = 95

Jimmy Bloomfield 1969/70.Division Three
P46 W25 D12 L9 Pts 62 =87

Justin Edinburgh 2018/19. National League
P46 W25 D14 L7 Pts 89

Richie Wellens 2022/23 League Two
Currently P32 W20 D7 L5 Pts 67

Wellens has brought that winning mentality to the club that's so badly needed, I want to see us take 1st

1st hopefully.

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:09 am How much more money do we get for winning the League than if we finish 2 or 3.

No extra money than the £470000 given by EFL at start of season. Win trophy for coming 1st

The lord will make sure moncur will give us our worldly deserves my brethren

Yes promotion it is, in my book forgone conclusion. Put my money on us to go up as champions outright, sh*t or bust at beginning of season, after that wobble in January we're back in the groove, just tick off the wins as we go, last three weeks all the teams around us are dropping points as we still march on, must be so disheartening trying to catch us, Top or bust nothing else will do, We will be champions.