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Lots of talk about the pitch already but this deserves a thread of its own.

Record income, record attendances, record kiosk sales, record merchandise sales…. And record losses.

The fanbase are berated for not spending enough in the ground, for leaving season ticket seats empty, but those numbers show we’re doing our bit. The problem is what’s going out the door and we don’t control that.

The reasons given for the increase in operating losses seem reasonable enough. But it does illustrate how berating fans is contemptible.

£300,000 for those 3 untried youngsters, not bad IMO.

I remember yonks ago Bazza saying that all footballers were interested in were their win bonuses; there must have been some significant bonuses paid for wins and promotion.

No mention of how much Spurs pay for their Women to play at Brizzie Road, that's a significant omission IMO.

As someone who had to write "Director's Reports" for 27 years of running my own businesses, Nigel's report is remarkably open.

We've got a good team in the financial, commercial and playing areas of the Club, I'm as happy as any Os supporter will ever be.

Now to magic up a 20,000 seater stadium one close season in the very near future.

COYOs

£300k for those youngsters doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.

Where’s the £300k from selling Hector?

And where’s the money spent on buying Moncur???

Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:54 am £300k for those youngsters doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.

Where’s the £300k from selling Hector?

And where’s the money spent on buying Moncur???

Wasn’t that the year before or am I misremembering?

Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:06 am https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2024/ ... tatements/

The fanbase are berated for not spending enough in the ground, for leaving season ticket seats empty, but those numbers show we’re doing our bit. The problem is what’s going out the door and we don’t control that.

Berated? It was mentioned once in a podcast interview? Been mentioned on here 100x since.

I'd also take issue with us not having control. We do in a way because the playing staff budget is by far the biggest number. We want decent players all over the park (some want 2 in every position), we want to be entertained. At league 2 level £3.9m was the cost of success and of keeping us interested. If either we or the board downed tools and stopped doing our bit, the other would react negatively too and it would impact on the clubs ability to serve up the same sort of football.

The good thing is that we have a smart board. They knew about this loss a year, maybe 18 months ago. They were prepare to invest to succeed and the gamble won. They are planning now for sustainability whilst supporting a significant continuing loss and providing possibly the best environment for that plan to succeed in my 35 years following this club of ours. COYOS!

EliotNes wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:44 am £300,000 for those 3 untried youngsters, not bad IMO.

Put that in context of Coleman coating us £80k in the first place though, just be glad agent Jackett took him off our hands

Be funny to see their plans in ruins as we walk the steps at Wembley to raise the playoff winning trophy

Rich Tea Wellin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:27 am Be funny to see their plans in ruins as we walk the steps at Wembley to raise the playoff winning trophy

What an incredibly stupid thing to say.

BoniO wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:35 am

Rich Tea Wellin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:27 am Be funny to see their plans in ruins as we walk the steps at Wembley to raise the playoff winning trophy

What an incredibly stupid thing to say.

For sure.

Rich Tea Wellin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:10 am

Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:54 am £300k for those youngsters doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.

Where’s the £300k from selling Hector?

And where’s the money spent on buying Moncur???

Wasn’t that the year before or am I misremembering?

Just checked, Hector joined Posh on 20 June and Moncur signed for us on 29 June 2022, so yes both in last year.

Didn’t see this level of detail last year, did we?

If we sorted out the ghost kids problem in the North Stand we wouldn’t make a loss