Independent Leyton Orient Forum

This Thursday its the turn of club CEO Danny Macklin to be interviewed on The Orient Hour. Steve Nussbaum and Paul Levy are this weeks hosts and we are looking for your questions for Danny. We are live on Thurs 7pm on Phoenix 98fm or live/later online. Thanks.

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:42 pm This Thursday its the turn of club CEO Danny Macklin to be interviewed on The Orient Hour. Steve Nussbaum and Paul Levy are this weeks hosts and we are looking for your questions for Danny. We are live on Thurs 7pm on Phoenix 98fm or live/later online. Thanks.

When will the planned pre-season catering improvements actually begin?

How long will we be the only sporting club, amateur or professional, to not serve burgers to patrons?

Criticisim of the players on this message Board is clearly affecting their on field performance. On a scale of 1 to 10 where ten is the highest mark you can award. How bad do you think the situation is?

When is the PA System at the ground going to be upgraded I can only speak re the East it’s inaudible when the announcer is speaking when the music is playing it’s like listening to an oversize Walkman

What was the name of his first pet?
What is his mothers maiden name?
Does he shred letters from his bank before binning them?

Do suggestions from this message board ever get discussed at the other board level?

If not, why not?

Lucky7 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:22 pm When is the PA System at the ground going to be upgraded I can only speak re the East it’s inaudible when the announcer is speaking when the music is playing it’s like listening to an oversize Walkman

This, seriously. It's bad on the West Side as well.

This show is made for ComeOnYouOs to be invited on. Two happy clappy presenters who are positive about the club (which he won't like) and a guest he doesn't like and wants to quiz who will destroy him.

1) How do you rate the success of the live match streams so far?

2) Some fans like ComeOnYouOs are critical of you for generating more revenue for the club from creative methods/sponsorship opportunities. What do you say to those fans?

3) Any news on the third kit and a classic kit for this season?

How can he defend charging children under 11 the same price as adults in certain parts of the ground?

Who are your top 3 boarders?

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:42 pm This Thursday its the turn of club CEO Danny Macklin to be interviewed on The Orient Hour. Steve Nussbaum and Paul Levy are this weeks hosts and we are looking for your questions for Danny. We are live on Thurs 7pm on Phoenix 98fm or live/later online. Thanks.

Are they the podcast guys? Why are they now on this?

RedO wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:47 pm

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:42 pm This Thursday its the turn of club CEO Danny Macklin to be interviewed on The Orient Hour. Steve Nussbaum and Paul Levy are this weeks hosts and we are looking for your questions for Danny. We are live on Thurs 7pm on Phoenix 98fm or live/later online. Thanks.

Are they the podcast guys? Why are they now on this?

I asked Paul and Steve if they'd join our team of presenters and they said yes. We have four presenting teams of which they are one. This is providing us with a different style of show each week and listening figures are up this season, which is good. Thanks.

Danny it has been well documented that the football club has made a loss in previous seasons and Nigel and Kent have both said it would be reduced this year and hopefully further still in the future.

At what point do you envisage that we break even as a football club? What further initiatives do you have up your sleeve to help drive the revenue to levels where break even becomes a realistic target?

My daughter also would like a burger in the North stand.

Thor wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:27 pm Danny it has been well documented that the football club has made a loss in previous seasons and Nigel and Kent have both said it would be reduced this year and hopefully further still in the future.

At what point do you envisage that we break even as a football club? What further initiatives do you have up your sleeve to help drive the revenue to levels where break even becomes a realistic target?

My daughter also would like a burger in the North stand.

Break even?
Barry Hearn tried to do that for 19 years and failed in 17 of them.
The only way you are going to do that is to draw Man Utd etc away in the cup.
Selling a couple of extra burgers or shirts is not going to reduce a 1.5 m deficit.

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:19 pm

RedO wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:47 pm

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:42 pm This Thursday its the turn of club CEO Danny Macklin to be interviewed on The Orient Hour. Steve Nussbaum and Paul Levy are this weeks hosts and we are looking for your questions for Danny. We are live on Thurs 7pm on Phoenix 98fm or live/later online. Thanks.

Are they the podcast guys? Why are they now on this?

I asked Paul and Steve if they'd join our team of presenters and they said yes. We have four presenting teams of which they are one. This is providing us with a different style of show each week and listening figures are up this season, which is good. Thanks.

A very overly and unnecesarily defensive response that.

Clean up the South Stand Bar it's decor is well past lt's sell by date, The Coach and Horses looks far more enticing now.

Yer, I voting with the same question of why does the PA system have only two settings ... ‘off’ and ‘is that blood on my collar?’ (TJ South)

A short time ago there were requests on social media, by disabled supporters and others, for people to refrain from watching the end of games near the exits. I notice this is still going on and from where I sit in the West Stand, I can see that it prevents disabled supporters and those in the bottom row seeing the game. As not all supporters would have seen the request, could the club make supporters aware by their usual means and be proactive in stopping this practice. Thank you.

Orient_Man_And_Boy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:20 am Yer, I voting with the same question of why does the PA system have only two settings ... ‘off’ and ‘is that blood on my collar?’ (TJ South)

Same here and can't be good when I see children wince and cover their ears.

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:19 pm

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:19 pm

RedO wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:47 pm

Are they the podcast guys? Why are they now on this?

I asked Paul and Steve if they'd join our team of presenters and they said yes. We have four presenting teams of which they are one. This is providing us with a different style of show each week and listening figures are up this season, which is good. Thanks.

A very overly and unnecesarily defensive response that.

Not really, just an explanatory one, and a justification of the decision. Thanks.

Is striving to break even unrealistic when player wages are so high?

How much additional income have you been able to generate with the new sponsorship deals, pricing changes etc. and what is that income earmarked for (staffing, player wages, transfer budget etc?)

gshaw wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:17 am How much additional income have you been able to generate with the new sponsorship deals, pricing changes etc. and what is that income earmarked for (staffing, player wages, transfer budget etc?)

You left off 'loss reduction'.

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 7:54 am

Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:19 pm

Andy Gilson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:19 pm

I asked Paul and Steve if they'd join our team of presenters and they said yes. We have four presenting teams of which they are one. This is providing us with a different style of show each week and listening figures are up this season, which is good. Thanks.

A very overly and unnecesarily defensive response that.

Not really, just an explanatory one, and a justification of the decision. Thanks.

It really was. He was asking why they were on, to which you could have said "Because they are now part of the rotation of presenters" and not the unnecessary and overly defensive bit afterwards. You could have just admitted to an error of judgement and moved on but instead are keeping up the defensiveness in your reply to me. Which is a shame.

How much is the sponsorship deal for the ground?
In 2013 Matchroom were paying 100 k PA, how does the new deal compare?