A Club Statement from Chief Executive Alessandro Angelieri reads as follows

“The actions of the club over the past two and a half years have always been in good faith and that can never be doubted. A squad without future was inherited, and has been completely renewed with it today including a number of talents aged between 17 and 24.
  
Mr Becchetti did not like the fan protests because at the beginning of the season everyone, supporters included, praised the club for their summer transfer business.  Thereafter Mr Becchetti doesn’t play on Saturday.

I think that within common sense, Mr Becchetti will continue to fund the club, though appropriate offers for the club will be considered. One offer has been received, but it was not acceptable for a number of reasons.

In regards to player departures, since last February Jay Simpson had scored six goals, and from last summer he had been trying to leave the club. Andy Edwards rightly decided to leave him out of the squad because of his lack of commitment to Leyton Orient.

Jordan Bowery’s contribution during the first half of the season was imperceptible, so his departure can be considered neutral, while Alan Dunne was out of the plans under both Andy Hessenthaler and Andy Edwards.

In terms of funds available, it’s not the club that has to give guarantees to Andy Edwards, but vice versa. Andy can count on prospects who he has helped nurture like Sam Sargeant, Aron Pollock, Sandro Semedo, Myles Judd, Sam Dalby and Tristan Abrahams who has scored 20 goals for the youth team this season, as well as great young talents like Paul McCallum and Gavin Massey who are players with fantastic qualities, and have a massive desire that was lacking from players in the past like Darius Henderson, Jobi McAnuff and Jordan Bowery.

I think that my absence due to ill health could have had some negative effect, but I believe even further that the absence of Mr Becchetti during the last three months has had a more negative impact on the squad. His personal business did not allow him to be close to the team, when he would usually come to the training ground every Friday and to the games on a Saturday. Mr Becchetti has a great charisma and the players definitely feel his absence.

We are fully confident that we will remain in the Football League come the end of the season but if relegation was to unfortunately happen we will keep our current policy in place of promoting and showing faith in young players."

That's way worse than anything Town have churned out.

Is it time to make a sly bid for Ollie palmer 😜

Jesus. And I imagine they must have thought about that statement. Feel so sorry for their fans, their muppet of a manager and I am gutted I didn't get serious money on their relegation.

All that is wrong with modern football.

Quoted from psgmariner

That's way worse than anything Town have churned out.

Our owner (non chairman) actually cares as he s a fan of his local club so there sits the difference.

Fenty probably thought it was a  pretty good statement! ;D

Fascinating. Think their season hangs in the balance. They've got Morecambe tomorrow.

Quoted from forza ivano

Fenty probably thought it was a  pretty good statement! ;D

Fashionable comment that............... 4 years ago!

Time to move on I think.

Makes ours look amateurish. Not sure if that's a compliment or not.

Google Translate?

I am trying to work out if:

A, that was written by the chairman in the first person

B, the chairman is one of the players too

C, someone actually read that back before sending it out into the public domain

Couldnt give a flying one about Orient really, and to think they wanted the Olympic Stadium....you are having a giraffe !!

That statement is just unbelievable! I can't believe somebody older than 12 would actually write that. When is the Football League going to put in place a decent 'fit and proper' person threshold to run a club? I feel for the orient fans.

Quoted from toontown

That statement is just unbelievable! I can't believe somebody older than 12 would actually write that. When is the Football League going to put in place a decent 'fit and proper' person threshold to run a club? I feel for the orient fans.

Have to agree with you.orient are a fine club with a really nice loyal fan base.they don't deserve this

We surely now  have enough crackpot football club/owners/chairman combos to start an official Basket Case-League Div 1 don't we?

Hull, Cardiff, Blackpool, Morecambe, Orient anymore for that league?

Quoted from Mariner_09

Hull, Cardiff, Blackpool, Morecambe, Orient anymore for that league?

Blackburn..... :)

Oh no I hope they don't fold before March 14 Tilly is match day Mascot lol

I'm just wondering which out of Fenty or Mullen has shares in Orient.....

If I remember correctly Barry Hearn seemed el bent on getting the team to play in the Olympic stadium and said if any other club were to get in, then that would be the end of orient.

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

If I remember correctly Barry Hearn seemed el bent on getting the team to play in the Olympic stadium and said if any other club were to get in, then that would be the end of orient.

Yeah, but does anyone believe anything that bloke says?

At least the youth are getting a game