I was actually beginning to hate myself so I've changed it.Heysel76 wrote:Doc H Ball, I'm sure you a nice bloke, i dunno about everyone else, but that picture of Duxbury makes me wanna disagree with you subconsciously lol
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I was actually beginning to hate myself so I've changed it.Heysel76 wrote:Doc H Ball, I'm sure you a nice bloke, i dunno about everyone else, but that picture of Duxbury makes me wanna disagree with you subconsciously lol
Hello all - and especially Romford/Ashers.Romford wrote:He doesn't own the ground...Waltham Forest do
Of course Orient's current finances aren't WHUs fault. The end of gate-sharing, the advent of the PL, raised ticket costs across the Leagues, games on TV 24/7, media hype for the top division and the Champions League, plus greater leisure options generally, have all played their part in making it harder for the smaller clubs to attract new fans regularly.Mike420 wrote:Your pending demise is obviously all our fault and nothing to with your current financial situation.
Football has no sympathy for the weak.
No Slacker - not all of us have forgotten our rootsorient slacker wrote:
The PL and the Big Club owners may have little sympathy for the weak out of self-interest, but is that the fans views of other clubs as well?
Turn it in. Sound like a scouser thinking everyone is against you.Mike420 wrote:If you're so concerned about cheap tickets, you're welcome to offer some yourselves. You have plenty of empty seats or better yet, go back to Clapton.
Your pending demise is obviously all our fault and nothing to with your current financial situation.
Football has no sympathy for the weak. You don't see me crying when we get done by players like Hazard funded by a crook that Chelsea wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. It's not a level playing field. I suggest you get use to it.
Mike420 wrote:..or better yet, go back to Clapton.
Have you not read what orient slacker has actually written?WestHamIFC wrote:
Probably the most sensible comment on this thread. If Orient are worried that we are a 'threat' then they should f**k off back from whence they came! I, for one, will be cheering them all the way.
Problem solved.
orient slacker wrote:Orient under Hearn have never played the administration game and ripped off creditors like far too many other chiselling owners.
I take it you've never done business with Mr Hearn. The words "blood" and "stone" are very apt in that regard.
Re the OS, the majority of Orient fans don't want to move, and think we could survive at Brisbane Rd provided we balance our books (it's the same for all lower league clubs with small crowds, really). Our Fans' are concerned WHU in the OS will flood the market with cheap tickets and make it harder for us to pick up new punters, which is why we've backed Hearn's earlier legal challenge, but provided that doesn't happen too regularly I reckon we can pick up more PL club fans who are fed up with the hype and high prices.
So why haven't you picked up more punters? We've been discounting tickets for years including many kids for a quid games each season. U16's can buy a season ticket for £100. It's not distance from each other that's the problem so us moving a mile and a half up the road is irrelevant. People don't go to watch certain matches because it's cheap. They want to watch the team that interests them.
But like your fans, what we think and want is pretty immaterial to what our owners decide. You always have to be careful taking someone like Hearn at face value with every soundbite, but like with yours, a move away from Brisbane Rd would give him a potential exit without losses, provided in our case someone else picks up the tab for rents/another ground.
Correct. Mr Hearn wants something for nothing or a financial incentive to go away quietly.
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HarrowInnHammer wrote:This ain't a game of football manager, proper premier league arrogance.
No mate. Well certainly not all of us.orient slacker wrote:
The PL and the Big Club owners may have little sympathy for the weak out of self-interest, but is that the fans views of other clubs as well?