Romared Match Thoughts Leyton Orient v Barnsley

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I'd agree with most of that Eths. The thing is, I'd expect that the capital raised by player sales this close season will not be spent on decent replacements. The money will go towards the 10m annual losses that the club must significantly reduce. We've seen that with the Mads and Kitching money already. God only knows the level of where we recruit from. We've seen league of Ireland players, French 2nd division players, non league players etc. How lower can we go? We might even manage to assemble a team that would struggle to beat Athersley Rec.

Relegation beckons in my opinion. What a mess, and to be honest, the board only have themselves to blame.

I'm only reading between the lines but I don't believe Hourihane would have taken the job without some assurances on playing budget .

The club have appointed him because he was once a very good player here and the team he captained was very successful and it's the only thing they have to create enough interest for fans to renew ST's , whether that translates to actual sales is another debate altogether .

However what we do know is that Hourihane wasn't appointed because of a new HC bounce , he wasn't appointed because the players look any better or a new system has worked .

If it was down to results and performances Hourihane wouldn't have got the gig .

That in itself tells us a story .

With the club wanting him more than Hourihane needs them that gave Hourihane an edge and whilst he's not daft enough to demand a 10 million pound budget a "what we raise is what you have" seems to me to be a compromise Hourihane was happy to accept .

Even these daft feckers aren't stupid enough to sell one of the most popular players we've had in recent times down the road and expect to get away with it when they are already about as popular as Josh Windass in the 120th minute .

I could be wrong mind .