Next manager

[Quagmire]

Ling's record isn't actually that bad though is it? I'm relatively optimistic, especially with another coach coming in to.

[Reg Smeeton]

Be more inclined to be optimistic if Emblem is a defensive specialist. Something badly needed for quite a while now.

Defensive specialist sounds like bollocks to me....remember hearing about how George Graham coached the famous 1-0 to The Arsenal sides.  He tied a rope between Dixon, Bould, Adams and Winterburn, so they couldn't stray too far from each other in training...a lesson which they carried onto the pitch, along with the arm up lino appeal.

[THE FLASH]

Dicky Dosh gets the bullet....everybody wanted him here once!

[Flashheart]

Ling's record isn't actually that bad though is it? I'm relatively optimistic, especially with another coach coming in to.

Considering resources and what he had to work with relative to the division he was in, it seems he actually has a very good record but many wont look further than his win % (Which is not bad in itself).

From what I can gather his signings seem to be a negative, but even that is more or less taken out of his hands with our set-up. He could be perfect for us.

Let's hope so.

[Reg Smeeton]

Ling's record isn't actually that bad though is it? I'm relatively optimistic, especially with another coach coming in to.

Nothing to write home about...lost more than he won at Orient, and in the Confernce with Cambridge. won 37 and lost 37 at Torquay.

In his favour, is that he is a genuine disciple of St Glenn and so will be fully commited to the sort of kamikaze football that Power wants....also he'll probably be quite happy to accept the shared role of the STFC job spec.

Let's hope he can keep us up....

[PetsWinPrizes]

FWIW A couple of Orient fans on Twitter were singing his praises and saying he'll be excellent for us. Let's face it ours is a pretty unique job spec at the moment, he's probably one of a very few experienced managers who would be willing to work in it, the alternative would be a untried younger manager - Not something I'd be opposed to in principle BUT given the sticky situation we are in, I'd rather someone with with a bit of previous in the job.

[Flashheart]

You can guarantee more George Moncur rumours in January as well if Ling gets the job.

[Batch]

Statistically, Lingy's stats (approx)

35% win average = 33 points , 11 won games (rounded up)
30% draw average of remaining games 19 games = 6 points (rounded down)
33 + 6 + 13 = .....Reg. Reg...

Stats aside, doesn't feel like the right appointment to me. But hey, neither did Cooper.

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

You can guarantee more George Moncur rumours in January as well if Ling gets the job.

Bring him home.

[Costanza]

Historical managerial stats don't tell the whole story as most of them are ruined by the dreaded spell that lost them their jobs, who they are competing with, what the budgets were etc.

Apart of the world class coaches, these stats often fail to highlight the positive achievements, like Orient's promotion, like Torquay's Play-Off finish during our League 2 winning season (including a win over Town on Boxing Day).

Mark Cooper's managerial stats were largely lousy where it 'mattered', he did okay here under restricted managerial circumstances.

Ling, like any other potential manager, has my support. It's largely irrelevant but he's got it.

[sonicyouth]

I'd be happier with Ling than Williams/Embleton... the bare minimum we need is someone with a bit of managerial experience

[Flashheart]

He actually did quite poorly at Cambridge.

But, again, did he do a shit job with good resources, or a good job with shit resources? Maybe somebody else can go digging for that information of they are bothered enough.

Whatever. We could appoint Malpas as manager with Paul Hart as assistant and I'd still get behind them. For a while, at least.

[Costanza]

I'd be happier with Ling than Williams/Embleton... the bare minimum we need is someone with a bit of managerial experience

It'll be all three but and for what it's worth, so would I.

Although having a manager and an assistant with a combined total of zero senior football appearances surely would have been a potential first?

[Costanza]

He actually did quite poorly at Cambridge.

But, again, did he do a shit job with good resources, or a good job with shit resources? Maybe somebody else can go digging for that information of they are bothered enough.

Whatever. We could appoint Malpas as manager with Paul Hart as assistant and I'd still get behind them. For a while, at least.

There were certainly ownership issues throughout his Cambridge United tenures. Reassuringly he got the fuck out of Cambridge (briefly) when working under George Rolls who had something of an appalling reputation within Non-League football at that point (backing myself up with this http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18450000). When Rolls left, Ling returned.

[Reg Smeeton]

 Ultimately this season, it's the recruitment dept that has fucked up, chuck in the injuries and there you have it....with a better squad, Cooper would have kept us up.

 Maybe Lingy will have a few ideas to chuck at Power for January......Billy Bodin it is then