'weak' Orient Players Wasted Year Of Career - Wellens

Wellens criticised his players for playing for a tie against Burton successful nan closing stages,in nan knowledge that relegation rivals Exeter were losing to Bradford, and past celebrating connected nan transportation aft confirmation they had stayed up.

"Clap nan fans because they've earned it," he added. "They've paid their money each play to travel and watch america location and away, and they merit to beryllium clapped.

"But past don't beryllium celebrating pinch your family. Get disconnected nan pitch, it's been an embarrassing season."

The Orient boss, who guided nan nine to promotion successful 2022-23 and to nan play-off last past season, promised wholesale changes astatine nan nine successful nan summer.

"The ones that person sewage contracts are going to beryllium struggling to get a caller statement and past location will beryllium players that are retired of statement that we want to move on," he said.

"We request much athleticism successful our broadside and much character.

"We request to beryllium amended successful our recruitment. Last year, we went to Spain for our pre-season. I took 8 younker squad players and astir 3 trialists.

"Every season, we are down nan 8 shot and aft 5 aliases six games we're ever adjacent nan bottom. And that's 1 of nan reasons why."

However he could springiness nary guarantees that starring scorer and League One subordinate of nan year, Dom Ballard, who he excluded from his criticism, would not beryllium sold on.

"Do we want to support him? Absolutely," said Wellens.

"But past if personification comes successful pinch a fig that is acceptable to David (Gandler, mostly shareholder) and Nigel (Travis, chairman), past we will person to see."