Orient chairman would “recommend” sacked Carl Fletcher
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/roMiffuwbLwjYb9Cr7zmBn.jpg)
Leyton Orient chairman Nigel Travis says he would he recommend Carl Fletcher as a manager, despite sacking him after just 29 days.
Fletcher was dismissed after failing to win any of his five matches, with the brevity of his tenure raising eyebrows.
Travis, the businessman who wrote a book called The Challenge Culture on the subject of leadership, took to talkSPORT to explain the ruthless decision and said Fletcher’s technical expertise was not in question.
“The cultural fit wasn’t right. We don’t blame Carl, we kind of blame ourselves,” he told the radio station.
“It’s kind of embarrassing for me having written a book on culture, having failed to see it. We’d recommend Carl, he did some terrific things on the training field, it just didn’t fit.”
Whether the former Plymouth boss includes Travis as a reference on his next CV remains to be seen, but may be unlikely given the rest of his assessment.
“It’s gone spectacularly wrong and we recognise that,” said Travis.
Get FourFourTwo Newsletter
The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.
“The thing that didn’t work was the engagement with the community, with the players, with the club, the fans. We could see people weren’t enjoying themselves, we decided rather than let this go on – to be fair to Carl and fair to us – we had to make a change.”
FourFourTwo was launched in 1994 on the back of a World Cup that England hadn’t even qualified for. It was an act of madness… but it somehow worked out. Our mission is to offer our intelligent, international audience access to the game’s biggest names, insightful analysis... and a bit of a giggle. We unashamedly love this game and we hope that our coverage reflects that.
![LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 5: Arne Slot Manager of Liverpool congratulates Mohamed Salah of Liverpool after the 4-0 victory during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD4 match between Liverpool FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Anfield on November 5, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Crystal Pix/MB Media/Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q3ie7X2vDDiU7X6C9HVRK7-840-80.jpg)
‘The pure simplicity of the way Slot has managed the squad is probably the biggest thing I could say about him. It’s not broken, so let’s get on with it’: Liverpool legend full of admiration for Jurgen Klopp's successor at Anfield
![CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 02: Wales captain Ryan Giggs shakes the hand of manager John Toshack after being substituted on his last International appearance for his country during the Euro 2008 Group D Qualifying Match between Wales and Czech Republic at the Millennium Stadium on June 2, 2007 in Cardiff, Wales. Photo by (Stu Forster/Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ooQ9oNmgvfUUG8TBUhn6BK-840-80.jpg)
‘I trained at Spurs and thought they’d give me a chance. But I received a letter thanking me but saying they didn’t think I was good enough – I was gutted’: How Tottenham missed out on signing Wales legend John Toshack