A couple of weeks ago Russell Slade spoke about how communication was going to be key moving forward after surviving crisis talks with Leyton Orient owner Francesco Becchetti.

Within a fortnight, the O’s boss had tendered his resignation but it has still not been accepted and the fans remain in the dark as to what the immediate future holds.

Communication is an appropiate word because it is something Orient, under the new ownership, would do well to address with a wall of silence surrounding the club.

Barry Hearn was the complete opposite as the sports promoter understood the importance of the media in connecting with fans and ensuring the club received positive publicity.

Now the only attention the League 1 side seem to receive is negative as supporters try to make some sense of just what is going on at Brisbane Road.

Since Slade first stunned the press with the news he had one match to save his job, no-one from the board has been made available to give an update.

Former chief executive Matt Porter today resigned from the board at the request of the owner yet we have had no explanation from the club. 

The chief executive, Alessandro Angelieri, has not talked to the media perhaps partly because the Italian is not entirely confident speaking English.

Sporting director Mauro Milanese has also declined the opportunity to discuss the current saga at Orient.

Slade remains the manager even though he has joined Cardiff City in a consultant capacity until he can be confirmed as their new boss. His resignation has not yet been accepted by Orient with this decision still in the hands of their lawyers despite Cardiff reportedly offering to pay £100,000 to activate Slade’s release clause.

So a man whose job was on the line just a few weeks ago is now considered a major asset? This doesn’t quite add up and dragging on this matter is only prolonging the uncertainty at Orient and potentially threatening to derail Slade’s chances at Cardiff.

On the point of his successor, are Orient even interviewing for the position? No-one really knows and caretaker boss Kevin Nugent appears to be in line to become the new head coach.

No-one can begrudge Slade’s desire to move his career forward with Cardiff. He did an excellent job on limited resources at Orient, during more than four years at the club, which took them to the brink of the Championship in May’s heartbreaking play-off final defeat.

This summer he was handed his strongest squad yet but the side made an indifferent start in the league. Who’s to say he wouldn’t have taken the club up had he stayed but he remains without a promotion to his name and whether he’s given the time to achieve this in Wales is questionable.

On the subject of communication, Slade used the media to his advantage when he announced his probable availability after revealing his job was under threat following the defeat to Colchester United. Becchetti was unimpressed with his decision to go public and this probably only strained an already fragile relationship.

Some supporters started to suspect their manager was working to engineer a move away from Orient and at this point, it was inevitable a parting of the ways was in the offing.

For someone who used the media to his advantage on occasions, it would have reflected better if Slade had some times been more forthcoming to the press. Following his final match in charge, he chose to only answer questions which came from BBC and Sky.

This will not do him any favours when he eventually moves into his job at Cardiff where the press could easily turn against him.

But more importantly, surely the time has come to let Slade move on with his career? Holding off for more money from Cardiff is helping no-one because above all else Orient desperately need to move on and secure some sort of stability.

Fans also need some communication from the board to reassure them that there is direction at the top which can offer them hope of a brighter future.