So, what is going on at Leyton Orient? It's a question that's been asked at regular intervals during Francesco Becchetti's tenure as president.

The recent departures first of our longest-serving player, Dean Cox, and now Andy Hessenthaler, the seventh manager employed by the Italian in just over two years, has soured an already despondent mood at Brisbane Road.

The Leyton Orient Fans' Trust (LOFT) has a policy of not commenting on specific team matters – supporters will always have differing views on who should play where, and on the merits of different managers – but the consistent under-performance and chaos surrounding the team since Becchetti's arrival in 2014 invites questions about the manner in which the whole club is being run.

As a democratic organisation committed to a greater say for fans in the running of Leyton Orient, we have much to be concerned with.

Earlier this month LOFT carried out an indicative online survey of members, from which more than half of respondents (51%) expressed support for a no-confidence motion in Becchetti.

Twenty-six per cent opposed such a move and 23% weren't sure. More damning verdicts came on issues of financial competence (70% dissatisfied), longer-term planning and aims (75%), staffing and employee management (85%) and communications (92%).

That latter issue has been a long-running sore. Communication between Becchetti and supporters has been consistently poor.

Although fans' representatives have met club officials fairly regularly in fans' forum meetings, and the president held one open meeting in the summer at which vetted questions were put to him. There has been a general lack of clarity from the president about his long-term aims for the club, and about his ownership strategy.

Given the debts we are now saddled with (the club lost £4.4m in his first year in charge), the high staff turnover and a transfer policy that lacks any coherence and veers between lavish and penny-pinching almost by the week, fans' concerns are understandable. Reports that the president is involved in team selection and tactics only add to these fears, as well as damaging the reputation of the club.

LOFT would welcome the ideas of fans on how we go forward from this low point, and indeed would still welcome meaningful dialogue with Becchetti, on ways to halt our club's decline.

The future of our ground is also an area of concern, and one on which LOFT has been active. The club's landlord, Matchroom, has announced its intention to sell the stadium.

LOFT was informed of this because the ground has Asset of Community Value status after our successful application to Waltham Forest Council last year.

Members of our committee have held lengthy discussions with former O's chairman Barry Hearn, Matchroom's owner, about his plans and ACV status gives us a six-month window to bid for the ground ourselves if we wish.

Hearn's intention is to transfer stadium ownership to a Matchroom pension fund, while maintaining the existing rental arrangement with Leyton Orient, under which there are 12 years of our 20-year lease remaining, with options to extend for two further 20-year periods, so there is no immediate threat to our home of almost 80 years.

However, we are a democratic organisation so members will get a chance to vote on proposals at our next meeting later in the autumn, and have the final say.

Finally, amid all this turmoil, it's important that as many fans as possible let us know their views and join us. If our club does hit crisis point, we will need to band together and come up with constructive ideas about the way ahead.

Membership costs only a minimum of £1 a season, and the more members we have the better chance we have of being an effective representative voice of all fans. Visit leytonorientfanstrust.com for details.