Following the departure of Mauro Milanese and the appointment of Fabio Liverani Leyton Orient will now have had more managers this season than victories at Brisbane Road.

The stability under Russell Slade and Barry Hearn led to a fantastic 2013/14 season, but the arrival of Francesco Becchetti has been chaotic so far and Orient's season has suffered.

By his own admission it was not Milanese's ambition to become a manager. When he took over from Kevin Nugent many questioned the appointment given his lack of managerial experience and it has proved to be a fundamental part of the problem.

Despite overseeing our only home wins, he didn't develop a successful game plan on the road. Orient suffered four defeats in all four away games under Milanese and the O's continued to look devoid of ideas against Gillingham, which suggests he wasn't getting any closer to turning results around away from home.

It should be recognised that the Italian had made some positive changes since taking over. He finally delivered a home win (albeit against League Two opposition) and he did so by encouraging his team to play a more attractive style of football that involved passing out from the back and pressing the opposition higher up the pitch.

Orient then followed that up with an important win over fellow strugglers Crewe in their next home game and the manner of the victory hinted that the O's may have turned a corner, but that has not been the case.

It's also questionable how effective playing attractive football and risky passes out of defence with a team low on confidence would have been in a relegation battle.

The injuries and suspensions that Milanese had to contend with made fielding a settled side impossible (though Slade and Kevin Nugent also had those problems to deal with). However, it is reasonable to suggest that the players that have been available should have been doing better.

They must take some responsibility, but it is also down to the manager to draw better performances out of his players and foster a team that is better than the sum of its parts. For the most part Milanese failed to achieve those objectives.

Milanese was clearly trying to improve Orient's situation but just two wins, a draw and five defeats in his eight games as manager, made it increasingly difficult to argue that a change of manager wasn't necessary. However, in my opinion Becchetti needed to appoint a manager who knows what it takes to survive in League One.

Liverani may yet prove to be capable of lifting the O's, however, appointing a manager with a similar level of experience to Milanese and presumably even less experience of English football, seems to be another gamble.

Like his predecessor, Liverani played at the highest level in Italy and was capped by the national team, but one win in seven games as manager of Genoa hardly inspires confidence in his ability to steer Orient away from danger.

Milanese tried to do his best in a difficult situation and Orient's woes are far from being entirely his fault, but it was time to make a change.

However, experience (preferably of English football) should have been the primary criteria when appointing Milanese's successor. It feels as if Becchetti has taken another risk and it could potentially cost the O's their League One status.