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Post by bazzer9461 on Oct 6, 2017 11:59:39 GMT
Me neither. Please could someone explain their role with the club? From the YA website: The Yellow Army is the name of Oxford United supporters.
It has simple aims: to raise money for the Oxford United Youth and Community Trust (youth and women’s team), support the club where required, improve the match-day experience and bring the club, supporters and wider Oxfordshire community closer together.Didn’t the Yellow army raise the wage packet for Jamie Cooks loan?
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Post by sihath on Oct 6, 2017 12:02:08 GMT
From the YA website: The Yellow Army is the name of Oxford United supporters.
It has simple aims: to raise money for the Oxford United Youth and Community Trust (youth and women’s team), support the club where required, improve the match-day experience and bring the club, supporters and wider Oxfordshire community closer together.Didn’t the Yellow army raise the wage packet for Jamie Cools loan? That was the "12th Man" wasn't it?
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Post by bazzer9461 on Oct 6, 2017 12:04:00 GMT
Didn’t the Yellow army raise the wage packet for Jamie Cools loan? That was the "12th Man" wasn't it? Think so but the yellow army raising funds ceased with a fall out with Oxvox I believe
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Post by sihath on Oct 6, 2017 12:11:32 GMT
That was the "12th Man" wasn't it? Think so but the yellow army raising funds ceased with a fall out with Oxvox I believe Really? There are plans for fund-raising events and for improving the match-day experience for this season. Early stages at the moment, but hopefully an announcement is not far off.
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Post by bazzer9461 on Oct 6, 2017 12:47:28 GMT
Think so but the yellow army raising funds ceased with a fall out with Oxvox I believe Really? There are plans for fund-raising events and for improving the match-day experience for this season. Early stages at the moment, but hopefully an announcement is not far off. I was p*ssed of about it it as the bar was £1 entrance to non S/T holders which went through ward the 12th man it was a falling out between Oxford supporter groups and that shouldn’t happen
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Post by sihath on Oct 6, 2017 12:52:03 GMT
Really? There are plans for fund-raising events and for improving the match-day experience for this season. Early stages at the moment, but hopefully an announcement is not far off. I was p*ssed of about it it as the bar was £1 entrance to non S/T holders which went through ward the 12th man it was a falling out between Oxford supporter groups and that shouldn’t happen Hopefully that's in the past now.
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Post by oxvox on Oct 6, 2017 13:19:23 GMT
No idea what went on in the past, but there are definitely no issues these days!
We're all in this together!
COYY's!
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Post by bazzer9461 on Oct 6, 2017 13:28:27 GMT
No idea what went on in the past, but there are definitely no issues these days! We're all in this together! COYY's! It wasn’t nice at the time and it was strange having different supporter groups but yes it’s been quiet for some time now and hopefully there won’t be a repetition of this sort. I’m sure with Jems leadership things will always get better, More So if Kassam has gone, one can live in hope.
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Post by oufcyellows on Oct 6, 2017 13:58:04 GMT
I think with the emergence of the ultras, Oxvox gaining support and the community trust starting up and doing great work, the yellow army has kind of lost its role
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Post by foley on Oct 6, 2017 14:53:40 GMT
I think with the emergence of the ultras, Oxvox gaining support and the community trust starting up and doing great work, the yellow arm has kind of lost its role I reckon the club should get far more behind the Ultras (reading between the lines). An important part of the matchday experience.
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Post by CheltenhamYellow on Oct 6, 2017 15:15:09 GMT
I think with the emergence of the ultras, Oxvox gaining support and the community trust starting up and doing great work, the yellow arm has kind of lost its role I reckon the club should get far more behind the Ultras (reading between the lines). An important part of the matchday experience. It's difficult to get behind them at home games, as they all stand at the back.
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Post by Denissmithswig on Oct 6, 2017 15:50:27 GMT
I think with the emergence of the ultras, Oxvox gaining support and the community trust starting up and doing great work, the yellow arm has kind of lost its role I reckon the club should get far more behind the Ultras (reading between the lines). An important part of the matchday experience. I think both need to a bit more helpful/ The club could do a lot more to help the ultra's but the ultra's don't help themselves sometimes with their stubbornness and attitude towards the club and other fans.
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Post by bazzer9461 on Oct 6, 2017 16:14:00 GMT
I reckon the club should get far more behind the Ultras (reading between the lines). An important part of the matchday experience. I think both need to a bit more helpful/ The club could do a lot more to help the ultra's but the ultra's don't help themselves sometimes with their stubbornness and attitude towards the club and other fans. Although to be fare ( I’m not an ultra ) the stewards didn’t help much last Season with their dealings over a minor incident
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Post by daveoufc on Oct 6, 2017 16:18:43 GMT
I think with the emergence of the ultras, Oxvox gaining support and the community trust starting up and doing great work, the yellow arm has kind of lost its role I reckon the club should get far more behind the Ultras (reading between the lines). An important part of the matchday experience. Yeah big thanks to the ultra lads theres not a lot to feel proud about our 3 sided shit hole of a ground. But seeing the back of the east stand decked out with the flags and banners as you drive round the bend into grenoble rd is class and it sends a message to the away fans and players. It says this is Oxford United and theres passionate fans here who love em COYY
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Post by charliesghost on Oct 6, 2017 16:52:54 GMT
Wow. Thumping me would really prove me wrong, wouldn't it? If someone continuously insults me online whilst trolling under a pseudonym, then they should be ready both to be insulted back and have their real name revealed. Only a crass bully would expect otherwise. Anyhow, on the substance of what you say, I reckon that the rest of what you say (all of it) is spot on. If you dish it out, you can't cry like a baby when you get it back. Er, I'm not. It is being dished out to me. And I am serving said dishing back. No complaints - I can look after myself just fine, and do so. Apparently, though, the person who is having it served back to them doesn't like it. He expects to dish out insults under a cowardly pseudonym (like you). So perhaps what you say above should be directed at him? Or would that all be a bit close to home?
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Post by yellowbow on Oct 6, 2017 16:54:38 GMT
Anyway.... is this take over happening or not?
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Post by charliesghost on Oct 6, 2017 17:09:38 GMT
yellowsforum.co.uk/thread/18203/sale-club?page=26I really can't be bothered reading through it all just to get a few quotes but just from pages 25-27 on that thread there's enough for me to be comfortable with my comments www.yellowsforum.co.uk/thread/18264/ashton-dealAnother one, yes most of these comments are aimed at Ashton rather than Eales but at that point no one really knew how things would unfold in terms of who the main man was. EDIT: Having done a quick bit of reading through those threads I think you must have been on a long holiday when it was all going on, the huge, huge majority are angry to say the least Well I absolutely accept your interpretation then, as I'm going by my own memory. Were people really 'angry' that Charlie's bid was rejected though? I certainly wasn't "angry", Pete. A bit disappointed, maybe, but the bottom line is that Stewart and I knew from the off that DE had offered more money, and IL was comfortable with him as a person, and that is fair enough. Our bid, as much as anything else, was to ensure that IL had another on the table if it all fell through, as IL badly needed to sell at that point. To be honest, my contribution would have been quite a burden for me, financially, so I wasn't entirely upset at not having to go through with it. I told Darryl a few months ago that I christened my new house Eales Towers in gratitude! I think that over three years, I am not going to make grand claims that we would have done any better, and we may not have done as well. On the plus side, the club has made some steps forward on the pitch. We have gone from an upper midtable League 2 side to a midtable League 1 side. It may not be shooting the lights out, Burton style, but that is decent going and I can't say that we would have matched it or bettered it. Clearly, the recruitment system has been a triumph, and I doubt - without Ashton's expertise - that we could ever have matched that (who could?). But probably we would have hoped to do a bit better on the stadium front, on the marketing front and commercially, all areas which have regressed rather since the days of Kelvin and Tony D. But overall, it's been a good three years, with some good memories and, for which I'm very grateful, it's happened just as my kids got to the age when they decided which team to support. I'll always be grateful to Ashton and DE for enabling me to push them into becoming yellows.
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Post by londonroader on Oct 6, 2017 17:57:04 GMT
If you dish it out, you can't cry like a baby when you get it back. Er, I'm not. It is being dished out to me. And I am serving said dishing back. No complaints - I can look after myself just fine, and do so. Apparently, though, the person who is having it served back to them doesn't like it. He expects to dish out insults under a cowardly pseudonym (like you). So perhaps what you say above should be directed at him? Or would that all be a bit close to home? What a load of twaddle, I liked a post that outed you for sending a private message to get someone on side and they said no, since then nothing but your childish remarks about me and I haven't replied once, I think everyone can see who is being the agitator here. As for caring what you say I think you are deluding yourself, this is an "obscure internet site" and all a bit of fun, IF it had bothered me I could of took up the 2 invites to the directors box from your "friends" to discuss your problem with me. This is an new owner/investor thread, but you are trying to make it all about you just leave me out of it.
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Post by Barts on Oct 6, 2017 18:18:17 GMT
Well I absolutely accept your interpretation then, as I'm going by my own memory. Were people really 'angry' that Charlie's bid was rejected though? I certainly wasn't "angry", Pete. A bit disappointed, maybe, but the bottom line is that Stewart and I knew from the off that DE had offered more money, and IL was comfortable with him as a person, and that is fair enough. Our bid, as much as anything else, was to ensure that IL had another on the table if it all fell through, as IL badly needed to sell at that point. To be honest, my contribution would have been quite a burden for me, financially, so I wasn't entirely upset at not having to go through with it. I told Darryl a few months ago that I christened my new house Eales Towers in gratitude! I think that over three years, I am not going to make grand claims that we would have done any better, and we may not have done as well. On the plus side, the club has made some steps forward on the pitch. We have gone from an upper midtable League 2 side to a midtable League 1 side. It may not be shooting the lights out, Burton style, but that is decent going and I can't say that we would have matched it or bettered it. Clearly, the recruitment system has been a triumph, and I doubt - without Ashton's expertise - that we could ever have matched that (who could?). But probably we would have hoped to do a bit better on the stadium front, on the marketing front and commercially, all areas which have regressed rather since the days of Kelvin and Tony D. But overall, it's been a good three years, with some good memories and, for which I'm very grateful, it's happened just as my kids got to the age when they decided which team to support. I'll always be grateful to Ashton and DE for enabling me to push them into becoming yellows. Fair comment on the take over Charlie. Just out of interest and only if you can or feel comfortable answering this, would Stewart have had a big role in the ownership or was he more the 'money man'? Fwiw I share your worries about this latest takeover. I think it'll go one of two ways, amazing good or disasterously wrong. My biggest fear is that they are more interested in what the land surrounding the ground is worth and that'll be their focus. As it is with Reading. Tbh though, I had the same feeling when Eales took over and tbh (on the pitch) we couldn't have asked for much more. We as fans can't control what's going too happen. In which case we just have to hope Eales does what's best for us (I'm sure he will) and not solely himself.
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Post by eighteen93 on Oct 6, 2017 18:42:26 GMT
Well I absolutely accept your interpretation then, as I'm going by my own memory. Were people really 'angry' that Charlie's bid was rejected though? I think that over three years, I am not going to make grand claims that we would have done any better, and we may not have done as well. On the plus side, the club has made some steps forward on the pitch. We have gone from an upper midtable League 2 side to a midtable League 1 side. It may not be shooting the lights out, Burton style, but that is decent going and I can't say that we would have matched it or bettered it. Charlie - the club was disintegrating before our very eyes after IL engineered Wilder’s exit. We were in freefall losing games hand over fist under Mickey Lewis as IL dithered over an appointment. It may have looked superficially that we were an upper mid table League 2 side but the rot had set in and as you say IL was desperate to sell.The club was possibly heading back out of the League. Eales and Ashton transformed OUFC.
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Post by Denissmithswig on Oct 6, 2017 23:23:18 GMT
If you dish it out, you can't cry like a baby when you get it back. Er, I'm not. It is being dished out to me. And I am serving said dishing back. No complaints - I can look after myself just fine, and do so. Apparently, though, the person who is having it served back to them doesn't like it. He expects to dish out insults under a cowardly pseudonym (like you). So perhaps what you say above should be directed at him? Or would that all be a bit close to home? You are deluded Charlie, you continually carry out provoked verbal attacks on people when at times those people haven't even commented. You have done it to Londonroader, Scotchegg and myself over the last 3 weeks. The reason you feel so threatened by our opinions is anyone's guess. Maybe you know we can see through you but to cry the victim is a bit rich. Edit: if it upsets you so much that I post under a different name then PM me and I'll tell you who I am and why I do post under a different name.
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Post by oufcyellows on Oct 7, 2017 8:05:04 GMT
What the hell does it mater that people post under different names.
When u sign up it asks u to create a “username” not ur name, the majority of people on here have done just that.
No one is hiding it’s a forum not tinder, and last time I checked his surname wasn’t ghost anyway 😉
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Post by charliesghost on Oct 7, 2017 8:36:52 GMT
Er, I'm not. It is being dished out to me. And I am serving said dishing back. No complaints - I can look after myself just fine, and do so. Apparently, though, the person who is having it served back to them doesn't like it. He expects to dish out insults under a cowardly pseudonym (like you). So perhaps what you say above should be directed at him? Or would that all be a bit close to home? You are deluded Charlie, you continually carry out provoked verbal attacks on people when at times those people haven't even commented. You have done it to Londonroader, Scotchegg and myself over the last 3 weeks. The reason you feel so threatened by our opinions is anyone's guess. Maybe you know we can see through you but to cry the victim is a bit rich. Edit: if it upsets you so much that I post under a different name then PM me and I'll tell you who I am and why I do post under a different name. Is it a coincidence that the four people (or handles; you could all be the same person for all anyone knows) you mention are the same people who continuously attack any post I make as being owing to an agenda to destroy the club I love. Funny, that, isn't it? I attack people who defame me. And those same people have started referring to individual private messages I have sent one of them. Ironic, really, that that little cabal - so close that they discuss each other's pms - is the same group that accuses me of, erm, having a group of posters I discuss things with! To be fair, I exclude you from that seedy, amoral little crew (that went en masse from hero worshipping DE to defaming him to hero worshipping him again, in rhythm to his public relationship with the chairman of oxvox) - you have at least been consistent. But if you don't want 'provoked verbal attacks' - as you so aptly desribe them - then just try disagreeing with me without attacking my sincerity. There are plenty of posters I disagree with civilly. And further to your previous invitation, yes of course happy to meet anytime before a game. Funnily enough, that is how Myles and I became mates after disagreeing vociferously on a previous forum.
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Post by oufcyellows on Oct 7, 2017 8:54:45 GMT
I don’t attack you Charles, I question ur opinion on the football side of things as sometimes I don’t agree with it, sometimes it’s because u come across as being the only one capable of working out what’s needed or missing. It wasn’t that long ago u we’re declaring ur sadness that I might leave this forum after a disagreement with one of the people u now claim I have private group chats with. Was that because u would have missed me, or just because at the time u were happy for me to openly questioning the chairman
Take a look back , u will probably find that my “attacks” on ur motives coincide directly with a change from u in ur posting style towards me, u should know full well if someone screams at U long enough they will bite back, ask Alister cambell 😉. In fact the only reason I mentioned ur private message was because u called me a liar and suggested it was defamation to suggest that u through other were questioning the chairman. Like I’ve said my questioning of the chairman didn’t all come from what he says publicly. The majority of it came from what I read on here, it took me a while to work that out, being a thicko that nearly all of it was 3 posters.
Nice to see the Oxvox digs are back though. Anyhow I got a match to get ready for ,so play nice ,I don’t bite if u stroke me the right way 😉
Could I also advise u see a enjoy the game dermatologist , ur thick rhino skin may need some cream 😁
Enjoy the game
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Post by londonroader on Oct 7, 2017 9:43:39 GMT
You are deluded Charlie, you continually carry out provoked verbal attacks on people when at times those people haven't even commented. You have done it to Londonroader, Scotchegg and myself over the last 3 weeks. The reason you feel so threatened by our opinions is anyone's guess. Maybe you know we can see through you but to cry the victim is a bit rich. Edit: if it upsets you so much that I post under a different name then PM me and I'll tell you who I am and why I do post under a different name. Is it a coincidence that the four people (or handles; you could all be the same person for all anyone knows) you mention are the same people who continuously attack any post I make as being owing to an agenda to destroy the club I love. Funny, that, isn't it? I attack people who defame me. And those same people have started referring to individual private messages I have sent one of them. Ironic, really, that that little cabal - so close that they discuss each other's pms - is the same group that accuses me of, erm, having a group of posters I discuss things with! To be fair, I exclude you from that seedy, amoral little crew (that went en masse from hero worshipping DE to defaming him to hero worshipping him again, in rhythm to his public relationship with the chairman of oxvox) - you have at least been consistent. But if you don't want 'provoked verbal attacks' - as you so aptly desribe them - then just try disagreeing with me without attacking my sincerity. There are plenty of posters I disagree with civilly. And further to your previous invitation, yes of course happy to meet anytime before a game. Funnily enough, that is how Myles and I became mates after disagreeing vociferously on a previous forum. More twaddle, trying to use your supposed PR skills by constantly repeating things to try and make it fact. Why don't you just block all these nasty people who have a differing opinion than you or question you, but that wouldn't serve you when you use them to get your little digs in at the people you are really after.
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Post by headingtonutd on Oct 7, 2017 10:35:12 GMT
I'm not sure if it's just me but is anyone else getting a little bored with the vitriolic spat that dominates a thread supposedly about new owners? Can't you start a 'school yard' thread where you can abuse each other in peace?
I'm not saying a little back and forth isn't entertaining and I have gotten stuck into a few myself but I like to think I have backed off when it's become dull and the point has been made for the umpteenth time. There seems no end in sight for this one.
For what it's worth I think the whole thing is based on personality clashes and has far less to do with ideology or what is best for the club. Shockingly it appears that Charlie can on occasion appear arrogant and supercilious and when he does retract or offer an apology it is often in the form of 'I was right all along but I accept you are also sort of right'. This having been said he is also a long term term supporter of the club and a long term poster and most of what he says is based on a fairly good knowledge of our club and our history. In terms of 'dishing it out' I suspect he remains fairly in credit. His desire to move the club forward and heaven forbid maybe even own part of it (don't we all secretly yearn for that?) seems to have put him on some sort of hit list, which I don't really get.
I've never met Charlie nor any of the main protagonists of this painfully drawn out squabble except for OUFCYELLOWS who happened to frequent the same lounge as I do but has since moved (in search of biscuits I suspect). Barring a couple of conversations about team selection we know little about each other so i'd say i'm pretty neutral on all this. I happen to agree that a drink in the bar pre/post match sounds entirely more sensible than all this bluff and bluster.
Right i'm off to hunker down and prepare for the guns from both sides to turn on me. At least it may bring the conflicting sides together somewhat.
I'm Paul by the way, and if you promise to call a ceasefire on the incessant bitching and back biting, the pre match drinks are on me!
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Post by oufcyellows on Oct 7, 2017 10:56:34 GMT
It’s not just u headingtonutd, I’m bored of it as well and for the sake of everyone will not only take a break from this thread but also probably posting anything. A long spat off topic was not my intention, but when ur constantly made out to be a liar or not knowing what ur talking about it’s hard to not react. I hold no grudge with Charles and I think deep down he knows that. I’m not sure we will end up beat mates like he says he did with myles though👬
I’m sure we will here something on topic in the near future. De certainly hasn’t been rubbishing it like last time. And then for better or worse we will start a new exciting chapter in our history. For better or worse . We will all still want the same thing in different ways.
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Post by malcolmnl on Oct 7, 2017 11:53:47 GMT
It’s not just u headingtonutd, I’m bored of it as well and for the sake of everyone will not only take a break from this thread but also probably posting anything. A long spat off topic was not my intention, but when ur constantly made out to be a liar or not knowing what ur talking about it’s hard to not react. I hold no grudge with Charles and I think deep down he knows that. I’m not sure we will end up beat mates like he says he did with myles though👬 I’m sure we will here something on topic in the near future. De certainly hasn’t been rubbishing it like last time. And then for better or worse we will start a new exciting chapter in our history. For better or worse . We will all still want the same thing in different ways. Perhaps you could start a thread in misc just for your discussions with Charlie. Or, even better just use PM's.
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Post by oufcyellows on Oct 7, 2017 12:06:22 GMT
It’s not just u headingtonutd, I’m bored of it as well and for the sake of everyone will not only take a break from this thread but also probably posting anything. A long spat off topic was not my intention, but when ur constantly made out to be a liar or not knowing what ur talking about it’s hard to not react. I hold no grudge with Charles and I think deep down he knows that. I’m not sure we will end up beat mates like he says he did with myles though👬 I’m sure we will here something on topic in the near future. De certainly hasn’t been rubbishing it like last time. And then for better or worse we will start a new exciting chapter in our history. For better or worse . We will all still want the same thing in different ways. Perhaps you could start a thread in misc just for your discussions with Charlie. Or, even better just use PM's. Pretty sure I’ll not be getting any more pms or a xmas card 😂. Like I said though I’m going into Hibernation for a while. Wake me up when something exciting happens
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Post by makv on Oct 7, 2017 12:50:06 GMT
Isn’t this thread about some potential new owners?
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