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Post by Yellow River on Nov 18, 2017 9:03:47 GMT
I agree OxVox should be in a position to say whether they've had a meeting with a potential owner, and provide a high level of those discussions e.g. That their aware of the plans, any bids etc, but I guess having said that the fact that Darryl has invited them might suggest that he's considering the club's wealthfare. The other potential issue, if OxVox signed an NDA and then had the meeting and didn't like what they heard then what? Additionally, they could have agreed an NDA that allowed them to inform their members that they were having a meeting that would cover the points that Myles mentions above e.g. not all the details etc, and if Darryl & Thai's didn't agree to this then there would have been some concerns, I mean what would stop them from agreeing to that if they had nothing to hide? I mean, we don't want another Kassam type of relationship do we? e.g. treading on eggshells and bowing to his every wimp, I sure even Darryl would understand that. I was wondering that too. Even with an NDA in place would Oxvox be in a position to say to the new potential owners that as a trust we cannot approve/welcome this takeover and will advise our members accordingly? How much could they say? ps I'm a member of Oxvox and pleased that they're probably involved with discussions, the fans should have some representation. Jem, Colin and others have my backing.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 17, 2017 20:14:42 GMT
Also just seen this week plans for more housing by Oxpens and the ice rink. So knock down ice rink and Kassam stadium for housing and relocate all to WE. Though I doubt there is joined up thinking between Cherwell and oxford city and county councils when it comes to quotas for house building. You've got it. Think of the land value of Oxpens & Grenoble Road. Knock down those sites, replace with housing and commercial and then stick a bigger rink, bigger stadium into one location, outskirts of the city with less costly land, better transport links and while you're at it, do the same with 3 or 4 other sporting facilites to make your plan more cost effective. You can start to see, if you have impetus from decision makers, finding the money to pay for it all becomes self fulfiling action - like Stadium:MK. Developers pay for it, to get access to larger and highly profitable housing and commercial builds. The more you look at that area near Kidlington you can see the Oxford to Cambridge A34 link, the extra 3,000 houses around the village, the new rail station all setting up for a once in a lifetime opportunity for the County. I recon that postive planning window, only has about 3/5 years though. What's lacking (in my opinion)is someone with capital investement to kick the whole bloody thing off properly. Maybe thats happening? Who knows, I certainly don't. Make it so number one.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 17, 2017 18:08:04 GMT
First time match thread creator.
Argyle 0 Oxford 3 Thomas, Payne, Obika.
The mighty yellows show plenty of resolve, spirit and no little skill to trounce the men in green.
Pep goes against his natural instinct with a 4-4-2 formation and is declared a tactical genius.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 17, 2017 17:56:04 GMT
Not sure if its total rubbish, guess work or on the nose but some fella mentioned on Twitter that "oufc are set to sign Slovenia international winger Dejan Lazarevic on a free transfer following his release from Verona in the summer" Anyone heard this elsewhere? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_Lazarevi%C4%87_(footballer)Judging by Pep's other summer signings this rumour seems highly probable.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 16, 2017 13:46:07 GMT
When someone tweeted this was going to be a huge week for OUFC I don't think this is what they had in mind.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 16, 2017 13:26:37 GMT
Losing Nelson and now Hall within the space of a week is a huge blow.
Nelson is our best defender and Hall is one of the few with any pace and trickery to beat a player.
I'm seriously worried now, the sooner we get to 50 plus points the better.
This is where Pep earns his corn.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 15, 2017 21:14:03 GMT
Crikey we've certainly got a few supporters with delicate, fragile egos.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 15, 2017 14:26:33 GMT
Seems to me (certainly on the BBC & Channel 4 News) that all economic/business 'bad news' is the result of Brexit and all 'good news' is despite Brexit.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 15, 2017 9:50:33 GMT
Well Darryl did throw his toys out of the pram last year and threaten to move the club out of the county, just didn't expect it be as far as Derbyshire! Ilkeston Royals does have a certain ring to it though.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 15, 2017 9:22:46 GMT
Nice tribute to Nick Harris.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 13, 2017 21:50:51 GMT
Club confirms that Curtis Nelson has a rupture of his Achilles Tendon. He will be out for the rest of the season, huge blow to the player and club. A nasty injury which I've suffered myself, Best of luck with your recovery Curtis. Me too playing squash close season... complete rupture ...finished my semi professional career in the old southern league. What a bummer for the lad.
The road back is long and arduous, best of luck indeed.
Did mine playing tennis, thought someone had shot me in the back of the calf, painful to say the least! 12 years later and I've never been quite right since.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 13, 2017 17:20:34 GMT
Club confirms that Curtis Nelson has a rupture of his Achilles Tendon.
He will be out for the rest of the season, huge blow to the player and club.
A nasty injury which I've suffered myself, Best of luck with your recovery Curtis.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 13, 2017 16:06:22 GMT
Could be both.....takeover/investment AND stadium purchase, but not necessarily the same parties...... That would be big news.... Any rumours about that or wild speculation? Definitely not in the know so therefore wild speculation.😉 However a friend of a friend who apparently is itk, is convinced the 'Tiger' takeover is agreed and will be completed within days including the stadium😮 Seems highly unlikely to me.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 13, 2017 15:24:15 GMT
Only guessing but would he tweet if we were just being taken over? Don't think so myself. Here is hoping that there is an announcement that the stadium has been purchased by a 'Community Consortium'. Oxvox have been quite quiet recently (not a criticism) so maybe there has been a load of work going on behind the scenes to make this happen. I would be surprised. Oxvox seem to be saying that FK didn't want to proceed with discussions until any takeover happened. So based on that there will not be a ground announcement. More likely takeover/ investment announcement I would have thought. Could be both.....takeover/investment AND stadium purchase, but not necessarily the same parties......
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 12, 2017 16:47:06 GMT
Spot on. Problem is, it's not easy to solvecsuch fundamental faults. In an ideal world, we would go down to Plymouth, sit tight and compact and hit them on the break. But do we have the pace in the side to do that? Maybe. Just. But not in this formation. I think we should look at 4321. With Obika, Hall and Thomas all up top. Playing on the break and running channels. And then play Ruffles, Ledson and one other in central midfield told to be tight and disciplined. Not sure we should be sitting against Plymouth. I understand we need to tighten the ship and gain confidence but surely we have to have a go at Plymouth. The pace isn’t there and Obika isn’t doing enough to start. I thought Thomas was terrific yesterday, but he’s so unbelievable isolated up there. Jack Payne would get a lot more assists if he had willing runners beyond an opposition back line. Takeover or not, Pep should get the next window to sort out this mess of a squad. When I say mess, it’s not hideous. However, it is woefully unbalanced with a severe lack of pace. There are too many big earners, too many players, too many bottlers and too many injury prone players. You couldn’t convince me that the two players we let go last January wouldn’t get in this side! With the recent poor form and apparent lack of confidence I'd consider going back to 4-4-2. The players will be comfortable and familiar with it. Eastwood Carroll/Ribeiro, Martin, Mousinho, Ricardinho Henry, Rothwell,Ruffles, Paine, Thomas, Hall. Get Henry back on the right, also gives young Carroll a bit of protection. Paine is left footed so play him on the left and you can be sure he'll work hard and help out defensively. Give Ledson a break, bring back Ruffels. So you have Carroll, Henry and Rothwell all right footed in one triangle, with the left footers Ricardinho, Ruffels and Paine on the left hand side of the pitch. Need to develop partnerships all over the pitch. Give Hall a bit of a free reign up front playing off Thomas.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 12, 2017 14:07:00 GMT
Simon Lenagan has just tweeted that its a big week for Oufc. Hoping for the best. Dont throw away all your good work now Darryl. Interesting tweet. I fear a lot of the good work has already left the building. However like yourself hoping for the best result for OUFC.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 12, 2017 14:01:30 GMT
It looks as if Nelson has injured his Achilles, if it's ruptured he's out for several months.
So we're going to need a new skipper, who's it to be?
Mousinho seems the logical choice to me, a regular starter, experienced,
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 12, 2017 10:20:06 GMT
He was at the game and left quickly after the defeat. I have met Darryl a couple of times and yeah he is a nice guy, I believe he wants to do what is best for the club, but only under his conditions first and then the club. He made an investments wants profit and will pull out, business is business, he doesn't bleed yellow like us and unfortunately that's the way it is with most investors. Tbh I think he will be gone by the end of Jan, and then who knows what the new owners will be like. Also any new investor would want to bring their new management team in, Like DE did with replacing Waddock with Apples, so also think Pep will be gone and the rebuilding will start again. I just hope we will rebuild in L1 I've never met Darryl and I've never had a free hotdog either. As another poster said it feels as if DE checked out of the club 'emotionally' some time ago. Under his stewardship with Appleton running the playing side we've had an exciting and successful time, it's been a joy to watch the likes of Roofe, Maguire, Lundstram, Johnson, plus a promotion and 2 Wembley appearances. However we are now drifting rudderless back to League 2 if we're not careful. There's a chance that DE will leave us in the same position that he took over. It's the owners prerogative to sell the club to who he wishes, we as life long supporters can only hope that he sells with the best interests of the club at heart, to someone who has integrity, leadership skills, ambition, and a vision . They will also need deep pockets too.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 12, 2017 9:41:29 GMT
As I said before the club feels rudderless compared to the Appleton era, and that starts from the very top. In the boardroom where is the leadership to inspirie staff and supporters our club, where is the leadership to promote our club, where is the leadership to unite the club? Too much uncertainty, a lack of leadership, a shrug of the shoulders, rudderless and drifting downwards. Since DE took over, the Board has been window dressing. Those that are qualified to do positive things live too far away to be of much use on a day to day basis. That in and of itself need not be a bad thing. For 18 months, the club was entirely run by Ashton and Appleton, two strong characters with distinct skill sets. The departure of first one and then the other has left giant leadership holes, as would be expected in any business. On top of that, the vacancies at commercial director, marketing manager, managing director and head of scouting means that there are simply significantly fewer people at the club who have any authority to do anything. With almost all businesses there are cause and effect time lags. So in Appleton and Ashton's first six months they suffered the effects of IL's last six months (when he had checked out and was just looking to max out his return). Likewise, OUFC has been subsisting for some time off the pitch on the legacy of Ashton's 18 months leadership at the club (feelgood comms with fans; the odd smart marketing initiative; quality recruitment set-up). And until recently has been subsisting off Mapp ' s tenure on the pitch (bright, progressive, well-motivated players). But at some point, as the ingrained memories of Ashton and Appleton fade, the club needs new day-to-day leadership at a strategic, macro level. That isn't one person, or even two people. It's an entire plan, staffed appropriately. For those crowing that we are 10th so 'no panic', I would just point out that since the first two games of the season we have 17 points from 15 games (and have been knocked out of the two Cups at the first hurdle by two poor outfits). Continue that form for the next fifteen games and we will have 40 points after 32 games and be in circa 18th place. Panic is an ugly, pejorative word. But it's happier bedfellows- leadership, decisiveness, calm planning - are certainly something that football clubs require to be successful. I think that that is what the OP is calling for. The micro issue of whether Pep Clotet is or is not the man for the job is actually less important than the whole organisation understanding what the plan is and who the leaders are to carry that plan out. Good post Charlie. You have written and articulated my worries and concerns better than I'm able to.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 12, 2017 8:31:31 GMT
He was at the game and left quickly after the defeat. I have met Darryl a couple of times and yeah he is a nice guy, I believe he wants to do what is best for the club, but only under his conditions first and then the club. He made an investments wants profit and will pull out, business is business, he doesn't bleed yellow like us and unfortunately that's the way it is with most investors. Tbh I think he will be gone by the end of Jan, and then who knows what the new owners will be like. Also any new investor would want to bring their new management team in, Like DE did with replacing Waddock with Apples, so also think Pep will be gone and the rebuilding will start again. I just hope we will rebuild in L1 Pep ain't stupid, he knows this too, bound to affect him his staff eventually and in turn that affects the players too. All this uncertainty, lack of clarity and leadership from the boardroom will eventually affect matters on the pitch, just takes time, takeover talks/speculation have been going on for nearly a year now.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 12, 2017 7:57:13 GMT
As I said before the club feels rudderless compared to the Appleton era, and that starts from the very top.
In the boardroom where is the leadership to inspirie staff and supporters our club, where is the leadership to promote our club, where is the leadership to unite the club?
Too much uncertainty, a lack of leadership, a shrug of the shoulders, rudderless and drifting downwards.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 11, 2017 19:31:18 GMT
Its not on that hes taking the place of Carroll. Our club should be encouraging young talent not using the likes of tiendalli to hold them back Can you imagine Appleton playing Tiendalli instead of Carroll? Too many average ageing players with histories of injury to fill out the squad. A squad of quality over quantity is the way to go with hungry young players, plus one or two experienced older heads to help out.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 11, 2017 18:14:53 GMT
Couldn't get there today. But am fascinated/horrified by Tiandelli. How bad was he today? I predict you will never see Tiendalli make an overlap whilst wearing an Oxford shirt.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 11, 2017 9:58:46 GMT
Water Eaton would be easier to get to from Chippy. Let's get it built.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 11, 2017 8:59:14 GMT
Nick Harris is an Oxford United legend.
Pep obviously hates him though, signing after signing of foreign players with unpronounceable names.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 11, 2017 8:52:46 GMT
We're a Jekyll & Hyde team.
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Which reminds me about the Swindon fan I had the misfortune to cast my eyes upon recently.
There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 10, 2017 18:22:52 GMT
I bet Charlie and co have been busy emailing each other to how they can stop this going through. Sounds like Blair, Clegg, Clarke, Mandelson, Juncker, Jon Snow and the BBC news editor, re Brexit.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 10, 2017 7:58:10 GMT
Gary Lineker has been named in the so-called Paradise Papers over the amount of tax he paid on a home in Barbados.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 8, 2017 19:20:11 GMT
As much as I rate Nelson that was a rubbish clearance which immediately put us under pressure for theIr second goal and then a powder puff challenge for the third.
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Post by Yellow River on Nov 8, 2017 15:58:13 GMT
Just seen the highlights from last nights match. I honestly can't remember when I've seen such a catalogue of shambolic defending. I think it was probably my sons under 10's team but in their defence one of the team had had his birthday party the evening before. Just watched he highlights as well, shambolic defending to say the least. Half hearted challenges and worrying lack of man-marking from the little you get to see. Question; Is Pep trying to implement zonal marking to a Mid/lower league 1 side? If so it will end in tears.
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