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Post by zakstratton on Jan 9, 2016 13:37:58 GMT
Not really fully in subject but I do t feel it needs it own thread, does anyone else think that the club should get some yellow seats and write "Oxford" across the north stand? Would add to making it feel more homely? Also too add to this, after watching Exeter v Liverpool and Wycombe v Villa, they both have electronic advertising boards. I Know it's not something we really need but would anyone else think it would look better than our current boards we have that don't really look that great.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 14:07:04 GMT
Not really fully in subject but I do t feel it needs it own thread, does anyone else think that the club should get some yellow seats and write "Oxford" across the north stand? Would add to making it feel more homely? Also too add to this, after watching Exeter v Liverpool and Wycombe v Villa, they both have electronic advertising boards. I Know it's not something we really need but would anyone else think it would look better than our current boards we have that don't really look that great. I think the FA put them in for the CUP match. Wycombe didn't have them before. Not sure about Exeter.
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Jan 9, 2016 14:25:27 GMT
Not really fully in subject but I do t feel it needs it own thread, does anyone else think that the club should get some yellow seats and write "Oxford" across the north stand? Would add to making it feel more homely? Also too add to this, after watching Exeter v Liverpool and Wycombe v Villa, they both have electronic advertising boards. I Know it's not something we really need but would anyone else think it would look better than our current boards we have that don't really look that great. Actually I hate those animated electronic boards. They are really distracting (which I know is sort of the point of them!), and I hope there aren't any on Sunday. The only exception would be if the advertisers were paying us (not Uncle Firoz) a shedload of cash - but since we are only live on BBC Wales I doubt that. As to spelling 'Oxford' on the seats, it isn't our stadium and once there are people in the stand, you can't read it anyway. I can think of other things I'd be keener the club spent money on.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 14:28:35 GMT
Indeed, every time I see that f*cking sausage dog jogging across hoarding I wanna call the RSPCA!
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Post by oufcgav on Jan 10, 2016 17:35:03 GMT
Not really fully in subject but I do t feel it needs it own thread, does anyone else think that the club should get some yellow seats and write "Oxford" across the north stand? Would add to making it feel more homely? Also too add to this, after watching Exeter v Liverpool and Wycombe v Villa, they both have electronic advertising boards. I Know it's not something we really need but would anyone else think it would look better than our current boards we have that don't really look that great. They are only there for the TV games (you could especially tell at Wycombe because the gate in them didn't quite match up with the tunnel entrance).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 14:40:33 GMT
The stadium will cost £20 million now..?
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Post by oufcyellows on Jan 24, 2016 15:04:31 GMT
The stadium will cost £20 million now..? Soon adds up. Just the stadium £13m, land around it car parks say £3/4m 4th stand £2/3m.
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Post by helsinkiyellow on Jan 24, 2016 15:22:12 GMT
Rubbish! I'm sure the deal thrashed out by our former esteemed chairman, Mr N Merry, is absolutely water-tight and still binding.
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Post by foley on Jan 24, 2016 15:32:33 GMT
IL did some very good things at Oxford, but his major mistake was buying the club without the ground. He did the club a real disservice on that issue.
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Post by Yellow25 on Jan 25, 2016 20:43:06 GMT
If the county council build they're new HWRC down Grenoble road which they want to, match days will be even more of a nightmare. Let's get to Watereaton
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Post by Colin B on Jan 25, 2016 20:57:09 GMT
What's an HWRC?
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Post by Paul Cannell on Jan 25, 2016 21:19:18 GMT
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Post by Yellow25 on Jan 25, 2016 21:30:10 GMT
Household Waste Recyling Centre. A tip basically
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Post by Colin B on Jan 25, 2016 21:42:12 GMT
Bloody politically correct names for things now. What's wrong with calling it a dump, or a tip? I'd have known what that meant. Or is the High Wycombe Riding Club setting up in Grenoble Rd?
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Post by bigronaldo on Jan 25, 2016 22:36:18 GMT
Hot Women's Refuge Centre?
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Post by Paul Cannell on Jan 26, 2016 7:42:04 GMT
Home for Wayward Roman Catholics?
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Post by myles on Jan 26, 2016 8:35:46 GMT
IL did some very good things at Oxford, but his major mistake was buying the club without the ground. He did the club a real disservice on that issue. Bit harsh. How about Kassam going back on his pledge that he would never sell the club without selling the ground with it?
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Post by foley on Jan 26, 2016 9:29:17 GMT
IL did some very good things at Oxford, but his major mistake was buying the club without the ground. He did the club a real disservice on that issue. Bit harsh. How about Kassam going back on his pledge that he would never sell the club without selling the ground with it? In retrospect how can that be deemed as harsh? The club was purchased and IL/ Merry et al suggested that the ground would be purchased at a later date. 15 years on the club are still losing huge amounts of money and have no ground of its own which to me does not seem to be a good thing. Sure Kassam stitched the club up and was far more interested in making only than helping the club progress. But buying the club without the ground to me seems to have been a bad mistake.
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Post by Paul Cannell on Jan 26, 2016 9:39:51 GMT
Agree with what you say but disagree with the conclusions you draw. My understanding (I'm not ITK at all) may be wrong, but I believe Lenagan trusted Merry (f*cking humungous mistake) to do the deal and supplied the cash.
Kassam accepted a stupid offer and his eyes must have lit up when he realised that Merry would accept anything he asked for.
Merry was either an idiot (which is not hard to imagine) or was being paid off by one of the parties - a slur for which there is no evidence and which should not be posted on any forum or given one scintilla of credence.
Lenagan didn't perform due diligence (it seems) and let his money roll through the hands of Merry and into the toilet. I bet he regrets that. Nevertheless Lenagan stuck by the club as long (or maybe longer) than was reasonable before selling and did some good stuff (Academy, sports science).
His major mistake was allowing the club to be bought without the ground, he allowed Merry and his mates to do the club a real disservice.
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Post by arthurturner on Jan 26, 2016 9:54:51 GMT
On the other hand, the club is now in good hands even if the stadium isn't. Unless there were strings attached to the sale of the club by Kassam (which, if I recall correctly, was instigated by the Board room invasion) the stadium is of less value to him than it would be if he still owned the club as well. What should have happened ( and hindsight is a wonderful thing) is that when the money ran out and the stadium couldn't be completed, the City and County Councils should have stepped in and funded it. The club could have then paid rent to the Councils for the benefit of the whole community. The tragedy is that Councillors at the time sat on their hands and gave Kassam carte blanche.
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Post by myles on Jan 26, 2016 10:23:59 GMT
Lenagan didn't perform due diligence (it seems) and let his money roll through the hands of Merry and into the toilet. I bet he regrets that. Nevertheless Lenagan stuck by the club as long (or maybe longer) than was reasonable before selling and did some good stuff (Academy, sports science). Agree with this. Not carrying out appropriate due diligence when buying the club, particularly in relation to the stadium, is absolutely barmy.
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Post by myles on Jan 26, 2016 10:25:46 GMT
the stadium is of less value to him than it would be if he still owned the club as well. The complete opposite of this is actually the case. The stadium is worth far more to Kassam now.
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Post by arthurturner on Jan 26, 2016 17:30:30 GMT
I don't think it's that clear cut. The club could walk away at the end of the lease and there's no guarantee that Firoka could redevelop it particularly as it's registered as a Community Asset. It would be interesting to know what the remaining term of the Club's lease is.
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Post by myles on Jan 26, 2016 18:39:49 GMT
I don't think it's that clear cut. The club could walk away at the end of the lease and there's no guarantee that Firoka could redevelop it particularly as it's registered as a Community Asset. It would be interesting to know what the remaining term of the Club's lease is. Walk away to where? It's registered as a community asset as the home of OUFC. If the club do up sticks and move elsewhere, the ACV listing effectively becomes void. If I remember rightly, there is around 10 years left on the lease.
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Post by helsinkiyellow on Jan 27, 2016 15:50:37 GMT
Could the council have stipulated in the planning permission for the Grenoble Road site that any businesses operating on the site had to be for the financial benefit of OUFC?
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Post by Paul Cannell on Jan 27, 2016 16:22:46 GMT
Like they stipulated the Priory had to be refurbished before the new hotel opened?
Sorry. I guess that's the answer though.
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