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General Tim Williams Vote of Confidence
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oxfordkits
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It's madness. We're somehow still in the playoffs and the board have just submitted a 100 MILLION POUND new stadium planning application. Yet the disconnect between the club and supporters is quite possibly the worst seen since 2004. I'm really not sure what the hell is going on? Why are the senior management consistently (intentionally??) p***** off supporters. Why do the owners still want to spend so much money on us? (when the stadium potential is now very watered down). Why do the owners think appointing an overseas Chairman and a clearly out-of-depth CEO is acceptable? Why are stalwart long serving employees leaving? Why are Radio Oxford, (who've long been accused of being too lenient on the club) now publicly critical? So many questions, so little answers. 
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bazzer9461
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Definitely
RyanioBirdio
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150 million.
And we still have no idea who is paying for it, who will own it, or how much the football club will be required to pay to play there.
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Change the poll closing date to 6th March and release the results before the fans forum
May as well close it now!
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only 35 votes cast so farMay as well close it now!
I know, it was in jest as I can’t see it moving from 100%.
£180m
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Appointed a head of academy who 2 years on still lives in Scotland and is present 2 days a week
Appointed at significant expense a manager but wouldn’t let him appoint his own support staff
Appears sufficiently political to not be able to celebrate the work of an employee of 20 years
You could go on but so much evidence of an individual who does not understand the importance of building an outstanding culture.
Spreadsheets represent what has happened in the past, what will happen in the future is dependent on the people you have and the culture you build
Appointed at significant expense a manager but wouldn’t let him appoint his own support staff
Appears sufficiently political to not be able to celebrate the work of an employee of 20 years
You could go on but so much evidence of an individual who does not understand the importance of building an outstanding culture.
Spreadsheets represent what has happened in the past, what will happen in the future is dependent on the people you have and the culture you build
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I've heard that a couple of times but is there any truth in that?
RyanioBirdio
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There were at least two assistant manager candidates that he wanted who were scuppered by shoddy offers, plus ridiculous delays that meant they sacked us off. The HoP and analyst roles were also turned into a farce due to needless delays from top brass.
They would probably argue he was ‘allowed’ an assistant but they simply couldn’t agree terms with who he wanted. He would probably argue that the way they handled it suggests they didn’t really want anybody unless they were on the cheap.
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I’m not for one second questioning what you say but it beggars belief that we’ll shell out 400k for a striker but not release the funds for decent coaching staff. The infrastructure of the club has been a mess for years.
RyanioBirdio
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The player is a sellable asset with a defined potential profit margin. An assistant manager isn’t.
Tim is an accountant.
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I get people's concerns about existential threats to our existence but after going through the Kassam era nothing would surprise me and so tend to take a 'what will be will be' attitude these days. Save for the, insignificant in the bigger picture, price of my season ticket, it ain't my money so what say should I have? Without a bigger supporter base it's someone else's money pit.
Maybe, despite the fact I'll never desert the club, it's just the match day experience and the actual games themselves have become so dire I might not actual miss it so much either.
As a season ticket holder of over 50 years that's quite an admission. I wish I could say I think it's only post match blues.
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Its only me
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Yes it’s true. Glad it’s now becoming common knowledge. The fans forum will not be long enough with all that customers should know
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We had form for this under Kassam.
Shell out £150k *each* for Paul Moody and Sam Stockley but force players to bring their own meals for away day travel. Spend silly money bringing in the league’s top goal scorer on a good contract in Andy Scott for a pointless battle against relegation but then not offer any contracts to the manager and players because ‘I don’t know what division they’ll be in’.
It’s rapid spending on some areas and pulling the drawbridge up on others with a ‘that’s enough spending for now’ attitude.
I don’t understand it and, even more embarrassingly, it’s on DB to try to explain and rationalise it. Haul TW in front of the microphone and ask him to justify it.
