Let's hope our football club aren't trying to censor posters on this forum. That'd be a very very sad day.............
I know Jerome likes to play the devils advocate and provide an argument to whatever the general narrative of the week is but I did find Nathan and his defence of Robinson a little bit ott last night. Maybe I just wanted them to voice my feelings and shout ‘YOU USELESS t**t!!’ very loudly on live radio though..How do you think that might happen Simon? I know there are (probably) a few club employees posting on here who play their (perfectly legitimate) role as OUFC board supporters, but I really don't believe they're influencing ESB. After all, the forum doesn't have an editorial line and all views are encouraged.
If you mean the club are spinning in the local media, that might well be true and very disturbing.
Oxvox committee meeting on going right now ....hopefully a report back from that is circulated rather sharpishSo we've got the media defending the almost indefensible OUFC team management. I don't see local Oxford media. Is there any hint of OxMail / Radio Oxford similarly defending the board?
And what of OxVox? I realise committee members have not been prolific posters on here, but there seems to have been total radio silence recently. Could do with a Trust view on all of this.
I didn’t actually hear it myself but I think somebody has posted that Nathan said last night that everyone should lay off of Tiger or words to that effect? I know RO want to keep lines of communication with the club open but..So we've got the media defending the almost indefensible OUFC team management. I don't see local Oxford media. Is there any hint of OxMail / Radio Oxford similarly defending the board?
And what of OxVox? I realise committee members have not been prolific posters on here, but there seems to have been total radio silence recently. Could do with a Trust view on all of this.
Re last paragraph, Accrington stewards were check away fans flags n banners to ensure there was nothing to 'enflame' oxford united? How would they know what was & wasnt inflamatory/ potentially inflammatory? Or were there (senior -presmumably?) Oufc stewards doing the censorship job on oufc travelling support? What ever happened to freedom of speech? This was still England last time I looked not a third world state run by a paranoid maniacal despot!
.... yet nothing about this communicated in advance to OUFC supporters by oufc official or via radio Oxford or Oxford mail.... apart from usual standard ground regs which are conditions of entry which apply to every game, and that there was no I follow coverage (?) ...(in the uk?) .... there isnt any reason i can come up with (!) As to why oufc board would instruct an away clubs stewards to check banners etc? .... very odd...it seems like the OUFC board and their bagman are seriously rattled by something, and/or want to divert (media) attention from something else?They would not let any banner or the like into the ground that would inflame the current situation at the club. They were their exact words. Whether they did check everyone's I don't know.
All it would have taken is a simple call from NM, on behalf of tiger and for accrington to agree.
I didn’t actually hear it myself but I think somebody has posted that Nathan said last night that everyone should lay off of Tiger or words to that effect? I know RO want to keep lines of communication with the club open but..
I feel I have to stand up for RadOx here. I'm an OUFC fan in exile, so I do miss some of the coverage, but I do try to catch the 'extra time' broadcasts after the games. Just listened to Tuesday's and I thought that they gave a pretty fair assessment of the state of things. Nathan Cooper certainly didn't pull any punches in his KR interview, in his opening question I think he described the goals we had conceded as "relegation goals", and later on went on to talk about something needing to be done otherwise "we know how this ends". As for the so called plea, I didn't hear that, but is it possible that he was simply reporting what he'd heard from within the club, rather than expressing his own opinion? Wherever that view is coming from, I would hope that the club would realise that a lot of fans are at their wits end with the current direction of the club, on and off the field, and that it's hardly surprising that they vent their feelings.The guys at Radio Oxford and Oxford Mail have done us proud for decades, so it really pains me to criticise them. Nathan's plea on Tuesday seemed very odd, almost sinister. I assume his role as Stadium Announcer involves some remuneration?
I'm often frustrated that Radio Oxford questions are lame, usually setting up the answer for whoever to agree with.
The Oxford Mail Sports dept are sadly little more than a Twitter account these days. Although i appreciate that's not David Pritchard's fault.
My point is we really need some proper, searching journalism digging around and asking the uncomfortable questions. But Radio Ox / Ox Mail are too comfy with the club and enjoying (enduring) a good 'gig' getting paid to watch the Yellows.
Right now we need a Paxman type character batting for us. As fans we have so many unanswered questions and our local media should not be afraid to ask them or challenge poor answers.
I can't go there, I really can't. Life's just too short.Let's be honest, take a look at club's social media channels and some of the stuff people are saying is properly mental and idiotic.
KR twists and turns his comments based on anything he can latch on to, anything to deflect away from himself, his tactics, his management and his personality.
Sure the players might like him. I’ve worked for bosses who who do anything for you, back you to the hilt and are really nice people but they just weren’t very good at their job. They realise that in the end and move on to roles more suited.
What is it this time KR. The lack of players, the injuries, the ref, bad luck, lack of a striker, the opposition nasty tackling.
Oooh Karl I wonder why we're conceding goals? Could it be that you (yes you!) signed a terrible left back and had no proper cover? Or that you signed 2 right backs, who are already no longer at the club for crying out loud! Both or them awful. Or that you left us with just two proper centre half's? The team needed rebuilding in the summer and you decimated it.
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He needs to go. Next home game we need to make our feelings known. ROBINSON out!