Fair comments. You were right about Kassam and I admit I was fooled for a number of years. I only cottoned on around the time that he binned his mate JMG and Diaz.
Ian Lenagan was relatively successful in that he managed to bring in Wilder and get us promoted back into the football league. He did also implement the idea of a development squad of young players which we should have been carried forward. IL was let down by Nick Merry and also by Kelvin Thomas who both spunked away his cash.
Darryl has been successful but you seem very critical of him as a person as well his abilities as Chairman. Basically implying that his only success was the recruitment plan which was implemented by Mark Ashton. A recruitment policy which was only setup to line Darryl's pockets.
As you say, only time will tell if Tiger is going to be good for Oxford United.
Bitter may have been the wrong word and I appreciate the calm response to my criticism. You do come across as an arrogant a**e when responding the likes of Dave T and LondonRoader, which is pretty much 90% of your posts.
If you look at the tone those two adopt to me, I would need to be saintly to respond politely. I'm far from that. They have an agenda, work to orders from above and therefore are not dealing straight when they come on here.
However if someone wants to have an honest, respectful conversation then I shall always be up for that, even if it includes criticism of me or disagreement on what I am saying. Myles and I became mates on that basis!
For the record, I do not think that our club is in a very good way at the moment. A lot of good people have left, and huge swathes of operations - commercial and marketing - have been abandoned. Those things take years to build up. Ashton was pretty hopeless at that side of things, so it's not solely Darryl's fault but he has now had two years to put them right and they have got even worse.
The Academy has had cuts to its budget in the last year, and spent almost a year without a director. (Something that would have led to loss of academy status in a matter of weeks if Dan hadn't come in, presumably at tigers instigation).
The development squad was binned off when Ashton left, making it harder to develop young players. The head scout left and wasn't replaced.
In short, over the last two years we have gradually been becoming a potemkin village of a club. Shiny and bright on the outside (until recently) but increasingly no substance behind the scenes.
So - given that business results always lag the decisions that make the difference - its no great surprise to me that results have in the end deteriorated. We have 29 points from the last 27 games, which is relegation form over a protracted period of time. That doesn't happen by chance when you have a 3 million quid budget (certainly top 10 if not higher).It is the result of relentlessly poor decision-making over 18 months to 2 years.
I have no idea if Tiger will be any good for us or not. But the way we were headed was pretty damn awful, so I welcome what will be at least a change of direction.
More immediately, though, the players are the same and we need them to get 3 or four wins in the next 9 games (dont fancy our run in much). The next three games are all against sides below us. 6 points or more and we will be on the road to safety. 5 points a good step in the right direction. 4 points treading water and still anxious. 3 points or lower and we would be in the mire. So a heartfelt COYY!
