General Consortium Takeover - News and Rumours

[bazzer9461]

Think your getting mixed up. There isn't any services there it's an empty field across from sainsburys

Yep you’re correct my Cartography is not what it used to be

 

[Scotchegg]

Yep you’re correct my Cartography is not what it used to be

It's something the club have struggled with since we lost MApp!

 

[Mellowyellow]

I hate Brentford’s ground, horrible, so hope it’s not like that.

Have you been there? A genuine question, really interested as to what it's like inside the ground.

 

[werthersoriginal]

It's something the club have struggled with since we lost MApp!

Very good. Maybe you should concentrate on the funnies!

 

[Scotchegg]

Very good. Maybe you should concentrate on the funnies!

I thought I was!!!

 

[RyanioBirdio]

A snippet from the OxVox notes regarding their meeting with certain board members on Tuesday:

“We were briefly able to discuss the stadium situation as part of this conversation. It continues to be the club’s stated intention to solve the stadium situation. They are actively pursuing the possibility of a new stadium. This is the most organised and concerted effort on this front we have seen since we left the Manor Ground.

There are huge issues that stand in the way of any project this large but it’s clear the board intend to work hard to overcome these. There were further conversations with others involved in the project regarding the stadium that we are unable to discuss but they relate to other options available to the club.

We would at this point strike a note of caution over the potential new stadium. It remains an incredibly difficult and probably lengthy process and while we are fully behind the club’s effort and working with them where we can, there is also a lot of work done on all options to improve our situation.”

 

[bazzer9461]

I thought I was!!!

Time will tell.

 

[NC2U]

A snippet from the OxVox notes regarding their meeting with certain board members on Tuesday:

“We were briefly able to discuss the stadium situation as part of this conversation. It continues to be the club’s stated intention to solve the stadium situation. They are actively pursuing the possibility of a new stadium. This is the most organised and concerted effort on this front we have seen since we left the Manor Ground.

There are huge issues that stand in the way of any project this large but it’s clear the board intend to work hard to overcome these. There were further conversations with others involved in the project regarding the stadium that we are unable to discuss but they relate to other options available to the club.

We would at this point strike a note of caution over the potential new stadium. It remains an incredibly difficult and probably lengthy process and while we are fully behind the club’s effort and working with them where we can, there is also a lot of work done on all options to improve our situation.”

I noticed this, especially the 'other options available to the club' part. I wonder what this means, maybe its staying at the Kassam, or Ground sharing with another club.

 

[Wallop]

I noticed this, especially the 'other options available to the club' part. I wonder what this means, maybe its staying at the Kassam, or Ground sharing with another club.

I took this and the general tone of ‘a new stadium would be hard to achieve’ in the update as Oxvox putting forward alternative solutions to the Board. Could Oxvox clarify it’s position on whether they support moving to a new stadium as per the Board’s intention or whether they support staying put or if there is another option in their view - don’t need to break any confidentialies there simply - new stadium, Kassam or third way. It’s important their members understand their position and I don’t recall any interaction with the membership asking for their thoughts to date, apologies if I missed any.

 

[m]

I took this and the general tone of ‘a new stadium would be hard to achieve’ in the update as Oxvox putting forward alternative solutions to the Board. Could Oxvox clarify it’s position on whether they support moving to a new stadium as per the Board’s intention or whether they support staying put or if there is another option in their view - don’t need to break any confidentialies there simply - new stadium, Kassam or third way. It’s important their members understand their position and I don’t recall any interaction with the membership asking for their thoughts to date, apologies if I missed any.

I would hope OxVox don't have 'a position' at this stage.

 

[Wallop]

I would hope OxVox don't have 'a position' at this stage.

Fair point, that would also be a reasonable response. would be good to know though.

 

[Oxymoron]

Quite. I read it as a vague summarisation of the board's current position - we can see a future that involves a new stadium and the paraphernalia that goes with, but this isn't going to be any time soon, so we have other plans for the short term.

 

[TL@69]

I would have thought that the price of buying the existing stadium has risen substantially due to it now being potentially housing. A new stadium is the only wa.

 

[werthersoriginal]

We’ll still be talking about this in five years wont we? Meanwhile the Kassam will have been painted up and had a craft beer bar fitted.

 

[Mad Dog]

After trying to stay positive, and for so long to maintain such patient optimism of a new stadium coming to fruition, I must admit, even I’m starting to have my doubts that this will end in anything other than staying at the kassam one way or another.

Weather it’s as outright owners, and redeveloping, or simply (god forbid) simply an improved lease agreement, I don’t know.

I don’t doubt the new owners are trying hard to secure a new stadium arrangement, but the lack of any REAL information on the situation, after sooooo long, suggests either things are REALLY close, and they don’t want to do anything to jeopardise it now, before it’s signed off, or that it’s all proving to be a lot more difficult than first thought.

I’m clinging on by my fingernails, to the hope that it’s the former….

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Three years ago I had to sit and listen to Karl Robinson banging on about how he thought we should just walk out and “play at a non-league ground for a couple of years to galvanise the fan base.” Despite not having an answer when I challenged him as to which local non-league ground would meet EFL requirements, or how many years we would have to wait for a new home to be secured. This was at a time when Tiger was stupidly telling everybody to start shouting at the other tiger in our lives, which has had our head in its mouth for 15 years. If we had done that (and we were absolutely threatening to for a hot minute) then we would’ve been homeless and completely f*cked as Kassam would’ve argued that we had voided the agreement, submitted plans to plough the stadium into the ground ASAP and left us with nowhere to go and nothing on the horizon. We would’ve probably been expelled from the league in the process. So let’s hope that whatever any ‘other options’ might be, none of them are anything as insane as that.

We either have to leave the current site to move straight to a new one, or with an absolutely cast iron guarantee that any sort of ground share would only be for a season, possibly two max. If we ever manage to leave, it has to be with certainty. You would like to think that the people we know are becoming more heavily involved will have several plans, and that none of them involve blindly marching out of the KS and figuring it out later. As long as that isn’t on the table then there’s no need to worry in the immediacy. The sound of the current deal ticking down does get a tiny bit louder on the first of every month, though. The terms we adhere to presently are completely unsustainable, so something will have to give sooner or later.

Let’s hope that we get what we want at the end of it all. At least there are people with the resources and experience trying to move the pieces. It’s certainly the best shot we’ve had at righting a few wrongs in some capacity.

 

[Marked Ox]

Three years ago I had to sit and listen to Karl Robinson banging on about how he thought we should just walk out and “play at a non-league ground for a couple of years to galvanise the fan base.” Despite not having an answer when I challenged him as to which local non-league ground would meet EFL requirements, or how many years we would have to wait for a new home to be secured. This was at a time when Tiger was stupidly telling everybody to start shouting at the other tiger in our lives, which has had our head in its mouth for 15 years. If we had done that (and we were absolutely threatening to for a hot minute) then we would’ve been homeless and completely f*cked as Kassam would’ve argued that we had voided the agreement, submitted plans to plough the stadium into the ground ASAP and left us with nowhere to go and nothing on the horizon. We would’ve probably been expelled from the league in the process. So let’s hope that whatever any ‘other options’ might be, none of them are anything as insane as that.

We either have to leave the current site to move straight to a new one, or with an absolutely cast iron guarantee that any sort of ground share would only be for a season, possibly two max. If we ever manage to leave, it has to be with certainty. You would like to think that the people we know are becoming more heavily involved will have several plans, and that none of them involve blindly marching out of the KS and figuring it out later. As long as that isn’t on the table then there’s no need to worry in the immediacy. The sound of the current deal ticking down does get a tiny bit louder on the first of every month, though. The terms we adhere to presently are completely unsustainable, so something will have to give sooner or later.

Let’s hope that we get what we want at the end of it all. At least there are people with the resources and experience trying to move the pieces. It’s certainly the best shot we’ve had at righting a few wrongs in some capacity.

Abingdon Town, sadly, may be available for hire.

 

[bazzer9461]

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Abingdon Town, sadly, may be available for hire.

A tad small and a bridge to go across single file due to damage and lack of sensible action by Abingdon council not helping so maybe didcot town might share at an affordable rent 100k a year or Oxford city may step in at hour of need if not the pitches at Grandpont should suffice

 

[bashamwonderland]

A snippet from the OxVox notes regarding their meeting with certain board members on Tuesday:

“We were briefly able to discuss the stadium situation as part of this conversation. It continues to be the club’s stated intention to solve the stadium situation. They are actively pursuing the possibility of a new stadium. This is the most organised and concerted effort on this front we have seen since we left the Manor Ground.

There are huge issues that stand in the way of any project this large but it’s clear the board intend to work hard to overcome these. There were further conversations with others involved in the project regarding the stadium that we are unable to discuss but they relate to other options available to the club.

We would at this point strike a note of caution over the potential new stadium. It remains an incredibly difficult and probably lengthy process and while we are fully behind the club’s effort and working with them where we can, there is also a lot of work done on all options to improve our situation.”

"There are huge issues that stand in the way of any project this large"

i.e. "we're not close to an announcement"

 

[Sarge]

Three years ago I had to sit and listen to Karl Robinson banging on about how he thought we should just walk out and “play at a non-league ground for a couple of years to galvanise the fan base.” Despite not having an answer when I challenged him as to which local non-league ground would meet EFL requirements, or how many years we would have to wait for a new home to be secured. This was at a time when Tiger was stupidly telling everybody to start shouting at the other tiger in our lives, which has had our head in its mouth for 15 years. If we had done that (and we were absolutely threatening to for a hot minute) then we would’ve been homeless and completely f*cked as Kassam would’ve argued that we had voided the agreement, submitted plans to plough the stadium into the ground ASAP and left us with nowhere to go and nothing on the horizon. We would’ve probably been expelled from the league in the process. So let’s hope that whatever any ‘other options’ might be, none of them are anything as insane as that.

We either have to leave the current site to move straight to a new one, or with an absolutely cast iron guarantee that any sort of ground share would only be for a season, possibly two max. If we ever manage to leave, it has to be with certainty. You would like to think that the people we know are becoming more heavily involved will have several plans, and that none of them involve blindly marching out of the KS and figuring it out later. As long as that isn’t on the table then there’s no need to worry in the immediacy. The sound of the current deal ticking down does get a tiny bit louder on the first of every month, though. The terms we adhere to presently are completely unsustainable, so something will have to give sooner or later.

Let’s hope that we get what we want at the end of it all. At least there are people with the resources and experience trying to move the pieces. It’s certainly the best shot we’ve had at righting a few wrongs in some capacity.

the current deal will be extended ... on (hopefully) better terms, I think for a few seasons, if required