werthersoriginal
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I generally believe in the principle that cock-up is more likely than conspiracy
Most FD's I have worked with are the ones with access to the bank accounts, not the chairman or the BoD's.
And pay him off with what exactly? Nando's vouchers? Air miles from Thai Airlines?
My one crumb of comfort throughout these suspect financial tribulations has been that KR came from a club that was under horrendous ownership: the fact that he'd been under that kind of regime, seen the damage it could do and still came here under Tiger, made me think there must be something we're all missing, and behind the scenes everything must be good. I'm by and large a pretty (probably naively) optimistic guy with football stuff, because of my recognition that I have pretty much no idea whatsoever what goes on behind the scenes at a football club and generally trust that the guys in charge know what they're doing better than I do.
But even with that, ANOTHER winding up order just seems like too much to be dismissed without real concern. Is moving money from Thailand really that difficult? If it were, how would he pass the fit and proper person test? Surely that test takes into account whether an individual has the available capital to fund running a football club? That, coupled with the Whyte news (which I appreciate is hardly the end of the world, but is nonetheless another embarrassing and unwanted story associated with our club) just 24 hours later, has made me properly dejected about the state of the club for the first time this year.
Just to repeat, of course Tiger et al, have money at their disposal. It's just not in our account.
I think everyone has to stop thinking that Erik Thohir is ever going to be a significant person for OUFC. We’re becoming a mess on and off the field, if he really had any interest in us he’d be busting a gut to get involved but all we get is ‘he’ll get involved once his other obligations are completed..”
Selling Milan shares, helping with Indonesian politics etc. What’s going to be the next excuse? ‘Erik Thohir can’t wait to get involved and will be here as soon as his Waitrose delivery has arrived and he’s completed the entire Luther boxset’
I see the call for calm has, well, ..........................
1) Of course, Tiger has money at his disposal. By the way, I'm not defending him in any way, shape or form. He's already told OXVOX in the notes released last week, that he is finding it difficult to move money from Thailand to the UK.
2) Of course, we will sign players.
3) Tiger can be absent from the UK as much as he likes, if he has people in place to do a 'average' job. He hasn't got that. I am sure the MD is a thoroughly nice bloke and excellent Headteacher, a football MD, he doesn't appear to be. I again, point to the misguided comments he made about rent, an inability to communicate (f**k me I'd take Kelvin Thomas back right now.......) and how Karl has actually had little support to protect himself from making a fool of himself on radio interviews.........
4) Maybe irrelevant in the current drama, but OxVox notes have confirmed previously that Shaun Harvey pointed this lot to Oxford United.
If I were in charge I'd be doing a couple of things. 1) Being honest for a change and stop the 'no comment bull' which the club peddle out, 2) sort out the middle management at this football club as a priority as they're letting Tiger down (he's obvs doing that himself anyway) and 3) should we lose on Saturday - relieve Robinson of his duties and get Michael Appleton in.
Those quick 3 points, might save Tiger.
As an ex-director said to me on Twitter last night, not that I disagreed with him, the EFL did a check on these lot, the money is there, somewhere.
And last point on OXVOX. Just remember Paul Peros has been chucked right into this and he and his eight colleagues, look to me to be doing a bloody good job of asking questions.
That's very interesting and well expressed. My suspicions are that it's the people in Oxford who aren't doing their job, or that there is an important post not filled here. The owner of a club is often foreign and / or absentee, and can frequently be eccentric or semi-detached - the club should be able to run without their day-to-day involvement.
Just to repeat, of course Tiger et al, have money at their disposal. It's just not in our account.
But that's not how the ticketing companies operate - the ticketing company will sell the tickets to Pompey fans at face value, deduct their fees from the money taken in and send the net balance to OUFC.just had txt from Pompey supporting brother asking what's going on at Oxford. He's heard Pompey fans not received tickets yet as company that deals with tickets not been paid
But that's not how the ticketing companies operate - the ticketing company will sell the tickets to Pompey fans at face value, deduct their fees from the money taken in and send the net balance to OUFC.
Of all the crap going on at OUFC at the moment, I'm not sure the ticketing problems can be laid at the clubs door.