This is a really worrying situation. Over the weekend I also wrote to the club personally with a list of questions as I was overseas during the recent Oxvox meeting. I also spoke to Colin over the weekend to express my support for the committees open letter. This is a time when all fans really need to come together and demand answers from the board.
It’s unacceptable that the board since day one haven’t answered a number of key questions, have so far ignored oxvox’s letter and for those of you wondering no I didn’t even get any form of reply from the club either.
Some very urgent questions need answering has HMRC been paid? Why the radio silence on this? Is there cash flow issues? If not how the hell has this happened again and what changes or assurances are being made to prevent any other scenarios like this?
Much like I did at Oxvox’s meeting with Tiger a few months ago I asked the club:
What’s the shareholding breakdown of the holding company and/or club? How is the club being financed?
What are the directors roles and responsibilities?
What’s the plan in regards acquiring a stadium as we’ve heard conflicting views?
What is the plan to make the club sustainable including bein LG sustainable at a higher level such as championship? Basically what’s the plan??? Player trading, sustainability, someone acting as a sugar daddy?
Did Darryl Eales wipe of the debt as he promised he’d do? If not what is our debt level and to whom?
When will the charge over the club by Darryl be removed and how can we break even if future revenues are going to Darryl from player sales?
What’s the update with arbitration with Firoka?
OUFC may be a private company but we are paying customers and it’s a key part of the local community and it is a club that matters to a lot of people. Failing to engage with supporters, avoiding questions and winding up orders is not acceptable and fans deserve answers.
As I said I fully support oxvox’s stance and it’s reassuring to see many on here are equally concerned we must keep demanding answers as right now the club’s very future could be at stake. We are not asking complicated questions but they are vital and I hope that more and more fans will share there concerns. Hopefully they will also see just how critical it is that we support oxvox and each other by asking these questions as if our club is in trouble or we have a right to know. Also, if the board does not value supporters views we have a right to demand that they do as supporters are the lifeblood of our club.