LeftSideLarry
Active member
- Joined
- 6 Aug 2023
- Messages
- 975
Very special circumstancesVSC?
Very special circumstancesVSC?
Very special circumstances
The onus is now on the club to prove in the planning application, that staying at the Kassam is not a viable option. Which they would have been required to do in any event. You only get to build on green belt land in "very special circumstances". The club being homeless in less than three years was a pretty compelling circumstance.
Sorry, very special circumstances.VSC?
That’s a given.If we are refused planning permission we either groundshare or die.
Sorry, very special circumstances.
This, could the forum have a designated screen shotter for ox fail articles, so they are not getting the clicks they so desire?Kassam has an ego, which means he would hate for somebody to make a success of the club and grow it when he wasn't able to. He is no friend of OUFC, he is quite happy to stick the knife in and make life difficult and awkward for us.
At the end of the day though he will still have his eye on the pot of gold that is housing for the current stadium site.
Fosb are making use of Kassam’s bitterness towards the club to try and score a few points in a dying local rag.
As for the OxMail this is not the first time they have gone with an anti stadium, anti Oxford United piece.
Where’s the balance? Where’s the story about FOSB plans to apply for a grant from KPC (tax payers money) to pay their legal bill?
It’s becoming clearer and clearer that the Oxford Mail is no friend of OUFC. Don’t buy it, don’t click on any articles, don’t support it in anyway.
We know that the Oxford Mail read this site, they get half their stories from here. So I challenge Liam Rice* to set the balance straight, a front page article supporting the club, supporting the move, exposing fosb’s lies and hypocrisy.
Liam, do you have the courage and journalistic skills to do it? I guess we’ll soon find out.
*Reporter covering local politics and traffic and transport. Often covering Oxford United and sport.
As I understand it, Kassam agreed to a new lease extending the existing one to June 2026. In return the club gave up its option to renew, something Kassam was clearly keen to avoid. He has development plans for Grenoble Road consistent with those of the local authority.Wake up folks, we’re in trouble. There are 926 days left until Aug 1 2026 and we haven’t even submitted an application. There is zero chance of us playing at The Triangle in 26/27. Add a couple of years on and maybe we could.
Given that, the club should be delighted to hear that Kassam is open to us staying for a time, as ground sharing would kill the club financially.
We’ve played a high-stakes game of chicken and I think we’re going to need to blink first for the protection of the club.
None of this has anything to do with FoSB/Middleton. It’s simply a case of realism regarding logistics, bureaucracy and economics.
I understand that no one wants to hear this, let alone believe it so I’ll don the tin-hat, but above all else, OUFC must survive whilst staying close to Oxford, and that must be protected above all else.
“Dubious”.As I understand it, Kassam agreed to a new lease extending the existing one to June 2016. In return the club gave up its option to renew, something Kassam was clearly keen to avoid. He has development plans for Grenoble Road consistent with those of the local authority.
. It seems extremely unlikely that Kassam is now making an offer to the club to extend its stay beyond what has been agreed other than perhaps on outrageous terms believing he has the club over a barrel. Leopards don’t change their spots.
Among other dubious claims you make, you say that “ ground-sharing would kill the club financially”. The truth is that not ground-sharing ,if it became necessary, would put the whole existence of the club in jeopardy.
We do not know why the planning application has not yet been submitted and hopefully it will be very soon. But even if it were tomorrow the timescale is tight and it would be negligent on the part of those running our club, who of late seem reluctant to keep the fan base informed about anything, not be already making alternative temporary arrangements if we are not able to kick off the 2026/7 season in the Triangle.
Otherwise, it might be not so much a question of no new stadium but a question of no club.
The article is only 26 words long, and nothing more than a headline.
Why has this been printed without a source, or any other additional information??
Are the Oxford Mail claiming they spoke to Kassam directly?
Post in thread 'New Stadium Plans - The Triangle - Planning' https://yellowsforum.co.uk/threads/new-stadium-plans-the-triangle-planning.9861/post-792659Can anyone break the article from behind the payroll?
I don’t think it is. The club have brushed off all claims by FOSB so far and just keep going about their business in a professional and let’s be honest, how far have all these articles got FOSB? They have failed at every attempt and have been shown up multiple times for their lies. This will be no different either.It appears to be taken from yesterday's FoSB update to their members.
Club statement needed.
I don’t think it is. The club have brushed off all claims by FOSB so far and just keep going about their business in a professional and let’s be honest, how far have all these articles got FOSB? They have failed at every attempt and have been shown up multiple times for their lies. This will be no different either.
Can imagine the power's of FOSB, with their feet up on the desk , smoking a big fat cigar today , laughing at us ..
I don’t think it is. The club have brushed off all claims by FOSB so far and just keep going about their business in a professional and let’s be honest, how far have all these articles got FOSB? They have failed at every attempt and have been shown up multiple times for their lies. This will be no different either.
You’ll be lucky!!It appears to be taken from yesterday's FoSB update to their members.
Club statement needed.