Yellow River
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Those red & white ties looked uncomfortably like Swinedon’s colours.
Mr Donald is not and never has been a committee member of Oxvox. Nor is he currently a co-opted member and the question of whether he should be was deferred until his position with Sunderland was clarified. Now that it has been no doubt a decision will made at the next Oxvox committee meeting.Great PR, no doubt, but Mr Donald needs to leave the OxVox committee NOW, and while both he and Mr Methven may still be Oxford fans at heart, they now have a money-making business interest in SAFC. Their relationship with OUFC has changed forever.
Mr Donald is not and never has been a committee member of Oxvox. Nor is he currently a co-opted member and the question of whether he should be was deferred until his position with Sunderland was clarified. Now that it has been no doubt a decision will made at the next Oxvox committee meeting.
I’m looking forward to Charlie’s next post on these boards.
Wonder if it will start “Hi Sunderland fan here in peace”
Whoever the new manager is, will either need to motivate Jack Rodwell or SD will need to pay him off. They are going to have some really big cash payments on clearing up Ellis Short's mess, even with the parachute payment. With that in mind, most league one teams would like to have that sort of cash flow and player issues.I find it interesting that they are seeing us as their rivals, wanting to "put one over on us".
Now I'm no PR expert, but would this comment: "Stewart (Donald) and I are boyhood Oxford fans. Ideal result for season is Sunderland to finish 1st, Oxford to finish 2nd, (but) we're gunning to put one over our friends down south." have read better as: "Stewart (Donald) and I are boyhood Oxford fans. Ideal result for season is for both Sunderland and Oxford to win promotion."
I don't suppose the Sunderland fans give two hoots about us, but it would appear from Charlie's comments that this is about proving something to OUFC.
They ought to start the season as odds on favourites. They are now debt free. They have managed to agree to a staggered payment deal, so they have money to spend on the team, they are a one club town, with a 50,000 capacity stadium and an historically large fanbase.
Oh, and they start the season with a nice little head start on the rest of the league, a present from the Premier League, of £38,000,000.00. And next year they'll get another £14,000,000.00. Just for having been in the Premier League a couple of years ago.
If they don't get promoted this season with that kind of advantage over the rest of the division, then they'll have failed. They're running an F1 team in a Formula Three race.
So no real money as such has changed hands? just now waiting to see when SD partners arrive and actually fund the club, didn't SD say that there might be future investment coming in, no prizes for guessing who that is then, looks to me like a front man!So, listening to the podcast, SD and CM are not paying the £40m to Ellis Short up front but by future payments secured against future parachute payments I imagine by a debenture, an arrangement that CM was so critical of in the sale of OUFC to Tiger except that what's outstanding in that transaction is future payments from sold players. As I recall, this led CM to suggest that Tiger didn't have a big enough pot to P**s in and that DE was securing to himself money which should be going to the club. So what's different here?
CM comments says it all classless ,why not just say whilst both are boyhood Oxford fans we are here to get Sunderland back up to the championship.
I haven't listened to the interview yet, and who knows what the detail of the takeover and debts areI find it interesting that they are seeing us as their rivals, wanting to "put one over on us".
Now I'm no PR expert, but would this comment: "Stewart (Donald) and I are boyhood Oxford fans. Ideal result for season is Sunderland to finish 1st, Oxford to finish 2nd, (but) we're gunning to put one over our friends down south." have read better as: "Stewart (Donald) and I are boyhood Oxford fans. Ideal result for season is for both Sunderland and Oxford to win promotion."
I don't suppose the Sunderland fans give two hoots about us, but it would appear from Charlie's comments that this is about proving something to OUFC.
They ought to start the season as odds on favourites. They are now debt free. They have managed to agree to a staggered payment deal, so they have money to spend on the team, they are a one club town, with a 50,000 capacity stadium and an historically large fanbase.
Oh, and they start the season with a nice little head start on the rest of the league, a present from the Premier League, of £38,000,000.00. And next year they'll get another £14,000,000.00. Just for having been in the Premier League a couple of years ago.
If they don't get promoted this season with that kind of advantage over the rest of the division, then they'll have failed. They're running an F1 team in a Formula Three race.
Could you imagine if it just so happens we play Sunderland late in the season with something like promotion on the line - where do Charlie's loyalties lie then?
Could you imagine if it just so happens we play Sunderland late in the season with something like promotion on the line - where do Charlie's loyalties lie then?
Yeah, not "friends" any more Chas. Best of luck with your money pit.
1) No OUFC fan would want us to finish beneath any other club
2) There was no need for the comment. He could have simply said "As OUFC fans, we hope both teams do well next season". He has just opened himself up!