We were. I suppose the question we have to ask is (and I know this is going over old ground and probably for another thread and another time) if we'd told FK where to go, where would we be now, for good or ill?
OxVox sent an email out at 5:20pm on Monday asking for questions from members for the club AGM held on Tuesday morning. In that email they said that their own AGM is "Likely" to be on 8th October, having also previously indicated it would be on 17th or 24th Sept. Under the OxVox constitution, they have to give 14 days notice of the AGM. Monday's email is less than 14 days, and 'likely' isn't a confirmed date either. Coupled with their failure to report changes in the club ownership which happened over the past 18 months or so, you'll forgive me if my trust in them is waning somewhat!
I disagree. The earlier the questions are asked and answers given, the better. We are not asking for minute details, but the broad brushstrokes of how it will be financed, where any debt will sit, what is the position the club will actually be in if/when this all goes through.
Agreed, and I have no problem with that. It would be naive to think that they are in this for much more than making a tidy profit for themselves. That doesn't mean I think they will leave us in the same sort of mess that Kassam has, I don't. But we also need to remain vigilant to prevent, as far as we can, that from happening.
Are you being deliberately obtuse? I have said explicitly that I have no doubts over their ability to deliver on the deal, so the comment about me not deeming them 'serious players' is just odd.
Completely agree. The problem is, we were so desperate to grasp to any liferaft at that time, that any thoughts of proper due diligence pretty much went out the window. This was a pretty big failure on the part of the city council, who could have used the leverage they had to get stronger guarantees from Kassam to safeguard the club. As you say, it is going over old ground, but those who fail to learn the lessons of history and all that...We were. I suppose the question we have to ask is (and I know this is going over old ground and probably for another thread and another time) if we'd told FK where to go, where would we be now, for good or ill?
Anyway, I am not equating our landlord with our 'new' owners. There is caution - and there is paranoia!
Join Oxvox and ask them directly at the Oxvox meeting that is coming up
No agenda here, just bored with folk being negative about the prospects of several very, very wealthy people taking an interest in our club.
Asking questions is NOT being negative. Asking for clarity and transparency is not obfuscation - it's the precise opposite!
And all of this is admirable stuff and reassuring to hear. But it simply doesn't address some absolutely fundamental points I've already touched on. Things like where any borrowing needed to fund the project would sit, for example. I really don't understand why you seem to have taken offence to these questions being asked when they go to the very heart of our long-term future.
