York-Yellow
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If we were currently in the top 10, I'd be interested to see if a) this post was here, or b) would it be getting the same level of responses. AFC Oxford, merging with Oxford City, the end of OUFC.... Yes it's a worrying time, but Jesus Christ, isn't it too early for all of that?
On paper, pre-season, I'd say that 80% of us felt as though we had assembled a solid squad to have a go this year. And in KR, yes, always going to be a bit of a self-obsessed bellsprout, but most of us felt that he was the best manager we could attract at the time. The Shaun Derry appointment seemed to be a good idea as well. Ultimately, that hasn't played out as most of us expected, but I don't believe the performances can be associated to the goings on in the boardroom.
I haven't been a fan of Tiger since that first car crash of a press conference, and whilst his motives and comms are questionable/non-existent, we're all still ultimately ignorant to what's actually going on at the club. The posse assembled around Tiger is somewhat confusing, and I was worried that the most sense in recent fan forums was coming out of a sub-teacher from my old school.... But for now, trying to put an optimistic slant on it all, for all we know there are some investors lined up who do have a plan to get us into the Championship, which is becoming more and more of a lucrative proposition financially. Maintaining a club at that level takes money and a well equipped board, and if some of the stadium talk is genuinely in the interest of the club (in terms of sustainable progression), then this could be a step towards all of that. It might not, and we could be doomed.
Ultimately a poor post, but I've written that much that I want to post it.... Let's just hope for some clarity soon, and a bloody win on Saturday!
On paper, pre-season, I'd say that 80% of us felt as though we had assembled a solid squad to have a go this year. And in KR, yes, always going to be a bit of a self-obsessed bellsprout, but most of us felt that he was the best manager we could attract at the time. The Shaun Derry appointment seemed to be a good idea as well. Ultimately, that hasn't played out as most of us expected, but I don't believe the performances can be associated to the goings on in the boardroom.
I haven't been a fan of Tiger since that first car crash of a press conference, and whilst his motives and comms are questionable/non-existent, we're all still ultimately ignorant to what's actually going on at the club. The posse assembled around Tiger is somewhat confusing, and I was worried that the most sense in recent fan forums was coming out of a sub-teacher from my old school.... But for now, trying to put an optimistic slant on it all, for all we know there are some investors lined up who do have a plan to get us into the Championship, which is becoming more and more of a lucrative proposition financially. Maintaining a club at that level takes money and a well equipped board, and if some of the stadium talk is genuinely in the interest of the club (in terms of sustainable progression), then this could be a step towards all of that. It might not, and we could be doomed.
Ultimately a poor post, but I've written that much that I want to post it.... Let's just hope for some clarity soon, and a bloody win on Saturday!