Tiger Update

[Wallop]

https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/2019/january/tiger-update/

Tells us absolutely nothing of any substance.


- Nothing about the Board and their intentions.

- Nothing about any plans for the stadium.

- Nothing about the plans for the club except that we need young players coming through, young twenty-somethings playing in the side and older heads for experience.

- Karl and the management team are devastated when we lose

- Some movements in the backroom staff, most of whom I've never heard of

- We all need to get behind the team though!!


What a missed opportunity/further example of mushroom communication.

WOW!

 

[myles]

Looks like they had a spare set of programme notes...

 

[Junior_1]

Cheers Chris.

 

[Morris Oxford]

Was that the dreaded vote of confidence?

 

[battman]

Well it's a start at least. Possibly for the first time Tiger has conceded it's not all sunshine and rainbows (that is, if he's written it).

One thing though that's easy to snipe at are the backroom staff changes. At least it's not like DE towards the end when there were long periods of vacancies.

 

[Witney Wag]

Although it tells us nothing, at least we have heard from the owner, unlike Oxvox.

 

[Berliner]

Was that the dreaded vote of confidence?

LOL, not a chance!

 

[Wallop]

Although it tells us nothing, at least we have heard from the owner, unlike Oxvox.

I'm sure Oxvox could issue the following statement:

'We met last night as a committee and had a great discussion. As fans, we're very disapointed at recent results. We hope to see lots of fans at Brentford.'

That would be as useful as Tiger's statement. How would it help?

 

[greatunclekip]

To be honest, he could have just posted a picture of a big pink donut on the website, and it would give us as much insight.

 

[Village-Yellow]

Well I’m really pumped up after that.

 

[carefreeoufc]

Dearest mushrooms,

Blah, blah, blah, blah, bah.

Proud History, Bright Future

Regards,
Tiger

PS please buy half season tickets and merchandise.... Please!!!!

 

[MarkG]

Whoever is on the social media team didn't exactly make the story excitable click-bait
"There's an update from the Chairman on the official website today: "

 

[carefreeoufc]

Well lets be honest whoever it was didn't have a lot to work with in terms of promoting the content, or lack of!

"NEWS FLASH, An exciting New Years update from our Chairman, click to find out absolutely fork all"

 

[yellowbow]

Load of b*****s

Basically retelling us what a great manager Robinson is and we should all get behind him because he cares.

I’m sounding more and more like Kip I know, but I feel we’re on the road to nowhere..

 

[bazzer9461]

b*****s

 

[Deleted member 729]

Absolute Shite!!!

 

[Paul Cannell]

I rather enjoy Tiger's insights into the club, although a English-speaking proof-reader would be welcome.

"There will inevitably be changes." but only among the paid help as we're exhorted to "get behind Karl, Shaun, Faz and the players and be as positive as we can despite the last three results." - you can exhort me till your bow tie falls off, Tigger......... But perhaps there is a plan. Is this a hint? "That is exciting: growing the club, building an Academy, improving the team. These things take time. We have made mistakes along the way, but stay patient and we will get it right."?

Back to positive; I'm almost positive we're going to have one of the best academies in League 2 next season.

 

[Mellowyellow]

Complete load of rubbish. Simply confirming that kr has permission to take us on the road to relegation, blaming everyone and everything along the way.

How blind can a chairman be, to not see what kr is doing to the playing side of the club. There has to be a point, with the games we have coming up, that even he will see the damage that kr is being allowed to do.

On a separate note, who was it that organised the storming of the boardroom, as part of getting rid of Kassam.

 

[Navegante]

On a separate note, who was it that organised the storming of the boardroom, as part of getting rid of Kassam.

Probably pointless attempting a repeat, no doubt OUFC staff are locked out of the boardroom on match days by Firoka (oh the irony).

 

[RyanioBirdio]

I actually feel the lowest I’ve ever felt as a fan, and I like many others lived through our demise in the final Manor years and then all the bullshit since we came to this dump. But I always felt it would turn, or COULD turn, somehow. Now it just feels horrific and hopeless, and like there’s so much more to lose now than there was then if we slide. And we ARE sliding, believe you me. Then you look at ‘updates’ like this from this chancer and you go, “Oh Jesus... we are absolutely doomed, aren’t we?”

Fun story - the day he was late for his first press conference, I saw him getting off a train from Oxford at Oxford Parkway at about 9:15am, looking totally confused. It was like something out of a film, and as the doors opened directly in front of me there he was, little bow tie and all, looking like he had absolutely no idea what was going on. I then texted someone at the club to tell them where he was if they didn’t know, and let’s just say the reply I got suggested that this was very much a bit of a goose chase.

He’s a mad man, and I really wish the club would stop putting these messages out, because nobody is buying it and all it’s doing is winding people up. Especially when he STILL won’t respond to the supporters trust.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

He’s a mad man, and I really wish the club would stop putting these messages out, because nobody is buying it and all it’s doing is winding people up. Especially when he STILL won’t respond to the supporters trust.

My feeling is that he won't respond to the supporter's trust (or anyone else) because there is no real plan, either in the footballing or business sense. He is making it up as he goes along with hand to mouth support for the first team, while he desperately hopes that the academy produces a golden egg-laying goose or two who can be sold to balance the books and flatters a few rich men by asking them to be directors in the hope that one of them will eventually put some money in (has anyone ever seen Horst Geicke or Erick Thohir at a game?). So he won't give any answers, because he doesn't know them.

I desperately hope I am wrong, but nothing so far has given me any confidence that there is some grand scheme waiting to be revealed.

 

[LondonRoader]

Although it tells us nothing, at least we have heard from the owner, unlike Oxvox.

How do you know they haven’t?

 

[Berliner]

On a separate note, who was it that organised the storming of the boardroom, as part of getting rid of Kassam.

I'd also like to know this, I was only sporadically involved in the old TIU forum in those days.
Maybe the boys could at least draw us a map to the boardroom? For reference purposes of course...

 

[Berliner]

...has anyone ever seen Horst Geicke at a game?

This one I can answer...at least one.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Good spot! Next question, has anyone seen him at a game AND awake?

 

[PottersRightBoot]

Come off it. We’ve lived through far worse than this.

 

[Bacon]

Come off it. We’ve lived through far worse than this.

Exactly! I’m ok with the update. Tiger says we will be active in the January window and I believe him (2 signing already btw) He’s backed KR financially, of that there can be no question.

 

[yellowbow]

Come off it. We’ve lived through far worse than this.

As things stand, at this moment in time, possibly yes. But NOW is the time to ensure that remains the case, not when it’s too late. Now is the time to start pressing for the answers to all the questions.

 

[Cass63]

Come off it. We’ve lived through far worse than this.

Depends how old you are.

 

[Mellowyellow]

I'd also like to know this, I was only sporadically involved in the old TIU forum in those days.
Maybe the boys could at least draw us a map to the boardroom? For reference purposes of course...

of course