General Consortium Takeover - News and Rumours

[Left Wing Cross]

...if Darren Patterson had the millions available that Eddie Howe had we would be in and out of the premiership.

He'd only spend it on "an honest bunch of lads"

 

[werthersoriginal]

And I’ll ASK again will we be a big club?

Bazzer we’re Oxford not TV wankers. Wouldn’t mind a crack at div 2 but I’ve got no envy for the likes of West Brom.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Yes but 15 million breach of FFP rules when they won L1 and a further 8 million when they won the Championship. Everyone ladies Eddie Howe in turning around a club on the brink of extinction, dam if Darren Patterson had the millions available that Eddie Howe had we would be in and out of the premiership.

This is actually rubbish, Bournemouth got into the PL with a lot of their div 3 squad. They started overspending when they had to stay there and bought lots of guys who didn’t really cut it. I don’t think the likes of Calum Wilson were big fees.

 

[bazzer9461]

Bazzer we’re Oxford not TV wankers. Wouldn’t mind a crack at div 2 but I’ve got no envy for the likes of West Brom.

I would love to be in the championship a fully sustainable club. I doubt in my remaining years whether we would hit the lofty heights of the premiership but the championship yes.

This is actually rubbish, Bournemouth got into the PL with a lot of their div 3 squad. They started overspending when they had to stay there and bought lots of guys who didn’t really cut it. I don’t think the likes of Calum Wilson were big fees.

they over spent by 15 million in L1 on players who we’re definitely championship standard then a further 8 million to top up what they already had for the championship no way were they div 3/ l 1 players when they won the L1 title

 

[Carpy]

We have far more decorum.

Speak for yourself

 

[Mad Dog]

And I’ll ASK again will we be a big club?

To be fair Bazzer, well over 30,000 fans every time we play at Wembley shows we are a decent sized club, not massive, but VERY decent.

The fanbase is there, but people simply don't want to go to the Kassam, it's an awful, dilapidated and unfinished stadium, with no atmosphere, surrounded by awful leisure facilities, and situated in a very rough, crime ridden area, hardly an enticing Saturday afternoon out and match day experience, so attendance are always down, falsely suggesting a lack of fanbase.

But like Scotchers says, there is an appetite to see us play in bigger and better venues, which is clearly evident whenever we play at Wembley, or on big away days at big stadiums, and I think if we could somehow manage to turn the dream of a nice, big, new modern stadium into a reality, it will entice a much bigger percentage of the fanbase to come to games, and we'll see a big upturn in attendances.

Here's hoping it comes to fruition...

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

I think you are right in that all Relevant Persons have to be vetted by the EFL first.
The second point is that on a change in control, a business plan has to be submitted.

I imagine that most of the main investors have already been vetted if they are Directors.
Tiger presumably submitted the first business plan when taking over from Eales.
And I guess that whilst Tiger remains a significant shareholder, there hasn't yet been a change in "control".

Mark - any thoughts on why the alleged takeover may be taking so long?

From my own experience I’m wracking my brains as to what the blockers may be. I’m not buying the Covid reasoning. The world is completely functional in regards operating remotely.

 

[Tomox]

Mark - any thoughts on why the alleged takeover may be taking so long?

From my own experience I’m wracking my brains as to what the blockers may be. I’m not buying the Covid reasoning. The world is completely functional in regards operating remotely.

Is there anything more the board can do at the moment though? It's with the EFL now

 

[Malc]

And you all know what that means...

 

[Manorlounger]

Mark - any thoughts on why the alleged takeover may be taking so long?

From my own experience I’m wracking my brains as to what the blockers may be. I’m not buying the Covid reasoning. The world is completely functional in regards operating remotely.

Do we actually know when any plans etc. went to the EFL? All we really know is that a plan has to be submitted. Despite reports of a bid and then confirmation that it was the existing board members (plus Thohir) as far as I can recall, no mention of an actual submission to the EFL has been made.

 

[bazzer9461]

To be fair Bazzer, well over 30,000 fans every time we play at Wembley shows we are a decent sized club, not massive, but VERY decent.

The fanbase is there, but people simply don't want to go to the Kassam, it's an awful, dilapidated and unfinished stadium, with no atmosphere, surrounded by awful leisure facilities, and situated in a very rough, crime ridden area, hardly an enticing Saturday afternoon out and match day experience, so attendance are always down, falsely suggesting a lack of fanbase.

But like Scotchers says, there is an appetite to see us play in bigger and better venues, which is clearly evident whenever we play at Wembley, or on big away days at big stadiums, and I think if we could somehow manage to turn the dream of a nice, big, new modern stadium into a reality, it will entice a much bigger percentage of the fanbase to come to games, and we'll see a big upturn in attendances.

Here's hoping it comes to fruition...

Yes in sure we will see bigger crowds in the championship but we have to get there first. Yes having 30,000 + at Wembley is great but even if a small percentage that attended the games at Wembley that would not attend normal OUFC league games started to come along that would be a start in adding to our attendance figures.
As regards people saying a new stadium will entice new suooorters I ask the question when the Kastad opened the crowds were no different to what they are now there were no new large increases in fan base when we moved there, and no one new what Kassam was like other than the man who saved OUFC and got us a new ground.

 

[Northernyellow]

Yes in sure we will see bigger crowds in the championship but we have to get there first. Yes having 30,000 + at Wembley is great but even if a small percentage that attended the games at Wembley that would not attend normal OUFC league games started to come along that would be a start in adding to our attendance figures.
As regards people saying a new stadium will entice new suooorters I ask the question when the Kastad opened the crowds were no different to what they are now there were no new large increases in fan base when we moved there, and no one new what Kassam was like other than the man who saved OUFC and got us a new ground.

Because the ground was a dump from day one

 

[bazzer9461]

Because the ground was a dump from day one

But the fans didn’t know that so that’s immaterial, when Kassam started to show his true colours then the fan based dwindled some what.
If we got into the championship whilst we’re in the breeze block you would see an increase in the fam base.

 

[SteMerritt]

As regards people saying a new stadium will entice new suooorters I ask the question when the Kastad opened the crowds were no different to what they are now there were no new large increases in fan base when we moved there

The average home crowd actually jumped by over 1000 in our first season in the Kassam compared to the last one at The Manor, a jump of 20%, despite us being a division lower.

 

[Scotchegg]

fam base.

Innit!!!

 

[bazzer9461]

Innit!!!

Wicked

 

[Northernyellow]

Because the ground was a dump from day one

Well I knew it was a dump from my first visit. It was/is/always will be a dreadful stadium . It was almost as though Kassam had zero interest in football, and viewed the whole exercise as a land deal. As if.

 

[yellowbow]

Still, looking at the bright side, we went up a place today despite not kicking a ball. If we can find a way to not play every week we’ll be promoted by Christmas!

 

[RyanioBirdio]

Kassam showed his colours long before we moved in 2001. As soon as he transferred ownership of The Manor to a separate company and couldn’t be arsed to give the new ground four sides it was out in the open that he was stealing the land. One club employee at that time was leaking info left, right and centre to the local press in an attempt to get the word out, but almost nobody was interested despite the evidence in front of them. The more things change, the more things stay the same in that regard. Facts are such a drag when they get in the way of what people want the truth to be.

The day that they begin to bulldoze that monstrosity will be worth taking the day off for. It could never feel like home, regardless of who owns it.

 

[werthersoriginal]

To be fair Bazzer, well over 30,000 fans every time we play at Wembley shows we are a decent sized club, not massive, but VERY decent.

The fanbase is there, but people simply don't want to go to the Kassam, it's an awful, dilapidated and unfinished stadium, with no atmosphere, surrounded by awful leisure facilities, and situated in a very rough, crime ridden area, hardly an enticing Saturday afternoon out and match day experience, so attendance are always down, falsely suggesting a lack of fanbase.

But like Scotchers says, there is an appetite to see us play in bigger and better venues, which is clearly evident whenever we play at Wembley, or on big away days at big stadiums, and I think if we could somehow manage to turn the dream of a nice, big, new modern stadium into a reality, it will entice a much bigger percentage of the fanbase to come to games, and we'll see a big upturn in attendances.

Here's hoping it comes to fruition...

We actually get slightly bigger crowds for ordinary games than we did at the Manor, so presumably our massive fanbase was put off attending games there too.