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I notice on another forum that we're being linked with former Newport County centre-back Darcy Blake. That, IMHO, would be an excellent signing having seen him a fair few times last year.

The new owners seem to reckon that investment and a promotion or two are the only realistic way to get the club near to turning a profit. This is of course a big risk... Yes, and that's fine - but it depends on who's taking the risk (which was the point I made in my post on the other thread). If th...

Not a surprise was it? - but the timing is interesting. Quite. For all of Appleton's diplomacy ("you shouldn't rush these decisions" etc), we've basically paid Kitson for the last two months to do nothing except go on holiday and then report back for about a week's worth of training. I tr...

I am amazed no one else has raised their head above the parapet to raise concerns. I think, in fairness, that some of us have - just not on this thread. I'm delighted to see some of the faces who've come in, but I completely share your concerns about from where the money is coming. I also think the...

Maybe it'd be appropriate to let the last (for now) word on this debate go to a one-time contributer to the old Rage On fanzine, Ed Horton, whose book from 1997 I am currrently reading, and the following extract of which struck me as particularly apt to our current circumstance. Football clubs have ...

For those of us who don't venture to the Other Place, could someone summarise? Ok, Charlie Methven wants zillions of people to like a Facebook page. Uncle Firoz points out that err, there is a legal contract to pay rent at Minchery Farm until the Universe ends, the governing Labour Group in Oxford ...

Thanks for posting the link, Tom - much appreciated and interesting to listen. He came across as credible enough, and he does at least have Oxford United coursing through his veins like the rest of us. From what I'm seeing on the other side the Methven bid looks fantastic, although almost too good t...

My point is twofold: i) The people who run OxVox are well-meaning amateurs (insofar as they don't get paid, and are just ordinary supporters trying to help the club/fans as best they can in their free time), who get a ridiculous amount of hassle and abuse (particularly on a certain other forum) from...

I believe there are something in the region of 450 members give or take. That would mean just 15% of the OxVox membership voted in favour of the signs then. Not quite the resounding success that the 75% stated statistic would suggest. GY, the world is run by the people who turn up. If 90 of 450(ish...

Dartford Ox wrote:I would rather be pushing up daisies than live in a society where freedom of speech is denied for the sake of political correctness.

Yeah, bloody political correctness, making us all be polite to each other.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/oxfordunited/11242036.Oxford_United_out_in_front_after_using_just_23_players_last_season/ Interesting article, rather suggests that we were doing well to be in touch with the automatics for a large part of the season especially given a fair few of the squad were pl...

13 miles across London, from South East to the North, might as well be 100 miles anywhere else in the country. Eh? How do you work that one out? Transport links in London are a million times better than anywhere else in the country. You try getting across Oxfordshire by bus (including waiting times...

If anyone can fit a fag paper's worth of argument between the cases of [Woolwich] Arsenal and <M.K>[Wimble]don<s> other than "a century ago there weren't self-appointed fans' spokespeople desperate for attention" I'd love to hear it. Clubs have changed locations, strips, names, grounds an...

GY, don't forget that in spirit we are Headington United; a team who cynically changed their name in a marketing bid to get into the football league (which worked) so your argument of staying within the city limits is a bit off. If you wanted to be true to the spirit of the club, you should be insi...

I see Midson has now signed for Eastleigh. Yes, that partnership of Constable and Midson really worked for us didn't it? Er... yes, it did. It was those two (along with Green) whose goals got us promoted, so I think Eastleigh have been shrewd in reuniting them. Had they played as a front two (rathe...