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........getting ready to take over as manager.

  We've taken a scummer on board as fitness coach....this can't be a Sturrock move.

    :cry:

where have you heard this Reg? There's nothing on the OS...

    Why would they want to advertise Rufus starting to gather up his own staff, especially as its a scummer, how many more can we expect?

So how have you heard?

Its in the Oxford Mail

http://www.oxfordmail.net/oxfordunited/usnews/display.var.1648582.0.wates_fit_to_take_over.php

 Its on the Scum site.........its been in their local rag.

I'm not sure why this is a bad thing? He's only a fitness coach... plus how do you know it was Rufus' doing?

Rufus played for the scummers last year

all to convenient if you ask me

 Come on work it out.....can you imagine Sturrock thinking his back room boys are not up to making sure teh players are fit......so he goes to Rufus and says, can you recommend me a fitness coach.

  Nah.....thin end of the wedge methinks.

Its all in preparation for him being manager

Hopefully Mr Little and Diamandis and his chronies have bitten off more than they can chew

This whole think reaks of forcing Sturrock out and a constructive dismissal case

mmmmmmmmm agreed this is not good

at the risk of pouring petrol on the flames of speculation, it makes one wonder what a certain mister Kassam is up to at the moment

fuck sake! dont even start that one!

It's certainly all going a bit weird at SN1.  

Of all the things you'd think we need to urgently invest in, a Director of Football and a Fitness Coach wouldn't seem to be on the list.  Sturrock, and Wise before him, seemed to have sorted any areas they would look after already.

We'll be appointing a Coach for Defenders soon, or maybe a team selection assistant.

I think we need a coaching coach.

Also, I'm feeling lazy today. But imagine that I've photoshopped  some concrete that someone's written Rufus in. See that would be funny.

   Rufus is number 4 in the coaching set up  at Camberley Town.....they have a Director of Football Darren Barnard....ex Shithead.  So plenty of scope for pointless jobs for the boys when Rufus takes over.

we dont have a fitness coach though do we.Just playing devils advocat obviously but maybe sturrock asked rufus if he knew anyone.

thats what i was thinking...

This board is getting more doom and gloom by the second. It's getting quite boring now.

Im glad im off away for a week, this club is getting very odd!

 You ent seen nothing yet matey.....we're heading for some serious shit and some don't seem to care.

I care about the club but everthing thats been posted in the last 2 weeks has been conjecture and hearsay.

How does the fact that we have a new fitness coach that knows someone who works for the club signal Sturrock leaving to be replaced by loads of OUFC old boys?

Answer? It doesn't.

When I've actually got something to be worked up about, i'll get worked up, but the fact remains we can't actually do anything about anything at the moment.

Operaton Pox is in full effect.  :evil:

We do care reg but if all the cloak and dagger shit was pushed to one side we would be able to understand it a lot better.. Without getting personal we get told by various people that its going to get worse and if we knew the half of it we would be shocked etc.

JUST FUCKING SPIT IT OUT.

I think there's a secret conspiracy to merge the clubs.

Uhm .....................is it not possible that the club advertised for a fitness coach and someone that lived local in that line of work but at a smaller club applied for it?

Haven't we lost coaches/ physios / CEO's in the same way?

   You could have got a pic of the Rufus Stone, which commemorates the assassination (allegedly) of the loathed Rufus....offspring of the Bastard of Falaise.

  http://www.funkypancake.com/blog/2006/11/IMG_4559-thumb.jpg

Whether we need a fitness coach or not is irrelevant as is whether we need a Director of Football. The simple fact is they're both Scummers so have no place at the County Ground - end of. How can you eradicate that smell from them - even Domestos wouldn't work. Scum pure and simple.
Infiltrating STFC with Scummers is hardly likely to endear the new lot.
I'm with Reg on this one - this does appear to have Scummer Brevitt all over it.

i was there on sunday actually, in the new forest...coincidence ?  I think not !!

ahhh, but it's not made out of concrete reg.

 Yeah tis....concrete painted black....Genf will confirm.

to be honest, when i said "i was there" i meant "i drove past the road sign to it at the end of the m27", but wouldn't be at all surprised if it was made of something slightly cheaper than monumental onyx - the local scratters would have had it away a long time ago otherwise !

 That'll do for me as confirmation.....didn't the Rolling Stones do a song about it.......I see the Rufus Stone and I want it painted black..

I wonder if this man will be coming back to be the strikers coach :wink:


http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39108000/jpg/_39108655_sabin203.jpg

Rufus has Joey Beauchamp lined up for a  sports psychologist/ Mr motivator role.

Surely he'll be better suited as the team Travel Agent, or Relocation expert?

I see we still have an appointed Club Chaplain.  Surely with the increasing likelihood of foreign talent and the way of the modern world, we should be looking to appoint a selection of Religous Representative's?

It's made out of cast iron. don't try and bluff your way out.

 Its a good point The Reverend Stevenette is probably not best qualified to minister to the needs of Zaaboub and Mohamed......Idris Nawab, Imam of Broad Street mosque is  handy though.

   It wouldn't be called a stone if it was made of iron would it.....don't believe all you read on Wikipedia,

Weve been secretly taken over by a load of scummers intent on killing off the club ... still Diamandis has been working at it for years!

This is a bad sign for me and the more and more developments we see the more worrying it becomes.

I don't know how people can say we may have been looking for a fitness coach? weigh it up that doesn't make sense Sturrock has his own staff which he takes to his various club's Blatchely etc and he already has people that work intensively in this area.  We have hardly started the season sluggishly have we?

It will be interesting to see Sturrocks take on this and the fact its yet to be announced on the official website may speak volumes in itself.  As they have gone to him and said we have decided to take on a fitness coach to make the team sharper to which I imagine his response would be 'why wasn't I consulted'.

This is yet another worrying development and those who choose to ignore it are simply burying there head in the sand  :?

And those who jump on everything before knowing the facts, are what?

Sturrock may have been the one who instigated this, we don't know, do we?

Funny that only two of the articles on the adver site today have been given so much attention, but not the article in which Sturrock was interviewed. In that article, he doesn't seem to be angry or worried about the new owners.

I'm sure that the experts at 'reading between the lines' will be able to detect some undertone though.................

It's frustrating not knowing what's going on, but hardly a reason to continue coming up with conspiracy theories and outlandish statements.

Bart is just a manic depressive, who wants to share his condition with the rest of us.

The plagiarist is a cunt (Take it any way you want)

Reg should be on the new series of BBC 1's Grumpy Old Men.

All this shit is making me nostalgic for the manatee threads and pictures of Ralphy.

And I fucking hated the Manatee threads (And pictures of Ralphy)

I don't think that Sturrock has had his "chat" with the new potential owners as yet to find out how they see things going forward, I'm sure once he has had his meeting then things will become much clearer.

I'm sure it would help for the club to be open and honest to save everyone speculating...but when have they been any different ?

Maybe SSW can tell us who he thinks he is selling his shares to ?

For fuck sake, I wanted Kingy back.

Hmmm, surely thats how most managers would do things  :?

I think we should hire a manatee as fitness coach.

Is this a joke thread or a serious one?

I couldnt care less where this bloke has come from.Isnt it more likely that we can now afford a fitness coach so we employed one?

The conspiracy theorys have gone into complete meltdown with this one, led in the main by Reg who has turned into Bart.Unless hes messing about..I just cant tell?

Reg does have the same IP as fatbury and Bart....

  Nah....think its more likely that the Portugeezers have said to Rufus, when we get in and bring in our potential money streams, we want these lads up to speed, for the best chance of profit.

 Why didn't Sturrock make  a wee mention of his thinking in his update...something along the lines of.... "I've been pleased with the fitness of the lads pre season....its something that Sloop and Kevin have worked on successfully for years, but I just felt, I was so impressed with O*frod's performance in failing to get out of the non league, that I asked Rufus about their fitness coach, as clearly he was instrumental in their success."

I can't blame people for the way that the Club has mismanaged communication to fans and the general bad stench PR that they have employed.

Where is the good news?

There have been numerous 'Things are going to be wonderful', 'It's the end of all our financial woes', 'We're gonna be a force again', 'There's more money than you can shake a stick at', 'We're gonna pay off the CVA' etc statements by the Board.

But what has actually happened?

To me, all that has happened is that a mysterious Portugese Company has now got involved - which may or may not involve certain Board Members or ex-General Managers. Oh and by the way, 'No, we're not going to tell you who is behind the Portugese Company'. So we are now supposedly at the end of the golden rainbow and what has actually happened? Seriously, what quantifiable GOOD points have actually happened since the bullshite PR that the Board think we are all naive enough to simply digest without question. Why the need for secrecy? You only keep things secret when you have got something to hide.

Have there been any statements, either in the Adver today in Sturrocks interview or in previous media interviews that indicate that he was looking for a fitness coach. Whilst I stand to be corrected, I can't remember any.

I can personally see why people do 'read between the lines' and certainly wouldn't blame them for doing so.

Thats fucking bullshit. Are you just on the wind-up now reg?

On this piece of news alone though....where's the bad news?

I think that's what's grinding people's gears.

reg just because you have now met all the cunts on here doesnt mean you have to turn into them.

Hertab wrote:

   

   I like the manatee threads and pictures of Ralphy....I don't even mind pissed up diatribes of unecessarily personal abuse, as long as they're infrequent, but years of following STFC have turned me into the football equivalent, of the old cold war Kremlin watchers.   Their job was to look at statements and actions emanting from the Politiburo, ignore what they said on the surface and deduce, the real meaning for the CCCCP.

   I feel like Sherlock Manatee......PS isn't it about time we had some more pictures of Ralphy.

:shrug: What the fuck are you on about

I didn't say there was 'good' news.

Where is the bad news?

There's no fucking news!!

So why all the depressing threads?

The club have hired a fitness coach, big deal.

Did we have a dedicated fitness coach before?

Why turn it into something negative before we know any of the facts?

Sorry Reg. I try to keep them occasional.  :oops:

The facts are Sturrock has taken the same staff to all of his clubs as he knows what these guys can do.  We have started the season fit and sharp after people from his backroom staff worked hard on this area.

The other fact is that both Brevitt and this fitness coach were at Oxford at the same time.  

As you say with so little news/information coming out the club it is hard for people to think ooooh we now have a fitness coach great stuff it leaves most of us suspicious as with the old regime still firmly in the shadows and no idea who the new lot are you cant help but worry with all the strange goings on at the club these days.

maybe the fitness coach is for luggy? he's definitely carrying a bit of timber.

It's about time these  :wanker: :wanker: started :

> To stop the bullshite they continually talk
> Treating fans like Customers
> Delivering what they say they at going to deliver
> Being as open and honest as possible
> To stop blaming everyone else for our predicament
> To stop taking us for a bunch of muppets

...then and only then will the doubters and moaners (of which I am one) stop. You can only have the wool pulled over your eyes so much.....

Any anti-board scepticism and mistrust has been bought on entirely by their own actions. They deserve all the scrutiny, distrust, misbelief and criticism that comes their way.

   8)

But how is moaning and whingeing to nobody in particular on a messageboard going to achieve anything, other than wind people up?

That's fine then.

Bitch and moan on the internet as much as you like, I'm sure it serves some practical purpose.

Scrutiny? Yes.

Distrust? Definitely.

Criticism? Too right!

Misbelief? It's not a word :D

Scrutinising, criticism and distrusting is fine. Jumping to conclusions based on the flimsiest of facts is pointless, boring and tiresome.

We understand you over here reg  :wink:

And as we haven't met I guess I'm not one, right?

The fitness coach is for Paul Sturrock to get him ready for his next interview on talksport.

I wouldn't read anything into it. Although this sudden influx of ex scummers is a bit worrying  :|

worrying that a part-time side like oxfud had a fitness coach, and we didn't.

In my naivety, I thought that forums such as this were created for the very purpose that you are questionning? :shrug:

Any by the way, having a different point of view to you doesn't constitute "moaning and whingeing", it simply means that I have a different point of view. By your own logic, you do not agree with me, so you are also "moaning and whingeing" (which you are not - and neither am I).

Both of you are "moaning and whingeing" now. Stop it or I'll ban you.

 Comrade  :thumbs:

Misbelief :

1. erroneous belief; false opinion.  
2. erroneous or unorthodox religious belief.  

 :face:

Seriously - that's why I opened up the debate, not having commented on the fitness coach story (apart from saying where has Sturrock mentioned it).

I opened up the debate to 'come on then STFC, you've made lots of promises, told us lots of things - so let's actually see if anyone can pinpoint one hard fact in relation to the crap that you've been spouting'.

I'm serious - I welcome being corrected but just want some firm indication of what they have said WILL happen and what has happened.

Actions speak much louder than words - and I don't see much action.

I do see a 'takeover' (though the Board is the same!)

I do see the promise of clearing debts (though don't see any confirmation of this)

I do see promise of investment in the squad (but don't see any actual money spent)

I do see a new Company that now owns us (but can't see WHO actually owns us - why the need for secrecy?)

As such, I think that people are well within their rights to question the honesty and validity of any single utterance that comes out of SN1.

But people always assume the worst is aboiut to happen, even when they dont know the facts. The result is you get endless threads like this one, where no-one really says anything knew, and the we all just go round and round in circles, getting into a tizz.

I can only assume this to be a joke.

I appreciate that you are a moderator but why the need to threaten that?

Dave made a point - I made a point back - that is the whole purpose of this forum is it not.

My posts were not insulting but were simple responses - are you honestly trying to vet honest debate?

Ben's turning into a Nazi.

Agreed - let's have a group hug instead  :fag:

 :oops:

 Its quite straightforward if you don't like the thread, don't bother reading it or responding to it.   There are loads of threads about football manager X box etc.....I don't contribute having no interest or knowing fuck all.  I do however like to read the smoke signals coming from the CG, and don't think the arguments are circular as things change by the day.

Fair enough. Ill keep my nose out of it, and let you all grumble on regardless

http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=3040  

Sheff wednesday last line


At plymouth he had the fa fitness coach called paul maxwell

at southampton he had nick harvey

Please stop this nonsence now

Is sulking allowed?

It won't stop macca, they're enjoying themselves too much :D

Sorry Ben

Agreed with WR on this one

Debate and speculation is open to anyone and everyone, its when it gets to Bart-esque levels that you need to jump in mate

Err.. I was sort of taking the piss.

cool

Excellent - now what about that group hug?
:shock:

Bit obsessive ennit?

Sturrock has pissed a fatness test

If negatively is to be taken from this it's that Sturrock is preparing himself for a small squad therefore doing everything he can to prevent injuries is taking effect.

Yes, Brevett played for Oxford and should be taken with caution - but the guy played badly for 20 odd games for them in the twilight of his career for a last payday in football - he's not exactly Joey Beauchamp.

There is no conspiracy RE: the fitness coach.

Jordan the Fitness coach is the result of a misunderstanding. With our team now being multi-denominational (Moslem, Scottish Presbyterian, Welsh Baptist, C of E etc.) it was suggested that we should have a Jehovah's Witness. Brevett mistook Sturrock's Dundee accent and the rest is history ...

Can Brevett and Little Jim account for their movements on the 22nd November 1963?

OK, they weren't actually born but they know something. You can tell.

Where was Kassam?

Where was Bob Holt?

They continually refuse to answer this prefectly relevant question. This is all starting to make sense to me. Anyone got the number for the CIA? Will directory enquiries have it?

And don't you patronise me like that again or I'll ban everybody.

:mrgreen:

  No need for a number for the CIA, they've got a mighty useful website https://www.cia.gov/  freedom of info etc......bet M15 haven't.

  Nov 63 was around the time that the CG was aerially  sprayed by a mystery agent from  Porton Down.......earlier iin the season the players were all wearing gloves.....what does Zaaboub know?

Actually they do:

http://www.mi5.gov.uk/

As do SIS or Mi6

http://www.mi6.gov.uk/

They've been a bit more public for the last few years. It still seems odd to me mind.

 Well I'm buggered.....shame they don't have a forum though.