Nordic Saint
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A very classy performance against a Watford team, which, let's not forget, beat Liverpool 3-0. I've been a big critic of Vestergaard in the past but I'm very happy to revise my opinion of him. Today he gave an almost flawless performance. He won everything in the air, made good interceptions and his passing was excellent. If not for the brilliant Ings playing like a world class striker, Vestergaard would have deserved Man of the Match. Walker-Peters has secured that right back spot and what a free-kick that was from Ward-Prowse!
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I don't feel too bad about the result, to be honest. To put things in perspective, Pompey haven't beaten Arsenal for 62 years.
If, when I started supporting Saints in the 1960s, I'd been told that we'd be in the top flight for most of my life, I'd have been very pleasantly surprised.
I remember in the 1965/66 promotion season we played a home friendly against Arsenal and lost 1-3. I thought, wow, it's going to be a struggle to survive in the company of teams like that. Well, the win v Norwich secured our 44th season in the top flight. I never dreamed we'd be another Arsenal, Man United or Liverpool but neither did I dream that we'd ever achieve that.
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44 minutes ago, John B said:
I see Valery is the latest scape goat
No, I think Ralph has made the very sensible decision to get him off.
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When we beat them in December, Norwich only had one corner in 90 minutes. It's a bit different today.
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2 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:
...you know that's not actually in the ground right?
No, I didn't. I just heard the commentators say that after I posted my comment. So, it isn't the crowd noise that is making a difference. Norwich just seem more motivated than the teams did in the first two matches. I prefer the noise to the silence anyway: it makes it seem less like a training game.
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First impression is that the piped crowd noise is a big advantage for the home team. There is much more urgency about this game than there was in the two played in silence on Wednesday.
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Employed at a different club, so not an internal promotion
It sounds good. Our owners investing in strengthening the squad with a new transfer guru, poached from another club, advising them on which players to buy.
Just imagine us behaving like other clubs: reinvesting the Premier League money in building a better team. Is that really going to happen?
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Different company, Turkish. They are manufactured by the Liebherr Group, which is owned by Markus's siblings & Kat's cousins,. That is still manufacturing and thriving. At the time of his death, Markus only owned the 5 companies in the MALI Group + SFC. They were all liquidated after Kat gained control of them, except SFC.
The fallout and legal battles in Germany over those former MALI companies are ongoing.
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Don’t they make fridges too? I’m sure when I was looking for a new fridge there were some liebherr ones in currys.
Different company, Turkish. They are manufactured by the Liebherr Group, which is owned by Markus's siblings & Kat's cousins,. That is still manufacturing and thriving. At the time of his death, Markus only owned the 5 companies in the MALI Group + SFC. They were all liquidated after Kat gained control of them, except SFC.
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In fairness, that's a lovely tractor.
I may stand corrected (said the man in the orthopaedic shoes).
Fair enough, Benji. Markus did seem to manufacture high quality equipment and vehicles. He was actually in the process of expanding the tractor manufacturing plant when he died.
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They used different brand names as Markus bought the Doppstadt Tractor factory, then marketed his new tractors under the brand name Li-Trac.
I could look at videos of MALI tractors all day but I've got better things to do:
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Even though the company was liquidated years ago, there are still plenty of MALI tractors here. If you're into German tractors, they've even got a forum for their owners, a bit like Saintsweb:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mali-trac+&go=Search&qs=ds&form=QBIR
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In a vain attempt to be a smartarse, You've made yourself very silly. You should stick to cleaning windows, mate.
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No MALI manufactured engine parts and pumps and stuff. They did not manufacture cranes, fridges or heavy plant equipment and it wasn't worth billions. Cortese ran it from his desk at St Mary's for about 2 years.
Who said anything about cranes and fridges apart from you??? Why on earth would you make up such cr@p? Weird.
This is what I wrote: The major part of her inheritance was the MALI (MArkus LIebherr) group of engineering companies, which manufactured heavy equipment and vehicles, such as tractors, and was worth billions at the time her father died. I've just been looking in to what's happened to them since then.
It's easy enough to find out what they manufactured before they were liquidated:
"tractors" "specialist vehicles"
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Semmens said the person is currently employed. So the delayed season and delayed transfer window will have an impact.
An internal promotion? Perhaps someone who used to assist Ross Wilson?
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No idea, and she may have hung on to 20% because she had to, or wanted to, or just because Gao offer wasn't sufficient to take the lot. I suspect we'll never know the truth. I make the point I do because of the various comments blaming her. Sure, Gao had been a disaster, but Kat couldn't be expected to throw money at the club and sold her inheritance (presumably to the highest bidder). That is understandable.
The major part of her inheritance was the MALI (MArkus LIebherr) group of engineering companies, which manufactured heavy equipment and vehicles, such as tractors, and was worth billions at the time her father died. I've just been looking in to what's happened to them since then.
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No idea, and she may have hung on to 20% because she had to, or wanted to, or just because Gao offer wasn't sufficient to take the lot. I suspect we'll never know the truth. I make the point I do because of the various comments blaming her. Sure, Gao had been a disaster, but Kat couldn't be expected to throw money at the club and sold her inheritance (presumably to the highest bidder). That is understandable.
As she herself said: "I will ensure that all decisions made about the future of the club will be in the best interests of its staff, players, management and fans." So, we can only take her at her word.
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Not many people inherit property or business assets but don't sell them. She's done what most people would do.
True. A clause in her father's will probably also explains why she had to retain at least a part share in the club. I wonder how long a time period such a clause might cover? 10 years? If so, she would be free to sell that remaining 20% soon.
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Do we have any idea why katherina was so desperate to sell to them? Did she really just not give a sh*t about the club? Why continue to be involved at all if that was the case?
The only surprising thing is that she delayed the sale as long as she did. She sold off the MALI group of companies her father left to her almost immediately after he died. About the only thing she didn't sell was the private bank in Switzerland, where she keeps her money.
I believe the reason that she didn't sell the club immediately was that there was a clause in her father's will that stated she had to keep it for a certain number of years. Do you remember at the time, it was reported in both the Echo and national newspapers that he had made provision before he died for the long-term future of the club?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/aug/11/markus-liebherr-southampton-future
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"‘It’s unrealistic’: Southampton man fears £7m price-tag will ruin his dream move"
What did we pay for him?
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Can see why Parasite is winning all the awards ... best film I have seen for years!
I lived in Korea and they love films. It is the greatest nation of cinema-goers in the world. There are so many great Korean movies but this is one of my favourites.
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Ravel, Debussy & Fauré String Quartets by Quatuor Ebène. If you like French music, it doesn't get much better than this album. I saw them play the Ravel Quartet at the Wigmore Hall. They are brilliant live.
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Yes, it was clearly Smalbone's assist for that goal.