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Yes! Why not add a comment, or email Sale directly? (sorry, I can't bring myself to log-in to the DM...!).

Same point was made by The Guardian several weeks ago. Good to have it reiterated though.

Yeah, it can be quite simple and straightforward. But this is Saints, the most disorganised, amateur club in the league - we could make boiling an egg into a 6 month ordeal...

If the Swiss have money on the table, and are prepared to close - bite their hand off! MLT or not, Pinnacle have had their time.

I've heard that before, but live in hope...! Everytime I tune in for one of these "press conferences" I'm just greeted by a SSN ticker saying "xxxx pull out of Saints deal". Let's hope that changes!

Yes, I think for the analogy to hold he'd have to have taken his sick cat to the vet - who then told him he had the "revolutionary idea" of letting the tea lady carry out the much needed operation, aided by the paper-boy. It was the only way, there was no alternative - he was right, and everyone else (who disagreed) was an idiot. This failed, and as the vet left for a spot of recreational duck hunting, taking absolutely no criticism whatsoever, he ran over the cat in his Range-Rover killing it off once and for all...

No idea, but I'm supporting Roger Federer at Wimbledon now!!!

Everything crossed. Let's get on with it!

Agreed. (sorry, was tempted to say "no sh!t". But didn't.).

When is the final final deadline? The league must have a date by which they are sure we can fulfil our fixtures or else they are duty bound to exclude us - we also need a manager, coaching staff, and team in place! First game in early August... gulp.

Let's hope that's the case Nick. Couldn't stand another night like last night - didn't get to sleep until gone 4am (and not because of the heat). Praying for a quick resolution. Come on the Swiss...

I think we're done with the Pinnacle group. Time is running out fast - time to tie up a deal with the Suisse and just get on with it...

Absolutely diabolical. Every single thing this club does is tainted by amateurism and idiocy - from statues of club legends to administration and 'buy-outs'. What we have done to surrounded by such ****-wits is beyond me. Tony Lynam, Fiasco (sic) and Pinnacle should hang their heads in shame - they have wasted 5 precious weeks and likely consigned this club to death. That will not be forgotten. All of this b0ll0cks about the 10 points being the issue is a smokescreen - they don't have a pot to p1ss in and they know it (hence Crouch having to pay the £500k deposit). Le Tiss and Crouch should have had a much closer look at what they were getting in to. Fry has proved himself to be totally, utterly and hopelessly out of his depth with an administration of this magnitute. Again, we have taken the cheap option and have paid the price - he needs to have a long hard look at himself. The Swiss are our ONLY hope now. If that doesn't come off it's the end of our beloved club and those listed above, along with Lowe & Co. are responsible. Have never been more furious...

But which is better? Vorders or Riley? There's only one way to find out.... FIGHT!!!!

About a barman in Southampton, just after Matt had retired coming up to him and saying "I know you from somewhere..." (Matt, thinking, yeah, well I have just played football in your town for 14 years!)... this went on back and forth for a while "you're a sportsman aren't you?" etc. until finally the barman said "I've got it - you're Phil Tuffnell!!!".

Yeah, that was a clever conundrum... not seen them use the guests name before.

Oh yeah! I'm better at the numbers, honest...!

as is Liquidate or Chairman. Saints are certainly a conundrum... (boom boom!)

It'll be on C4+1, might be repeated later too or on the Channel 4 download thingy...

No he's in dictionary corner with Susie Dent. Susie looking forward to lots of "banter between you two" (Matt & Geoff). Let's see how he gets on...

Now... How bizarre. Hasn't he got better things to do?! Wonder when it was filmed...?

Home of the legendary Runaround, How and Day-by-Day. Shame. Have they moved out of Southampton?

There's always an exception that proves the rule! McCabe's empire seems rather more significant than Fialka's (or rather, what we know of it so far). We have to live in hope though.

Frankly, I'll be glad to have a deal sorted, regardless of who it is, but I have to say I am unnerved by the reports on Fialka. What wealth does he actually have? Is it the "hundreds of millions" that Tony Lyname promised? Does a property developer have the commercial know-how to run a club of our size? (no disrespect, but property development is not like running a large scale organisation) I guess we'll find out, but I can't help feel a little let down with what appears to be the reality, after Tony Lynams previous positive posts. I still hold out hope however to be pleasantly surprised...

Feel somewhat better after that, but it is worrying now that this seems to be more than one investor, rather than just one. No problem with that per se, but Tony has always said he was being open and honest, so why this contradiction to his original statement?