Foxy

Right, and their sports editor had heard of them before last week? I hadn't and I work for a company HQed in Switzerland

I'd love it to be 'Ich Liebherr dich' but I will reserve this for the sister and then only if they complete

Hope it wasn't a distorted memory of the bullfrog evening when I mentioned my Swiss-based employers. PS did Anna ever forgive me for making her drink more on a hangover?

Now I'm no Butch Harmon but you might find hitting them with your bats works a little better

+1 one of my all time faves. It was on the back of a 10 game unbeaten run, including 5 past QPR away the previous week, we played an exciting 4-2-4 back then and could have had a netful more. Funnily the moment I remember most clearly from the game was before openeing the scoring with a header from Dodd's cross Rideout crashing a shot off the underside of the bar from way out with Grobbelaar beaten all ends up. Looked like it had crossed the line and bounced back out from the Milton where I was standing.

Did he mention the lady's legs?

Naah, they'll be having a lie in after putting in a late one

........possibly even one with nice legs.

And wasn't that Wilbur Ross (mentioned in the Swiss thread) also a Rothschilds old boy? Probably just a six degrees of seperation thing?

Not that bnothered anynmore as this is all in the past but the FL's statement that there were no major issues and that Pinnacle just had to sign is only from their PoV. I could draw up a contract that says I'll give you a cup of lukewarm tea and in return receive your house, your car and use of your missus Thursdays and bank holidays sign it and fire off to you to countersign and from my perspective there would be no real issues (unless it left me a bit low on tea bags) from my perpective and just need your signature. But the deal mightn't be accpetable to you (not having met the missus of course in most cases)

Another few weeks time bought, or another few quid off the asking price. No grat worry about this. Would be nice to think there's a sell on clause in the last couple of deals (DMG & Surman) but beggars can't be choosers

Dubai Phil might be able to point you in the way of some reasonably priced assistance in that respect 8-)

Hmmm, but let's facing we are back to blindfold darts aren't we? And given that he's a US finacnier it could well be the Southampton on Long Island

Phil, fair lines of enquiry - although dealing with the first and possibly most important point (that of pantomime horses) did not even the takeovers of Chelsea and Manchester City go through internmediaries? Given the pantomime connection I sit back and await cries of 'oh no they didn't'

Do we really need expertise in the art of ****ing untold millions up the wall in a wild punt, realising it was going nowhere, then panicking and chucking plenty of good money after bad?

Why not Southampton IFC, then a lot of the groundwork already done :smt033

In the end what happened with them didn't help us but I keep going back to the question of what Pinnacle would gain for 'fleecing' us. They've ****ed a small fortune up the wall in time and cash and I can't see why they'd do that just for the fun of getting a few bored-at-work types all irate

Oh heavens I hope so, I was trying to spot a silver lining myself and the best I had done was thinking there might be a way of reducing the materials part of the quote for getting my lawn relaid.

I kind of think that was Pinnacle's point

Lifted from OS: http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1708421,00.html

"Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits." From All's Well That Ends Well, which I hope is an omen

'*****' A very small snow storm?

Little new information so we have been busily spiralling into ever deepening misery. Same as ever really.

Aaah, I give up for another day. Same time tomorrow everyone?

Lollage as last 5 letters in a set came up A*R*S*E*D Why am I watching this?