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The Russian roulette gamble came off. I'm delighted it has worked out so well. I wouldnt ever want to do it again.

What are the details? apart from someone is probably taking us over we know bugger all. Still great news tho!

Bit special eh?

You could get a job in Bangkok

Just like Liebherr

Anyone else running out of patience with Fry? The Daily Mail are apparently http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1197918/Charles-Sale-Whats-Fry-cooking-Saints-now.html

They only moved the group HQ and their residence to Switzerland in the 1970s, presumably for tax reasons.

If you use the parellel with selling a house - many of the people who come for a view have the money and say they are interested. A few even make offers. However you dont do thorough DD on all prospective purchasers - instead the one who puts the 10% deposit down gets the jump on the rest. You 'know' they're serious because who is going to waste that money. Pinnacle put £500,000 down first and earned the right to purchase. For all Fry knew the Swiss could have just been very well heeled tyre kickers - and he couldnt be expected to foresee that the £500,000 was put down by a well meaning friend who never expected that junior had no hope of raising the mortgage for the rest.

Well done Cloth Ears. I cant make it up from Brighton myself, but I hope you have a great night.

Thanks. I'll move the Remy Martin over.

Yes. There's not really a pot of gold at the end of it.

Who knew The Muppet Show was international? Tiggs will be made up.

Sure, I wouldn't rule that out. Equally you could argue that one of the very wealthy family members who are not involved in running the company might independently be looking for a good project to occupy their time.

I'm no expert - but in Fry's position if I had two bids, one of which could prove he had £15m sitting in a bank account and promised to buy Saints subject to DD and the other also promised to buy Saints and paid £500,000 into my account as a sign of serious intent - I know which I'd go for. Bird in the hand and all that.

No - we all are. I'm a bit more relaxed now it seems like we definitely have a good and serious buyer.

My first thought was that this was a development in your spat with C B Fry. Fry hasnt taken verty long though has he? There has been one false start with Pinnacle - not his fault it fell through - and now the Swiss /Germans have had a couple of weeks. The only current delay seems to be for the FL proper persons check. It just seems like a long time when you are desperate for news.

I think its like that visa questionnnaire you have to fill in to get into the US when you are already on the plane and about to land. "Have you ever committed genocide, mass murder or other war crimes? Warning answering yes renders you liable to prosecution and inprisonment for up to 350 years" Unsurprisingly most people answer "no" and are thus judged a fit and proper person to enter the US / become a Football Club owner.

Thanks. As a wine connoisseur myself, I've often wondered, which shelf does the Lambrusco go on?

Hans Liebherr had five children, two of whom - Willi and Isolde now run Liebherr. I guess its either one of Willi or Isolde's children or one of the other siblings. They're German by the way, not Swiss.

What I know of the English is that they like to generalise. ps They're German if that helps.

and a nice line in bath lifts for the infirm which they are trialling in Paulsgrove

If I was the new owner the first thing I would sort out is to make sure we had top drawer coaches. Two or three in the Glynn Snodin mould wouldn't go amiss.

You know that bit where WGS was our manager in the prem and he left because he wanted to win things at a higher level? How appealing would Lg1 with us be?

I think Wotte has earned a chance. I'd only replace him if someone with a consistent history of success at different clubs was available - and TBH unless the new owner were going to splash silly money I cant see anyone of that ilk being prepared to move down to Lg1.