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You mean Barry Sanchez and Glasgow Saint work at SFC? It's all starting to fall into place now...

Note to self: stop playing Devil's Advocate Trousers you muppet

Yep. That's what I told my mad friend

His linked-in profile shows up on a google search ( http://goo.gl/O4ThvP ) but his profile has been deleted if you click through the link. Make of that what you will...

I've just had a chat with my conspiracy theorist mate and he reckons this "interim" appointment could signify that the club have received an "attractive" bid for the club sometime in the last 24 hours or so and as such Liebherr has deferred the appointment of a permanent CEO until she's had chance to assess the bid. He said this might also explain why Lenhart was added as a director yesterday and then removed straight away. I told my mate I would post his ridiculous musings on here but to expect a load of flack for me doing so. He's a tad bonkers I admit.

Gareth Rogers interview from March 2012, talking about the club's finances... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17548088 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17547804

BBC Solent Sport ‏@solentsport #saintsfc striker @billysharp10 being lined up for a return to Doncaster Rovers

It would appear he simply swapped jobs back in September maybe? (his appointment as company secretary was terminated on the 13th Sept) Or maybe he occupied both positions (secretary + CFO) and simply relinquished one of them?

Hmmm..... I assume this is the same Gareth Rogers whose appointment as company secretary was terminated on 13th September last year?

I wonder if Mike Ashley is happy for his company's website to be bad mouthing a fellow football club owner...?

An interesting choice of words for the article on the 'related articles' summary page too....

He took that well!

Paul Waldie ‏@pwaldieGLOBE Struggling England Premier League team Southampton turns to former #NHLOilers assistant Ralph Krueger for help. http://ow.ly/sPmE0 "Struggling"....?

Sounds more like a job for MLG to me...

Andrew ‏@andrew_halford @tonyyorke Who was the spokesperson you spoke to about the #SaintsFC story ? tony yorke ‏@tonyyorke @andrew_halford Jordan Silby - head of comms - and a more junior media/PR person called Simon Andrews

Do I detect a new style of communication already....?

Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC #SaintsFC can confirm that @DejanLovren05 and @gasramirez10 both suffered ankle ligament injuries at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Both players’ injuries are still being assessed, so we are reluctant to place a timescale on their anticipated returns to action. #saintsfc Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC Here’s the full update on injuries to @gasramirez10 and @DejanLovren05: http://sfcne.ws/1mFcEzL #saintsfc Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC We will keep supporters updated on how Dejan and Gastón are recovering and will share any further news we receive with you. #saintsfc

@Jim_SFCMedia: Night all. Two magazine deadlines in as many days this week. Couple of interesting interviews lined up. #saintsfc

Source? Cheers

Indeed. So could it be argued that Cortese has been running the club the way Markus wanted him to this last 4.5 years? And, if so, is the logical extension of that argument that Katharina now appears to want to run the club differently to the way her father wanted to? (Not really sure where I'm going with this to be honest - just me chewing things over)

I think its fair to say that IF she was looking to sell the club then her "letter to the fans" today would have pretty much said the same thing because the last thing she would want to do is create uncertainty. With this letter she has created a degree of certainty, which satisfies either outcome (i.e. sale or no sale)

Don't forget those of us in the middle who were broadly content before and are still broadly content now

Here's a thought... I wonder if Cortese become more openly "ruthless and contemptuous" after Markus's death or was he always like that? If Markus knew that Cortese was a "ruthless autocrat", and that's why he put him in charge of running the club, then it could be construed that Katharina is going forward with a different approach to that which her father instigated with Cortese. From what little we/I know about Markus, he doesn't seem to have been the type of man to have put someone as "uncaring" as Cortese at the helm, so it makes me wonder why he did it. As I say, perhaps Cortese didn't reveal the 'negative' side of his ruthlessness to Markus, or perhaps Cortese simply became more autocratic after Markus's passing. Just me pondering out loud.

He gives as good as he get does Nelly Allen

IT'S NOT A "SHARE" FFS! Aaaaand.....relax