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I appreciate Pompey fans have only had exposure to 'bad debt' over the last 5 years or so but there is such a thing as 'good debt' (I know, an alien concept to them) http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/debt-management/debt1.htm

I like it, but might be a tad too subtle for some fans

We salute you ma'am

Anyone got a song for Katherina tomorrow?

I'm inclined to agree. Maybe the situation with Markus's estate has only just been concluded and its only recently been possible for an individual to assume ownership.

That's a lot of wages for a football club chairman IMO

Or one of those new fangled telephone gizmos....

Nice one. Could you now ask them what the new kit looks like and what signings we've got lined up. Cheers!

The latter I would imagine...

@BenSmithBBC: A deal was struck in Zurich on Friday after a week of talks between Cortese and #saintsfc owner Katharina Liebherr. @dankiz1: @BenSmithBBC thanks Ben, appreciate top updates mate @BenSmithBBC: @dankiz1 pleasure. If I was a #SaintsFC fan I'd be very excited.

Yeah... "But you is riddled with debt....innit you scummmmaaaass"

@Lord_Palmerston: Lesson of the Cortese fiasco for Saints fans - the players aren't playing for you, they're playing for Cortese. Troubled club below surface.

@Lord_Trousers: @IanDarkeESPN Care to rephrase that now Ian...? #saintsfc @SouthamptonFC

Never any doubt....

Maybe someone should ask #factless how much the Great Train Robbers "won"...

Edit: beat to it!

@SouthamptonFC: VIDEO: Southampton stars appeal to the club's fans ahead of the final game of the 2012-13 season. #saintsfc http://t.co/Zhb35ftMr0

It's sounding like Markus didn't completely share his plans and aspirations for the club with his immediate family - the very same members now wanting to deviate from the course that Markus and Cortese supposedly set. Of course, if Markus didn't commit any of these aspirations to paper then the Liebherr's might only have Cortese's word to go on re: Markus's wishes for the club. Maybe its a simple case of the Liebherr's not believing what Cortese is telling them re: Markus's aspirations or that Cortese could be embellishing them to accelerate the project beyond what Markus envisioned?

All of which suggests that Cortese is also using the BBC journo (Evans) to scaremonger too, given his quote this morning: "Southampton face a very uncomfortable summer"

Nicely put. Can I hire you to articulate my views better than I can more often?

Ferguson isn't "going" from the club.

Rationality and the Saints Web Forum. A volatile mix

Just need MLT to come out in support of Cortese now

Erm...unless I imagined the last 5 years there might well be a good reason for that tag... They seem very keen to point out the differences between "plucky Pompey" and "smug scummers".... so let me highlight the main difference.... if it turns out that Cortese and the Liebherrs have swindled the tax payer, charities, businesses and footballers out of c.£150m in our rise up the leagues then we'd disown our results over the last 4 years quicker than Pompey fans can say "we distance ourselves from all those historic misdemeanors but we'll still wallow in the cup and league 'glory' that it bought us". Good to see that they're as obsessed about us as we nutjobs are about them though. That's reassuring at least