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It's OK....it's takes most people 2 goes to get most of the inane drivel I post on here....

I'm sure Pinnacle would have briefed him about the amateur sleuths on here before he agreed to get on board....

Had you heard the guy's name before though? (not just on here, but in general?) For example, if someone told me who the owner of WH Smiths was I would venture it is someone I've never heard of before...

Wee Jimmy Krankie?

How about now?

That's a fair point actually. And somewhat obvious now I think about it. Stay behind after school Trousers.

Knew it. Cheers

Won't 75% of it go directly to Notts County anyway?

Is it a name the average man in the street would have heard of?

Obviously not asking to reveal who 'Dainty Dave' is but, in generic terms, how do you know? He's a friend? His IP address? Earlobes? Thanks

He has bases in both the "North East" and "London" or "North East London"?

The pieces fit....now, where did I put the lid....?

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Isn't their an age threashold set by FIFA and/or the FA whereby clubs get compensation for selling players below a certain age? Age 23 rings a bell? Would we get any additional cash for Dyer under this scheme, or is any agreed sum rolled up into the transfer fee?

Echo article says Pinnacle not in the loop on this one

Extract from the article says the deal was agreed before Pinnacle could do anything about it but announcement was delayed by paper work. Surely Pinnacle could have blocked deal if they really wanted to and dotted lines hadn't been signed? Good to see that Pinnacle will veto any future player approaches though.

So, who signed that one off I wonder? Lynam? Lynam's mystery backer? Le Tissier? Fry? Tointon? Jones? Wotte?

Michael Tabor's son Ashley heads up the Global Radio Group who have recently snaffled up several South Coast radio stations (amongst others). This is the only (very tenuous) connection I can find between the Tabors and Southampton (apart from the equally tenuous horse racing connection via the Magniers). Oh, and Ashley is good mates with Simon Cowell, who is also quite rich.

Cheers

Aw...I was quite enjoying being this shade of blue!

Apologies if already covered but haven't had much chance to keep up with developments over the last few days.... As I understand it, the "21 days" exclusivity period is 'simply' being used by Pinnacle to tie up the legalities rather than for further financial due diligence. Is this 100% the case? In other words, is there anything left in the "all you need to know about the club" filing cabinet to be uncovered by Pinnacle that could make them do a u-turn or did they know everything they needed to know to complete the deal before entering the exclusivity phase? If there is still some due diligence type activity left to do, anyone know what sort of area(s) we're talking about and what the likelihood of uncovering any showstoppers are at this juncture? Apologies for my over-caution but just want to understand if we're in 'fait a complis' mode as far as the technicalities are concerned. Thanks

It is the New Forest...officially part of 'Greater' Southampton area I guess.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_Football_Club