Matthew Le God

Yep, they are talking Saints now.

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport8h I'm informed that Cortese-Chinese consortium #saintsfc takeover story is well wide of the mark FM Saints Researcher‏@MatthewLeGod2m @bigadamsport If a bid hadn't gone in but Wanda planned to in the future how would your contact know? All they'd do is deny a takeover today Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport1m @MatthewLeGod correct, you're right FM Saints Researcher ‏@MatthewLeGod52s @bigadamsport I'm not saying the Mirror are right. But your contact doesn't appear to have told you anything that denies the Mirror story. So he doesn't actually have evidence it is "well wide of the mark" and he agrees with me as such. It may well be well wide of the mark, but he doesn't have any evidence for that.

Put yourself in Cortese's place, how would you feel if Blackmore phoned you up on the Sunday morning after you left the club because he was curious about a newspaper story? Would you even take the call, let alone give him an answer to the question? And yet you think that is more plausible than Blackmore contacting one of the media department he regularly sees, follows on Twitter and would have the work email for. I'm very tempted to add you to my ignore list along with Turkish. Bizarre argumentative viewpoints combined with petty personal insults. Yep, thats sorted, I won't be conversing with you anymore. Carry on peeps. Back to the takeover talk...

He is a local radio presenter, any dealings he had with Cortese were rare (I think he only had one interview with him) and would be arranged through the club. His interactions with the club will be all through the media department. Blackmore did one interview with Cortese in 2010, that would most likely be arranged through his PA, not Cortese giving out his home and mobile number to Blackmore for him to ring him on Sunday mornings after he's left the club. In the case of a matchday radio presenter for Radio Solent, yes I do. Have you listened to Radio Solent on matchdays? They know nothing other than want the media department want to tell them.

I think when Cortese was still an employee at Saints; Sky, the BBC and the Daily Mail would be contacting Cortese through the club and his PA, not his home and mobile number. Cortese wakes up on a Sunday morning and you think a local radio presenter would give him a call to get his opinion on a newspaper story so he can Tweet it? Really? Come on ffs Is it not far more plausible that Blackmore either emailed/phoned/PM'd on Twitter one of the 5 or 6 media staff he knows at Saints? They then deny the Mirror takeover story because a) they aren't aware of the intentions of a Chinese company b) Liebherr doesn't inform the media department of takeovers and if she did she wouldn't want them blurting it out to the media

I didn't say that at all, I have no idea if it is true or not. What I'm saying is I very much doubt Adam Blackmore does either. Any source he asked either won't know if its true or wouldn't be able to tell him its true even if they knew it was.

You only need to listen to Adam and Dave on Solent to realise how out the loop they are. I very much doubt Blackmore has Cortese's home or mobile phone number for a start. Its not me that is out of touch with reality here ffs. You think a BBC radio Solent journalist has Cortese's home or mobile phone number and phoned him up today to get his view on the Mirror's story. For Christ's sake CB Fry!

So Blackmore ringing Cortese is more likely than Blackmore contacting one of the many members of the Saints media department he meets with regularly? Really? I mean really?

Has it? Or is it not just dependant on who the opposition is? Yeovil aren't exactly a big draw.

We aren't currently competing with them for the title are we?

What are you basing that on?

Far less detail than the Mirror article. http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/454706/Southampton-braced-for-Nicola-Cortese-takeover-bid

Do you have a link? I wonder if the PA have stretched beyond asking the club's media department about the potential takeover of the company. Even if the rumours were true, it is unlikely Saints media department would confirm them or even know about the intentions someone looking to buy the club.

Doesn't really make sense unless you know where Blackmore got his information. I think its unlikely to have stretched further than asking the Saints media department. I fail to see how they would know the future intentions of a Chinese property developer. Even if talks were underway, Liebherr wouldn't be giving details to the club's media department, let alone letting them discuss details of a potential sale.

The author of the Daily Mirror article, Peter White has now asked Adam Blackmore for the source of his claim that it is wide of the mark. They follow each other on Twitter and may know one another in media circles at St Mary's. Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport59m I'm informed that Cortese-Chinese consortium #saintsfc takeover story is well wide of the mark Peter White ‏@peterwhite_111m “@bigadamsport: I'm informed that Cortese-Chinese consortium #saintsfc takeover story is well wide of the mark”source mate?

If his source is just asking one of the media department at the club then I fail to see how they would know the future intentions of a Chinese property developer. Even if talks were underway, Liebherr wouldn't be giving details to the club's media department, let alone letting them discuss details of a potential sale.

Article was co-writen with Dave Kidd the Sunday Mirror's chief sports writer.

The journalist that wrote the Mirror story... Peter White ‏@peterwhite_19m @SundaySupp Managed to ignore Sunday Mirror story on Saints then guys! Smacks of a bit of jealousy? #saintsfc

This is an interesting interview, the numbers he rattles off are staggering... If this comes off we could be competing with Man City and Chelsea, Cortese's ambition and Jianlin Wang's resources would be quite a combination.

The Mirror article has more to it... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/southampton-takeover-chinese-billionaire-wang-3036588#.UtsUAyg4mMJ

Llambias is a good negotiator, for a start he got Liverpool to pay £35m for Andy Carroll!

Even if Brown did touch the ball first... so what? That doesn't automatically make it not a foul. Amazing how many still believe this. It was still a tackle from behind and a reckless one at that, where by both his feet left the ground so he wasn't in control and his studs are up and could have snapped Ramirez's leg in two.

I must need a visit to Specsavers then, because I see nothing in here from the movement of the ball that suggests Brown touches it. Gaston touches it on just before he is clattered, Brown just lunges studs up straight into his leg. But then like you said, it is irrelevant if Brown touches the ball first as that is eclipsed as it was a reckless airborne lunge from behind and he was the last man.

Its hard to take seriously any source that thinks a Crystal Palace side managed by Tony Pulis would... a) afford Gaston Ramirez's transfer fee and wages b) be of interest to Ramirez to join c) actually be interested in him considering he is the complete opposite of what Pulis looks for in a player

Well you've failed to acknowledge those points that counter your view each time I've put it to you.