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I understand althugh it is from the echo that it was supposed to be a Swiss bluechip pharmaceutical compay worth something stupid like £10b. I am worried about all of this. I had desperately hoped that Pinnacle would complete but the worst thing they could have done was but Falkia on sky without explaining where the money was coming from, surely they knew people like the echo would dig as much dirt as possible because he was an unknown. However MLT would not have been pulled into this without meeting the proper money man/men which is my only lasting ray of hope. The Swiss. Yeah great could be worth £10b doesn't mean that they will put a fraction of that into Saints. Why Saints? what are there plans? have they got a "football man" to take charge like an MLT? Will they takeover and just leave Wotte in charge? Marc Jackson, this guy seriously worries me, again we have no idea where the money is coming from. Will Jackson just walk away when the takeover is done? i doubt it. We know from the whole bournemouth episode and this whole thing about Peter Reid that he talks ****. Why is being a Saints fan never easy. I dont like this situation we're in and I pray to god (and Le God) that this doesn't end horribly.

This is technically correct our players could all claim breech of contract.

I think the problem is if we sign to say SFC is in admin then we get hit with another -15 thus starting the league with -25 points.

what they actually said was that if the players aren't paid tomorrow then they can claim breach of contract and would be free to sign for another club. Basically meaning if players aren't paid tomorrow they might as well all be free agents. Its still the everyday stadium staff that i feel sorry for

Friday 19th 11.00am

Everton have just released one of their youngsters John Paul Kissock he'd definately do a job in league 1. An Everton supporting colleague is absolutely gutted they have let him go he has been talking about this kid for past 2 years.

yep well the commentary is, to be honest its the only reason I subscribe to Saintstv, living in the west midlands and haveing 2 kids (another on the way) i cant afford to get to all the games so religiously listen to all games i cant get to on there

So what happens to the people that live outside of the area that have already renewed their subscription (for most of next season) to saintstv.com purely for online commentary??? will they just do a deal with Solent or what??

As a family relation (distant) i can confirm that yes he was/is a Saints fan. As the family folklore goes Ben wasn't the most amused when Hoddle quit Saints and took over Spurs when Ben was playing there, he told Hoddle that he was a Saints fan and jokingly (although he did mean it) called Hoddle a Judas although, he didnt find it funny and they never got on. When Ben was sold to Leicester he was highly critical of Hoddle in the press. And of course it happened to be a coincidence that it was playing against Pompey that Ben was involved in that infamous tackle on Pedro Mendes. Dont know what all the fuss was about looked like a fair shoulder barge to me....................(joke. no excuse. thug.)

Gazza had a trial here didnt he? I know the scouting network picked up the likes of Drogba, Malouda, Mido, Adebayor but couldnt put a deal together for what ever reasons. Weren't we turned down for a work permit for Maxi Lopez who went on to play for Barcelona. The 4 recent ones that spring to mind straight-away are Brian Howard, Wade Elliott & Scott McDonald and Vokes

This was my initial reaction as well, are we 100% sure that this is him and not someone who is posting pretending to be him, its not like we haven't seen hoaxes before is it!!!

also see Matt Richards at Ipswich and our very own Oscar Gobern's brothers been released by Wolves anyone know anything about him

my first instinct was to say Alan Nielson but the more i look the more i am unsure, but cant come up with another name

That much loved newspaper the Daily Mail are running with a story that Leeds and Leicester will battle it out for the signing of Kelvin Davis. An Everton supporting friend of mine has told me that the word up there is that they are looking at Rudi Skacel, Cant quite see it myself but Moyes does have habbit of getting the best out of average players.

Did anyone else see the game last night? at one point in the 2nd half the camera zoomed in on Shearer's hand and gave a close up of his wedding ring. I'm convinced this was alluding to Mrs Shearer being a Saints fan and the recent speculation. ......... of course my mate who I was watching the game with could've been right when he said "i think they were showing his watch, and the fact time is running out for NUFC" I'll go with my theory.

Brendan Rogers at Watford is apparently very keen on signing Rasiak on a permanent.

1. The Tchenguiz Brothers? They have the funds but the credit crunch has exposed them to hugh loses. Are they right for Saints? Who knows? - 3-1 Did I miss something here? who are the The Tchenguiz brothers, when were they linked? why are they linked?

As I mentioned in another thread I was in the blues end yesterday with my brother-in-law a devoted b'ham fan. Also living up here I can tell you that a lot of there supporters not to dis-similar to us saints fans who have issues with their current board. Also this area has been probably the worst hit during the recession, its a massive manufacturing area and there are firms closing every day and lots of people going down to a 3-4 day working week. The b'ham fans are ****ed off that their board wont lower the prices to get the stadium packed out and people just cant afford to go at the moment. At one point yesterday saints fans were singing "you're support is a pile of ****" to which a guy 3 seats down from me said "you wouldnt believe there gates have fallen from 30,000 to 14,000 would you"

I endured yesterdays game frorm the opposite end of the ground sitting with my brother-in-law a devoted birmingham fan and the rest of the blues fans. But it always puts hairs on the back of my neck when you look across at the saints fans singing and giving it there all. Guys we really can be the 12th man for the remainder of this season so lets really get behind the team and back them all the way to the finish. Anyone notice that for a team that is battling for promotion back to the promised land how empty the stadium was, this area (west midlands) has been hit very badly by the recession and their fans own problems with their board of directors so we are not the only club with dwindling attendances, although i can see a sharp rise in attendances for saints over the following weeks.

All joking apart, we all know we are in need of a striker and I dont think this is a bad move. The Glenn Hoddle Academy (GHA) has been set up to give players that have been released too early by clubs a second chance. Chris Fagan was at one time thought very highly of by the Manchester United coaches. Last week he was called up by the Republic of Ireland U'21's to face Germany. Fagan is looking for his big break back into football and is hungry and is chomping at the bit, which at the moment I think we could do with, is there any harm in trying him over McGoldrick? its not like McGoldrick is actually doing anything productive at the moment is it.

Trialist Ronayne Marsh-Brown played on the right of Defence. OS says Wotte knows him from his time at RKC Waalwijk (where whe was signed by Martin Jol) This is the same Marsh-Brown that has been playing for Dorchester Town this season and this week walked out on the club to take up a community coaching job at Fulham. How did he get lost between Dorchester and Craven Cottage and end up at Staplewood. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/4117041.O___Donnell___s_men_show_no_mercy/ look about half way down.

The Express and Star did not run the story you refer to so I can only assume it was picked up from elsewhere and wrongly attributed. And as far as we are aware there is no truth in the piece. I hope this clears things up for you. Kind regards Stuart Austen Sports Editor

As I believe this could be big news if true I have emailed the express and star for verification of the article. I shall update when I have heard anything back probably wont be until tomorrow.

thanks ponty. Who is the John 'Lowe' bloke that they keep going on about during the interview?

can someone answer this. on a match day can you get commentary through the radio hants website? I was wondering as i believed you could only get it through saintstv am i correct or am i wasting £30 a year on saintstv?