SaintBobby

You're not overly adept at spotting sarcasm, are you?

Fair point - alhough I guess/hope the point is academic now. Would have thought Tony Lynam will be keen to post on here to give his side of the story first. I'm sure he wouldn't want his credibility to suffer by not furnishing with us fans with all the facts...

When I was at sixth form college, I helped set up a student society that argued for democracy and human rights in every corner of the globe. An encouraging number of students supported our stance. Within three months of our formation, the Berlin Wall fell. Although it cannot be proven, it has to be accepted that there is a possibility that this was sufficient to tip the balance to push the Soviet bloc over the edge. Fair comment?

I suspect that there were no more than a few hundred stay-aways on the Lowe issue (but many more owing to our parlous footballing performance - particularly at St. Mary's) I genuinely respected the decision by some to boycott matches (although I didn't agree with it), but it's vainglorious to say it was the root cause of us being taken over by a Swiss billionaire. Like most self-congratulatory theories, the impossibility of disproving it will give its proponents much delusional glee for years to come.

My guesses: Completion confirmed early morning (c. 9am) Formal statement issued c. 10.30am. There might not even be a press conference (lots of questions that might be difficult to answer just yet..."how much will you invest?"..."are you sacking Wotte?"..."what's happening to the out-of-contract players?"...etc etc), but if there is I'd guess some point after lunch.

Lol

TBF, I think the Guardian story was probably filed at c. 4pm...the more optimistic noises have been from 5pm onwards....

I completely agree. Sundance and a couple of other Lowe luvvies kept the old board in place for months with their campaigning on this forum. GM's biting analysis of the Pinnacle consortium caused MLT, Tony Lynam and Michael Fialka to understandably withdraw their c.£500m investment, and who can blame them? The consequence of posting suggestive pictures of a family member of Marcus Liebherr - particualrly salacious posts about his sister - could destroy the prospect of a billionaire buying our club, even at this late hour. It's reckless, irresponsible and potentially fatal for Southampton FC. When Mark Fry and others have been talking about there being a few last details to sort out, we all know what they mean. The potential buyer goes onto this forum and if he/she/they find any negative or juvenile comments about their wealth, nationality or family members, they walk away form the negotiating table. We should never lose sight of the fact that a few ill-judged posts on this forum have been the basic cause of all of the club's problems in the last few years. It's time to grow up. And those whose behaviour is causing this mayhem should be banned from the forum immediately. :smt067:smt067:smt067:smt067:smt067:smt067

It's "hear, hear" Everyone seems to write "here, here" which always annoys me. The incantation is a hearty request for people to listen to and take note of the speaker's remarks, not a comment on geographical positioning... Linguistic pedantry lesson over.

I think - realistically - play-offs are our best hope, but we might scrape 6th place, but be easily the best team of the four play-off teams. Odds are we have to spend two years in League One, but I have put £100 on us getting promoted at 3-1 on betfair.

I was not glad we went into administration. I am still v p*ssed off that we get the -10 next season - this probably costs us a year in climbing the league. It looks like it will all turn out nicely though.

I pray you're right. Just don't know if these guys are going to throw tons of money at the club.....here's hoping!

Solent: "Southampton Football Club should be saved tomorrow"

They covered the Eastleigh v Saints match live from the ground on Saturday...and that really was a non-event.

Sky Sports News have not reported anything (I've had it on in the background for the last 3 hours)...maybe their reporter Gary Cotterrill has died of boredom...

What page number will we be on when the takover is finalised? Sweepstake anyone? I reckon page # 118.

Agreed. I hope we can look to a bright new future....but I'm still furious about Pinnacle. I'm not usually spiteful but I do actually hope that Tony Lynham's business suffers markedly as a result of his duplicity and incompetence over this whole affair.

I think we really are 99% of the way there now....

At the earliest....:smt073

shall i keep posting negative thoughts...seems to hurry the thing along!

was beginning to look like ANOTHER "no news" day....grrrr

Sounds right to me. It still amazes me that some people think the first sign of the deal being sealed will be a tip off that "there's a press conference at noon/2pm etc". The story will be out long (hours if not a day or two) before a press conference is held (or possibly even scheduled).

Remember you have to use EXACTLY two of the four cards in your hand. The number of times I'be had, say, just a single heart and have wrongly thought that I have a flush with four hearts on the board...well, it's why I stick to Hold Em!

she'll do...

If we have to wait for Switzerland to join the EU and the euro before the takeover goes through, we will all be F5ing for years to come...