SaintBobby

what?

Ok...sounds like you're ITK then!

Source? Sorry - couldn't resist....

Is this the longest thread ever? If not, but we keep asking ourselves if it is, will it become one? Might it make it to 100 pages?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8122688.stm

Fair play on the apology. I don't think others need to apologise if they just "thought" something. It's those that have expressed these thoughts in offensive terms.

touching

I've assumed all along its a witty anagram ratehr than real person, but, if so, I haven't solved it yet.

I will have a slice of humble pie please, but feel we should leave a few platefuls for GM...

When is the match? I'm quite tempted...

I want Keegan. Suspect it will be someone more run-of-the-mill though. Am not completely against keeping Wotte.

A bit pointles, no? Firstly, there is virtually no chance of C or D. B seems built on rumour. It's more likely that we will somehow - by a miracle - start on zero points than B, C or D.

This bamboozles me. As it seems like a technical Catch 22 as you say. Wouldn't a solution be for Pinnacle to NOT liquidate SLH, but to keep it running as a shell company and a subsidiary of Fialka Enterprises ? Is it strictly necessary to liquidate SLH if this risks any sort of jobsworth further penalty?

I welcome the open dialogue. I don't think its unprofessional at all per se. The readership of this site is pretty huge (higher than the OS?) - even if regular obsessive posters, such as myself, are a rarity.

That's the most rational explanation I can find. Very rich uncle or something. Just hope it's not a way to subvert "fit and proper person" test. (slaps himself for being cynical even when good news breaks)

would change my vote to YES now.

Plan A looking better than 24 hours ago....

SSN reports that deal will be complete on Mon/Tues

Fantastic. Consider all my scpeticism to be rescinded. Until the next twists and turn.....

sensationally good news!!!

I think there is an executive role in "football stuff", although agree that this shouldn't be to second guess the manager. But scouting, training facilities etc. should not be overseen by the manager.

Is there a rule somewhere that virtually every new GM thought/rant has to start a new thread?

Yeah, but as others have said, Coventry were bailed out one minute before going into administration, not one minute before liquidating. Big, big difference.

Fair point. I only considered the prima facie information, not the (in)credibility of the "expert" witness. His first reply to me was that we didn't see eye-to-eye on Jackson. Given, I would rather have Ian Huntley mounting a bid for Saints, I believe this indicates he continues to be an MJ supporter....

On the whole, how much are our assets worth and what will creditors accept thing... Genuine question... Could the offer be structured to the creditors in such a way that payments are deferred and possibly even absed on performance? Let's say, for sake of argument, that a firesale would net Aviva £2m. Then that's it, they close the file and write off the rest of the £24m debt. But supposing a deal could be structured with Aviva over a 25-year period. They get £1million now and then, say, £100,000 per annum for every year we spend in League One, £250,000 for every season we spend in CCC and £1m for every season we spend in the Premiership. Maybe I haven't got these figures right, maybe the creditors would never entertain such a deal, but it seems to me that a structured deal might offer LESS money than a fire sale, but still be MORE attractive to the creditors. QED. If a fire sale would produce £x for the creditors, a new bidder could offer less than this and still have their deal accepted.