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Reminds me when the football club is sorted we need an ice hockey team. or White Star Southampton (with its Titanic links) Red Funnel Southampton Southampton Colliery (perhaps not) Southampton Synthonia or a Scottish bias : Southampton Academicals Southamptononians

But are we not going to have a late night 'Tonygram' tonight ? Such a thing was becoming as much a ritual as the Horlicks. (Yes, a lot of horlicks have been written over the past four weeks with Pinnacle.)

Surely this would not satisfy the FL in respect of the fit and proper persons test.The league will wamt to know the financier behind it,not who is fronting it. If this is the level of our presentation to the league it is amateurish to say the least.No wonder the deal is dragging out and you cannot blame the FL. 2300 and still waiting for Tony's update.

Are the Swiss likely to be Jews ?

Colleagues ? Thought it was a single individual buying SFC. Another thing, where did the worth "several hundred million " come from ?

I always admired the logo on the badge which I believe was based on a charicature drawn by 'Os' in the Echo. That Saint figure would have/still could have made a great mascot for the club.

Probably for the same reason many fans have who believed it was in the best intersets of the club. But then again one of the posters who spoke up most for Pinnacle was a skate.

Meant the backer for Pinnacle sorry.Have edited it.

Paul Allen or The Swiss. After Pinnacle revealed their backer yesterday,Jackson seems far more credible than he ever did before.

Speculate on this: 1.why is it so late 2.What time will he issue it 3.Content: will it be A)tell us how hard they are working to do everything in their power....but the FL are being beastly and horrible ,and its the FL who are misunderstanding the issue or: B)deal done

Please not AFC, its so crap. Southampton St Marys, or Southampton 1885, or 1885 Southampton would be better. The St Marys option gets my vote.

That s the worrying thing. The last three weeks would have been for nothing if they don't tie this thing up over the next 72 hrs. If the Pinnicle thing was never going to happen in the first place alot of people have got alot of explaining to do!! Matty, Lynham, Fry the FL. None of you are exempt But now we know the details of the backer,do we want Pinnacle to tie it up? As for BWP and Saganowski,I really don't care if I never see either in a Saints shirt again.They can both F^ck Off.

What time is the next 'Tonygram' due ?

Any idea as to who ?

But IF what we have previously been told is correct , funds have not been the issue. The fact Pinnacle got as far as talking to The League tends to support that view.Unless of course it means funds to start the fight and climb back from a lower position than Pinnacle had budgeted for.

Didn't realise until now where the song "I'm forever blowing Bubbles .." came from.

BBC saying he's a goner.

Conratulations on the first Jackson joke... and we don't even know if he's dead yet.

A much misunderstood and much maligned man. Just like O.J Simpson and Jeremy Thorpe really.

One of my first thoughts also.

So he won't be buying us then.

I think I'll post on here before its locked.

Have you stopped to wonder how cordial that transaction is down the road, as it is an arab buying the club off of a jew (or at least the son of a money laundering Russian jew)? Strange how they put such issues aside.

Voted "no" yesterday, and todays non-developments have vindicated that view. Hope we still have a club tomorrow.Beyond caring if its Pinnacle or the Swiss.

Thoroughly knobbed off with it all to be honest. Ten years ago we were a top fight club who were respecteed for punching above our weight.Six years ago things looked up after a cup final and decent stadium.2004 onwards the b^stard Lowe sent us into freefall,and with the asistance of Wilde-and to a lesser extent Crouch - we have been spiralling downwards since. A week ago we had the hope of KK;now we fear for the club's existance.A week of Tony's updates but no progress.We speculated on the buyer and now he is in the open he cannot even promise the safety of the clubs future. Part of me wants to say "B0LL0CKS,I've spent enough on this over the last 40years,time to let go".But my kids want and deserve to follow a club like SFC and all that it once stood for. I have hoiped Pinnacle would be the answer,but tonight feel that behind the masquerade they are unlikely to be. Time for the Swiss perhaps, or maybe time for me to follow my village team locally.League football has a bitter and sickening taste.