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And I hope it is with the Swiss, or German-Swiss....not a last minute dash by Jacko or The Pinhead Group.

...another 48hours perhaps ?

Is this connected with the FF post that was hurriedly removed,and led to him receiving abuse and threat of legal action ?

More importantly what relation is he to Christina Liebherr? And will we see her and her horse at St Mary's very often ?

Yes,the Black Forest in Germany which is relevant to the Liebherr family origins. It was not intended to suggest they have connections to Baden-Baden as such.....it was to be read as an "any manufacturer of dairy produce " moment.

Perhaps tomorrow they will reveal 25 year old Michael Liebherr who lives at home with his mum in a three bedroom semi in Baden-Baden as our new owner.

Do the deal Mawhinney or find yourself skewered on the end of one of these.

Was that for it to be deep fried ? (Presumably it was already well battered).

It was a message sent from above.

Thought it was stated at the outset that he was an Essex boy and st holder at West Ham.

I had expected the inevitable announcement from Fry,to say that there would be an announcement in 48hours.

Lawrie once tried to sign him.

I doubt that this would have influenced Fry one iota. But I am intrigued as to how Pinnacle came up with the funds when they seemed penniless and leaderless when required.There was of course good old 'Uncle Leon' to fall back on,and like MLT he was reeled in.

Beat me to it.Either two great minds or two paranoid minds.

As was Nick Leeson,whom we understand was first appointed at Barings by none other than our former chairman. Does that circle the square,or square the circle ? Or just give worrying grounds for fearing the return or continued involvement of His Rupertship?

So do I but my worry is that SFC might not.

Wikipedia link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebherr_Group and we still get a mention here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen

Someone has also kindly updated their Wikipedia page,as indeed they did for Paul Allen two years ago. I regret though that just reading it does not make it more likely to happen.

Must be one exceptional manager who as a boy had a fixation with large industrial cranes and dreamt of meeting the Liebherr family,let alone working with/for them (Rather like Ripping Yarns and the bloke who was obsessed with garden spades and the annual precipitation on Denley Moor... for those old enough to remember it.) WGS ? Mistake to come back ?

For impact and kickstarting the clubs's climb back it would have to be Keegan. For a more sensible longterm rebuilding then Tisdale. Other than those two immediately, then its to Christmas or perhaps only the the first ten games for Mark Wotte and then call for Tisdale.

Jurgen Klinsmann isn't it ?

No complaints about his handling of the 1976 FA Cup final though !

That assumes its Thomas Schmidheiny behind the deal,in which case the figure was $4.4bn in 2006. Ernesto Bertarelli from the same source is $8.2bn. Any other Swiss contenders?

Thought about it and the answer is no he does not deserve a chance.

A truly titillating thread.