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Indeed. I really do not like the sound of that. Hedge funds dont have the slightest interest in football, only returns. This sounds like SISU mark 2. They will borrow the money to buy the club then hang the debt on the club, Like Glazer at Manyoo. We will be in debt all over again.

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I would have thought the whole of Southampton would be in lock-down, to be honest.

But in fairness I can imagine this was always the plan.

Does the fact that there are shares for SFC back in existence mean we are back on the AIM or FTSE and theoretically trading can resume?. I f**king hope not. Thats what got us into a mess in the first place.

You are a prize idiot. The two are mutually exclusive. If I predict a defeat (which actually I dont recall doing in a LONG time) it does not mean that anything less than a win would satisfy me. In those cases I am predicting a defeat and dissastisfaction. Maybe you should think through your posts a little before you rush to get a dig in.

Amen to that.

Does this mean we are back on the AIM or FTSE and theoretically trading can resume?. I f**king hope not.

Not worried about 93% of turnover going on wages, since revenue will rocket if we go up, and I assuming that NA views the squad as being largely fit for Premiership with maybe the odd addition. Problem comes, of course, if we screw up promotion over these last 7 games. But seeing as NC has a 5 year plan, it means that maybe more loans would be forthcoming in the worst case.

So, The Liebherrs, already owning the club, lent it 33m. They took shares in the club as repayment for the loan. In other words, they've given the money to the club, because they took shares for something they already own. Thats how I see it. Anyone see it differently ?

For the first time in my living memory I reckon I would be satisfied with a draw.

Jesus, talk about inability to read or going off into tangents of irrelevancies when pulled up for writing b*ll*cks... I never described Merah as Palestinian. NEVER. I said he hailed the Palestinian cause, and he did. He said his acts were to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children. Israel have no reason to bomb Jordan, Egypt or Saudi Arabia because their leaders are not tw*ts banging on about wiping Israel off the map whist their country simultaneously develops nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles. So your analogy is yet again either pedantry to prop up a bankrupt argument or clueless b*ll*cks. OK, so Iranians are not Arabs. I am absolutely sure the people on the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Eilat and the leaders in the Knesset, all worrying about Iran getting nukes aimed at them, are spending a huge amount of time agonising about the ethinc make-up of the nations surrounding them that want to exterminate their existence. What collective term do you wish to apply to the people in the region, then ? This is the entire point you dont get. Paranoid people dont rationalise particularly well. Why do you think Obama's administration is spending so much time nagging at Bibi and co ??? They are afraid Israel will react irrationally and do untold long-term damage in the region. I would argue that it is YOU who is completely wide of the mark, but I cannot decide if it is because of sheer stupidity or you are anti-Semitic bigot. I think I will take you off ignore - its great fun taking the p*ss out of mentally disadvantaged people who actually think they are enlightened and superior.

This is troubling me deeply as we approach the weekend, have to say.

Whats Holloways particular problem with us, or does he just go through life with a massive chip on his shoulder ?

Revenge is not a healthy emotion, but in this case I'd make an exception.

For me, this game is massive. I know Millwall was the MK Dons moment, but if we win this game knowing that 3rd place falls 3 games behind us, whatever the result at Upton Park, I think we are just about there. Looking at the other 6 games, I see too many potential banana skins to be comfortable.

WHUs shambles run had to come to an end at some point. Still, its still down to us. Still in our hands..

Had the misfortune of looking at this thread without being logged in, and had the misfortune of reading your latest pile of drivel. Really, you judging someone else's intelligence - as clear-cut case of the proverbial pot and kettle as I have ever seen. As if a nation in the rampant throes of paranoia, is going to pay attention, rationalise or give a flying f*ck about the sort of shades-of-grey you have tried to point out in your clever-d*ck answer. All Israel sees is the greater Jewish family being attacked by Arabs, and one hailing the Palestine cause. More than enough for them to hoist the safety barrier a little higher and get a little itchier on the trigger finger of an attack on Iran. You REALLY dont get Israel at all, do you ? No wonder you write so much crap.

I would say Mohammed Merah has set back the cause of alienating Israel in the eyes of the world community, for their agreession towards Palestinians, about 70 years. Israel can now attack Iran with a sense of justification to go with their paranoia; that only the state of Israel can ensure the safety of Jews.

I already said that, along with everyone else, I didnt predict our run-in last season. For me thats the same prediction as the one you are trying to be a clever-arse about. If we hadnt had that run-in, Huddersfield would have got the 2nd auto spot. oh, HTH.

Oh, do give over. I predicted Burley and Poortvilet would be disasters, and I predicted that the best thing in the world that could happen to us was administration. So, I've called the odd game wrong, and didnt predict P15 W13 D1 L1 at the end of last season (nor did anyone else). Too bad.

Seeing as the club is now a private organisation, from my perspective its actually none of our damned business.

Yep. And from what I have seen, he has earned his crust too....

Hmmm. Maybe if Mr. Cortese does have expansion plans for the SMS area, or even designs for a new stadium elsewhere, he might be persuaded that having a Southampton Saints ice-hockey team with their own rink next to the ground would make one helluva powerful brand.....

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