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So UKIP, a sort of BNP in suits, opposed to European Union and immigration of any kind and the Liberal Democrats, pro-EU and keen on immigration. And you managed to vote for both of them? Clearly you have put a lot of thought into this.

You saw so many things ... except Saints playing live at St Mary's. Well done.

Plus 1.

Let. It. Go.

On a Friday? Must be a wind up!

Is that to do with your user name?

And rarely ever did. He's one of those Scots from North London. Why am I even commenting on this?

Alpine and Ponty, sitting in a tree... Bless.

Wow, 4 pages of speculation. None of us knows what is going on in the negotiations. The Echo has put forward a theory, possibly given to them by one of the prospective purchasers, but their story contains no direct quotes from Fry. Why do people on here assume that they know better than the man charged with raising as much as possible for the creditors? And let's not forget that is why he is there. When we entered administration the future of our club became secondary to paying back what we owe. I despair when I read comments like "Fry doesn't know what he's doing" or "Fry needs to take what's on offer." In the same way I cringed when I read all those "Fry is wonderful" quotes a couple of weeks ago (from many of the same people). I have no idea how good Fry is at his job but I suspect that Begbies Traynor would not put a total dimwit in charge of such a high profile administration. Face it, we don't know. One or two people may know a little bit they've gleaned from the bidders or from insiders at SMS but Fry has proved to be quite leakproof and none of us know what is happening for sure. And this is how it should be. We cannot judge how good a job he is doing until he has finished doing it.

Wat Tyler was a freedom fighter!

If he makes a bid that will automatically put him above everybody else.

I should give up if I were you. No-one knows anything so it's all deteriorated into the usual "it's all Rupert's fault/oh no it isn't" bickering. Neither side will change their minds so this will run and run. I'll come back when there's something interesting about what is happening now as opposed to going over what happened in the last ten or eleven years.

Yes. Or, possibly, no.

I wish I had your contacts.

OK I'll bite. Where did this latest rumour come from? And what happens now? Will we get by (we always did before)?

Well I believe him. He has a more reliable record than most on here.* *That is, not reliable at all.

Are Ant and Dec taking us over? Cool. I'll have to learn which is which.

Could be the weather isn't conducive to golf.

No and, therefore, no.

Don't know about Aviva and Barclays but Twitchy is telling everyone how Spurs only had two points when he got there.

Friday?

Don't be silly. It has to be Friday.

But doesn't football have that rather unfair rule that, in the event of bankruptcy, football debts - like players' wages - get paid first? The worst that could happen for the players is their wages are paid by the PFA. Still, that's easy for me to say I suppose.

I think there was always a suspicion that the court case gave a convenient way of getting rid of him. And we improved no end once he'd gone.