Guided Missile

Many apologies to Marc. I attach below his true blueprint from the Bournemouth website:

Marcs' dream started here, on the Bournemouth Website: Posted 29/9/2008 13:59 Subject: Re: Oh Look an Ice Rink

When Jackson was asked by Meridian TV in April of last year, who was behind his bid for Bournemouth, Jackson responded... 'That is something that really and honestly will never be answered properly and completely.'

Maybe all 4 corners of the map...

It's comforting that Marc Jackson will not countenance any racist behaviour at a football stadium, as this post demonstrates:

It was from the Bournemouth website, so not mine, originally... If anyone wants to read Jacksons' ramblings on this site, read these....

The problem they hit was the guy with the money has run a mile and they're looking for some other patsy to fund their dreams... Mental.....

The Echo is saying he pulled out when he heard there was another bidder, but reinitiated negotiations later. Unfortunately he has since lost one of the members of his consortium and is currently looking for a new "moneyman". This guy is certifiable...

That was in response to the question: "Are there any promising youngsters in your squad?" 5 years ago, as you well know, Pancake....and I think it is pretty accurate, given the circumstances at the time. We had a great youth team with every reason to be excited about the future. It just shows how the club has been f***ed up since, by a number of Chairmen...

Actually, they are. Any Football Club Chairman who makes decisions based on whether they will be popular with the fans is unprofessional (IMO).

I came across this old post from the Saints Forum: Dear God, please don't allow another fan-friendly Chairman into our club and that includes any one from Crouch, McMenemy and Le Tissier. We need a professional....

Your approach to googling user names, in an attempt to determine their real identities is a clever and effective one, Stanley. I googled yours and came up with "tool"...

There may be only one offer on the table for a loss making division one football club, but if that goes out of existence, who's to say that there wouldn't be plenty of buyers for the Stadium. If the City council in the absence of football games, be persuaded to allow 10, rather than 4, concerts every year, I reckon an entertainment venue could work and the stadium would definitely have a value. That value may be more than the offer being tabled for the going concern. You only have to see the success that the Dome (O2 Arena) has become when someone with a bit of business ability comes along to run it...

There is no guarantee that the offer they receive is going to be more than the realised asset value on liquidation. The creditors also have a choice as to whether they accept any sum less than they are owed and in fact, if I was Norwich Union and the offer is much less than £10M for the Stadium, I'd be tempted to lease it out to, say, Southampton City Council for community and entertainment events , for £500K a year.

Sorry about that, Steve. My increasingly bizzarre posts last night were in direct proportion to my Courvoisier intake. Sorry to Clapham, as well...

Total boll ox...

SFC aren't in administration. I can't see, for instance, David McGoldrick's contract costing, let's say, £5,000 a week, being broken, in anticipation of a £1M plus transfer fee. Get real, Clapham. How many f***ing employees of any company that you've been involved in, have been valued under intangible assets????? You haven't got a Scoobie, let's face it....

Don't think that the fact that most people agreeing with you makes it right. Most of the brainless posters on here thought Wilde was the best thing that ever happened to Saints and that includes your bum chum Um Pahars. I get my information on the status of professional footballers from a good mate of mine, an ex-pro. Take it from me, footballers and their contracts are nothing like any employee you have come across. It's like saying "The Artist Formally Known as Prince" was an employee of Sony.

"The court decided that it is a breach of European law for clubs to demand a transfer fee in respect of a player at the end of his contract" I was talking about the players that are currently under contract with SFC who, apparently, are not in administration. For them, the administrator can demand a transfer fee...

You obviously have no idea about the contractual and legal status of professional footballers. They are not employees of the club, FFS. That status is reserved for people that clean the toilets and serve food. They are assets that can be sold in a way that is unlike employees and they are not subject to normal employment rules (ie Tax-free benefit games, etc.) All Barclays has to do is insist that the contracts of players of any value are sold, then they get their money. Norwich Union take possession of the stadium and Jacksons Farm and develop, break up or operate them. End of story...

Norwich Union could simply take possession of the Stadium and with Southampton City Council's cooperation, run it as a community stadium which may well bring in income from non-football events at a level that would provide a better return than writing off £10M in asset value. If I was them, I would have a forceful meeting with the council and demand permission for 10 or more concerts per year together with assorted events in between. As my thread suggested, the Top Rank Suite made more money than Southampton Speedway ever did....

What has to be remembered is that any offer for the club that is short of what is owed to the creditors will require them (ie Barclays, Norwich Union and HMRC) agreeing to accept less, because if the offer is less than the break up value of the club, then these guys will have no, and I mean, no hesitation in forcing Fry into simply liquidating the assets. This leads me on to the possibility that selling the players to the vultures and St. Mary's to Southampton City Council, may be the contingency plan that Fry is faced with. IMHO an offer that takes the p!$$ may be worse than no offer at all and push us into the unthinkable. Southampton Speedway all over again. Top Dogs one season and Top Rank the next...

Look, there's no need to get so upset. It wasn't me that banned you from that PS3 forum. If you're looking for a new forum to groom 12 year olds, this one probably isn't your best choice. Believe me, I've met some of the posters and they're f***ing ugly...

Thanks...