docker-p Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Apart from chocolate, cuckoo-clocks, and an army equipted solely with pen-knifes, what does anyone know specifically about the Swiss bidders? I heard from a someone, who heard from someone, who had heard from an Echo reporter that there was a tie up between the Swiss company talking to Fry and the energy drink company Redbull. Anyone else here this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Apart from chocolate, cuckoo-clocks, and an army equipted solely with pen-knifes, what does anyone know specifically about the Swiss bidders? I heard from a someone, who heard from someone, who had heard from an Echo reporter that there was a tie up between the Swiss company talking to Fry and the energy drink company Redbull. Anyone else here this? When they first hoved into view, Charles Sale in the Daily Mail described them as a 'blue chip' pharmaceutical company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthieu Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 I probably wouldn't read too much into the Red Bull link, as it is Austrian. Hopefully they have something to do with Zurich Insurance Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 The Red Bull guy is Austrian - but seems keen on football. Already owns 4 clubs in various countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RB_Leipzig Southampton Red Bull FC anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMarlin Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Apart from chocolate, cuckoo-clocks, and an army equipted solely with pen-knifes, what does anyone know specifically about the Swiss bidders? I heard from a someone, who heard from someone, who had heard from an Echo reporter that there was a tie up between the Swiss company talking to Fry and the energy drink company Redbull. Anyone else here this? Red Bull is an Austrian company. But then you could hardly expect any Echo reporter to know the difference between Swiss and Austrian. Both countries having mountains, and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthieu Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 The Red Bull guy is Austrian - but seems keen on football. Already owns 4 clubs in various countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RB_Leipzig Southampton Red Bull FC anyone? I'd take that, I like the shirts with the Red Bull symbol on the front, How about that but yellow instead of white for our new away kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 We have already had a Red Faced Bull****ter as a Chairman so why not Southampton Red Bull FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 We've had a lot of Bull during this take over. None of it has been coloured red though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 I would love Red Bull to be the backers. I know they are Austrian, but still it would be brilliant. I've always liked Red Bull because of their F1 association with RBR and previously Sauber, not to mention the hillarious flug tag and the awesome air race. The Swiss have banned motor sports and have a large hadron collider which is caput. I am unsure if either of these facts is relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zurichsaint Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 I would love Red Bull to be the backers. I know they are Austrian, but still it would be brilliant. I've always liked Red Bull because of their F1 association with RBR and previously Sauber, not to mention the hillarious flug tag and the awesome air race. The Swiss have banned motor sports and have a large hadron collider which is caput. I am unsure if either of these facts is relevant. Not sure about the last 2 facts being relevant, but it is interesting that Sauber was Switzerland's only ever formula one team, so there is a tenuous red bull - Switzerland connection there! That said, I really can't see it being them... More likely some investment team looking for a way to make a profit by getting us back to the premier league. If anyone does know how it is, then let me know, and I'll try to do some digging on them from over here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 This guy was mentioned somewhere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Bertarelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 I heard there was some link with Roger FEDERER and Alpine Saints + a cheese company. dont get to carried away thou, might not be releted but It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaffer Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Heard that at least one is a billionaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 This guy was mentioned somewhere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Bertarelli Only fractionally more likely a candidate than Paul Allen I would have thought.But who knows ? I thought one of the more credible posters on here - I will refrain from saddling them with the ITK label - suggested it was a wealthy Swiss family,who wanted to invest into SFC (as a "family club " again).So perhaps the Ernesto possibility 'has legs'. Must be other wealthy Swiss families who match the criterion. Presumably we have discounted the Vega possibility. NB: PLEASE DON'T REPLY WITH 'ROBINSON' OR PICTURES OF 'TONI'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Cue the numerous Swiss Toni pictures that we all haven't seen before hundreds of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zurichsaint Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 This guy was mentioned somewhere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Bertarelli I can't imagine it being Bertarelli. He's got the cash, and the interest in sport, but he's currently involved in organising the Swiss defense of the America's Cup. This is a) very expensive, and b) involving a lot of time and effort, as he's fighting the American's in court, as well as on the water. Since the defense is due to take place next year, I don't see that he would want the distraction of buying a football club as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Not sure about the last 2 facts being relevant, but it is interesting that Sauber was Switzerland's only ever formula one team, so there is a tenuous red bull - Switzerland connection there! That said, I really can't see it being them... More likely some investment team looking for a way to make a profit by getting us back to the premier league. If anyone does know how it is, then let me know, and I'll try to do some digging on them from over here! Yep, Red Bull had to end their long standing Sauber partnership when they bought out Jaguar in 2004. Apparently you aren't allowed to own one team and sponsor another due to competition laws, but it's perfectly fine to completely own 2 seperate teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 I can't imagine it being Bertarelli. He's got the cash, and the interest in sport, but he's currently involved in organising the Swiss defense of the America's Cup. This is a) very expensive, and b) involving a lot of time and effort, as he's fighting the American's in court, as well as on the water. Since the defense is due to take place next year, I don't see that he would want the distraction of buying a football club as well. Maybe he would like to use us as a distraction.....would be nice, serious dough! A £10bn figure had also been mentioned but from a company not an individual, although it is his families company, so it could still fit with Bertarelli. Guess we will find out Tuesday anyhow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Mum and Dad are in Switzerland at present, both in mid 70's and season ticket holders, dad is trying to find out more about these people but as he is goin deaf and cannot speak anything other than english i do not hold out much hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block 5 Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 So to summarise..... no one knows anything about the Swiss bid. In fact, no one knows if a Swiss bid even exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Heard that at least one is a billionaire. At least one?? It is supposed to be a company isn't it, not a consortium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaffer Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 At least one?? It is supposed to be a company isn't it, not a consortium. 2 people, one of whom is a billionaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Strange we have Alpine living in Soutern Austria, he could have posted something about these gys but obviously knows nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block 5 Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Strange we have Alpine living in Soutern Austria' date=' he could have posted something about these gys but obviously knows nothing[/quote'] Alpine "knows nothing"? Shome mishtake shurely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Christ on a bike. Can we stop the swiss - insert something you connect with Switzerland picked up from special school or rubbish telly? I'm starting to think a Saints fans have never ventured further than Totton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Christ on a bike. Can we stop the swiss - insert something you connect with Switzerland picked up from special school or rubbish telly? I'm starting to think a Saints fans have never ventured further than Totton. I think, just maybe, some people are taking the p*ss. I'm sure most people realise there is more to these toblerone bashers than just clocks and pen knives. The sounds of music, was that Austria or Switzerland? Perhaps the Trapp family are going to take us over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Where was Heidi from, maybe her and her dog are the consortium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 So - to sum up, what have we deduced about the Swiss from this deeply philosophical and insighful survey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 Where was Heidi from, maybe her and her dog are the consortium Did she have a dog? I thought it was a goat. Perhaps we are going to be taken over by the Red Cross. Red Cross Southampton has a decent ring about it and it fits in quite well with our colour scheme. Could come in handy as well, we could dispense with the St Johns Amulance fellas on match days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 We have been here before : http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=13422&highlight=swiss but still no nearer the identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evo Posted 28 June, 2009 Share Posted 28 June, 2009 In the aviation industry - and many others in fact - current teaching in terms of accident risk analysis and mitigation uses something called the Swiss Cheese Model. It likens a system involving [imperfect] human behaviour and decision making to an array of slices of Swiss cheese. Each slice represents a human in the chain of events leading up to an accident. On any particular day, none, some or all of the holes in the cheese can line up. If all the holes line up "you have a bad day". True story. Now, how do you make a Swiss roll? Push him down a hill. I'm here all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offix Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Novartis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Novartis "FACT", or speculation ? Not that "FACT" isn't also speculation on here,it just means you've heard it somewhere else first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Is it Alpine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Is it Alpine? Consortium with 19Canteen,and Sundance perhaps ? No perhaps that is no more likely than Lowe and Wilde ever working together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 It could all be Red Bull Sh!t along with everything else to do with Saints at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 This guy was mentioned somewhere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Bertarelli Actually Bertarelli does have a little local connection - he frequently sails out of Hamble and has a British wife - a former Miss UK - who has very nice brown legs and I imagine owns a white suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 2 people, one of whom is a billionaire Do they have an Isle of Wight connection? Serious question Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwaySaint1 Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 I think, just maybe, some people are taking the p*ss. I'm sure most people realise there is more to these toblerone bashers than just clocks and pen knives. The sounds of music, was that Austria or Switzerland? Perhaps the Trapp family are going to take us over... Funny thing is Arazona The name Trapp is not a million miles away from the name of the swiss guy looking to buy us. Or are you "ITK" and posting tongue in cheek ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Funny thing is Arazona The name Trapp is not a million miles away from the name of the swiss guy looking to buy us. What, as in "Pony and ..." ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Funny thing is Arazona The name Trapp is not a million miles away from the name of the swiss guy looking to buy us. Or are you "ITK" and posting tongue in cheek ? My lips are sealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Funny thing is Arazona The name Trapp is not a million miles away from the name of the swiss guy looking to buy us. Or are you "ITK" and posting tongue in cheek ? My lips are sealed. Great - one pretending to know and the other avoiding showing that he doesnt know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Funny thing is Arazona The name Trapp is not a million miles away from the name of the swiss guy looking to buy us. Or are you "ITK" and posting tongue in cheek ? Is it Julie Andrews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Apart from chocolate, cuckoo-clocks, and an army equipted solely with pen-knifes, what does anyone know specifically about the Swiss bidders? I heard from a someone, who heard from someone, who had heard from an Echo reporter that there was a tie up between the Swiss company talking to Fry and the energy drink company Redbull. Anyone else here this? They also make rolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 The Red Bull guy is Austrian - but seems keen on football. Already owns 4 clubs in various countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RB_Leipzig Southampton Red Bull FC anyone? Southampton - Full of Bull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Great - one pretending to know and the other avoiding showing that he doesnt know. Sorry, that should have read: "My lips are sealed" :smt098\\:D/:partyman::snipe::smt058:smt102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 29 June, 2009 Share Posted 29 June, 2009 Sorry, that should have read: "My lips are sealed" :smt098\\:D/:partyman::snipe::smt058:smt102 Thats better lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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