Swiss Saints deal completed (From Daily Echo)
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Marcus Liebherr's bid to buy Southampton completed
1:24pm Wednesday 8th July 2009 in Saints News
Swiss deal complete
SOUTHAMPTON Football Club has finally been bought.
Marcus Liebherr's bid to buy the club - which is believed to be around the £13m mark - is now complete.
Almost 100 days after Southampton Leisure Holdings were placed in administration, Mark Fry told the Daily Echo: "I am absolutely delighted the takeover has been completed.
"I am not only delighted that it has been completed but also that it has gone to who we feel was the right buyer.
"I would like to thank everyone who has supported us along the way - the fans, staff, players and all the media for all their coverage."
Markus Liebherr will now install a new CEO and board of directors.
Below is a statement released by the club:
Southampton Leisure Holdings Plc Joint Administrator Mark Fry today confirms that DMWSL613 Limited has acquired the Company's assets, principally Southampton Football Club for an undisclosed sum.
The purchaser is owned and controlled by Markus Liebherr, 61, who is a Swiss national. Markus Liebherr also owns and controls the Swiss-based Mali Group, which consists of five companies engaged in technologically advanced engineering.
Mark Fry and his team from Begbies Traynor who have been in talks with a number of interested parties, were impressed by Markus Liebherr and his team's commitment and plans for the Club.
Joint Administrator Mark Fry commented: "The sale of the Saints to Markus Liebherr is a fantastic opportunity to rebuild the Club.
Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all Saints' fans for their support and patience in what have been uncertain times for the Club. I would also like to wish both Markus and the Club well for future success."
More on this story to follow.
Comments(365)
threetimes
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1:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tamara1983
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1:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Saintlygirl
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1:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sisaydo
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1:28pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Send your answers below.
SW them vote
thenoblesteed
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1:28pm Wed 8 Jul 09
This has got to be it surely?? i mfed up with wating, we have 1 month 2day till kick off against millwall, no time for slip ups!
Keep Mark Wotte and with a bit of money hell definatley be a ble to prove himself.
SFC Ed
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1:29pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Saints forever :)
townhill saint69
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1:30pm Wed 8 Jul 09
pppppppppppppp
saintjack
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1:30pm Wed 8 Jul 09
?
saintjack
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1:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
?
gregsoton
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1:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintsfan25
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1:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
BUT, we must never ever forget the state our club got into! And the amount of us who took our club for granted! May this never happen again and people open their eyes!
Heres to a successfull happy future!
nomore
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1:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
tamara1983
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1:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintjack wrote:not really the transfer sagas begin
Does that mean i can get a life now and get of this bl**dy computer???????????? ?
chapellady
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1:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
pap
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1:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
RupertLoweIsGod wrote:A little cuckoo comes out every £12.
Surely it can't take that long to transfer the money?
Its not like wire transfers happen like they do on the movies with it going over pound by pound! Its instant.
You're obviously not up on Swiss banking.
squawker
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1:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sisaydo wrote:Eleventy-two, of course!
How many different ways can the Echo spin this lmao Send your answers below. SW them vote
UTS!
SW: roll-else ????? Swiss roll?
Nothing to say
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1:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
WE'VE EARNED IT.
dannyfloyd
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1:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
RupertLoweIsGod wrote:12 million? i think its not like sending a tenner to my brother on line.
Surely it can't take that long to transfer the money? Its not like wire transfers happen like they do on the movies with it going over pound by pound! Its instant.
and if its through RBS it will probably be done by tuesday.
Fawleysajollygoodfellow
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1:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
IanRRR
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1:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Relax people. Its a done deal. WE ARE BACK.
tamara1983
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1:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
chapellady wrote:i do my season ticket interest free over 6 payments through the club
Everyone apply for your Barclaycard football credit card. When you buy season tickets it is interest free for the life of the balance!!! COYR
LWsaint
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1:34pm Wed 8 Jul 09
I hate the words virtually and almost
Nothing to say
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1:36pm Wed 8 Jul 09
All needs to be signed and authorised by officials of those companies before Mark Fry can close the books on the business and declare all debts paid.
mattsouthamptonfcc
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1:37pm Wed 8 Jul 09
rijo12
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1:37pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SaintyD
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1:38pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Shirley_SFC
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1:38pm Wed 8 Jul 09
threetimes
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1:38pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Nothing to say wrote:Good call - I'm heading down if that happens!!
Get down the stadium this afternoon/evening, open the concourse doors and let fans and staff in to have a party. WE'VE EARNED IT.
Good forum:
http://saintsteamtal
k.yourforumlive.com/
southampton-football
-club-forum-f1/
truelysaints
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1:39pm Wed 8 Jul 09
worried of e sussex
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1:39pm Wed 8 Jul 09
St Retford
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1:40pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro
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1:40pm Wed 8 Jul 09
NewForestStu
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1:41pm Wed 8 Jul 09
If the deal is completed, any chance of getting shot of that picture of the train (if we have not flogged already sold it to help with the wages!!)
peachy1
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1:41pm Wed 8 Jul 09
RupertLoweIsGod wrote:YIPPEEEEEEEEEE
Surely it can't take that long to transfer the money? Its not like wire transfers happen like they do on the movies with it going over pound by pound! Its instant.
THEY OWE ME A COUPLE OF GRAND AND TWO SEASON TICKETS CAN I HAVE ME DOSH NOW PLEASE MR SWISS MAN
steveyot
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1:42pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fawleysajollygoodfellow
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1:42pm Wed 8 Jul 09
St Retford wrote:I'd give it a few....
You know how when you really need to have a great big poo but someone's already in the bathroom? Well, I feel like I've been standing outside the bathroom door for 98 days and can finally hear the person inside flushing. I think when this deal actually happens I might die from relief.
realist returns
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1:42pm Wed 8 Jul 09
dannyfloyd wrote:if it's through RBS Liebherr will probably be done by Tuesday - and we'll be bankrupt again on Wednesday LOL
RupertLoweIsGod wrote: Surely it can't take that long to transfer the money? Its not like wire transfers happen like they do on the movies with it going over pound by pound! Its instant.12 million? i think its not like sending a tenner to my brother on line. and if its through RBS it will probably be done by tuesday.
realist returns
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1:43pm Wed 8 Jul 09
dannyfloyd wrote:if it's through RBS Liebherr will probably be done by Tuesday - and we'll be bankrupt again on Wednesday LOL
RupertLoweIsGod wrote: Surely it can't take that long to transfer the money? Its not like wire transfers happen like they do on the movies with it going over pound by pound! Its instant.12 million? i think its not like sending a tenner to my brother on line. and if its through RBS it will probably be done by tuesday.
saintsfan25
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1:43pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COME ON YOU REDS!
SomersetSaint
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1:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Delboy1
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1:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
wacky44
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1:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
RobSaint
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1:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
1) The club is and remains financially stable for decades to come.
2) We get back to the CCC in due time. No need to rush things. The survival of the club is more important.
truelysaints
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1:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sdowd2
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1:45pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Major Sir Jerry Pending
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1:46pm Wed 8 Jul 09
tamara1983
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1:46pm Wed 8 Jul 09
tamara1983
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1:46pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Folkestone Saint
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1:47pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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1:47pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Swiss and Saints red and white
1,2,3,4, listen to St Marys Roar
I'm off to bed.... think I'll pop a brandy first.. in fact I'm sure I've got some schnapps
UP THE SAINTS.... LOVE YA.
gosportsaint
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1:48pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Cant believe it.
Mark Wotte stays as manager
COYR Yesssssssssssss
krazzik
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1:48pm Wed 8 Jul 09
s/w grow-back.....how apt
sdowd2
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1:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sdowd2
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1:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
peachy1
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1:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saint tom
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1:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
coyr.. im goin to get pi**ed.
tamara1983
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1:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
secuirty word :
seat-fear
Major Sir Jerry Pending
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1:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
FaceonaBus
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1:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
H. I am gonna get steamiing tonight. LONG LIVE THE SAINTS.
COYR COYR COYR
St Retford
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1:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
FawleysajollygoodfelAAAHHHNNNNGGGRRRRRR!
low wrote:
St Retford wrote: You know how when you really need to have a great big poo but someone's already in the bathroom? Well, I feel like I've been standing outside the bathroom door for 98 days and can finally hear the person inside flushing. I think when this deal actually happens I might die from relief.I'd give it a few....
Jesus! Never mind giving it a few - I'm moving house.
PS A to the MAZING!
Fawleysajollygoodfellow
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1:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COME ON YOU LOVELY REDS (including the Swiss)!!!!!!! WHOOP!!
matt del torro
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1:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro
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1:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro
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1:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro
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1:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro
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1:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro
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1:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SaintCurry
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1:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
timmydavies82
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1:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintsfan25
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1:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WaHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bangkok Saint
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1:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
doversaint
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1:54pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Sickofitall
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1:54pm Wed 8 Jul 09
St Retford wrote:I don't know if I am laughing from hysteria, relief, or the fact that I think this is one of the funniest posts I have ever read on here!! Well done St Retford for maintaining a sense of humour. I've always resisted the temptation up to now, but I don't think I can any longer..........COYR
You know how when you really need to have a great big poo but someone's already in the bathroom? Well, I feel like I've been standing outside the bathroom door for 98 days and can finally hear the person inside flushing. I think when this deal actually happens I might die from relief.
!!! There, I did it!!!!
aussie saint
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SiaS
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
I was so scared the other bidders were going to scupper it - or were we just being wound up for the drama?
Patrick80's
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Sw:ball-also
mbr1488
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
rickyroyl
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!
wonder weasel
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
kevydee
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
FaceonaBus
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COYR COYR COYR
Fellow fans, buy those season tickets, lets fill SMS, no lowe or any other excuses now, Come on lets turn SMS back into OUR fortress
jammyswine
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1:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro wrote:now that's a protracted apology!!
toKINKYBOOTS.i owe you a massive apology.you said wednesday at the latest and you were right.about it all im so sorry i just thought you were silly posting for the sake of it
saintforever
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1:56pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Major Sir Jerry Pending
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1:56pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Irate Wintonian
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1:56pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro wrote:Alright...6 times is 'massive' enough.
toKINKYBOOTS.i owe you a massive apology.you said wednesday at the latest and you were right.about it all im so sorry i just thought you were silly posting for the sake of it
Let's all wear Swiss Tony wigs for the first game of the season!
JimmyLondon
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1:56pm Wed 8 Jul 09
roverjulie
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1:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Cork_Saint
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1:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
I'm off to have that fondue now in honour of this nice man.
Up the Saints!
SW - time-drug!
MrMarc
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1:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
And o'er us their radiance shed,
Thou, O Lord, appearest in their light.
When the Alps glow bright with splendour,
Pray to God, to Him surrender,
For you feel and understand,
That He dwelleth in this land.
In the sunset Thou art night
And beyond the starry sky,
Thou, O loving Father, ever near.
When to Heaven we are departing,
Joy and bliss Thou'lt be imparting,
For we feel and understand
That Thou dwellest in this land.
When dark clouds enshroud the hills
And gray mist the valley fills,
Yet Thou art not hidden from Thy sons.
Pierce the gloom in which we cover
With Thy sunshine's cleansing power
Then we'll feel and understand
That God dwelleth in this land.
Towards us in the wild storm coming,
You yourself give us resistance and stronghold,
You, almighty ruling, rescuing!
During horror and nights of thunderstorms
Let us childlike trust Him!
Yes, we feel and understand;
Yes, we feel and understand
That God dwelleth in this land.
SaintyD
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1:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
FaceonaBus
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1:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Bangkok Saint wrote:Make mine a Singha please. Kap
YESSSS. Now I can go and have a few Chang beers
ExpatRomseySaint
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1:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
and get this for a SW
rich-walk
Keith Oftergrass
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1:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!!
Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
born1990
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1:58pm Wed 8 Jul 09
doogle1983
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1:58pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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1:58pm Wed 8 Jul 09
For all the bs and banter we've had.. come on lads and lasses yell it loud..
UP THE SAINTS.
sorry to be 12500 miles away but I'm about to go outside and yell like it was 74.
Thanks Mark Fry and all involved.. and to the staff and all the other bidders.
Yeehaaaa
FL250
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1:59pm Wed 8 Jul 09
FaceonaBus
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1:59pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Irate Wintonian wrote:Good shout
matt del torro wrote:Alright...6 times is 'massive' enough.
toKINKYBOOTS.i owe you a massive apology.you said wednesday at the latest and you were right.about it all im so sorry i just thought you were silly posting for the sake of it
Let's all wear Swiss Tony wigs for the first game of the season!
stjimmy76
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1:59pm Wed 8 Jul 09
yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaa
aaarrrrrrrr!!!!!
Lordprice
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1:59pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Nottingham Saint
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1:59pm Wed 8 Jul 09
jezza
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1:59pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Ken Hutchinson
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2:00pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Btw I think that there are a few people on here who owe Ted Rogers,Winchester an apology....
azpect
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2:00pm Wed 8 Jul 09
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SwindonSaint
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2:00pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Shirley_SFC
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2:01pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fawleysajollygoodfellow
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2:01pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL) wrote:Good shout!!
Thanks Echo..bin a long road but you did do well putting up with us lot in here.
For all the bs and banter we've had.. come on lads and lasses yell it loud..
UP THE SAINTS.
sorry to be 12500 miles away but I'm about to go outside and yell like it was 74.
Thanks Mark Fry and all involved.. and to the staff and all the other bidders.
Yeehaaaa
Stockerzz
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2:02pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Prit
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2:02pm Wed 8 Jul 09
curly99
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2:03pm Wed 8 Jul 09
squawker
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2:03pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fina-f'ing-lly.
supersaint
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2:03pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Le Tissier's Nose
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2:03pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Onwards and upwards!
Measaint
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2:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
WE ARE ON OUR WAY BACK, WATCH-OUT POMPEY HERE WE COME,
Stafford Saint
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2:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Throw those curtains wide,
One day like this a year will see me right
!!!
Jason D
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2:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
This is a completely new start for us, thankfully fronted by a man with no baggage.
Thank God the Crouch-backed bid fell through – an apt end to his relationship with the club. Good intentions I'm sure, but not the business skill to match it.
Thanks for saving our club and persisting in what must have been a very frustrating job.
threetimes
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2:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Redhat
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2:05pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Keith Oftergrass wrote:yawn,yawn...
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
boring...
At long last,the best bit of news to come outta Saints for last 5 years!!!
im so happy,almost reduced to tears..
this is one of the happiest days of my life..
Now we need to get down to Bournemouth on Saturday and show the boys how much we care.
WE LOVE YOU SAINTS.
costa gaz
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2:05pm Wed 8 Jul 09
w1lkins822
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2:06pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COOPER PIKEY
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2:06pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Would be nice if new owners invited Tiss in to the fold somehow, he must feel a fool for being sucked in by the tyre kickers.
Davis must stay, was awesome last year, and deserves to be rewarded for his patience.
Finally season tkts must be kept at a minimum, lets fill the stadium every week, the 13000 that went to every game last year, the 10000 rupert lowest of the lowe haters, even the prawn sandwich brigade from prem days.
Oh Happy Days !!!
saints:)
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2:07pm Wed 8 Jul 09
forever a saint
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2:08pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Stevie61163
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2:09pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Keith Oftergrass wrote:HaHaHa!!!! i love it s sad jealous skate b@st@rd
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
baileymp
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2:09pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fourth richest in UK football can't be bad?
Current Rich List Top 20
1 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Man City) £15billion
2 Lakshmi Mittal and family (QPR) £12.5bn
3 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn
4 Joe Lewis (Tottenham) £2.5bn
5 Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn
6 Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) £2.245bn
7 Alisher Usmanov (Arsenal) £1.5bn
8= Lord Grantchester & the Moores Family (Everton) £1.2bn
8= Dermot Desmond (Celtic) £1.2bn
10= Lord Ashcroft (Watford) £1.1bn
10= Malcolm Glazer and family (Man Utd) £1.1bn
12 Simon Keswick (Cheltenham) £966m
13 Trevor Hemmings (Preston) £900m
14 Mike Ashley (Newcastle) £800m
15 Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) £750m
16 Tom Hicks (Liverpool) £700m
17 The Walker Family (Blackburn) £660m
18 Mohammed Al Fayed (Fulham) £650m
19 Sir David Murray (Rangers) £600m
20 Steve Morgan (Wolves) £400m
pawnsacrifice
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2:10pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro
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2:10pm Wed 8 Jul 09
True Saints Fan
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2:10pm Wed 8 Jul 09
In this latest pile of drivvle the echo state...
It is believed Liebherr will now install a new CEO and board of directors... Is this like 2 weeks ago you believed the Pinnacle bid will go through once the last few issues with the Football League were finalised..
The truth is you haven't got a clue what will happen now.. just like the rest of us.
Crap Journalism, Crap reporters, Crap paper..
steveyot
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2:10pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SW deal-home -----------oh yes!!!!
manc saint
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2:11pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Alicesdad
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2:11pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Well done to Mark Fry who did a good job even when faced with a bunch of half wit bidders who were sharking around trying to get a stake in a club to asset strip.
Condolences to Matt Le Tiss, you backed the wrong horse there. You remain a legend to all Saimts fans but your post retirement judgement is once again proven to be highly suspect.
Condolences to the Echo for publishing some outright sensationalist drivel on so many occasions. Other than announcing the administration arrangement in April, and publishing todays news, most of your stories have not been worthy of a pre-school literacy test. Surely there are lessons for the Echo in all this.
Huge congratulations and best wishes to all Saints fans and people who posted on this site. (Even the wind-up merchants, liars and those who still don't know what a CVA is.) It's been lively entertaining and shows just how much passion there is for this club.
We have the result we needed, a financially viable club.
Who knows what will happen next, but it cant get any worse then we've seen already. The only way is up.
See y'all.
;-)
Stevie61163
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2:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Measaint wrote:fook pompey skate b@st@rds whatch out man ure here we come!!!!
COYR-COYR WE ARE ON OUR WAY BACK, WATCH-OUT POMPEY HERE WE COME,
THE FUTURES BRIGHT
THE FUTURES SWISS RED & WHITE
Matt Le God
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2:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Gary Clark
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2:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
itchentoreply
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2:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
geordie saint
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2:13pm Wed 8 Jul 09
worthing_saint
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2:13pm Wed 8 Jul 09
I hope this guy, and I think he will, takes his time and begins the build of a great club into a stable club that will have longevity.
SW = deny-good, i think not, more likeaccept good and lots of it :o)
Bring on the Lions...
Mike in Dorset
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2:14pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintsfan25
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2:14pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Who are ya! Who are ya! Who are ya!!!
Skate pr!ck
Meribelsaint
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2:15pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COYR
BP
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2:15pm Wed 8 Jul 09
What a day.
I love the Swiss.
stormus troupias the 2nd
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2:16pm Wed 8 Jul 09
jezza wrote:he's gone
First up - let's try to keep KD at the club.
Rich Unemployed Saint
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2:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
IanRRR
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2:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
1) Go straight to MALI website and e-mail chief exec to say a huge THANK YOU.
2) Party by the Ted Bates statue at 8pm tonight. EVERYONE.
jono1974
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2:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
but i was hopeing mark fialka was going to save us.
apparently he has "several hundred million".no really im just glad this saga is over.
gosportsaint
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2:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Oh when the Swiss go marching in,
I want to be in that number,
When the Swiss go marching in.
Come on you reds,
Marcus Liebherrs red and white army
saintsfan25
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2:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
He is expected to have finalised his boardroom line-up at St Mary's by August, before the new season begins.
He told BBC Solent: "I believe we have a superb opportunity to rebuild this great club. This'll require resources, planning, hard work and patience.
He continued: "We should not expect instant success, but our fans, employees and stakeholders can expect 100% commitment from me and my team.
"We will assemble a strong management team at every level of the club. We will act rapidly, but also plan for the long term, because I am here for the long term.
"I also look forward to the club re-engaging with the fans and the local community. We cannot succeed with out their backing."
I LOVE THIS GUY!
chapelchap
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2:18pm Wed 8 Jul 09
steveyot
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2:18pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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2:18pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Saints are going Cherry Picking
10 more points to zero
10 more point to mow
Markus is our hero
10 more points to mow
10 more points to zero
10 more point to mow
Markus is our hero
10 more points to mow
7 more points to zero
7 more point to mow
Markus is our hero
7 more points to mow
4..... easy eh!!!!
Come on you Reds
UP THE SAINTS
Good Luck all - party hard!!!
and Good Night from NZ
YEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!
!!!!
Derbyshire Saint
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2:18pm Wed 8 Jul 09
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
SSSSSSSSSSS!!! Thank God it is done!!! Now to relax and enjoy next season!!! I love the Swiss!!! (Shame I shouted it out in school!)lol!
COYR! COYR! COYR!
Miltonroadend
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2:20pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Lets all sit back and watch the POMPEY fold up...with their shaky sheik...
WestTottonSaint
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2:20pm Wed 8 Jul 09
truelysaints
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2:21pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Miltonroadend
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2:21pm Wed 8 Jul 09
manc saint
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2:22pm Wed 8 Jul 09
matt del torro wrote:same old pompey, s h 1 t as usuall hahaha
ive tried to get on the pompey web site to gloat but its not available at the moment
matt del torro
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2:23pm Wed 8 Jul 09
chapellady
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2:25pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintsfan25 wrote:The best guy won by a clear mile! COYR
On the BBC from the man himself... He is expected to have finalised his boardroom line-up at St Mary's by August, before the new season begins. He told BBC Solent: "I believe we have a superb opportunity to rebuild this great club. This'll require resources, planning, hard work and patience. He continued: "We should not expect instant success, but our fans, employees and stakeholders can expect 100% commitment from me and my team. "We will assemble a strong management team at every level of the club. We will act rapidly, but also plan for the long term, because I am here for the long term. "I also look forward to the club re-engaging with the fans and the local community. We cannot succeed with out their backing." I LOVE THIS GUY!
truelysaints
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2:26pm Wed 8 Jul 09
' football club. We will now work like swiss clockwork
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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2:28pm Wed 8 Jul 09
costa gaz wrote:hahaha my vote for post of the week....
phew !!!!!!!!!
good on ya.
db_3
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2:28pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Welcome aboard Markus!
Miltonroadend
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2:29pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ourkid1984
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2:29pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Come on you Reds!
markscan
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2:30pm Wed 8 Jul 09
coyr!!!!
saint tom
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2:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Keith Oftergrass wrote:you skate c**t f**koff. drew surman, dave mcgoldrick you siillly boys.
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
azpect
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2:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fawleysajollygoodfellow
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2:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Danke und begrüßen Sie zu St Mary's Herr Liebherr
Merci et l'accueillez St Mary's M. Liebherr
and ta to Babelfish
Bitterne Park Tim
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2:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fantastic News, Thanks Mr L!(Not Lowe obviously he is a Tw8T)
Andyt66
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2:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fawleysajollygoodfellow
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2:34pm Wed 8 Jul 09
truelysaints wrote:lovin it lol
Nice to think that we are now a technologically advanced'engineering
' football club. We will now work like swiss clockwork
what a great day
Peter Hall
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2:35pm Wed 8 Jul 09
on developments. No word of apology from those responsible for wiping out the investment that many of us made in Southampton Leisure Services!
Humbug
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2:35pm Wed 8 Jul 09
I also look forward to the club re-engaging with the fans and the local community.
That one sentence capsulates what has been wrong with the club over the last few years.
saint tom
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2:37pm Wed 8 Jul 09
azpect
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2:38pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Peter Hall wrote:If you made a investment in 'Southampton Leisure Services' i think your investment will be fine!
I'm relieved this marathon is over and thank the Echo for being about the only source of information
on developments. No word of apology from those responsible for wiping out the investment that many of us made in Southampton Leisure Services!
InThatNumber
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2:39pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Miltonroadend
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2:40pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mattletisser is god
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2:41pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Dickosfc
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2:41pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintsfan25 wrote:Enough to put a tear in your eye!!
On the BBC from the man himself... He is expected to have finalised his boardroom line-up at St Mary's by August, before the new season begins. He told BBC Solent: "I believe we have a superb opportunity to rebuild this great club. This'll require resources, planning, hard work and patience. He continued: "We should not expect instant success, but our fans, employees and stakeholders can expect 100% commitment from me and my team. "We will assemble a strong management team at every level of the club. We will act rapidly, but also plan for the long term, because I am here for the long term. "I also look forward to the club re-engaging with the fans and the local community. We cannot succeed with out their backing." I LOVE THIS GUY!
St Mary's will be a fortress this season!!!!
Tevez888
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2:43pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Im so happy that we will have a Club next year to support!
Come on you Reds!
I would like to thank Fry (even though he has taken his time) for all of his hard work.
A Big THANK YOU to the Swiss who have shown their belief in this great Football Club.
To all the Fans out there, good on you all for sticking by the Club! We are True fans!
Let's give them time to get this, it has affected our moral so let's not expect to blow League 1 away and be happy that we have this Club to support for many years!
"Come on you Saints!"
chapellady
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2:46pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saint tom
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2:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Common as Saints
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2:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
joking aside tho i am sooooooooooooo glad this is over, and i am confident these are the right buyers. Now lets get back to football! :-)
season ticket holder
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2:59pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Stockerzz wrote:MW will still be manager according to Sky Sports
does this mean wotte is still manager or does this matey get to pick someone else
tamara1983
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3:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
season ticket holder wrote:in the statement from the new owner he states that there will be a new management team in place by august
Stockerzz wrote: does this mean wotte is still manager or does this matey get to pick someone elseMW will still be manager according to Sky Sports
Gary76_SFC
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3:07pm Wed 8 Jul 09
thanks markus liebherr im sure if you see our fam base you wont regret anything , now heres looking to the future my fellow sotonions.
S/W Swiss/saints
tamara1983
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3:07pm Wed 8 Jul 09
3231brian
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3:22pm Wed 8 Jul 09
I only hope that this fella has big pockets so you can pay off all the creditors and come out of administration without getting anymore points deducted!!!!!!
BrixtonSaint
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3:25pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Keith Oftergrass wrote:P1ss off and let us enjoy the day
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football."
...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!!
Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
benkirk78
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3:39pm Wed 8 Jul 09
We have been through some tough times and now I hope we can finally look forward to security off the pitch, allow all of us to focus our energy on getting behind the team that we love unconditionally.
Let thank this great man ML by showing him he has made a fantastic decision. He has not just bought Southampton FC, he has acquired a family of die hard followers who would bleed for this great club.
There is no reason why we should not see 32,000 red and white faces packing out our 'home' game after game regardless, roaring on the part of our lives we so nearly lost. Let us never forget what has happened over the last few months (years even) and ensure we never see those dark days again by investing our interests, our passion, our unwavery loyalty and our hearts & souls into getting behind our reborn SAINTS.
Open St Marys - we deserve a party!
1liam2
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3:41pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles
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3:43pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SaintyD
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3:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Today you have given us some pride back. We will reward you with our loyalty.
Rowester
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3:45pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saint tom wrote:Totally agree saint Tom, Keith Oftergrass is exactly that & more.Good times ahead i think.Mr Liebherr seems to have plans for not just The Football Club but the whole of the city,something to celebrate tonight-here to you Swiss Boy-CHEERS- COYR
Keith Oftergrass wrote: "Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.you skate c**t f**koff. drew surman, dave mcgoldrick you siillly boys.
St Retford
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3:58pm Wed 8 Jul 09
benkirk78 wrote:Dead right.
What a fantastic day for the greatest fan base in this country. We have been through some tough times and now I hope we can finally look forward to security off the pitch, allow all of us to focus our energy on getting behind the team that we love unconditionally. Let thank this great man ML by showing him he has made a fantastic decision. He has not just bought Southampton FC, he has acquired a family of die hard followers who would bleed for this great club. There is no reason why we should not see 32,000 red and white faces packing out our 'home' game after game regardless, roaring on the part of our lives we so nearly lost. Let us never forget what has happened over the last few months (years even) and ensure we never see those dark days again by investing our interests, our passion, our unwavery loyalty and our hearts & souls into getting behind our reborn SAINTS. Open St Marys - we deserve a party!
The most important thing that needs to come out of this whole painful episode isn't the money we might have to spend but that we never, ever take the club for granted again.
ShakeyWiffles
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4:00pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Keith Oftergrass wrote:p*** on our parade all you like but you're talking ****
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football."
...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!!
Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
COYR!!!!!!!!!!
Ooh, SW's tempying m to dance lol it's jump-step!
ShakeyWiffles
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4:03pm Wed 8 Jul 09
normsted
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4:08pm Wed 8 Jul 09
St Retford wrote:totally agree,but also that we never allow the likes of Mr Lowe to darken the door at SMS.God I am happy,I can hold my head up again,be proud to proclaim I support SFC-What a feeling.Yesterday is todays history.
benkirk78 wrote:Dead right.
What a fantastic day for the greatest fan base in this country. We have been through some tough times and now I hope we can finally look forward to security off the pitch, allow all of us to focus our energy on getting behind the team that we love unconditionally. Let thank this great man ML by showing him he has made a fantastic decision. He has not just bought Southampton FC, he has acquired a family of die hard followers who would bleed for this great club. There is no reason why we should not see 32,000 red and white faces packing out our 'home' game after game regardless, roaring on the part of our lives we so nearly lost. Let us never forget what has happened over the last few months (years even) and ensure we never see those dark days again by investing our interests, our passion, our unwavery loyalty and our hearts & souls into getting behind our reborn SAINTS. Open St Marys - we deserve a party!
The most important thing that needs to come out of this whole painful episode isn't the money we might have to spend but that we never, ever take the club for granted again.
wonder weasel
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4:14pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles wrote:yep always knew that mate ... but i bet he is on here saying he knew all about the swiss but could not say anything
Oh, and I KNEW Buffalosoldier was talking out of his rear end!
even buffalosh@t could not annoy me to day
ShakeyWiffles
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4:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
wonder weasel wrote:even if he says that I think I'm gonna rub salt into the wound. We all know he was just a wind up merchant!
ShakeyWiffles wrote:yep always knew that mate ... but i bet he is on here saying he knew all about the swiss but could not say anything
Oh, and I KNEW Buffalosoldier was talking out of his rear end!
even buffalosh@t could not annoy me to day
wonder weasel
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4:24pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles wrote:Rub away
wonder weasel wrote:even if he says that I think I'm gonna rub salt into the wound. We all know he was just a wind up merchant!
ShakeyWiffles wrote:yep always knew that mate ... but i bet he is on here saying he knew all about the swiss but could not say anything
Oh, and I KNEW Buffalosoldier was talking out of his rear end!
even buffalosh@t could not annoy me to day
colinlshrek
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4:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintrooty
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4:34pm Wed 8 Jul 09
3231brian wrote:its my understanding that the creditors HAVE been paid off and that the club is now debt free and they have been saying on SSN we have have been taken out of administration. Its a fresh start and thank god!!!
Great news the saints are safe! I only hope that this fella has big pockets so you can pay off all the creditors and come out of administration without getting anymore points deducted!!!!!!
owen_thesaints
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4:43pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintrooty wrote:but the club was never in administration....
3231brian wrote:its my understanding that the creditors HAVE been paid off and that the club is now debt free and they have been saying on SSN we have have been taken out of administration. Its a fresh start and thank god!!!
Great news the saints are safe! I only hope that this fella has big pockets so you can pay off all the creditors and come out of administration without getting anymore points deducted!!!!!!
Soulrebel One
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4:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
If you can, there are a few of us meeting by Ted's statue tonight about 8pm, to generally jump about and wave our swiss and saints flags!
or beep your horn if you are driving by!
COYR!!! we are BACK!
Fides
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4:49pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COOPER PIKEY wrote:And what will you do if Wotte doesn't go? Boycott? Boo the team?
As much as Wotte has shown loyality hes rubbish, so he must go.
Would be nice if new owners invited Tiss in to the fold somehow, he must feel a fool for being sucked in by the tyre kickers.
Davis must stay, was awesome last year, and deserves to be rewarded for his patience.
Finally season tkts must be kept at a minimum, lets fill the stadium every week, the 13000 that went to every game last year, the 10000 rupert lowest of the lowe haters, even the prawn sandwich brigade from prem days.
Oh Happy Days !!!
Those days are behind us and for a season, just one whole season, couldn't we all support the team, the staff, the coach and the new owner. I know it won't last, but for goodness sake........
Anyhow, it's all down to our new owner and if he's good enough to save our Saints, he's good enough to pick the manager. I'd support his choice even if he brought Harry back. Well.......hmmm gritted teeth maybe.
St.Yorkie
says...
4:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Great news day...now what's a reasonable price for League 1 football? £15 for an adult and £8 for a junior?
Miltonroadend
says...
4:54pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Miltonroadend
says...
4:56pm Wed 8 Jul 09
"MAX MUSELI"
Miltonroadend
says...
4:58pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SanFranciscoSaint
says...
5:03pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
says...
5:19pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Saint Madcap
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5:20pm Wed 8 Jul 09
slugger
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5:21pm Wed 8 Jul 09
what a day,so happy i want to cry .
COYR
Lil Saints bear
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5:21pm Wed 8 Jul 09
St Retford wrote:Absolutely spot on St Ret, top comment. had a few man-tears when the news came through...what a relief. Now recovering with a (sadly non swiss) lager!! COYR
benkirk78 wrote: What a fantastic day for the greatest fan base in this country. We have been through some tough times and now I hope we can finally look forward to security off the pitch, allow all of us to focus our energy on getting behind the team that we love unconditionally. Let thank this great man ML by showing him he has made a fantastic decision. He has not just bought Southampton FC, he has acquired a family of die hard followers who would bleed for this great club. There is no reason why we should not see 32,000 red and white faces packing out our 'home' game after game regardless, roaring on the part of our lives we so nearly lost. Let us never forget what has happened over the last few months (years even) and ensure we never see those dark days again by investing our interests, our passion, our unwavery loyalty and our hearts & souls into getting behind our reborn SAINTS. Open St Marys - we deserve a party!Dead right. The most important thing that needs to come out of this whole painful episode isn't the money we might have to spend but that we never, ever take the club for granted again.
jonnyribbans
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5:25pm Wed 8 Jul 09
9
8
7
6
5
4
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DIIISSSSSSCCCOOOOO !!
LETS ALL HAVE A DISCO
LETS ALL HAVE A DISCO
NA NA NA NA
SFC is our passion , our club at heart
lets show the new owners this is true and fill SMS this year :)
SW fine-shop
southampton is definately in a fine shop now :)
slugger
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5:30pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Stafford Saint
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5:35pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Someone one here spoke of holding their head up. Sure thing. Being a fan entitles you to that, nay encourages you to. Being a 'fan' defines you.
Someone thought there was a time when anyone held their head low or thought we were the 'laughing stock' to other fans and of course the hundreds of thousands of our neighbours that have no interest in Saints. But if that was so it was because collectively we let the club down rather than hold it together (whoever was on the board) and was willing to play Russian roulette with it. Not because of the laughing stock of one individual.
Here's to the future, A future.
Saints Mike
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5:36pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saint tom wrote:keith Oftergrass,
Keith Oftergrass wrote:you skate c**t f**koff. drew surman, dave mcgoldrick you siillly boys.
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
You must be some sort of t*at.
At least we have someone who know's the is only one real team in this county.
Now f**k off you fish f**ker, your Arab billionaire is attracted to what?? The smell of fish or the bolt ugly things you call women?
slugger
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5:40pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Saints Mike wrote:LMAO !!!
saint tom wrote:keith Oftergrass, You must be some sort of t*at. At least we have someone who know's the is only one real team in this county. Now f**k off you fish f**ker, your Arab billionaire is attracted to what?? The smell of fish or the bolt ugly things you call women?Keith Oftergrass wrote: "Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.you skate c**t f**koff. drew surman, dave mcgoldrick you siillly boys.
they're just jealous.
but very well put !
kski
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5:40pm Wed 8 Jul 09
a well run family company have taken over our club. no longer do we have to generate PLC profits dividends and Pay inflated salaries to diretors.
Mr Liebherr we are all right behind you !
we do not expect instance success we are just happy to have a club that is sensibly run for the benefit of the community and the supporters. If we stay out of debt I would rather we stay out of debt than spend our way back to the Premiership and end up back at Mark fry's door.
Send that picture of a train back to Darlington. Put a picture of bobby stokes.
Lets get a friendly on with your Brother's club GAK in Austria...
Good news
BTW Pinnacle have spoken to the echo - they believe they have alast minute chance and think the funding may be in place!
highlandblue
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5:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
northamsoul
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5:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
HHHHHOOOOOOOO..
I knew the guy had money but 4th richest club in England...ha ha..
stick that in your pipe and smoke it you skate F***S.
Mr Liebherr you are a legend...
Saints Mike
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5:54pm Wed 8 Jul 09
slugger wrote:He's gone quiet. Maybe he is Keith oftergrass? Just another fish f**ker, with nothing intellegent to say.
where's buffalosoldier ??????
By the way keith, where's your stadium? Heres an idea for you. Shove it on top of that tower thing you have, or better still on top Fred's orange chest, either way it don't matter, because it smell of fish, and attract no one.
Saints Mike
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5:56pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:Just a few of questions?
We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUP
Where your stadium?
Who's your owner?
What's is like to be gutted?
Propercynic
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6:01pm Wed 8 Jul 09
milton road
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6:01pm Wed 8 Jul 09
but my heart goes to Le God. always wanted the best for the club as player and now. shabbily let down by others.
sometimes you have to trust people and they let you down.He must feel awful, yet you know what, he is Le God and will always be our NO 1
Top respect man always
highlandblue
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6:07pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUP
highlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
Saint Rob
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6:08pm Wed 8 Jul 09
badassjay
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6:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ben86
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6:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:Yahdy yahdy yah, good luck with no players next season.
Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUP
highlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
Allotmentman66
says...
6:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Thank you Markus for saving our beloved club.
Now we can go forward and return back were we belong, so come on all you fans and supports put your bums back on seats, and back our team,
COME ON YOU PEOPLE LET'S DO IT.
COYR.
slugger
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6:14pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:I work in your city sometimes and can't fathom why anybody would want to live there.....you don't even have front gardens !!!!!
Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
Saints Mike
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6:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:A few of words for you.
Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUP
highlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
Accounts?
Have you looked at them?
Fit and proper owner?
The Premier will check
Where's the stadium going?
Your city council wants it outside of skatesville
You are still gutted?
I'm not we have have ours, where's yours?
sholingsaint
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6:19pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue
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6:19pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ben86 wrote:we are clearing out the dead wood to make way for some big name signings. We are now an established PL club and will remain so.
highlandblue wrote:Yahdy yahdy yah, good luck with no players next season.Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
Allotmentman66
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6:19pm Wed 8 Jul 09
slugger wrote:You obviously have seen my FRONT garden, it's 30foot long, do you have garden or do you live in FLAT.
highlandblue wrote:I work in your city sometimes and can't fathom why anybody would want to live there.....you don't even have front gardens !!!!!Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
milton road
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6:22pm Wed 8 Jul 09
this is about us not them. What we do in the future, not what they do. who cares as long as we can get back to being one of the top six clubs in english football which we were for nearly a decade.
focus on us and out team and let the rest go.
The osllent surf is rising boys and we are a coming.
ben86
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6:22pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:It's called asset stripping dick head.
ben86 wrote:we are clearing out the dead wood to make way for some big name signings. We are now an established PL club and will remain so.
highlandblue wrote:Yahdy yahdy yah, good luck with no players next season.Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
milton road
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6:22pm Wed 8 Jul 09
this is about us not them. What we do in the future, not what they do. who cares as long as we can get back to being one of the top six clubs in english football which we were for nearly a decade.
focus on us and out team and let the rest go.
The osllent surf is rising boys and we are a coming.
Bods
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6:22pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:SW FISH-LOVE
ben86 wrote:we are clearing out the dead wood to make way for some big name signings. We are now an established PL club and will remain so.highlandblue wrote:Yahdy yahdy yah, good luck with no players next season.Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
LOL
slugger
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6:26pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Allotmentman66 wrote:i'm from the lovely city of southampton,i was talking to the skate !
slugger wrote:You obviously have seen my FRONT garden, it's 30foot long, do you have garden or do you live in FLAT.highlandblue wrote:I work in your city sometimes and can't fathom why anybody would want to live there.....you don't even have front gardens !!!!!Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
pawnsacrifice
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6:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:cluck cluck...we are on our way back skate
ben86 wrote:we are clearing out the dead wood to make way for some big name signings. We are now an established PL club and will remain so.highlandblue wrote:Yahdy yahdy yah, good luck with no players next season.Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
s/w lol...fish-also...ev
en this website hates skates
Shirley_SFC
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6:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saintjack
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6:41pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sholingsaint
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6:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:ooo someones getting annoyed that were now rich and have a good future ahead of us and pompey who struggled to stay in the prem last year are now selling all their players, never gunna get their stadium built and not gonna get bought by this arab? if this rich arab is buying you then why would you need to sell all your players. now f*** off and enjoy living in your small dirty smelly little town and we will see you next year when were promoted and your relegated :) COYR
We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUP
mattsouthamptonfcc
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6:48pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COYR COYR COYR!!!!!!!
Shirley_SFC
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6:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SaintsFC-George
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6:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
COYR!!!!!
saintofatheism
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6:58pm Wed 8 Jul 09
oceanasaint
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7:00pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974
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7:02pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:if i remember reading an article your proposed stadium is not going to be put to planning till 2018 YOUR be out of business by then, in the words of MW
Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
for sure!!
see you in the championship. SKATE!!
TottonScrutineer
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7:13pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974
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7:16pm Wed 8 Jul 09
itchentoreply
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7:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Patrick80's
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7:18pm Wed 8 Jul 09
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is the new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say, "Are you married?", We'll say, "No man
But you can do the job when you're in town"
Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid, the plans that we've made
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Oh, you gotta keep walking
Oh, I'm walking, oh, I'm walking
They got me walking
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is the new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
In the meadow, we can build a snowman
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with Mr. Snowman
Until the other kids knock him down
When it's cold, ain't it thrilling?
Though your nose gets to chilling
We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Marcus Liebherrs Red & White Army
Patrick80's
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7:18pm Wed 8 Jul 09
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is the new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say, "Are you married?", We'll say, "No man
But you can do the job when you're in town"
Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid, the plans that we've made
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Oh, you gotta keep walking
Oh, I'm walking, oh, I'm walking
They got me walking
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is the new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
In the meadow, we can build a snowman
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with Mr. Snowman
Until the other kids knock him down
When it's cold, ain't it thrilling?
Though your nose gets to chilling
We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way
Walking in a Liebherr wonderland
Marcus Liebherrs Red & White Army
saint robbie
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7:21pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Well WEST of portsmouth it Certainly is GOOD.
milton road
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7:24pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Captain Kirk
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7:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974
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7:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Keith Oftergrass wrote:your well off the pace skate. Now RL has done one our club has been saved, our average gate will be back up over and above yours! why plan a new ground for you, you cant even fill that shed you giot now, in the premiership, eh! whats that all about. £12m for a pretty good young side, prem ground, top notch training facility and a wicked acadamy that has produced some of the best talent about. i'd say thats not a waste but a good investment. skates only stayed up riding on the back of HR points last year. you now have sold all your players and leaving it far to late to sign any decent players. YOU HAVE NOTHING. FACT.
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
see you soon
d i c k head
sholingsaint
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7:32pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:clearing out the dead wood? seems to me your selling all your first team players and the only player youve bought in was on a free from blackburn
ben86 wrote:we are clearing out the dead wood to make way for some big name signings. We are now an established PL club and will remain so.highlandblue wrote:Yahdy yahdy yah, good luck with no players next season.Saints Mike wrote:We have absolutely nothing to be gutted about. Premier League or Div 1? Mmmm - tricky! Our new owner will be announced in due course as will plans for the stadium. His financial backing will blow you lot out of the water! PUPhighlandblue wrote: We are Premier League, we are Premier League! Enjoy your day but you have a long way to go before you get back to the promised land. At least 3 years and that is being optimistic. One team in Hampshire - PUPJust a few of questions? Where your stadium? Who's your owner? What's is like to be gutted?
face it, pompey are f****d
wraggster
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7:37pm Wed 8 Jul 09
milton road wrote:Some Everton fan e-mailed sky sports news and was rather upset why a billionaire would rather be intrested in a league 1 club than a premier league one.. A tad jealous i guess.
latest romour this arab is more interested in Everton than Portsmouth
Captain Kirk
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7:43pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Lil Saints bear wrote:A couple of man tear moments here too! Yessssss! Beer has sorted it out. Only problem is that I have to work tomorrow so have to stop at two!
St Retford wrote:Absolutely spot on St Ret, top comment. had a few man-tears when the news came through...what a relief. Now recovering with a (sadly non swiss) lager!! COYRbenkirk78 wrote: What a fantastic day for the greatest fan base in this country. We have been through some tough times and now I hope we can finally look forward to security off the pitch, allow all of us to focus our energy on getting behind the team that we love unconditionally. Let thank this great man ML by showing him he has made a fantastic decision. He has not just bought Southampton FC, he has acquired a family of die hard followers who would bleed for this great club. There is no reason why we should not see 32,000 red and white faces packing out our 'home' game after game regardless, roaring on the part of our lives we so nearly lost. Let us never forget what has happened over the last few months (years even) and ensure we never see those dark days again by investing our interests, our passion, our unwavery loyalty and our hearts & souls into getting behind our reborn SAINTS. Open St Marys - we deserve a party!Dead right. The most important thing that needs to come out of this whole painful episode isn't the money we might have to spend but that we never, ever take the club for granted again.
Captain Kirk
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7:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Hercules Grytpype-Thynne wrote:Well said that man!!!!
Dear Mr Liebherr could I ask you to do the following before you do anything else. Please take that picture of a train down and get a vandriver to personally deliver it to Mr Ruprt Lowe c/o his farmhouse with the message to stay away from Southampton for ever and ever.
Captain Kirk
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7:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Fides wrote:I don't much care who is manager at the moment. That is not a priority. The priority has been to save the club from extinction. Anything else has been secondary. Now it looks as if we have a serious sensible owner who is here for the long term and has the cash if it is needed. We now need a period of stability. Get out of contract players signed and a few decent new faces in on the playing side before the season starts. Build solid foundations and away we go!!!!
COOPER PIKEY wrote: As much as Wotte has shown loyality hes rubbish, so he must go. Would be nice if new owners invited Tiss in to the fold somehow, he must feel a fool for being sucked in by the tyre kickers. Davis must stay, was awesome last year, and deserves to be rewarded for his patience. Finally season tkts must be kept at a minimum, lets fill the stadium every week, the 13000 that went to every game last year, the 10000 rupert lowest of the lowe haters, even the prawn sandwich brigade from prem days. Oh Happy Days !!!And what will you do if Wotte doesn't go? Boycott? Boo the team? Those days are behind us and for a season, just one whole season, couldn't we all support the team, the staff, the coach and the new owner. I know it won't last, but for goodness sake........ Anyhow, it's all down to our new owner and if he's good enough to save our Saints, he's good enough to pick the manager. I'd support his choice even if he brought Harry back. Well.......hmmm gritted teeth maybe.
nbsaint79
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7:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
…your boys took one HELL of a beating!!!!
Kiki Croatia Saint
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7:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
As a fan from Croatia I wish you all to get promoted in this campain.
My only hope is that one day i
step in The Saint
Mary¨s temple and sing with all of you when we trash PFC.
In my last couple of years calling myself a Saint fan an read of yours rivalry with PFC i recon this is similar vith my home club Hajduk Split and our bitter rivals Dinamo Zagreb.
Let¨s all hope that
mr.Marcus Liebherr put some serious money that our pride go up where we belong in Prem.
Sorry for my bad english but passion is what metters
COYR
wightsaint
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7:53pm Wed 8 Jul 09
chapellady
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8:09pm Wed 8 Jul 09
slugger
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8:09pm Wed 8 Jul 09
tomorrow is another day .
hope to hear more good news as this thing develops !
mastershot100
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8:09pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Kiki Croatia Saint wrote:Come on over and visit.
Finally!!! As a fan from Croatia I wish you all to get promoted in this campain. My only hope is that one day i step in The Saint Mary¨s temple and sing with all of you when we trash PFC. In my last couple of years calling myself a Saint fan an read of yours rivalry with PFC i recon this is similar vith my home club Hajduk Split and our bitter rivals Dinamo Zagreb. Let¨s all hope that mr.Marcus Liebherr put some serious money that our pride go up where we belong in Prem. Sorry for my bad english but passion is what metters COYR
Your english is better than a lot of people on these blogs.
mentazm1974
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8:11pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ssss!!!
ShakeyWiffles
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8:13pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mastershot100 wrote:Definitely have to agree, especially spelling!
Kiki Croatia Saint wrote:Come on over and visit.
Finally!!! As a fan from Croatia I wish you all to get promoted in this campain. My only hope is that one day i step in The Saint Mary¨s temple and sing with all of you when we trash PFC. In my last couple of years calling myself a Saint fan an read of yours rivalry with PFC i recon this is similar vith my home club Hajduk Split and our bitter rivals Dinamo Zagreb. Let¨s all hope that mr.Marcus Liebherr put some serious money that our pride go up where we belong in Prem. Sorry for my bad english but passion is what metters COYR
Your english is better than a lot of people on these blogs.
josefc
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8:13pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Lets hope you can get some decent players in to help your push back up the lges where this great town should be.
All the best for the season ahead.
UP THE EASTLEIGH. oh and soton
milton road
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8:16pm Wed 8 Jul 09
to buy the club and invest to get them promoted.Is a fraction of the cost of buying premiership clubs that are 60-80 million in debt. whilst promotion is never assured nor is staying in the premiership.
The club is now free of debt and we have one owner. no more internal wrangling thank f
the club can move united in one direction.
mastershot100
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8:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
nbsaint79 wrote:Yes.
Quentin Hubbard, Ben Steele, Tony Lynam, a consortium of property developers, a wealthy individual with several hundred million pounds, Micky Fialka, several mystery backers with substantial wealth, Matt Le Tiss, Leon Crouch, Kevin Keegan, Gordon Strachan, Rod Stewart, 2 Irish businessmen (possibly including or not including cinema tycoon Tom Anderson), Graeme Souness, Peter Reid, Marc Jackson, Stuart Green, Keith Harris, a Worldwide Financial Services Group, Orville, Cuddles the Monkey, ABBA, Red Bull, Gillico Ltd, 4 British businessmen, Richard Williams, John Batchelor, and RUPERT LOWE: …your boys took one HELL of a beating!!!!
We were down to our last coin on the football fruit machine and we hit the JACKPOT.
Northamer
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8:19pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974 wrote:Over the last few weeks we have had all the Pompey fans on this site giving their unwanted opinions & gloating, hoping we would go bust, where are they now? Not gloating anymore are you, The gloating has been replaced with jelousy & I'm loving it, in fact I'd love to hear some more, the more the better! We can all sit back & have a good laugh at Pompey!COYR
Keith Oftergrass wrote: "Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.your well off the pace skate. Now RL has done one our club has been saved, our average gate will be back up over and above yours! why plan a new ground for you, you cant even fill that shed you giot now, in the premiership, eh! whats that all about. £12m for a pretty good young side, prem ground, top notch training facility and a wicked acadamy that has produced some of the best talent about. i'd say thats not a waste but a good investment. skates only stayed up riding on the back of HR points last year. you now have sold all your players and leaving it far to late to sign any decent players. YOU HAVE NOTHING. FACT. see you soon d i c k head
northamsoul
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8:25pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974 wrote:couldn't have said it better myself,..they have been surviving on mafia money for years...deadwood? you mean johnson and crouch? your two best players...you clown..go and talk on your pompey site we dont like cheap SKATES...;)
Keith Oftergrass wrote: "Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.your well off the pace skate. Now RL has done one our club has been saved, our average gate will be back up over and above yours! why plan a new ground for you, you cant even fill that shed you giot now, in the premiership, eh! whats that all about. £12m for a pretty good young side, prem ground, top notch training facility and a wicked acadamy that has produced some of the best talent about. i'd say thats not a waste but a good investment. skates only stayed up riding on the back of HR points last year. you now have sold all your players and leaving it far to late to sign any decent players. YOU HAVE NOTHING. FACT. see you soon d i c k head
see you in championship next year....cant wait to play you lot...
northamsoul
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8:25pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974 wrote:couldn't have said it better myself,..they have been surviving on mafia money for years...deadwood? you mean johnson and crouch? your two best players...you clown..go and talk on your pompey site we dont like cheap SKATES...;)
Keith Oftergrass wrote: "Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.your well off the pace skate. Now RL has done one our club has been saved, our average gate will be back up over and above yours! why plan a new ground for you, you cant even fill that shed you giot now, in the premiership, eh! whats that all about. £12m for a pretty good young side, prem ground, top notch training facility and a wicked acadamy that has produced some of the best talent about. i'd say thats not a waste but a good investment. skates only stayed up riding on the back of HR points last year. you now have sold all your players and leaving it far to late to sign any decent players. YOU HAVE NOTHING. FACT. see you soon d i c k head
see you in championship next year....cant wait to play you lot...
Ross96
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8:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974
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8:30pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Ross96
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8:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Ross96
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8:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles
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8:39pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Ross96 wrote:Do you think anyone cares? Glad you made yourself feel all 'important' I bet you're one of those geeks on fb that tries to say 1st comment even though you're the 12th person to say that
300th comment go me!!
sholingsaint
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8:42pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles wrote:come on you shouldnt be arguing you should be celebrating the good news!
Ross96 wrote: 300th comment go me!!Do you think anyone cares? Glad you made yourself feel all 'important' I bet you're one of those geeks on fb that tries to say 1st comment even though you're the 12th person to say that
saintrooty
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8:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Ross96 wrote:KD had a medical last week. I think its a good sign that nothing has been confirmed(that ive seen) to say that he's signed yet. Odd considering a medical is usually the sealing point. I think KD is staying.
Kelvin's has had a medical at the hammers. Its on the matchmag website.
sarumsaint
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8:44pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Humbled would be a good start...
slugger
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8:54pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974 wrote:can't register !
go to portsmouth evening news site and let them have it. it our turn now, our turn to gloat. look out for brightsideM27 ha ha
think it's cause i don't know how to work a computer !!!!
adam1981
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8:57pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Southampton have not ruled out handing Matt Le Tissier a role within the now secure club, according to chief operating officer Andy Oldknow.
On Wednesday, the League One side's future was secured after Swiss businessman Markus Liebherr completed his takeover.
The news came as a major relief to Saints supporters following the serious threat of liquidation.
Southampton legend Le Tissier had been involved in a takeover attempt with the Pinnacle Group, but the bid was withdrawn.
However, Oldknow has confirmed club officials are to meet with Le Tissier over his views on the South Coast outfit's future.
First-class
Oldknow told Sky Sports News: "Matt's fantastic. He's been brilliant and nothing but first-class in terms of his engagement with me.
"In due course we will be meeting with him to listen to his views. We don't have anything in mind for Matt. Let's see what happens."
Oldknow went on to explain that a thorough investigation into the running of Southampton will take place, including talks with current manager Mark Wotte.
He said: "We went through a considered process and it has been tense, with the timelines involved.
"(The future holds) stability. We will be making appropriate finances available to make us competitive at this level.
Wotte
"Subsequently, as we go forward, we will be reviewing those finances. We're not going to get carried away.
"We've already formulated plans for the off-the-field and on-the-field operations. We will be reviewing certain aspects of the business and taking the appropriate action.
"He is part of that review. We have a meeting scheduled with him early next week where we will look at the tools he feels the first-team squad needs."
Oldknow also outlined that new owner Liebherr will enjoy a distanced approach, adding: "As I understand it, Markus wishes to be a hands-off owner.
"He will let the executive run the club and report back to him on a timely basis."
.
Ross96
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9:02pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sholingsaint wrote:I was bored so just leave it.
ShakeyWiffles wrote:come on you shouldnt be arguing you should be celebrating the good news!Ross96 wrote: 300th comment go me!!Do you think anyone cares? Glad you made yourself feel all 'important' I bet you're one of those geeks on fb that tries to say 1st comment even though you're the 12th person to say that
PokerSaint
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9:07pm Wed 8 Jul 09
PokerSaint
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9:07pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SomersetSaint
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9:11pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Ross96
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9:12pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974
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9:13pm Wed 8 Jul 09
slugger wrote:register then go to your e mail and they will send you a link to click.
mentazm1974 wrote: go to portsmouth evening news site and let them have it. it our turn now, our turn to gloat. look out for brightsideM27 ha hacan't register ! think it's cause i don't know how to work a computer !!!!
COYR
slugger
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9:20pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974 wrote:tried that but it said copy to your browser,whatever that means !
slugger wrote:register then go to your e mail and they will send you a link to click. COYRmentazm1974 wrote: go to portsmouth evening news site and let them have it. it our turn now, our turn to gloat. look out for brightsideM27 ha hacan't register ! think it's cause i don't know how to work a computer !!!!
ravings
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9:23pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Rowester
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9:24pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Keith Oftergrass wrote:Get back in your straight jacket,your Pompey W****R.
"Markus Liebherr was attracted to Southampton by a number of qualities which include the Club's rich sporting heritage, loyal fan base, first class stadium and training facilities and the potential for the Saints to regain their rightful place at the higher echelons of English football." ...this is Southampton football Club he's thinking of ? Boy, has he got a surprise coming his way, loyal fanbase my posterior - just read some of the wingers on here for the past few months !!! Can't help thinking £12mil is a hell of an inflated price for that rabble of second (sorry, third now) rate rubbish.
SW KNOB-HEAD
kiwistevemoNZL
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9:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
kiwistevemoNZL
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9:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles
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9:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Ross96 wrote:See, I'd understand that but you did it on another post. Sad, not bored I believe and sholingsaint, I said that before this good news but it got deleted. Not arguing .at all. Just something I think is pathetic
sholingsaint wrote:I was bored so just leave it.
ShakeyWiffles wrote:come on you shouldnt be arguing you should be celebrating the good news!Ross96 wrote: 300th comment go me!!Do you think anyone cares? Glad you made yourself feel all 'important' I bet you're one of those geeks on fb that tries to say 1st comment even though you're the 12th person to say that
highlandblue
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9:34pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles
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9:35pm Wed 8 Jul 09
slugger wrote:highlight the link, then press Ctrl C, go to the part of your browser where you type a website and make sure it's all cleat, then press Ctrl V
mentazm1974 wrote:tried that but it said copy to your browser,whatever that means !
slugger wrote:register then go to your e mail and they will send you a link to click. COYRmentazm1974 wrote: go to portsmouth evening news site and let them have it. it our turn now, our turn to gloat. look out for brightsideM27 ha hacan't register ! think it's cause i don't know how to work a computer !!!!
ShakeyWiffles
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9:36pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:Judging by what I've read that would mean we'll laugh the longest at your sorry excuse for a club
All you idiot Scummers really are living in dreamland. You wont comne up next year with your 10pt deduction and what sort of player do you really expect to recruit while languishing in the depths of div 1? Remember, he who laughs last, laughs longest! BLUE ARMY!
pawnsacrifice
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9:37pm Wed 8 Jul 09
If we hadn't forced the club into administration, Lowe would still be in charge and we would be dying a slow death.
Yes we sailed close to the wind but now we finally have a future. Personally I feel it was worth it.
Now lets our rightful place back as biggest club on the south coast
pawnsacrifice
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9:42pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:I can't help but feel the skates are worried.
All you idiot Scummers really are living in dreamland. You wont comne up next year with your 10pt deduction and what sort of player do you really expect to recruit while languishing in the depths of div 1? Remember, he who laughs last, laughs longest! BLUE ARMY!
We are now the big fish in div1.
We only need to attract the best players in this league (and believe me they WILL come here.
You skates really are worried and rightly so.
Lifelong Saint NZ
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9:43pm Wed 8 Jul 09
I went to bed thinking this would go on for days more...woke up, grabbed my mobile and logged on to see we're saved! And better yet, we're Swiss!
I cannot believe this. as a Saints fan for so many years, I've become used to disappointment...I just don;t know how to feel excited anymore. But I'm sure I'll learn ;)
northamsoul
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9:46pm Wed 8 Jul 09
pawnsacrifice wrote:best post of the day...top notch.
Now maybe all those people who had a go at 'stay away' fans (like me) can eat humble pie. If we hadn't forced the club into administration, Lowe would still be in charge and we would be dying a slow death. Yes we sailed close to the wind but now we finally have a future. Personally I feel it was worth it. Now lets our rightful place back as biggest club on the south coast
Very nearly backfired but it worked, and boy did work...phew..
Rowester
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9:48pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue wrote:CALLING ALL SAINTS FANS: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS INBRED.GOODNITE INBRED.SEE YOU NEXT SEASON.
All you idiot Scummers really are living in dreamland. You wont comne up next year with your 10pt deduction and what sort of player do you really expect to recruit while languishing in the depths of div 1? Remember, he who laughs last, laughs longest! BLUE ARMY!
SW BLUE-MUCK
sholingsaint
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9:49pm Wed 8 Jul 09
pawnsacrifice wrote:well said
highlandblue wrote: All you idiot Scummers really are living in dreamland. You wont comne up next year with your 10pt deduction and what sort of player do you really expect to recruit while languishing in the depths of div 1? Remember, he who laughs last, laughs longest! BLUE ARMY!I can't help but feel the skates are worried. We are now the big fish in div1. We only need to attract the best players in this league (and believe me they WILL come here. You skates really are worried and rightly so.
you skates are worried jelous and bitter and its great. made the past few weeks of worry worth it.
KyleGraham
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9:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Bu we need to do a few things now that the takeover has been completed:
1) Sign up kelvin davis, stern john, jason euell etc...
2) get a new manager, mark wotte doesnt know nothing about english football, get in a traditional english manager like kevin keegan or nigel pearson.
3) Buy at least 2 defenders, 2 midfielders and 2 strikers which are experienced so that we aren't all youth like last year. To put youth and not enough experience.
4) Get rid of Paul Wotton he's a rubbish midfielder, what did he do last year? nothing just a pay check that got saints into administartion.
5) Get in Graeme Murty,not tessem.
6) get in some quality champiuonship players so our new strenthen squad.
stormus troupias the 2nd
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9:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
kiwistevemoNZL
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9:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL) wrote:I can almost hear you from Hamilton
Thanks Echo..bin a long road but you did do well putting up with us lot in here. For all the bs and banter we've had.. come on lads and lasses yell it loud.. UP THE SAINTS. sorry to be 12500 miles away but I'm about to go outside and yell like it was 74. Thanks Mark Fry and all involved.. and to the staff and all the other bidders. Yeehaaaa
mentazm1974
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9:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
http://dralfahim.blo
gspot.com
sholingsaint
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9:51pm Wed 8 Jul 09
leedb,portsmouth 08/07/2009 21:38:16
dont know if theres any truth in it but i heard tonight from a guy who sponsors pompey that they will be in administration by friday??? worrying times with the scummers being saved, is it us down the plughole??
waxrose
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9:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
highlandblue
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9:54pm Wed 8 Jul 09
pawnsacrifice wrote:Big fish in Div 1 - whoopy doo! Oh how i envy you, hahahahahahahahahaha
highlandblue wrote: All you idiot Scummers really are living in dreamland. You wont comne up next year with your 10pt deduction and what sort of player do you really expect to recruit while languishing in the depths of div 1? Remember, he who laughs last, laughs longest! BLUE ARMY!I can't help but feel the skates are worried. We are now the big fish in div1. We only need to attract the best players in this league (and believe me they WILL come here. You skates really are worried and rightly so.
hahahahahahahahahaha
ha. You lot are going nowhere - you expect this guy to come in and everything is going to be rosy - i wouldn't count on it!
mentazm1974
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9:55pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Spudsaint
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9:58pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974
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10:00pm Wed 8 Jul 09
DUCK OFF!! also no dont expect to be rosy but i know your in £60+mil in debt and guess what? eh eh were not SUCKER have not been able to say that in a while
slugger
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10:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles wrote:cheers for that.i'm in and gonna wind em up !!!!!
slugger wrote:highlight the link, then press Ctrl C, go to the part of your browser where you type a website and make sure it's all cleat, then press Ctrl Vmentazm1974 wrote:tried that but it said copy to your browser,whatever that means !slugger wrote:register then go to your e mail and they will send you a link to click. COYRmentazm1974 wrote: go to portsmouth evening news site and let them have it. it our turn now, our turn to gloat. look out for brightsideM27 ha hacan't register ! think it's cause i don't know how to work a computer !!!!
yorkie_scummer
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10:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Funny, this is the first day in 98 that I haven't heard from my skate relatives.
Ha Ha - yours is coming!
COYR
slugger
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10:06pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sholingsaint wrote:i read that too !
was just on the pompey website giving them stick :) and found this comment from a pompey fan - would be f*****g brilliant if its true? leedb,portsmouth 08/07/2009 21:38:16 dont know if theres any truth in it but i heard tonight from a guy who sponsors pompey that they will be in administration by friday??? worrying times with the scummers being saved, is it us down the plughole??
Optimist
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10:07pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Southampton Heart
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10:08pm Wed 8 Jul 09
My work colleagues thought I was up to something as I've been smiling since the good news was announced.
Since Mark Fry was appointed I've always said "expect the un-expected" and "they'll be a twist".
I never could have dreamt that we now have a geniune owner who has a strong SOUTHAMPTON HEART.
Thank you again Markus....you're name is now written in Southampton's history. You have given us repect, love and our life back. I would like to nominate you with the "freedom of the city".....but you have that already as far as I'm concerned for what you had given us.
Finally, as I quoted yesterday may I say "Thank You" on behalf of ALL Saints fans who are not here anymore in person but are in our HEARTS.
Welcome to our family.
WE ARE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT. WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
saintscleric
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10:10pm Wed 8 Jul 09
warm welcome to Markus Liebherr
COYR
sw ship-sell(or shi*-sell if your pompey lol)
dannyep
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10:11pm Wed 8 Jul 09
No.1 Marcus liebherr
No.2 ??????
No.3 ????
No.4 Lennie Kravitz
No.5 ???
No.5 Carol Vorderman
No.6 Sheik Al Habib Al Hilari Hussain El Halik Hibabi
No.7 Sam from Cheers
No.8 Art Garfunkel
Genuine s/w blow-mine (Im sure that was meant for a pompey poster)
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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10:11pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Captain Kirk wrote:Good on you and well said ...True Saint That man. Hope you manage the ticket.
What a wonderful feeling! Was logged on most of the day at work but unable to comment. Had tears in my eyes and had to walk away from pc to make sure I didn't make a complete prat of myself. Had a beer on the train on the way home. Another one now I'm here. I gave up my season ticket years ago partly because of family, youth football coaching and lack of funds but mostly because I had become disheartened by the Lowe regime and the lack of ambition. Now I am just so pleased that we are debt free with a sensible head at the healm. If I can scrape the money together I will buy a season ticket. The good times are coming back!
Up until 2am toooo often here. a few tears last night and a good Brandy.. Another local Saint Roger was up celebrating too.. trading emails good on you Roger!!
The whole thing was a nightmare turned into a dream come true.
Looking back Mark Fry has really done a brilliant job.
Many on this site were slagging him for getting sucked in by Pinnacle but can you imagine the outcry if fans found out that he turned down a 15.5 offer from a Matt Le Tissier backed bid which wanted exclusivity. He would have been lynched.
The very second they went out of time he got Markus back at the table had he delayed things could have been very very different.
Mark Fry and no doubt his back room team and co-administrator are heroes in this saga.
Matt and Pinnacle got egg on their faces but should not be slammed for genuinely trying to save the club. I for one fully supported their bid and stand by their efforts. Matt is a hero Saint many times over and will always be.
Marc Jackson was curried in the postings. Some of the terrible things said were uncalled for. Whether or not he had the means to pull off a deal was not reason to treat him as badly as he was in the threads. I hope one day he finds a club... Maybe Pompey could use a rescue pack.
Every good tale leaves the readers wandering. Here we wander who was behind The World Wide Financial Group represented by Keith Harris. You can bet they would have been a genuine sensible saviour for the club as opposed to chancers or a cobbled together emergency deal. They earned thanks from us... Thanks Keith and your clients for trying to save Saints.
Adam Leitch and his team mates at The Echo Sports Desk. HAHA we can laugh and sigh now but you guys gave us thrills and spills for weeks and brought us out of the mire. For me and many others overseas the threads gave a vent, a chat room to bring us together with the family that is Saints. Many thanks for a great job.
Thanks all those that have posted one and all.. some of you are right dags, wags and dogs but all of you are part of the history of communication in the saving of Saints...
Even though I'm 12,500 miles away in a village of pop 586 in rural NZ, I for one have never felt more a Saint than today.
I hope all the partying fans at The Ted Bates statue had a great party.. I'll Join you for the eventual Promotion to the Prem Party for sure!!
Up The Saints
Red and White Red and White
Swiss and Saints Red and White
Markus Forever!
10 more points to mow ten more points to zero
10 more points to mow markus is our hero
10 more 7 more 4 more 1 more and Markus Liebherr, a bottle of pop and a chunk o' Swiss roll
no more points to zero
7 more points to mow 7 more points to zero
7 more points to mow markus is our hero
4 more 1 more no more, Markus Liebherr, a bottle of pop and a chunk o' Swiss roll
no more points to zero
Oh yes....
Regards
Dan
ShakeyWiffles
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10:15pm Wed 8 Jul 09
slugger wrote:link me please?
sholingsaint wrote:i read that too !
was just on the pompey website giving them stick :) and found this comment from a pompey fan - would be f*****g brilliant if its true? leedb,portsmouth 08/07/2009 21:38:16 dont know if theres any truth in it but i heard tonight from a guy who sponsors pompey that they will be in administration by friday??? worrying times with the scummers being saved, is it us down the plughole??
saint tom
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10:16pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sholingsaint
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10:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974 wrote:haha they dont seem to happy do they
sholingsaint i was there to aka bright-side M27
everybody join in in the fun of terrorising the skates! they deserve it after the last few weeks on here
http://www.portsmout
h.co.uk/sport/39Pomp
ey-can39t-lose-hitma
n-Crouch39.5437776.j
p?CommentPage=6&Comm
entPageLength=10#com
ments
slugger
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10:19pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles wrote:the news portsmouth sport section,it's the best fun iv'e had for months !!!
slugger wrote:link me please?sholingsaint wrote: was just on the pompey website giving them stick :) and found this comment from a pompey fan - would be f*****g brilliant if its true? leedb,portsmouth 08/07/2009 21:38:16 dont know if theres any truth in it but i heard tonight from a guy who sponsors pompey that they will be in administration by friday??? worrying times with the scummers being saved, is it us down the plughole??i read that too !
coyr
saint robbie
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10:19pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Starting of with - 10 points in the premier league
Losing the likes of Crouch, James, Kanu, Belhadj, Utaka, Distin etc (after already losing Defoe, Johnson Campbell)
Maybe they could sell there stadium, that would possibly pay Crouch's wages for a couple of weeks.
Theres only one thing those blue boys need to remember...
The futures bright
the futures red and white. COME ON YOU REDS
mentazm1974
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10:23pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Rossbkr C.O.Y.R
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10:23pm Wed 8 Jul 09
sholingsaint
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10:23pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles wrote:http://www.portsmout
slugger wrote:link me please?sholingsaint wrote: was just on the pompey website giving them stick :) and found this comment from a pompey fan - would be f*****g brilliant if its true? leedb,portsmouth 08/07/2009 21:38:16 dont know if theres any truth in it but i heard tonight from a guy who sponsors pompey that they will be in administration by friday??? worrying times with the scummers being saved, is it us down the plughole??i read that too !
h.co.uk/sport/39Pomp
ey-can39t-lose-hitma
n-Crouch39.5437776.j
p?CommentPage=6&Comm
entPageLength=10#com
ments
sholingsaint
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10:25pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saint robbie wrote:Maybe they could sell there stadium, that would possibly pay Crouch's wages for a couple of weeks.
That would be a real shame !! Starting of with - 10 points in the premier league Losing the likes of Crouch, James, Kanu, Belhadj, Utaka, Distin etc (after already losing Defoe, Johnson Campbell) Maybe they could sell there stadium, that would possibly pay Crouch's wages for a couple of weeks. Theres only one thing those blue boys need to remember... The futures bright the futures red and white. COME ON YOU REDS
are you mad? crouches wages for a few weeks would work out more than 100 quid lol
dannyep
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10:26pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saint tom
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10:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
saint tom
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10:27pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL)
says...
10:29pm Wed 8 Jul 09
ADVERT
Any players agents out there take note:
We want good fit bargains.
We'll even look at half price Pompey players if they want a bright future ask about a cheap transfer now it'll be worth it in the long run.
Applications to Mark Wotte
Rowester
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10:31pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Soulrebel One
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10:33pm Wed 8 Jul 09
What other clubs do is up to them, but I really couldn't give a monkeys about them.
slugger
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10:37pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974 wrote:cheers
you made it then slugger. torment the skates
yep,gonna visit every day from now on,the boot is on the other foot now !
dannyep
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10:38pm Wed 8 Jul 09
dannyep wrote:nasa just claimed No3 slot.
Just made my list of the top 8 most ideal football club owners: No.1 Marcus liebherr No.2 ?????? No.3 ???? No.4 Lennie Kravitz No.5 ??? No.5 Carol Vorderman No.6 Sheik Al Habib Al Hilari Hussain El Halik Hibabi No.7 Sam from Cheers No.8 Art Garfunkel Genuine s/w blow-mine (Im sure that was meant for a pompey poster)
If I told you the s/w you would'nt believe me.
stormus troupias the 2nd
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10:39pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL) wrote:dan do you ever sleep what a fan
Captain Kirk wrote: What a wonderful feeling! Was logged on most of the day at work but unable to comment. Had tears in my eyes and had to walk away from pc to make sure I didn't make a complete prat of myself. Had a beer on the train on the way home. Another one now I'm here. I gave up my season ticket years ago partly because of family, youth football coaching and lack of funds but mostly because I had become disheartened by the Lowe regime and the lack of ambition. Now I am just so pleased that we are debt free with a sensible head at the healm. If I can scrape the money together I will buy a season ticket. The good times are coming back!Good on you and well said ...True Saint That man. Hope you manage the ticket. Up until 2am toooo often here. a few tears last night and a good Brandy.. Another local Saint Roger was up celebrating too.. trading emails good on you Roger!! The whole thing was a nightmare turned into a dream come true. Looking back Mark Fry has really done a brilliant job. Many on this site were slagging him for getting sucked in by Pinnacle but can you imagine the outcry if fans found out that he turned down a 15.5 offer from a Matt Le Tissier backed bid which wanted exclusivity. He would have been lynched. The very second they went out of time he got Markus back at the table had he delayed things could have been very very different. Mark Fry and no doubt his back room team and co-administrator are heroes in this saga. Matt and Pinnacle got egg on their faces but should not be slammed for genuinely trying to save the club. I for one fully supported their bid and stand by their efforts. Matt is a hero Saint many times over and will always be. Marc Jackson was curried in the postings. Some of the terrible things said were uncalled for. Whether or not he had the means to pull off a deal was not reason to treat him as badly as he was in the threads. I hope one day he finds a club... Maybe Pompey could use a rescue pack. Every good tale leaves the readers wandering. Here we wander who was behind The World Wide Financial Group represented by Keith Harris. You can bet they would have been a genuine sensible saviour for the club as opposed to chancers or a cobbled together emergency deal. They earned thanks from us... Thanks Keith and your clients for trying to save Saints. Adam Leitch and his team mates at The Echo Sports Desk. HAHA we can laugh and sigh now but you guys gave us thrills and spills for weeks and brought us out of the mire. For me and many others overseas the threads gave a vent, a chat room to bring us together with the family that is Saints. Many thanks for a great job. Thanks all those that have posted one and all.. some of you are right dags, wags and dogs but all of you are part of the history of communication in the saving of Saints... Even though I'm 12,500 miles away in a village of pop 586 in rural NZ, I for one have never felt more a Saint than today. I hope all the partying fans at The Ted Bates statue had a great party.. I'll Join you for the eventual Promotion to the Prem Party for sure!! Up The Saints Red and White Red and White Swiss and Saints Red and White Markus Forever! 10 more points to mow ten more points to zero 10 more points to mow markus is our hero 10 more 7 more 4 more 1 more and Markus Liebherr, a bottle of pop and a chunk o' Swiss roll no more points to zero 7 more points to mow 7 more points to zero 7 more points to mow markus is our hero 4 more 1 more no more, Markus Liebherr, a bottle of pop and a chunk o' Swiss roll no more points to zero Oh yes.... Regards Dan
leedunsdon
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10:45pm Wed 8 Jul 09
mentazm1974
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10:50pm Wed 8 Jul 09
jezza
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10:52pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Still, I don't think I've seen this many happy Saints fans in one place since 1976.
COYR
gosportsaint
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11:02pm Wed 8 Jul 09
SLUM CITY
isn't that the other side of Portsmouth harbour
richarddstarky
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11:04pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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11:08pm Wed 8 Jul 09
richarddstarky
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11:11pm Wed 8 Jul 09
stormus troupias the 2nd
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11:17pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Tirau Dan (NZL) wrote:your one guy i would like to buy a beer me and the wife are hoping to visit NZ nx yr so perhaps i might coyr
Running on Lithiums ;)
Honest65
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11:18pm Wed 8 Jul 09
MILLBRONX MUSH
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11:29pm Wed 8 Jul 09
jezza wrote:I believe andy oldknow left saints when lowe came back so I think that answers your question
There have been so many boardroom changes, I've got a bit lost - was Oldknow pro Lowe or anti? And did he make good decisions for us? He is the only director to return to the club under the new regime, but I can't remember much about him. Still, I don't think I've seen this many happy Saints fans in one place since 1976. COYR
god bless the swiss
saints forever!
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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11:39pm Wed 8 Jul 09
stormus troupias the 2nd wrote:586 pop in Tirau but two pubs and 2 lic restaurants.. I run a social club in the next town so yur on! google my handle and you'll find me lol
Tirau Dan (NZL) wrote:your one guy i would like to buy a beer me and the wife are hoping to visit NZ nx yr so perhaps i might coyr
Running on Lithiums ;)
I am starting to save very soon for the big Prem Party.. nothing like starting now.
Regards
SaintRachel
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12:45am Thu 9 Jul 09
First time on here since 1.30am this morning (had to sleep and go to work). So can I just echo what everyone else has been saying all day... I AM SO HAPPY WE HAVE A FUNDED CLUB AGAIN AND FEEL REALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL SOON BE BACK UP WHERE WE BELONG. COYR!
ravings
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12:58am Thu 9 Jul 09
This one's a laugh, I have a cracked rib:
Gigersaint
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1:42am Thu 9 Jul 09
Can't wait to see what the future will bring and the plans to take us back up.
Thank you Marcus Liebherr for saving us.
ShakeyWiffles
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1:49am Thu 9 Jul 09
stormus troupias the 2nd wrote:that goes for me too! Maybe me and your wife can have a little girly chat lol, my bro lived there for about 5 years so I have to come over at some point! The sooner the better hey? and with this news it'd be even better!]
Tirau Dan (NZL) wrote:your one guy i would like to buy a beer me and the wife are hoping to visit NZ nx yr so perhaps i might coyr
Running on Lithiums ;)
omg, lmfao @ the SW part-fish!!!!! Nope, you have the wrong part of the south! Bout time the echo had a laugh with us
ShakeyWiffles
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2:11am Thu 9 Jul 09
sholingsaint wrote:Commented, bet it gets deleted coz some jealous c*** will report it as unsuitable
saint robbie wrote:Maybe they could sell there stadium, that would possibly pay Crouch's wages for a couple of weeks.
That would be a real shame !! Starting of with - 10 points in the premier league Losing the likes of Crouch, James, Kanu, Belhadj, Utaka, Distin etc (after already losing Defoe, Johnson Campbell) Maybe they could sell there stadium, that would possibly pay Crouch's wages for a couple of weeks. Theres only one thing those blue boys need to remember... The futures bright the futures red and white. COME ON YOU REDS
are you mad? crouches wages for a few weeks would work out more than 100 quid lol
Tirau Dan (NZL)
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6:18am Thu 9 Jul 09
ShakeyWiffles wrote:I don't really like to cast dispursions about other clubs but surely Fratton is only worth about a hundred quid its smaller than the dell and has blue paint all over it. Oh I think they cleaned the loos last month.
sholingsaint wrote:Commented, bet it gets deleted coz some jealous c*** will report it as unsuitable
saint robbie wrote:Maybe they could sell there stadium, that would possibly pay Crouch's wages for a couple of weeks.
That would be a real shame !! Starting of with - 10 points in the premier league Losing the likes of Crouch, James, Kanu, Belhadj, Utaka, Distin etc (after already losing Defoe, Johnson Campbell) Maybe they could sell there stadium, that would possibly pay Crouch's wages for a couple of weeks. Theres only one thing those blue boys need to remember... The futures bright the futures red and white. COME ON YOU REDS
are you mad? crouches wages for a few weeks would work out more than 100 quid lol
Crouchie can come home on free transfer he knows which side his butter goes on.. we'd give him a cuppa and a contract.. with a performance bonus.
But what would an ex Graham Rd Nipper turned kiwi git like me know? haha ;P
weh8pompey
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9:05am Thu 9 Jul 09
St Retford wrote:that is funny as fu@k!!!i was **** myself at that for 5 minutes!!!!
Fawleysajollygoodfel low wrote:AAAHHHNNNNGGGRRRRRR! Jesus! Never mind giving it a few - I'm moving house. PS A to the MAZING!St Retford wrote: You know how when you really need to have a great big poo but someone's already in the bathroom? Well, I feel like I've been standing outside the bathroom door for 98 days and can finally hear the person inside flushing. I think when this deal actually happens I might die from relief.I'd give it a few....
click2find
RupertLoweIsGod says...
1:25pm Wed 8 Jul 09
Its not like wire transfers happen like they do on the movies with it going over pound by pound! Its instant.