saint lard Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 This one ??? :shock::shock: Royal News 2002, Section II [Maria Theodora is daughter of Ruprecht Graf von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck and of his wife, Josephine Clara Lowry-Corry (of the family of the Earls Belmore). ... Ahh,this is the fellow....... Superb.
ohwhenthesaints Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 I'd be more worried about this guy involved in the Gillico bid than Lowe to be honest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/apr/09/sport.comment http://www.chad.co.uk/stags/John-Batchelor-answers-YOUR-questions.3923617.jp
Wade Garrett Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 This bloke sounds worse than Lowe. Fry has said he is committed to getting the transaction done with his current buyer. So hopefully this Batchelor shyster will be left in the lurch. Selling to him will be like death of a thousand cuts to the club.
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Ahh,this is the fellow....... Superb. Yes that's the one , he inherited the eye-patch ( & chronic incontinence) from his late father , Gross Admiral Mattieus Graf von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck - best remembered as the only man ever to lose a battleship on Lake Geneva .
Murdock Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Not sure if this is anywhere else: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/4475023.Businessmen_bid___12_5m_to_buy_Saints/ Posted up at 6 this morning. If you have a weak heart I suggest you don't read it. John Batchelor = Asset stripper
VectisSaint Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 So, just to recap this thread, no-one has a f*cking clue? Right? Great. As with most freds...
Saint Billy Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 I'd be more worried about this guy involved in the Gillico bid than Lowe to be honest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/apr/09/sport.comment http://www.chad.co.uk/stags/John-Batchelor-answers-YOUR-questions.3923617.jp It'll be an absolute nightmare if these guys buy us, come on Swiss!
SaintDonkey Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 I'd be more worried about this guy involved in the Gillico bid than Lowe to be honest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/apr/09/sport.comment http://www.chad.co.uk/stags/John-Batchelor-answers-YOUR-questions.3923617.jp That is very scary reading. Can we get over the Lowe paranoia and start being terrified by who actually is connected to Gillico?
ottery st mary Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 That is very scary reading. Can we get over the Lowe paranoia and start being terrified by who actually is connected to Gillico? I hope it is not that chappie Lord Marland or that other fine fellow 19 canteen.:smt118 See NO mention of Lowey at all:D
sunrise Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Batchelor can fook right off, I don't want that asset stripping loony near my club. With him involved, Gillico can shove their bid when the sun doesn't shine.
ART Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 I am hoping this Gillico crowd is just another huge publicity stunt like the re-entry of Pinnacle and Jackson. Someone close to the club or Fry will have let it be known the deal is almost complete so every Tom, **** and Harry wanting some free publicity will be putting in a bid. Fry should have announced Friday something like any additional bids require a 100,000 quid unrefundable deposit to be taken into consideration. You'd then have seen no new arrivals. All this is making me sick. I'm reaching the point where I wonder how many of us will actually survive all the stress of the daily ravings to see a bid succeed.
Master Bates Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Do we know how much the Swiss are worth? £4.4bn?
Badger Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Do we know how much the Swiss are worth? £4.4bn? That assumes its Thomas Schmidheiny behind the deal,in which case the figure was $4.4bn in 2006. Ernesto Bertarelli from the same source is $8.2bn. Any other Swiss contenders?
SaintRichmond Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 That is very scary reading. Can we get over the Lowe paranoia and start being terrified by who actually is connected to Gillico?[/QUOTE] OK .......... Lowe
Wes Tender Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 That assumes its Thomas Schmidheiny behind the deal,in which case the figure was $4.4bn in 2006. Ernesto Bertarelli from the same source is $8.2bn. Any other Swiss contenders? Why is it contemplated that any Swiss person or group interested in us has to comprise multi-millionaires or billionaires? If you look at our recent history, we have not been associated with people of any great wealth during the club's history so far and since our administration we have attracted some tyre-kickers who seemingly represent others of no great wealth. Why shouldn't there be a Swiss, German, Italian or Arabic equivalent of Jackson, Batchelor, Fialka, etc? If the UK is capable of throwing up such jokers, I'm sure that we do not have a monopoly on them.
Gingeletiss Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Why is it contemplated that any Swiss person or group interested in us has to comprise multi-millionaires or billionaires? If you look at our recent history, we have not been associated with people of any great wealth during the club's history so far and since our administration we have attracted some tyre-kickers who seemingly represent others of no great wealth. Why shouldn't there be a Swiss, German, Italian or Arabic equivalent of Jackson, Batchelor, Fialka, etc? If the UK is capable of throwing up such jokers, I'm sure that we do not have a monopoly on them. Wes...I've said this before, members get their hopes up, and powwwww!!!, it turns out he/she/they only has a 100 million or less, and then posters turn on him/her/them.
buctootim Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Wes...I've said this before, members get their hopes up, and powwwww!!!, it turns out he/she/they only has a 100 million or less, and then posters turn on him/her/them. Or even worse - they do have billions and if they dont spend £50m a year strengthening the team the fans turn on them. Either way I fear our expectations of the new owners might be unreasonably high.
SaintRobbie Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Or even worse - they do have billions and if they dont spend £50m a year strengthening the team the fans turn on them. Either way I fear our expectations of the new owners might be unreasonably high. I think you may be right. Still... fingers crossed.
Master Bates Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Mark Wotte to be on soon RE the Eastleigh game (1-1), wonder if he'll drop any hints RE takeover?
RonManager Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Mark Wotte to be on soon RE the Eastleigh game (1-1), wonder if he'll drop any hints RE takeover? He didn't in a 5 minute interview before the match.
RonManager Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 How selfish of him. Just done a 5 minute post match interview - nothing there either! Isn't your hand aching a bit? - maybe time to change boob
Master Bates Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Just done a 5 minute post match interview - nothing there either! Isn't your hand aching a bit? - maybe time to change boob Going for a world record.
RonManager Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Going for a world record. Implying you already hold the British and Commonwealth record?
Crispypie Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 I dont think this will clear anything up but I havent seen a link to this page yet, WARNING: Scary picutr on the page no real explanation!! You have been warned! http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4475211.Bradford_man_in___12m_club_bid/
Wade Garrett Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Why is it contemplated that any Swiss person or group interested in us has to comprise multi-millionaires or billionaires? If you look at our recent history, we have not been associated with people of any great wealth during the club's history so far and since our administration we have attracted some tyre-kickers who seemingly represent others of no great wealth. Why shouldn't there be a Swiss, German, Italian or Arabic equivalent of Jackson, Batchelor, Fialka, etc? If the UK is capable of throwing up such jokers, I'm sure that we do not have a monopoly on them. True, but one thing the tyre-kicking c*nts like is to be all over the media. It is why I think Gillico are the same as Pinnacle and Jackson, Batchelor just wants another 5 minutes of fame, tosser. The Swiss on the other hand haven't been revealed to the media, they have made no public comments and have worked away quietly in the background. They would, it seems, even have convinced Fry (fair play to him, he didn't seem that convinced that Pinnacle would succeed and told us). The Swiss are not quite in the tyre-kicking mode of Batchelor, Lynam, Fialka, tommac, HelpMeRhonda and Jackson.
Whitey Grandad Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 I dont think this will clear anything up but I havent seen a link to this page yet, WARNING: Scary picutr on the page no real explanation!! You have been warned! http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4475211.Bradford_man_in___12m_club_bid/ 'Speaking from his semi-detahced home'??? Does he live with his mum too?
Viking Warrior Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Whyitey Grandad wrote 'Speaking from his semi-detahced home'??? Does he live with his mum too? Several of the posters on this forum live in semi detached houses with their parents. They also seem to know how to run a football club and manage the side. So basically Mike Fialka and this Richard Williams are no different from most potential football owners. After all Paul Allen lives on a Boat , cant his folks afford a semi detached Home
GAS Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Whyitey Grandad wrote 'Speaking from his semi-detahced home'??? Does he live with his mum too? Several of the posters on this forum live in semi detached houses with their parents. They also seem to know how to run a football club and manage the side. So basically Mike Fialka and this Richard Williams are no different from most potential football owners. After all Paul Allen lives on a Boat , cant his folks afford a semi detached Home What are you talking about?
Whitey Grandad Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Call me old-fashioned, but I like my billionaires to live the lifestyle and have lots of money to throw at a football team. I don't mind them living on an estate just so long as it has a country mansion and at least 200 acres.
S-Clarke Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Jesus - this guy sounds scary. This is the worry - when administration drags on and on, little ''Asset stripping'' groups crawl from under the woodwork - always seems to happen. i just hope the swiss are actually the real deal this time.
korruptor Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Call me old-fashioned, but I like my billionaires to live the lifestyle and have lots of money to throw at a football team. I don't mind them living on an estate just so long as it has a country mansion and at least 200 acres. I'm not sure you end up being a billionaire by splashing the cash about. I reckon most of em are tight. I'm hoping the Swiss don't end up being the Swizz...
Nineteen Canteen Posted 4 July, 2009 Posted 4 July, 2009 Deed poll, I think. Really, I didn't know that, ITK's earlier in the thread mention it's depol and this afterall is the font of all knowledge. Deed Poll, you're 'aving a larf.
Whitey Grandad Posted 5 July, 2009 Posted 5 July, 2009 I'm not sure you end up being a billionaire by splashing the cash about. I reckon most of em are tight. I'm hoping the Swiss don't end up being the Swizz... Swizzlesticks? It's a difficult decision. Do we want billionaire owners who are only interested in making their next billion or do we want a philanthropic millionaire for whom football is a passionate plaything?
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