Fry Update -were sold (almost)

[buctootim]

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1713096,00.html

[sussexsaint]

(almost) wooo hoo

[saints_is_the_south]

Sounds good! Hopefully we'll finally hear something on Monday or Tuesday latest then.

[sussexsaint]

In other words it looks like the Swiss are buying us and not these late comers

[Greenridge]

Would seem to suggest 'the Swiss' consortium is in pole

[ladysaint]

Are the Swiss the Red Bull company?

[mUrph]

Bargain

[Windmill Arm 2]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

 

 

 

Somebody wake me up when there is actually some PROPER DEVELOPMENTS.

[gordonToo]

"very confident" = done deal

[JustMike]

im not celebrating just yet..COYR

[Smirking_Saint]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

 

 

 

Somebody wake me up when there is actually some PROPER DEVELOPMENTS.

 

TBF i have never heard Fry actually come out with a statement like this, and would not have thought he would be allowed to state this if not true.

 

So in that case. It's great news

[buctootim]

"very confident" = done deal

 

Yep, absolutely.

[Thedelldays]

good news

[INFLUENCED.COM]

Surely if other bids are coming in that may be more than that of those he is in discussions with, he can't remain committed to them, can he ?

[CWD]

happy

[Legod Third Coming]

I was very confident of becoming an astronaut when I was 7.

 

When I see the cash, then I shall relax at last.

[John B]

good news

 

I think it is better than that

 

Very Good News and no Pinnacle hopefully

[M271]

Have they talked to the FL yet though !!

 

There will be more swings and roundabouts yet.

[Smirking_Saint]

Surely if other bids are coming in that may be more than that of those he is in discussions with, he can't remain committed to them, can he ?

 

How long can he keep walking away from advanced talks to talk to other bidders though ??

 

If they were serious they would have got bids in much sooner, this is so late in the day now they MUST be chancers.

[buctootim]

Surely if other bids are coming in that may be more than that of those he is in discussions with, he can't remain committed to them, can he ?

 

I think he can - bird in the hand and all that. People can promise all kinds of things to spoil a deal in the making and then renege /reduce when they get their chance. Fry knows this.

[sussexsaint]

I only wish he would have put a timescale on it - ie early next week otherwise I will be glued to this all bleedin weekend again

[Saint Fan CaM]

Thank goodness - some good news on a Fry-day at last. We need this to be completed over the weekend please.

[Saint_clark]

"very confident" = done deal

 

I think you are right. Even when Pinnacle were saying "within the next couple of days" Fry was always saying "we remain hopeful".

[SOTONS EAST SIDE]

Ya-Hoo if its the Swiss, its time to buy some Toblerones, Milka's, Cowbell's & some nice Swiss cheese !

[St Marco]

So looks as though the rumours were true and it will all be done by monday then.

 

Hopefully we will be able at long last to leave the whole sorry saga that has been the past 5 years well and truely in the past.

There will be no hangers on from the old regime except Wotte. Maybe they will move him back to his old role once it is all sorted.

[BARCELONASAINT]

must admit when i read the statement i came to the same conclusion. I think we may be very close to a takeover finally happening

[Smirking_Saint]

I think you are right. Even when Pinnacle were saying "within the next couple of days" Fry was always saying "we remain hopeful".

 

Exactly, may be time to stock the fridge

[Secret Site Agent]

I think this is good news. Obviously there are still a few i's and t' but it seems, to me, that they are close to a deal, money is on the table, no worry regarding the -10 points, and the football league have already stated their position so it's a jolly long weekend with a lot of finger pushing on Monday to see the deal sealed.

 

I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, ad infinitum.

[shurlock]

Sounds positive. For the first time, i'm projecting cautious optimism into his photo on the OS, not the butt-clenched, gallows grimace of a man who has no idea what to do with us

 

The good times are nearly back. Maybe one day I'll even be able to look back at this period with fondness. All the drama - has certainly made the dead summer months pass alot quicker.

[Under Weststand]

Oh please let this be true & we can start concentrating on the football, the sooner this is concluded the better.

[Whitey Grandad]

Didn't I read this same statement about 2 weeks ago?

[buctootim]

Didn't I read this same statement about 2 weeks ago?

 

No.

[The Godfather]

Trouble is Mark Fry's 'very shortly' seems to go on for weeks.

[Stoozer]

It would be nice to actually get some work done for a change rather than logging on here every bloody minute of the day.....here's hoping it's a done deal soon!

[Jules]

Are the Swiss the Red Bull company?

 

Red Bull are still Austrian.

[Professor]

Insolvency Administrators are notoriously cautious so for Fry to say he is 'confident' a sale will be concluded shortly, means its as good as signed. The re-appointment of Mark Wotte and Michael Svensson could only have been done with the Adminstrators agreement, so things must have been moving in the right direction all week.

[Evil Monkey]

'Were sold?'

 

Are we not anymore then?

[SO16_Saint]

Red Bull are still Austrian.

 

Is this Red Bull as in the drink and the F1 motor racing team, Red Bull?

[shirleysfc]

Insolvency Administrators are notoriously cautious so for Fry to say he is 'confident' a sale will be concluded shortly, means its as good as signed. The re-appointment of Mark Wotte and Michael Svensson could only have been done with the Adminstrators agreement, so things must have been moving in the right direction all week.

 

Why? MW has had an existing contract amended and MS is working for free.

[Mr X]

"very confident" = done deal

 

Wasn't he very confident about Pinacle Too? Hopefully its for real this time though

[NickG]

Only just logged on after being away from internet this afternoon.

 

I have heard that they have made the £12.5m bid, but Fry is saying he can see any of three completing - but in order of most likely

1) overseas investment group I mentioned before, base in Monacco

2) Swiss

3) these new ones

 

But all positive and professional so could go for any and would be happy (Fry) with any.

[derry]

I'm not sure it is the Swiss, it seems to be the group that is using Keith Harris.

[landford.saint]

Insolvency Administrators are notoriously cautious so for Fry to say he is 'confident' a sale will be concluded shortly, means its as good as signed. The re-appointment of Mark Wotte and Michael Svensson could only have been done with the Adminstrators agreement, so things must have been moving in the right direction all week.

 

SFC are not linked or governed by Fry ... Fry is administrator of SLH of which SFC are an asset as well as other things such as the ground Jacksons Farm etc. Agreement with Wotte has been by the directors of SFC who are not controlled by Fry.

[buctootim]

Only just logged on after being away from internet this afternoon.

 

I have heard that they have made the £12.5m bid, but Fry is saying he can see any of three completing - but in order of most likely

1) overseas investment group I mentioned before, base in Monacco

2) Swiss

3) these new ones

 

But all positive and professional so could go for any and would be happy (Fry) with any.

 

Please. Give it up with the faux ITK ness. Read Fry's statement - "we are committed to getting the sale completed with our current buyer"

[NickG]

Please. Give it up with the faux ITK ness. Read Fry's statement - "we are committed to getting the sale completed with our current buyer"

 

who is current buyer smart arse

[buctootim]

who is current buyer smart arse

 

Thats the point - unlike you I dont pretend to being fed inside info. I dont need the 'look at me stuff'. But I can read. There is one defined buyer , not three in the frame.

[Tamesaint]

Exactly, may be time to stock the fridge

 

I have had my fridge stocked for the last 2 weeks. Milk goes off so quickly in this weather outside the fridge, we have been on black tea and coffee. :-) :-)

[NickG]

1) you are wrong

2) I don't pretend as other will tell you

3) why don't you log off forum and watch OS for updates if that all info you want.

[70's Mike]

I will wait for the press conference before getting to exited

[buctootim]

1) you are wrong

2) I don't pretend as other will tell you

3) why don't you log off forum and watch OS for updates if that all info you want.

 

Nah. Your posts have slipped into that "I am being told" carp - which funnily enough, is usually the diametric oppostite of what is happening. Im not interested in your "who knows more people and sources" pi ssing contest.

Edited 3 July, 2009 by buctootim