Holtern8 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 He means 7-8 including what we've already signed, obviously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 A lot can happen between now and a months time. If we get to that stage having cleared out some more of the deadwood and added a few key additions i.e. Jedinak I would say not much more could have been asked of Xia this Summer - it will be firmly over to RDM to get us going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 13 minutes ago, meme said: Probably including the 4 we've already signed That does make more sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 8 minutes ago, Farlz said: That does make more sense Yeah it's correct - if you look at the original Tweet to him he's referring to the overall figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 6, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2016 Before the takeover things were bleak, I honestly felt like we would free fall down to league 1 or 2. Things were bad. The takeover has given me hope, we've made 4 signings and now Tony has said 7-8, which I assume is overall, and that is amazing. Things are changing for the better, I can't understand the negativity... when Lerner took over, how much did he change in the first 4 weeks of the first transfer window? I genuinely can't remember. I feel good about Xia, and I'm optimistic and hopeful for the first time in years, I don't care if others don't or aren't, but I do. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 1 minute ago, jonno_2004 said: Yeah it's correct - if you look at the original Tweet to him he's referring to the overall figure. The math is wrong though? 4 we've already signed plus the 3 current bids, and 2 loans equals 9? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Supervillan78 said: The math is wrong though? 4 we've already signed plus the 3 current bids, and 2 loans equals 9? Negotiating for 5 players doesn't mean we would get them all - it's prudent to have more than one iron in the fire! Edited August 6, 2016 by jonno_2004 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 It's going to be an exciting month if we're looking to bring in 7-8 new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 4 hours ago, Deisler123 said: Imagine this, on the day of wedding, you marry a beautiful woman (or man) and you believe s/he is the most beautiful in the world. One of your guests came up and said: ''Congratulations to you two. From the records, I often heard that beautiful woman is also more likely to cheat from the marriage. Although there is absolutely no evidence at all to suggest your wife/husb will do the same, but I would like to be sceptical on that.'' Even you know exactly your guest does not mean to be rude, you will find it quite annoying. That is what, I think, Jareth and others are arguing about. It's an interesting analogy but it doesn't really work as you're casting some fans (with a particular disposition) as the groom/bride and writing off others as guests. It also doesn't take in to account previous relationships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 5 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: I'm not sure what's confusing you Nothing's confusing me as far as I can see - you appear to have agreed with me there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, snowychap said: Nothing's confusing me as far as I can see - you appear to have agreed with me there. I think so! In the sense that perhaps I could have worded my initial post better. Glad we cleared it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaninireland Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 32 minutes ago, DCJonah said: It's going to be an exciting month if we're looking to bring in 7-8 new players. That's the overall number, not another 7 or 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 17 minutes ago, Villaninireland said: That's the overall number, not another 7 or 8. Is your guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 25 minutes ago, Villaninireland said: That's the overall number, not another 7 or 8. You could be right, but the sums do not add up to that conclusion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) I know what he means... I enquired and left my number with 3/4 big titty ho's last week in town... Had **** all come back so I will just hand out another 3 or 4 tonight. There's my 7 or 8 bids right there Edited August 6, 2016 by Kingman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 51 minutes ago, Villaninireland said: That's the overall number, not another 7 or 8. Is it? He even said in the tweet we have 3 bids and 2 loans in negotiation.. That is 5 new players in. He is not including the 4 new players we already have in his calculation that much is obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 So basically its going to be between 5 and 8 players still to come in. Serious bit of squad building that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 6, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2016 5 hours ago, meme said: Probably including the 4 we've already signed That's fine though isn't it. . Virtually a whole new team and if we are keeping some of the players we wanted to keep, plus the return of baker and Gardner, amavi back from injury it IS in fact a whole new team which is exactly what I wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 3 hours ago, AntrimBlack said: You could be right, but the sums do not add up to that conclusion. I actually only thought we'd signed three this summer...forgot about Tshibola so he could've easily made that error. 3 signed already + 5 bids = 8 so near enough. In fairness i think Sheff Weds signed about 14 new players last season and didn't do too badly. Most of us want shot of half the squad so if you take 13 out of a 26 man squad you roughly need 10 signings to replace plus promoting a couple of youth team players like Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Also possible that he doesn't expect us to sign all 5 of the people we are in for. Could easily be looking at 2 similar players in the hope we sign one. Or one could just be a punt that might not come to anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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