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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: not3bad on June 26, 2011, 07:57:27 PM

Title: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: not3bad on June 26, 2011, 07:57:27 PM: Yeovil manager Terry Skiverton gives credit to Twitter followers for signing of Kieran Agard

In what's being labeled as the first ever 'Twansfer' with the free transfer signing, the Glovers boss believes this could be a new way of signing players for his club.

Yeovil Town manager Terry Skiverton went down a different route to sign Kieran Agard - asking his Twitter followers for transfer suggestions.

After Agard’s name was mentioned, the Glovers boss enquired about the player and eventually signed him on Wednesday from Everton on a free transfer.

Skiverton then paid tribute to the fans who suggested the striker.

"The help from the supporters has been magnificent," he told BBC Somerset.

"What I didn't realise was other supporters from other clubs had jumped on the bandwagon. I've had supporters from Liverpool, Man Utd, Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea and Championship clubs like Cardiff, all telling me about their best youngsters and players are available on loan.

"The supporters sometimes feel left behind but in this case they've been asked for their opinion.

"I'm trying to do it a different way by giving them a bit of interest and it's been excellent.

"A few people are calling it the first 'twansfer'.

"I'll be retweeting the ones that came up with the name Kieran Agard. There's a couple of people who had mentioned him, so they'll be taking the credit."

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3268/league-one/2011/06/24/2546637/yeovil-manager-terry-skiverton-gives-credit-to-twitter-followers-
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: Lambert and Payne on June 26, 2011, 08:03:27 PM: Oh dear, I hope this new trend of “twansfers” doesn't last doesn't last, can see this ending in tears
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: damon loves JT on June 26, 2011, 08:12:21 PM: `twansfer'.

Fire up the time machine somebody, I want to go back to 1981
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on June 26, 2011, 09:13:56 PM: Twansfer ?

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Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: Salsa Party Animal on June 26, 2011, 09:46:28 PM: Imagine Alex is doing this for Villa as well :) lol
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: eamonn on June 26, 2011, 10:17:07 PM: Ugh...Twansfer...that is the Widow Twankiest word i've heard since some Yank was chatting away to me the other day, describing how she was eschewing a summer holiday away for a ''staycation''. Christ's chin...
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: curiousorange on June 26, 2011, 11:13:43 PM: As David Baddiel once said of the man that came up with the word 'Chunnel', "Save time, just call me a funt."
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: eamonn on June 26, 2011, 11:22:16 PM: Quote from: damon green on June 26, 2011, 08:12:21 PM
`twansfer'.

Fire up the time machine somebody, I want to go back to 1981

Better?
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: not3bad on June 27, 2011, 12:25:09 AM: Brangelina. That's another one that bugs me.
Title: Re: 0% Villa: Yeovil Sign a Player Through Twitter Reccomendations
Post by: DBTW on June 27, 2011, 08:48:41 AM: Roy Hodgson has made many Twansfers, this is nothing new