Simon Dawkins (Loan)

[PeterWithesShin]

It was pretty amusing that the club tweeted we were expecting a 'promising' player and we end up with a 25 year old. Good luck to him though.

The club tweets are an embarrassment.

The teaser about a signing was cringeworthy. 

[Lastfootstamper]

Suffered a bad knee injury at 20. Spurs released him in '09. Dunno where he went, but obviously must've battled his way back to get re-signed by them in March '11. Been on-loan in the States pretty much since. If he can just keep the ball AWAY from our back three/four/five! Welcome aboard, you've got your work cut out

[neo_Villan]

It was pretty amusing that the club tweeted we were expecting a 'promising' player and we end up with a 25 year old. Good luck to him though.

The club tweets are an embarrassment.

The teaser about a signing was cringeworthy.

Agreed. Extremely small-time and I still don't understand what they were trying to acheive! Why hype it up when the signing was such an anti-climax? Unless they actually thought we would all just be happy we had signed someone? Whatever the reason, it shows how out of touch they have become.

[Risso]

It was pretty amusing that the club tweeted we were expecting a 'promising' player and we end up with a 25 year old. Good luck to him though.

The club tweets are an embarrassment.

The teaser about a signing was cringeworthy. 

Everything about the club is cringeworthy.  It's embarrassing to be a Villa fan these days.

[danno]

It was pretty amusing that the club tweeted we were expecting a 'promising' player and we end up with a 25 year old. Good luck to him though.

The club tweets are an embarrassment.

The teaser about a signing was cringeworthy.

Agreed. Extremely small-time and I still don't understand what they were trying to acheive! Why hype it up when the signing was such an anti-climax? Unless they actually thought we would all just be happy we had signed someone? Whatever the reason, it shows how out of touch they have become.

To be fair they were probably expecting this reaction:


Omg! we've signed a reserve winger from Tottenham!

[adrenachrome]

They shall reap the whirlwind.

[saunders_heroes]

It was pretty amusing that the club tweeted we were expecting a 'promising' player and we end up with a 25 year old. Good luck to him though.

The club tweets are an embarrassment.

The teaser about a signing was cringeworthy. 

Everything about the club is cringeworthy.  It's embarrassing to be a Villa fan these days.

Ain't that the truth.

[Zakk Fatt]

The lad is a legend, well done Faulkener, what a signing.  Welcome to the Villa lad, ignore all your team mates saying how shit it is in Birmingham, just go out and play, all you team mates have proved how shit they are all season so all you have to do is be slightly good and we will love you.

[adrenachrome]

The lad is a legend, well done Faulkener, what a signing.  Welcome to the Villa lad, ignore all your team mates saying how shit it is in Birmingham, just go out and play, all you team mates have proved how shit they are all season so all you have to do is be slightly good and we will love you.

You are  caution, Zakk.

[NiiLamptey]

It was pretty amusing that the club tweeted we were expecting a 'promising' player and we end up with a 25 year old. Good luck to him though.

The club tweets are an embarrassment.

The teaser about a signing was cringeworthy.

Agreed. Extremely small-time and I still don't understand what they were trying to acheive! Why hype it up when the signing was such an anti-climax? Unless they actually thought we would all just be happy we had signed someone? Whatever the reason, it shows how out of touch they have become.

I work in IT and very close to online marketeers...

Online marketeers are usually just kids who show all these kpi's to management and get really excited by:
Facebook likes
Retweets
Hashtag trending etc

Because its a new industry that senior management don't fully understand there are no questions around what was tweeted...

So your right the focus is on numbers and not the reality of how it effects fans...

E.g "getting a new sensation that will rock the premier league"will be retweeted and trend much more than "opportunity to sign a squad reinforcement on the cheap"

I hate social marketing lol!

[Phil from the upper holte]

I'm with Paulie its not who he is its who he isn't, we haven't addressed our issues and I'm pretty fucked off right now

[curlytailavfc]

I'm with Paulie its not who he is its who he isn't, we haven't addressed our issues and I'm pretty fucked off right now

totally agreed im well n truly fucked off now lerner your a tnuc

[PeterWithe]

Nice tweet from Kyle Walker about him. Now there was a loan signing.

[Dante Lavelli]

Can moderators start dishing out lines for people who mix up "your" and "you're"?

[Dave Cooper please]

It's embarrassing to be a Villa fan these days.

Never.