Tony's Tweets

[paul_e]

I'm loving the transfer stuff, this time of year at most clubs you get "well we're pretty happy but we'd like to get one or 2 more in if we can, we'll have to see" or similar.  Xia is just throwing it out there that we'll be getting 2-3 more and 1 is going to be a striker.  It's that refreshing transparency that I like.

It's not the best negotiating tactic though to announce a signing publicly before you've actually agreed it.  Whoever the club we're trying to get the striker from is will know he's in a weaker position having put the pressure on himself to come up with a striker.

Not really, he's not said anything about who it is, if the club are doing things properly they'll have 2-3 options and if one is taking the piss like that they'll walk away.  On top of that clubs have to be careful about who they piss off with things like this, football is quite a small circle, look at what happened with us and Hoolahan, we pissed Norwich off by taking Lambert and Steer so they screwed us.

[Edvard Remberg]

He is making Gregg Evans redundant bypassing media spin

[Ad@m]

I'm loving the transfer stuff, this time of year at most clubs you get "well we're pretty happy but we'd like to get one or 2 more in if we can, we'll have to see" or similar.  Xia is just throwing it out there that we'll be getting 2-3 more and 1 is going to be a striker.  It's that refreshing transparency that I like.

It's not the best negotiating tactic though to announce a signing publicly before you've actually agreed it.  Whoever the club we're trying to get the striker from is will know he's in a weaker position having put the pressure on himself to come up with a striker.

Not really, he's not said anything about who it is, if the club are doing things properly they'll have 2-3 options and if one is taking the piss like that they'll walk away.  On top of that clubs have to be careful about who they piss off with things like this, football is quite a small circle, look at what happened with us and Hoolahan, we pissed Norwich off by taking Lambert and Steer so they screwed us.

I doubt RDM has 2/3 strikers in mind which he has absolutely no preference over.  Even if he has identified 2/3 he'll have given Tone an order of priority.  The selling club knows the fans are expecting a striker so as soon as we contact them they'll know they're in a relatively strong position.

I prefer it when we say nothing until the day the player's stretching a shirt in front of Bodymoor Heath.

[robbo1874]

Crikey. Bit over the top.

It's genuine, I think. The next one says:

"Jedinak real man. Westwood shit sack."

Spat my tea out at this one.

im getting strange looks from people staring at the laughing idiot on the train

[OCD]

He is making Gregg Evans redundant bypassing media spin

The Mail will have plenty of readers who won't follow Xia on Twitter or even use forums.

When he researched us he must have seen how much dis-trust Lerner's approach was causing and decided that Twitter would be a good way to be transparent and build a relationship with the fans. Despite the risks, it's working so far.

[jwarry]

https://twitter.com/dr_tonyxia/status/766401275873427456

Interesting. Did we not have technology before?

[PeterWithe]

Crikey. Bit over the top.

It's genuine, I think. The next one says:

"Jedinak real man. Westwood shit sack."

Marvellous.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

I wonder if Dr T writes all these tweets or is he has employed Samuel K Amphong to do them for him. Look out for suspicious references to beatlesband.

[eamonn]

https://twitter.com/dr_tonyxia/status/766401275873427456

Interesting. Did we not have technology before?

Well we had a five year plan before depending on who you believe.

[Drummond]

I'm loving the transfer stuff, this time of year at most clubs you get "well we're pretty happy but we'd like to get one or 2 more in if we can, we'll have to see" or similar.  Xia is just throwing it out there that we'll be getting 2-3 more and 1 is going to be a striker.  It's that refreshing transparency that I like.

It's not the best negotiating tactic though to announce a signing publicly before you've actually agreed it.  Whoever the club we're trying to get the striker from is will know he's in a weaker position having put the pressure on himself to come up with a striker.

As soon as we pick up the phone to ask about a striker, they know we're after a striker.

What pressure is there? He's signed a bunch of decent players, been open and transparent about his intentions, and frankly delivered so far.

[pauliewalnuts]

https://twitter.com/dr_tonyxia/status/766401275873427456

Interesting. Did we not have technology before?

Well we had a five year plan before depending on who you believe.

It was actually a six year plan.

This was it:

Year 1: Do ok
Year 2: Do better
Year 3: Do the same
Year 4: Do the same
Year 5: Do worse
Year 6: Withdraw from club quicker than a rat up a drainpipe

[Damo70]

I prefer a one year plan for promotion. Five year plans tend to go a bit pear shaped if you get relegated in year one.

[Risso]

Crikey. Bit over the top.

It's genuine, I think. The next one says:

"Jedinak real man. Westwood shit sack."

"Richards big problem. Who know glue factory in city?"

That is completely brilliant, well done all.

[footyskillz]

I'm loving the transfer stuff, this time of year at most clubs you get "well we're pretty happy but we'd like to get one or 2 more in if we can, we'll have to see" or similar.  Xia is just throwing it out there that we'll be getting 2-3 more and 1 is going to be a striker.  It's that refreshing transparency that I like.

It's not the best negotiating tactic though to announce a signing publicly before you've actually agreed it.  Whoever the club we're trying to get the striker from is will know he's in a weaker position having put the pressure on himself to come up with a striker.

Not really, he's not said anything about who it is, if the club are doing things properly they'll have 2-3 options and if one is taking the piss like that they'll walk away.  On top of that clubs have to be careful about who they piss off with things like this, football is quite a small circle, look at what happened with us and Hoolahan, we pissed Norwich off by taking Lambert and Steer so they screwed us.

Agreed . Xia is a savloy and smart business person. 

[dave shelley]

Who's going to be first...