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all official!  :D   :D

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fan-fucking-tastic

Wonder who the exciting loan player is?  A massive surprise it says.

what does it say? work are being gay and stopping me getting on all footy related sites apart from this one. possibly because I spent all morning on them :|

Swindon Town can this afternoon confirm that Jamie Cureton, Charlie Comyn-Platt, Ricky Shakes, Jack Smith and Tony Thorpe have all signed for the club.

The five all took part in their first Town training session today which involved a run at the lawns, before returning to SN1 to put pen to paper, with the moves now just subject to Football League approval.

After seeing his squad together for the first time, Manager Andy King was delighted to see them at the club.

"To see them out on the pitch putting shirts on and posing for photos was very pleasing for me. To have the five new players all here for training was good to see and what a change from a few days ago!

Five new signings at STFC

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"To have Cureton and Thorpe sign here is very exciting. They have signed for footballing reasons and they want to achieve something here, as well as progressing their careers. Both players have come from big clubs and have taken big drops in wages to be here. Tony Thorpe went or £1 million a few years ago and there is still football left in him, and Jamie Cureton. Strikers get better with age and they both remain ambitious.

"I have to fill the gaps now and I have an agreement with a Premiership Manager for a player on a year's loan which would be another very exciting signing. It would be a massive surprise but we have to tie that up yet, we shall see what happens with that one."

"Smith has played a lot of games for Watford and the other two, Shakes and Comyn-Platt have experienced league football and they will be exciting signings as well.

"I still have some money left in the budget and I am looking to spend that. There are still holes to fill and I am continuing in my search to do just that. What we have done is give me and the fans hope and it is a forward step in the right way. These are exciting times," King concluded before heading off down the tunnel to continue his search for further signings.

See, told you nothing would fall through and they'd all sign today! Great news!

kick ass. I hope that loan from the premiership comes off.

Paddy Vieria will do as our ball winner :wink:

too fuckin right kingy! if we can just get some midfielders now it will be ace! i'm starting to get excited again - bring on the barnsley!

super sammy who?

Gazza reckons Chris Eagles on thisis - can't see it myself.

stanley talks a load of poo though. only reason he said that is coz king wanted him before.

the thisis site is well annoying now, people start about 5 new threads for the same fucking subject & just repeat the same stuff in each one. gayers

I know mate, it's bloody infuriating.  

The thing is with all the repeating going on, is that every time it happens they seem to think they're the first one to write it, yet it's been said 4 or 5 time already in the last couple of hours.

Wish they'd just read the other threads about the subject they're gonna bring up. :evil:

Would be good if we could get at least one from

Holmes or
Powell or
Horlock or
decent premiership loanee

King has apparently spoken to all of those, Horlock and Holmes are unlikely though but I think we should have a decent team anyway. :guinness:  :guinness:

Though Powell is on trial at Coventry now so probably not him

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 but I have full confidence that King will build a good squad now.

Ian Taylor would still be welcome as far as I'm concerned - he's got a season at this level in him I'm sure.

I'd dearly love to see Kev pull on the red shirt once more - that really would put the cat amongst the pigeons in terms of the division.

Strikers capable of scoring loads, with kev firing in close to double figures would be shit your pants good!

Relieved and excited that all 5 are confirmed  :)

just come out of a meeting and i find this.

fuck me what a way to end a week at work.
I'm well chuffed. Just need this "exciting" prem player to turn up and a couple more signings.

Fuck relegation. Playoffs are back on chaps :beers:

24 months and we will be in europe!

indeed the play offs could be on with a couple more players.

cashmotherfuckingback. :beers:  :mrgreen:

If we got Kev Horlock in the centre of our midfield and Lee Holmes on a year long loan, I'd probably cum in my pants.

Repeatedly.

:?

i just LUV Swindon Town ...........come on the 6th August

King uses the words "massive surprise" so I would take from that it's either a big name - in the form of Tommy Mooney etc. or a player previously at the club e.g.: Holmes, Horlock etc.

what a difference 72hours makes hey!!!

Well it can't be any of them as he says he has an agreement with a premiership manager.

If it's anything like some of the premiership players he's brought here in the past (Davis and Milner for example) it would be great if he can tie it up.

Realistically I don't think we could get Horlock but if there was any chance at all I'm sure King would bring him here.

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i heard from a friend of a friend, whos 2nd cousin's friend's friend, that it could be Rooney....   :beers:

I think Ian Taylor's signed for Northampton,  Kevin Horlock coming back would be good, I thought he had a year left on his contract with Ipswich and hadn't heard they were letting him go though.

horlock signed a two year deal last july, so wont be available til next season. depends how he does this season

1 shirt between 5?either Kingy's blown his entire budget or its last season's no.17!

they are streching it out so it will fit across my gut  :D

Looks like preperations are under way for Ruddock to re-sign.