Movement.

[Sheffsteel]

Love Jags, but personally wouldn't get excited about signing a soon-to-be-37-year-old squad player, and think "significant" is a bit of a stretch.

Totally agree.
I see him as a similar signing to Stearman or maybe a slight upgrade on Stearman.
Jags will mainly be cover, he’s really experienced and will be great in the dressing room.

It’s a significant signing for a Championship or league 1 club but at PL level he’s just cover.
No one ever referred to Stearmsn as a significant signing.

It’s more of a common sense, sensible underwhelming signing.
We know he’ll bring a fantastic attitude and will be a great influence on our younger players. He’s a Wilder type of player.

 

[Houso]

To be fair to Giddings, the club says it's a significant signing, not him.

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

No one really knows but I can easily see Jagielka being called a "significant" signing. I think we all know it too. Ex-England international, huge history with the club. Bear in mind this is only a comms person saying it too, very likely off-hand. It's different to Chris Wilder saying: "This is a significant signing".

He’s says the club say it’s significant

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Giddings uses apostrophes to indicate that 'significant signing' was used by another party and not a direct quote of his.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

I think Richard Cadette would have told us if there was someone else coming in, as well as Jags.

 

[Blade58]

No one really knows but I can easily see Jagielka being called a "significant" signing. I think we all know it too. Ex-England international, huge history with the club. Bear in mind this is only a comms person saying it too, very likely off-hand. It's different to Chris Wilder saying: "This is a significant signing".

Subjective but not in my book he isn't

Bit player at best. Doesn't have the legs to get up and down like current overlapping cb's at 37 yrs young

Good back up ..............yes

Significant.................no

 

[bromtom]

Giddings uses apostrophes to indicate that 'significant signing' was used by another party and not a direct quote of his.

That says to me they were even less likely to mean Jags.

 

[GrayBlade]

Interesting one that. He’s not got many followers but from his media it looks like he could work at the club.

 

[Harrisblade]

It is indeed all subjective.
However, some might say that the signing of an experienced, Premier League, English International Defender (albeit now ex) would count as reasonably 'significant' possibly??

If he was 21 maybe - but 37?
Nah.

 

[LondonBlade89]

Subjective but not in my book he isn't

Bit player at best. Doesn't have the legs to get up and down like current overlapping cb's at 37 yrs young

Good back up ..............yes

Significant.................no

I think you've missed my point. If we're evaluating his worth to the team, and thinking about it long and hard, it's probably not a "significant signing". But Andy Giddings from Radio Sheffield could well have just been getting this word "significant" off-hand from a press officer, who hasn't been evaluating his worth to the team and hasn't really been thinking about it. To be honest, if there was one thing they'd think about it's how much news value there would be. And that's probably the only thing "significant" about Jagielka signing for us. So I'll say it again, I could easily see someone calling it significant.

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

Interesting one that. He’s not got many followers but from his media it looks like he could work at the club.

or just read it on here

 

[Roygbiv]

I can definitely see someone at United thinking Jagielka is going to go down well and believing it's significant. I don't agree that it is but I think people might be disappointed thinking it's someone else. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

I can definitely see someone at United thinking Jagielka is going to go down well and believing it's significant. I don't agree that it is but I think people might be disappointed thinking it's someone else. Hope I'm wrong.

If it's him they're referring to, they're seriously overestimating his significance.

 

[TJB.]

Ha. It's 12 years to this very day that he moved to Everton.

 

[Houso]

Ha. It's 12 years to this very day that he moved to Everton.

significant

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Could Collin Morris do a job?

 

[bongleblade]

Just popped up on Sky Sports app

Transfer Target

Neal Maupay

Maybe they're hearing sommat.

or the google count has shot up today???

 

[Blade58]

I think you've missed my point. If we're evaluating his worth to the team, and thinking about it long and hard, it's probably not a "significant signing". But Andy Giddings from Radio Sheffield could well have just been getting this word "significant" off-hand from a press officer, who hasn't been evaluating his worth to the team and hasn't really been thinking about it. To be honest, if there was one thing they'd think about it's how much news value there would be. And that's probably the only thing "significant" about Jagielka signing for us. So I'll say it again, I could easily see someone calling it significant.

I'm a little perplexed by this signing tbh.

Take away the link to the club, add CW's comments about young, hungry players, resale value etc and I just didn't see this one coming

Jags is on his way down and that's why Everton released him. I can't see him replacing Egan or JOC. I don't even see him replacing Stearman

Perhaps I'm doing him a disservice, but this is a huge season coming up and I have no room for any sentiment

 

[Macfarlane21]

Maupay pictured training with Brentford yesterday with blonde hair

 

[Aganarama]

Could Collin Morris do a job?

We don't play wingers ;-)

 

[Foxy]

Interesting one that. He’s not got many followers but from his media it looks like he could work at the club.

He doesn't, but he's right

 

[BLADES1988]

Maupay pictured training with Brentford yesterday with blonde hair

Ay, maybe yesterday. Wilder has told him to GERRISHAIRSORTEDARRRRRRT before coming t sheffield

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

He doesn't, but he's right

Jags or ano?

 

[true99blade]

Jags or ano?

Jags

 

[SUFC Guy]

Just Jags today by the looks of it then

 

[Rodders]

Fucking hell, is everyone a bit thick or something? The word significant is in relation to Jags’ standing within the Club, not that they’re expecting him to start 38 games

 

[hull-Blade]

Maupay pictured training with Brentford yesterday with blonde hair

Haha some quality detective work !

 

[Harry's Game]

Strange one. I wouldn’t have gone for him as I don’t see what he adds to us unless we are going to play a back four in some games. He hasn’t the legs to be one of over lapping centres and I’d be surprised if he is just coming to be this season’s Stearman.

Pinchy’s reaction is the only plus side of this in comedy value.

 

[Macfarlane21]

Haha some quality detective work !

 

[Working Class Hero]

You missed the 37 yrs old bit that couldn't get in Evertons side.

I welcome him back but this is not significant and a tad underwhelming given the build up on here over the last hour.

I'd be underwhelmed as well, but that doesn't mean it's not significant. I don't think 'significant signing' translates to guaranteed starter or star player. I see it as a reference to his profile and CV.