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Post by kevkj on Jan 8, 2010 19:49:39 GMT
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Post by andystokey on Jan 8, 2010 20:07:13 GMT
probably something to do with the attitude of players who "change" in season #2. Rest on their laurels a bit and think they've "done it"
You can see that our siege mentality has changed, difficult to motivate the same personnel to do that twice I suspect, which is why a change of staff is essential.
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Post by Parksy on Jan 8, 2010 20:13:29 GMT
I'll happily buy him a glass of wine when we get to 40 points  |
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Post by jamlander on Jan 8, 2010 20:15:12 GMT
Fans expectations I'm happy with 17th Tone ;D |
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Post by hippyboy on Jan 8, 2010 20:16:25 GMT
Buy him a glass? I'll buy him a vineyard if he helps make the Brit a fortress again
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Post by southwalesstokie on Jan 8, 2010 20:23:17 GMT
Well despite the problems he has done a sterling job so far. To think about how we were 4 years ago, debating whether Pulis could keep us in the Championship. Its been a crazy 4 years and I think that we may just establish ourselves as a mid table Premiership team for the next decade.
Coates and Pulis' shrewd business has put us in an enviable position and we may just turn into a fashionable club. Either way, we are financially stable, should the unthinkable occur and for that I am grateful! Tony Pulis and Peter Coates, I doff my cap. Keep up the good work, you're making me a proud Stoke City fan in South Wales!
SWS
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Post by fromafar07 on Jan 8, 2010 20:32:13 GMT
Fans expectations I'm happy with 17th Tone ;D not me !! i'll be happy with 12th again or better !! |
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Post by monkhousestokie on Jan 8, 2010 22:14:28 GMT
Fans expectations I'm happy with 17th Tone ;D not me !! i'll be happy with 12th again or better !! whatever  |
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Post by swampySCFC on Jan 8, 2010 22:33:05 GMT
probably something to do with the attitude of players who "change" in season #2. Rest on their laurels a bit and think they've "done it" You can see that our siege mentality has changed, difficult to motivate the same personnel to do that twice I suspect, which is why a change of staff is essential. Ai thats what I thought too |
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Post by stayingupfor drmagicdiao on Jan 8, 2010 22:37:52 GMT
Wonder who he spoke to about it in particular?
Two who went down in the second season?
Burley - Ipswich?
Coppell - Reading?
Or two that stayed up? Who managed that?
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Post by Mint Berry Barks on Jan 8, 2010 22:38:18 GMT
Fuck it, we stay up again this season, I'll buy him the whole bottle of red.
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Post by scfcmacca on Jan 8, 2010 22:48:49 GMT
sunderland have done it not long ago
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Post by bogus on Jan 8, 2010 22:50:41 GMT
probably something to do with the attitude of players who "change" in season #2. Rest on their laurels a bit and think they've "done it" You can see that our siege mentality has changed, difficult to motivate the same personnel to do that twice I suspect, which is why a change of staff is essential. I agree, andy, but don't think it's just the attitude of the players. The siege mentality has arguably been lost on the terraces to some extent, too. Especially at the Brit. |
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Post by mermaidsal on Jan 8, 2010 22:59:42 GMT
Wonder who he spoke to about it in particular? Two who went down in the second season? Burley - Ipswich? Coppell - Reading? Or two that stayed up? Who managed that? Gary Megson and Peter Reid at a guess... and Arry got through second season syndrome at Pompey, didn't he? As for the things Tone can say at the end of the season, I bet he's too diplomatic when it comes down to it, he generally is. But I think it's got to be a couple of real major ego battles. |
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Post by algor on Jan 8, 2010 23:01:02 GMT
probably something to do with the attitude of players who "change" in season #2. Rest on their laurels a bit and think they've "done it" You can see that our siege mentality has changed, difficult to motivate the same personnel to do that twice I suspect, which is why a change of staff is essential. I agree, andy, but don't think it's just the attitude of the players. The siege mentality has arguably been lost on the terraces to some extent, too. Especially at the Brit. I agree too. Would any of our fans dreamt of booing the team last season? Every game was a cup final. We were favourates to lose every game now we are favourates to win most home games at least. If we had been 10th last Jan all of us would have been over the moon but we were not we were in trouble and we had the siege mentality. Right or wrong it is the norm for football! Our expectations are up and so are the players (they are only human) they believe their own hype. It's a transition period and a tricky one! |
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Post by andystokey on Jan 8, 2010 23:05:13 GMT
Coppell would have been the one to ask he looked destroyed by the whole experience
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Post by dexter97 on Jan 8, 2010 23:15:23 GMT
probably something to do with the attitude of players who "change" in season #2. Rest on their laurels a bit and think they've "done it" Coppell alluded to exactly this problem in an interview just after Reading had been relegated. |
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Post by dexter97 on Jan 8, 2010 23:17:41 GMT
Fans expectations I'm happy with 17th Tone ;D not me !! i'll be happy with 12th again or better !! You'd find a reason to moan about a fourth-place finish as long as TP was in charge. |
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Post by imallstokedup on Jan 8, 2010 23:23:57 GMT
Fans Expectations
Bias against Stoke from officials
Egos
Complacency within the team
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Post by henry on Jan 8, 2010 23:26:07 GMT
the bloke does my fuckin head in. sometimes i can't wait critisise his tactics, call him a one dimensional manager, and then the other side comes out and realise's just what a great bloke he is and that he's probably 50 steps ahead of us all.
cunt wants fuckin off.
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Post by banburypotter on Jan 9, 2010 0:18:04 GMT
Fans Expectations Bias against Stoke from officials Egos Complacency within the team i'll go with the 2nd point, he has certainly not been happy with some of the decisions we have not had this season. |
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