Coates - We have enquired about RVN

[stokecityscott]

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/8450223.stm

[terrorofturfmoor]

Pulis, you lying bastard!!!

[RAF]

Is this the same kind of enquiry we made about Martin O'Neill as manager before bringing Pulis back?

Jason Roberts it is then.

H

[burberrybassist]

Go get him Tone!

[southstandpotter]

would be a great signal of intent imo ;D

[march4]

I knew I wasn't dreaming this. I can't believe no one else heard him at about 3.45pm today on the Saturday Sports Show.

[boweryboy]

Pulis tells lies.....what a big surprise not...got a great dressing room he'd have you believe,more lies because he was disappointed when fans got to know about his spat with Beattie,begs the question how many spats have'nt got out,we know you are a smashing liar because you really work Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrd at it Tony.......

[march4]

Jan 9, 2010 18:17:58 GMT boweryboy said:

Pulis tells lies.....what a big surprise not...got a great dressing room he'd have you believe,more lies because he was disappointed when fans got to know about his spat with Beattie,begs the question how many spats have'nt got out,we know you are a smashing liar because you really work Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrd at it Tony.......

Smoke and mirrors - just like every other business in the world.

[jord]

If this happened i would fucking love pulis.

[Tubes]

since when have we ever advertised our intent to sign a player. It's either a smokescreen to hide our real targets, or perhaps a tool to signal our seriousness to other potential targets. Chances of him being pictured with a Stoke scarf any time soon are slim me thinks.

[boweryboy]

I would have more respect if Tony came out and said yes we have inquired about RVN,he needs to be playing regular to get into the world cup squad, we can offer him that,on that thought so does M. Owen,how about them two up front for Stoke,that would send out a positive message to all Stoke fans......but thats not a word Tony is familiar with.....

[bradthescaff]

herd coates on radio stoke , van the man eh

[foxyscfc]

Bring him in tone, this guy will bang goals in all day long

[thefiringdragon]

pulis said he wasnt after tuncay then a month later he sighned him

[slangking]

We know you aren't a Stoke fan bumboy now fuck off.

Jan 9, 2010 18:29:11 GMT boweryboy said:

I would have more respect if Tony came out and said yes we have inquired about RVN,he needs to be playing regular to get into the world cup squad, we can offer him that,on that thought so does M. Owen,how about them two up front for Stoke,that would send out a positive message to all Stoke fans......but thats not a word Tony is familiar with.....

[stokeoptimist]

So you would rather our manager was more like Tango man then bumboy

[tshirtstokie]

I'd much prefer to hear we weren't buying RVN and then see him arrive, rather than hear about all our transfer targets and be disappointed to get none of them!

[boweryboy]

slanging.....a Stoke fan yes , a Pulis fan no,do i want him to get the sack no,all i want is for him to change from a negative bullshitter to a positve bullshitter,is that to much to ask,he did come out and say we are in the entertainment business,well prove it then...or are you one orf the happy clappers......

[stokie25]

This is hard work, isn't it?

[yorkstokie]

fuck me - we get linked with Van Nistolhorse and still fans moan!? Does it surprise me from half of these dimwits - not really..

[stokiekarl619]

O no not this "happy clapper " bullshit. What the hell is a happyclapper. It's the only thing non pulis fans say. You need to be more positive not Pulis

[lordb]

TP imho would be stupid to say Stoke are after this player or that player - its only going to alert other clubs & therefore harm our chances of signing the player.

[serpico]

Jan 9, 2010 21:26:56 GMT lordb said:

TP imho would be stupid to say Stoke are after this player or that player - its only going to alert other clubs & therefore harm our chances of signing the player.

Don't think it really matters in this case, I would wager that every single premier league club is aware of his situation, it's probably why Coates is being so candid .

[lordb]

good call Serps

also it seems very few prem clubs (including some of the big boys) have any £££ at the moment so the field maybe quite small

[boweryboy]

619......you don't know what a happy clapper is......for you its fans that clap everytime an intended pass to one of our players goes out or to the opposition and say unlucky no matter how many times they do it,clap when a cross goes behind the goal,clap when Sidibe misses yet another chance infront of goal.....are you beginning to get it now.

[sovietonion]

Makes horse sense to me.

[alster]

HAPPYCLAPPER=WINDOWLICKER.

[fromafar07]

PC, you could enquire about Jesus himself playing upfront, but if you dont enquire about someone worthwhile to play in the middle to feed him the ball, then it wont make much difference now will it ??

[jason]

Peter Coats is a wanker. Tony tries his best to keep the clubs business out of the limelight until it's a done deal then you've got coates who goes shouting about transfers to the world. What an idiot.

Didn't he do the same thing with Owen?

[Deleted]

Perhaps, the scenario is that Stoke are after Player A, but we know that Player B (RVN) is available and would never come to Stoke because bigger teams would go for him. So Coates says we are interested in Player B (RVN) all the other premiership teams try to hi-jack this move but really our intent is to get Player A, who now no one but us is looking at, becza\use they switched their intentions to RVN.

Just a thought, honestly I really dont know how the transfer market works, and the reason for that is because I am just a supporter