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Post by knowles on Jan 13, 2010 11:47:17 GMT
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Post by realstokebloke on Jan 13, 2010 11:55:53 GMT
Knowlsey, not the most balanced & objective view in terms of the "+"s & "-"s of the deal that i have seen fella.
But i'll let you off due to heavy bias which has no doubt clouded your thinking. 
Many factors sit on the side of the argument that says he won't though of course.
Some would say 'cos he's a horse-faced, hay eating...(you get the drift) but also, there's the fact that he just might not want to (especially if he's looked at his potential supply line in our midfield).
Also, them ruddy Turkeys are after him now - offering him a two year deal or similar?
Still, only fair, we have got Tuncs! 
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Post by knowles on Jan 13, 2010 12:00:52 GMT
Stuff balanced and objective. Positivity RSB However, you do flag up a major problem- our midfield. 99% of Ruud's goals come from inside the penalty area. How often will we supply him with the required service? It would be a major worry for any goal poacher, especially one who is looking to score goals to take him to a final World Cup. |
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Post by dozintheseventees on Jan 13, 2010 12:07:52 GMT
The very first point made in that article rules us out. Hands up if you think RVN would be guaranteed a starting place. We're not a fookin benevolent society were trying to preserve our Premier League status. He might well be an automatic choice to begin but lets just say he shows us in the first half dozen games just why he's hardly played for a year. Unfit, struggling to get over injuries and a shadow of the player he once was. Pulis wouldn't hesitate to replace him when you consider that we have Tuncay and Fuller. OK, those with fingers poised needn't bother with jokes about Mama/Beattie/Lenny playing with injuries etc. You know the point I'm making. The press assume that, because we are only little Stoke, RVN would just walk into our team and stay there. He WOULD, but only if he is still capable of doing the business.
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Post by realstokebloke on Jan 13, 2010 12:24:12 GMT
Stuff balanced and objective. Positivity RSB However, you do flag up a major problem- our midfield. 99% of Ruud's goals come from inside the penalty area. How often will we supply him with the required service? It would be a major worry for any goal poacher, especially one who is looking to score goals to take him to a final World Cup.
Whoever it is we go for, RVN or otherwise, if they are worth their salt, they will be looking at the no of chances they will mostly likely get at Stoke, created by the silky machine that is our midfield...
Some serious quality there also needs to be a priority - not least to attract the RVNs of this world.
Doz: i also had similar concerns but was just shouted at a lot for voicing them. |
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Post by Targaryen Stokie on Jan 13, 2010 12:29:08 GMT
Stuff balanced and objective. Positivity RSB However, you do flag up a major problem- our midfield. 99% of Ruud's goals come from inside the penalty area. How often will we supply him with the required service? It would be a major worry for any goal poacher, especially one who is looking to score goals to take him to a final World Cup.
Whoever it is we go for, RVN or otherwise, if they are worth their salt, they will be looking at the no of chances they will mostly likely get at Stoke, created by the silky machine that is our midfield...
Some serious quality there also needs to be a priority - not least to attract the RVNs of this world.
Doz: i also had similar concerns but was just shouted at a lot for voicing them. However, if we signed Rudd considerably early (like this week) these "playmakers" will take another look at Stoke and think "hmm, not bad, not bad at all". |
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Post by stokemaro on Jan 13, 2010 12:29:34 GMT
Ruud could do the business, his stats do not lie, the question is, can he get over all his injuries, he has hardly played the last 2 seasons?
I want him here more than any other player this window, some people just dont realise what this signing would do for our club!
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Post by shiny nosehair on Jan 13, 2010 12:33:05 GMT
If you believe some of what is written by certain BBC Journo's he could well be on his way back to United with Rooney Leaving United for around 70M to help with club debts/Glazier Loans
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Post by realstokebloke on Jan 13, 2010 12:33:41 GMT
Too right Knowlsey.
Whoever it is we go for, RVN or otherwise, if they are worth their salt, they will be looking at the no of chances they will mostly likely get at Stoke, created by the silky machine that is our midfield...
Some serious quality there also needs to be a priority - not least to attract the RVNs of this world.
Doz: i also had similar concerns but was just shouted at a lot for voicing them. However, if we signed Rudd considerably early (like this week) these "playmakers" will take another look at Stoke and think "hmm, not bad, not bad at all".
Let's just hope TP is tellin' Ruud we've got nosey signing imminently and vice-versa then. |
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Post by Beardy200 on Jan 13, 2010 12:35:55 GMT
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Jan 13, 2010 13:08:45 GMT
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Post by StokieMatt on Jan 13, 2010 13:20:00 GMT
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Post by realstokebloke on Jan 13, 2010 13:23:27 GMT
Stokiematt: beardy and Wakefield at least seem to have got the hang of this one.
Or am i missing something with condoms? *
* risks looking a rate plonker for not seeing the obvious 
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Post by StokieMatt on Jan 13, 2010 13:25:48 GMT
Stokiematt: beardy and Wakefield at least seem to have got the hang of this one.
Or am i missing something with condoms? *
* risks looking a rate plonker for not seeing the obvious dunno to be honest ;D |
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Post by Danstoke82 on Jan 13, 2010 13:28:23 GMT
I hope theres some truth in this, I could not be responsible for my actions if the day came where I saw Ruud Van Nistelrooy holding up the red and white striped shirt of Stoke City F.C. directly in the Boothen.
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