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Post by fromafar07 on Mar 11, 2008 21:55:41 GMT
and hopefully they will play with a touch more enthusiasm. good play by the following :
Lawrence, Pugh, Dickinson, Riggott, Griffin
crap play by the following usual players
Diao, Cresswell, Sidibe
hopefully Pulis will finally realize this and start them on the bench
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Mar 11, 2008 21:57:42 GMT
A big game against Watford?
You reckon?
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Mar 11, 2008 21:58:39 GMT
Norwich 0-1 stoke.
You went the game then??
All of our players were SHIT, we played away from home, infront of 20,000 fans, at norwich city, a place where we hardly ever win and WON.
Yes Watford is a big game, but now we have got the 3 points , a point would suffice with 3 points putting us in a brilliant position.
Up the potters.
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Post by fromafar07 on Mar 11, 2008 21:58:48 GMT
I suppose
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Post by bcfc4life88 on Mar 11, 2008 21:59:28 GMT
Watford are crap, they didn't deserve the draw and that shittu is nothing but a cheating pr!ck please get one of your players to knock him out him and the rest of the watford team will try and cheat their way through your game, Guranteed.
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Post by fromafar07 on Mar 11, 2008 22:00:38 GMT
i never said all the players were shit, just Cresswell, Diao and Sidibe, the same 3 that are shit evry game
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well play how we want we are stoke city well play how we want.
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Post by warbo234 on Mar 11, 2008 22:01:52 GMT
Go away
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Post by AlanHansen on Mar 11, 2008 22:02:33 GMT
That will be the same Sidibe that got the winner will it?
CO
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Post by bcfc4life88 on Mar 11, 2008 22:02:52 GMT
Just play your usual football and you'll beat erm, isit home or away for your lot?
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Post by fromafar07 on Mar 11, 2008 22:04:00 GMT
yes, exactly the one that got the winner . it reminds me of an old saying..... "even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then"
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Post by likelyladgalizmo on Mar 11, 2008 22:04:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2008 22:04:59 GMT
i never said all the players were shit, just Cresswell, Diao and Sidibe, the same 3 that are shit evry game You can't say they were shit as you weren't there,I wouldn't say someone played shit by just listening to the radio ??? |
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Post by onlyonesirstan on Mar 11, 2008 22:18:43 GMT
We really have go to win at Watford, although a draw isn't that bad. If we win we go 6 points ahead with them having a game in hand. If we lose they go above us, but if we draw we stay the same but if they win there game in hand they will go above us. Talk about complicated or what.
At the end of my comments above, its now back in our own hands.
Come on Stoke.
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Post by daverichards on Mar 11, 2008 22:32:46 GMT
i never said all the players were shit, just Cresswell, Diao and Sidibe, the same 3 that are shit evry game you recently said you attended a game , your first in 32 years (due to being an exile) when I don't goto a game, I tend not to slate players left right and center, unless the commentry team has laid into them, cos otherwise you end up looking like you are talking out of your arse |
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Post by fromafar07 on Mar 11, 2008 23:44:52 GMT
like yo uquite often do you mean ??? and to think, i can tell (as most open eyed fans can) that he is palying poorly by listening on hte net, just imagine how badly i think hes playing by seeing it in person
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Post by daverichards on Mar 11, 2008 23:48:33 GMT
No I only slate players if I have been the game, which is actually quite often as I have a season ticket (I just miss midweekers) , or if they get so panned on the radio its obvious to a blind man they had a bad game .
I'll tell you something for nothing, we look a pale shadow of ourselves without him
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Post by fromafar07 on Mar 11, 2008 23:50:04 GMT
that last comment is not even worth replying to
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Post by vientianescfc on Mar 12, 2008 7:44:44 GMT
fromafar07 - you really do make a rod for your own back!
You listen to it on the internet like many other exiles and as ID says you are in no situation to slate a player. You only know what is mentioned in the commentary - they slagged of Diao and so fair enough it appears as he was (again!) very poor.
But unless you actually watch the game you cannot make pointed criticisms of particular players!
I've actually seen the highlights and Sidibe not only scored the only goal but he played a lovely ball inside ball to setup Delap for what really was stonewall penality appeal. Delap was unceremoniously taken out as he knocked the ball past the last man in front of him.
Instead of been quick to criticise why not applaud the team for going to difficult ground in bad weather conditions and doing a proper away job on Norwich? Or is that too much to ask?
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 12, 2008 8:08:04 GMT
If we are second in the league and are playing with 3 shit players every game then the other 8 must be well up to Premiership standards, fromafar!
Of course we don't have 8 players up to Premiership standards. What we do have - which seems to have escaped you - is a system which means that, in more games than not over the season, the team overachieves.
I've seen most home games and about a third of our away games. In my opinion Diao is not fit enough at the moment to play a big part in games. But Cresswell and Sidibe, despite some limitations, are crucial to the team's style of play. At this point in the season TP would be mad to change things drastically. We could do with an alternative striker but Sidibe will still be crucial in away games. I'd like to see Gally used more in home games but (as Mick Cullerton said last night on the commentary) Cressy, despite less skill than Gally, has a high work rate and ability to get involved which (like Mama's) is very valuable in away games. Cressy and Mama are no doubt a big part of the reason why Stoke still have the second best away record in the league despite the losses at Preston and QPR.
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Post by Godo on Mar 12, 2008 8:45:08 GMT
1) A big game on saturday eh? DAH!!!!!!!!
2) Pugh should start for Diao but he won't.
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Post by lordb on Mar 12, 2008 8:57:22 GMT
apart from Pericard,Broomes & to a lesser extent Buxton (he would be an excellent player in
the third or fourth division) I think all our players are capeable of making a positive impact.
as TP is fully aware we just need that extra goalscorer
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Post by vientianescfc on Mar 12, 2008 9:04:02 GMT
now now Lordb - Buxton has shown in the very few chances he has been given that he can step up to the plate in this squad and division. He is a solid enough CB and he showed v QPR what he can do.
Pericard and Broomes . . . go without saying!
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Post by kkkkken on Mar 12, 2008 9:24:29 GMT
Ilford I would agree you don't slate the players its usually TP who gets it, until recently  Fromafar you are taking it to far critizing a team in 2nd place who until recently have been on a superb run . One thing you obviously are not taking into consideration or have forgot is we are a Championship team not a Premiership team (not yet) so what you are hearing and saw ONCE is exactly that . The difference between the old Division 1 & 2 for your information who as been away from blighty for some time . |
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Post by fromafar07 on Mar 12, 2008 11:52:12 GMT
yeahhhhhhhhhhh, god forbid it !! how dare i say anything derogatory about a team in 2nd place !! its just not done !!
give me a freakin break, all i have said is that Diao Cresswel and Sidibe have played poorly for quite some time now. Echoing just about every match report i have read all season. I apologize for demanding excellence in players. Yes i know we are in 2nd place, yes i realize Sidibe scored the winning goal (please refer back to my blind squirrel quote) but i also realize that Stoke are playing in a very mediocre league where no one team is much better than the other. I would have thought that after soooooo so many years of dire teams and dire performances, Stoke fans would be aching to get the best players in as possible to win the division and gain promotion !!
signed
a fan who doesnt wear blinders
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