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Post by Staffsoatcake on Mar 24, 2008 17:00:09 GMT
We must finish in the top two,because I have this horrid feeling if we only make the play offs we will fook it up & not even make it to the final,that's my gut feeling anyway.
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Post by M on Mar 24, 2008 17:03:37 GMT
I think that's a feeling shared by most. We hit form too early it appears; just hoping we've got enough fuel to last the ride. Bristol is a must win.
Hull are the team to watch out for, if all teams continue present form, then they'll be ones that could take it from us....
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Post by Irish Stokie on Mar 24, 2008 17:06:09 GMT
Agreed, the Brizzle game is a massive one for us but i do honestly believe we have the players to get us into the Prem
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Post by M on Mar 24, 2008 17:10:45 GMT
IMO. We've got one of the stronger teams in the league, Not quite in depth as Brazil or Charltonia, but more than strong enough.
Credit due to the management team for building that, but... The bottle (that TP has constantly praised) appears to be fading. We need a confidence boost. We need not only the right result against Brizzle, but a performance to match.
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Post by nickstokefc on Mar 24, 2008 17:24:34 GMT
i prey to the man upstairs they we go straight up,
i take the piss out of a big west ham fan at work,
west ham went up throught the play offs and we call him the back door boy,
we want to do it the real way
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Post by M on Mar 24, 2008 17:42:31 GMT
i prey to the man upstairs they we go straight up, i take the piss out of a big west ham fan at work, west ham went up throught the play offs and we call him the back door boy, we want to do it the real way Back door boy!  Ooh err  |
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Post by stennymuir on Mar 24, 2008 17:49:23 GMT
Dunna worry lads,
Stoke City 2008 Coca Cola Championship Champions.
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Post by wolfieboy on Mar 24, 2008 18:58:41 GMT
You'd of won the playoffs back when you beat us, can't see it now. Just better hope West Brom do you boys a favour.
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Post by Irish Stokie on Mar 24, 2008 19:16:55 GMT
Ye i second that 01782!!!
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Post by DodgyDino on Mar 24, 2008 20:27:23 GMT
I feel the same, We need to get automatic promotion. I dont feel as though any of the top teams are in form at the moment except for Hull.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 24, 2008 20:40:33 GMT
Why all the reference to the Bristol game.
If we wait that long to put on a performance, we will be looking over our shoulders at a play-off place.
Prior to our trip to Preston, we were looking a really good side, albeit a little vulnerable at the back. We were strong and effective and more than capable of mixing our style of play up a bit.
Right now, players and management seem to have gone into their shell, and we are seemingly more direct now than we have ever been. We are seemingly chopping our team each week, even without the suspensions (see Pugh v Waford...sub one week, three positions in the first 11 the following week) and we don't seem to have a settled side from one week to the next.
The time has come now. Pulis needs to decide on his best 11, and stick to it, save for the availability of Fuller and Shawcross, and we need a performance on SATURDAY.
3 points v Shef Wed, and we may just be able to have a week of thinking a little more positively than we do right now. I think we are on the cusp of fucking it all up and if we wait until the Bristol City game, we will have fucked it up.
This week is looking like being a long one. Roll on Saturday!
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Post by stokelad on Mar 24, 2008 21:58:08 GMT
if we dont get automatic it would be hell, i would have no finger nails left at end of the games i dont't see us winning the playoffs.
we need to go for it and push on and secure a top two place just hope we don't have to go throught the playoffs.
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Post by fezgandy on Mar 25, 2008 6:29:25 GMT
Agreed
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2008 8:12:01 GMT
agree
we now need a big result v Wednesday and got a feeling they will more up for it than us
think if we beat Wednesday ( unlikely though) we will go up automatically
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Post by onlyonesirstan on Mar 25, 2008 8:25:23 GMT
All of the teams we have now got left to play, want points for either promotion, play offs or relegation. Why couldn't we have had an easy run-in?
The trouble is there is going to be so many scenarios' left, and I'm just hoping that it's the happy one at the end.
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Post by apb1 on Mar 25, 2008 10:25:46 GMT
Isn't it better to play teams nervous about relegation? By definition they are pretty poor, and may play worse if there is something to lose.
In any case, Colchester will be down, and I think Leicester might just have reached safety by then.
Some of our rivals have to play 3 or even 4 play-off contenders - we've only got Palace (and Bristol) from the top half, and the rest are pretty poor teams. It's ours to win if we can start scoring early in games again, starting on Saturday.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Mar 25, 2008 10:46:57 GMT
We have a certain maverick in this team who i KNOW will get us promoted, we won't need any loan signings , because after his rest , he will be on fire, i predict 5 goals out of his last 5 games for ric, and he will establish himself as a Stoke Legend.
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Mar 25, 2008 11:29:23 GMT
The only sure thing about Stoke is that nothing is sure.
Over the years too many of us have seen Stoke snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Automatic or nowt .
We're too inconsistent for the play-offs
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Mar 25, 2008 11:30:32 GMT
Are we??
Because judging by the table, we are the most consistent team in this league ;D
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Post by jpm64 on Mar 25, 2008 12:46:24 GMT
IMO. We've got one of the stronger teams in the league, Not quite in depth as Brazil or Charltonia, but more than strong enough. Credit due to the management team for building that, but... The bottle (that TP has constantly praised) appears to be fading. We need a confidence boost. We need not only the right result against Brizzle, but a performance to match. Whilst I agree the Bristol game is potentialy massive .... It will only be so if we pick up at least 7 points in the 3 games leading up to it !!!  |
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