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Post by stokedrich on Dec 28, 2010 18:28:02 GMT
I'm just playing devils advocate here gents and god forbid what has happened to the Toon and Blackburn's managers should happen to TP but is anyone thinking about a change of football style @ Stoke? This would obviously mean a change of manager as TP's style of play has been proven time and again...'never relegated'...
So I put it to you, the great and the good of the legendary Oatcake MB, would you welcome a new manager who adopts a different style of football (see Blackpool - no money, no hope but one of the most entertaining teams in the Top Flight) or are we all 'happy to be in the premier league'?
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Post by actongatestokie on Dec 28, 2010 18:28:36 GMT
Be careful for what you wish for.
You might just get it.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Dec 28, 2010 18:29:30 GMT
How does a flat NO sound?
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Post by mayf on Dec 28, 2010 18:33:38 GMT
Pulis may never have been relegated but he certainly needs to open his eyes to different tactics.
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Post by coney08 on Dec 28, 2010 18:34:42 GMT
I don't mind us playing the way we do, but if it's not working, we should have an alternative rather than lumping it to KJ. There are times when he will be up against 6ft 6 defenders who are going to dominate him. If it's not working, take him off and try passing it into feet. Just an idea.
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Post by PotterLog on Dec 28, 2010 18:35:12 GMT
We don't need a new manager but we do need a new brand of football commonly known in footballing circles as a Plan B.
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Post by stokelad84 on Dec 28, 2010 18:35:13 GMT
No
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Post by march4 on Dec 28, 2010 18:36:47 GMT
4-4-1-1 or relegation.
Take your pick - there is no alternative with TP.
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Post by heworksardtho on Dec 28, 2010 18:37:14 GMT
one micky adams
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Post by pretzel on Dec 28, 2010 18:48:32 GMT
Boxing day was a game we could have lost and didn't.
Today's was a game we could have won and didn't.
Elation followed by frustration... as a Stoke fan I'm used to it.
We're still above Liverpool, Everton, Villa, Newcastle etc
Pardon me if I don't start slashing my wrists just yet.
Hopefully TP will see that the team he puts out for a stiff'ish away test isn't necessarily the one he should start with for a home 'banker' though.
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Post by chattyladypotter on Dec 28, 2010 18:49:56 GMT
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by sslazio1900 on Dec 28, 2010 18:52:12 GMT
"lou lou skip to ma lou" will take us to the next level  |
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Post by Irish Stokie on Dec 28, 2010 19:03:59 GMT
Fans can get very greedy and forget how much their manager has done, just look at Charlton as an example. TP has done, and continues to do, a fabulous job. We lost one game today but judging by some of the embarrassing views on here you would think we were dead last in the league and 10 from our nearest team.
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Post by march4 on Dec 28, 2010 19:05:52 GMT
"lou lou skip to ma lou" will take us to the next level You mean hoofing the ball forwards at every opportunity - that was Lou's plan and like TP's it was mightily effective. |
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Post by roostersgonnagetya on Dec 28, 2010 19:07:01 GMT
All we need to change is full backs and midfielld and use them both morew effectively
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2010 19:13:39 GMT
"lou lou skip to ma lou" will take us to the next level You mean hoofing the ball forwards at every opportunity - that was Lou's plan and like TP's it was mightily effective. Oh yes I remember that we had those man mountains of Mark Stein and Graham Shaw up front, then we moved on to the twin peaks of Mike Sheron and Simon Sturridge. March you don't half talk rot at times. |
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Post by stokedrich on Jan 3, 2011 10:54:01 GMT
Yes I think we just need a 'plan b' for the occasions when our direct approach doesn't work...
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Post by staffordstokie999 on Jan 3, 2011 11:01:14 GMT
Why dont we just get rid of Peter Coates and get some Indian chicken farmers to buy the club?
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Post by jarvinski on Jan 3, 2011 11:01:42 GMT
he has been a great servant to stoke but its time now to lose rory, his throws are generally dealt with now by all, we need a midfield playmaker desperately to take us to the next level
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Post by mistersausage on Jan 3, 2011 11:04:16 GMT
If TP left for some reason I'd like Gus Poyet from Brighton. His team plays good football.
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Post by french toast on Jan 3, 2011 11:05:06 GMT
"lou lou skip to ma lou" will take us to the next level You mean hoofing the ball forwards at every opportunity - that was Lou's plan and like TP's it was mightily effective. exactly, i think some people look back and see what they want to see. |
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Post by staffordstokie999 on Jan 3, 2011 11:09:42 GMT
If TP left for some reason I'd like Gus Poyet from Brighton. His team plays good football. And thats it, he plays good football! he hasnt achieved anything yet |
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Post by french toast on Jan 3, 2011 11:10:31 GMT
if tony went tomorrow i would want big sam
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Post by drfootball on Jan 3, 2011 11:12:11 GMT
How many more tiresome threads exactly the same of this are going around.Shit bin  |
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Post by stokelad84 on Jan 3, 2011 11:15:24 GMT
Oh yes I remember that we had those man mountains of Mark Stein and Graham Shaw up front, then we moved on to the twin peaks of Mike Sheron and Simon Sturridge. March you don't half talk rot at times. Lets not mention John Gayle and keith Scott hey, it's bad for your arguement |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 11:42:21 GMT
I'm just playing devils advocate here gents and god forbid what has happened to the Toon and Blackburn's managers should happen to TP but is anyone thinking about a change of football style @ Stoke? This would obviously mean a change of manager as TP's style of play has been proven time and again...'never relegated'... So I put it to you, the great and the good of the legendary Oatcake MB, would you welcome a new manager who adopts a different style of football (see Blackpool - no money, no hope but one of the most entertaining teams in the Top Flight) or are we all 'happy to be in the premier league'? I would if it could be 100% guaranteed that we could do so and still be doing as well as we are now. Since it can't, it seems a pretty retarded risk to take when the team is just three points off sixth place. |
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Post by Ron Burgundy on Jan 3, 2011 12:56:36 GMT
Be interesting to see what Lou could have acheived had his chairman been Peter Coates Mark 2 rather than Mark 1.
Lou's sides were direct, but compared to Pulisball, they looked like Brazil.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 13:06:08 GMT
This is a new brand of football.
Depending on what happens in the transfer window it could be different again fir the rest of this season. Next season it will change once more. It's always time for a new brand of football. Tony Pulis is more of an agent of continual change than you give him credit for.
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Post by waitingforwaddo on Jan 3, 2011 15:10:33 GMT
Yes.
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Post by PickSCFC on Jan 3, 2011 15:13:23 GMT
No, I enjoy watching us play
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