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Post by StokieBoy31 on Aug 10, 2011 13:52:23 GMT
Rafa as Manager and TP his assistant or the other way round
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Post by smigchop on Aug 10, 2011 13:54:29 GMT
Serving the training ground refreshments obviously
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Post by peterthornesboots on Aug 10, 2011 14:00:40 GMT
ok Benitez at the training ground is very unnerving whats going on lads ??? Why is it unnerving? If anything it is a massive complement! It's nothing new for managers/coaches who are out of work to go to clubs and see how things are done differently. It's simply part of professional development. The fact a man of his calibre wants to watch how we do things is a massive complement in my eyes!
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Post by mt on Aug 10, 2011 14:02:44 GMT
Does he still walk around with that porn actor beard?
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Post by Pricey on Aug 10, 2011 14:03:15 GMT
I think Pulis is really in-depth about the way he does things. Compiling detailed and complex reports on teams and players and leaving no stone unturned.
Benitez is even more extreme and anal with this to the point where he's more or less a robot, churning out data to prove a point to his players, coaches, bosses, the media, whoever. His man-management is pretty awful and he makes what look like weird decisions because they are all backed up by the data he has.
Wouldn't surprise me if Pulis was looking to be even more thorough with the way he goes about things and this is why Benitez is on the scene.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 10, 2011 14:04:57 GMT
I'm firmly in the Rafa is a shit manager camp. Yeah I know he's won fuck loads of things but I thought the job he did at Liverpool was bloody terrible.
But I don't think it matters, he'll just be visiting for one thing or another, it's quite common isn't it?
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Post by Teddler Stokie Born and Bred on Aug 10, 2011 14:06:16 GMT
ok Benitez at the training ground is very unnerving whats going on lads ??? Why is it unnerving? If anything it is a massive complement! It's nothing new for managers/coaches who are out of work to go to clubs and see how things are done differently. It's simply part of professional development. The fact a man of his calibre wants to watch how we do things is a massive complement in my eyes! Fair comment but in my defence the smell of my farts unnerve me so doesnt really take much ;D
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2011 14:08:42 GMT
Didn't anyone know rafa and Tony were bezzie mates?
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Post by peterthornesboots on Aug 10, 2011 14:09:32 GMT
Why is it unnerving? If anything it is a massive complement! It's nothing new for managers/coaches who are out of work to go to clubs and see how things are done differently. It's simply part of professional development. The fact a man of his calibre wants to watch how we do things is a massive complement in my eyes! Fair comment but in my defence the smell of my farts unnerve me so doesnt really take much ;D ;D ;D I just find it strange that when Gary Megson did the same thing no one was bothered, simply because it's a big name manager people seem to assume something strange must be going on. Now I've said that he will be announced as our new assistant tomorrow! ;D
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Post by lurcherman on Aug 10, 2011 14:11:58 GMT
I think he's just drumming up support for his new " Zumba " classes
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Post by luke45 on Aug 10, 2011 14:14:34 GMT
Anybody got an SSN stream?
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Post by droz on Aug 10, 2011 14:25:59 GMT
So when are they actually going to show Rafa and Rob?
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Post by jayscfc1863 on Aug 10, 2011 14:30:47 GMT
SSN just said they are going to tell us why he is there =D turn your tv on peoples, we should know whether our refectory has gained a new assistant or not in the next 15mins !! =D
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Post by withnall on Aug 10, 2011 14:31:44 GMT
Pennant has probably nailed his granddaughters.
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Post by musik on Aug 10, 2011 14:33:49 GMT
Maybe Benitez is taking Shawcross away from us?
Remaining central defenders:
Ryan Shotton Jonathan Woodgate Danny Collins Danny Higginbotham Robert Huth Matthew Upson
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Post by droz on Aug 10, 2011 14:34:08 GMT
Pennant has probably nailed his granddaughters. He's brought Pennant's car back from Spain .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2011 14:48:59 GMT
Perhaps he's acting as a interpreter for a spanish signing
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Post by stokie23 on Aug 10, 2011 14:53:13 GMT
Is it me... Or did ssn say 53 minutes ago , coming up next why raga was at Stoke today ...
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Post by jayscfc1863 on Aug 10, 2011 14:56:32 GMT
"only to visit his old friend tony pulis, manager has been out of work for a while but wants to get back in"
So after our long wait.... thats it haha
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Post by droz on Aug 10, 2011 14:56:43 GMT
Well, that was an anti-climax.
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Post by Mama's Mama on Aug 10, 2011 14:57:54 GMT
Any news?
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Post by stokie23 on Aug 10, 2011 14:58:06 GMT
I waited 56 minutes to here ' to visit his old friend Tony pulls' wtf, I sat through bloody county cricket scores
Twats ;D
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Post by thefoe on Aug 10, 2011 14:59:13 GMT
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Post by jayscfc1863 on Aug 10, 2011 14:59:30 GMT
That actually answered 2 questions at once, as much of an anti-climax as it was, we found out what the fat spaniard was doing at our place (him and pulis mates...who knew ;D) and the interview shortly before with upson answers our question about whether he remembers Huth's right hook, least he can laugh about it now and expects banter =)
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Post by citytilidie24 on Aug 10, 2011 15:01:57 GMT
SSN just reported that Benitez was visiting his old friend Pulis...of course...xD
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Post by Carlos Dickabout on Aug 10, 2011 15:04:33 GMT
SSN: coming up after the break...how we blue ballsed half of stoke-on-trent
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Post by luke45 on Aug 10, 2011 15:07:46 GMT
Cheers
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Post by nott1 on Aug 10, 2011 16:04:56 GMT
He's giving TP the lowdown on Liverpool for when we play them! Plus how to rile Torres if he's on Sunday!
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Post by stokie25 on Aug 10, 2011 16:06:55 GMT
is it just me, or would anybody have ever put tone and Rafa together as bezzies? ;D ;D Laurel and Hardy spring to mind
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Post by stockholm on Aug 10, 2011 16:10:48 GMT
I'm fairly certain Rafa said a while back TP was the only Premier League manager he got on with!
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