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Post by jbstokie on Jan 31, 2012 16:49:17 GMT
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Post by anto1 on Jan 31, 2012 16:49:17 GMT
TEVEZ MAYBE........
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Post by luke2u on Jan 31, 2012 16:49:41 GMT
Tevez is well known, but not Teves. ;D
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Post by likelyladgalizmo on Jan 31, 2012 16:50:16 GMT
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Post by march4 on Jan 31, 2012 16:50:16 GMT
With some or all of the following on the move tonight; Zamora Davies Holt Bent
And we know that all 4 are near the top of TP's favourite player list. I can't believe TP isn't on the phone right now seeing if he can strike a deal for at least one of them.
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Post by tomsviews on Jan 31, 2012 16:50:24 GMT
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Post by realstokebloke on Jan 31, 2012 16:50:25 GMT
All this wait 'til the summer is all well & good but...
When we buy in the 'summer', it's usually last minute again (so they miss a handful of games) then they aren't Stoke fit (so they miss a load more) then they take a good while to adapt to TP-land and...
...it's Christmas.
(And we could be right in the mire by then as well.)
Plus we need a LB and wing cover minimum now anyway.
Not saying buy for the sake of it but if the right ones 'fall', do it Tone.
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Post by seddonstandviewer on Jan 31, 2012 16:50:58 GMT
An injury to Wilson or Etherington and we're knackered. pretty sure at times this season we HAVE already managed without them.i agree that cover would be useful but to say that not signing anyone shows a lack of ambition is absolute, 100%,unquestionable stool water! would you rather we just buy someone for the sheer hell of it regardless of their price tag even if they're not particularly good? because that's what happens in the January window. you don't tend to see a lot of the real qulaity players flying around at this time,most are the kind that will got clubs like WBA, QPR etc,. who need to bring players in to hold up their sinking ships. it's not a lack of ambition, it's called patience and waiting for the right "Apples to drop" at the right time NOT going in thinking "Ooh transfer window let's buy,buy,buy to keep some Oatcakers from bloody whinging" - a manager with years and years of experince,never got a club relegated, taken us to a cup final, into europe and currently has us sitting in the top ten or a few fools on here who seem to think and believe 1) every name bandided about are players who we have definitely been in for or 2) that every player we suggest would be in the slightest bit interested in coming to us. if you signed anyone to replace Ethers now it would be someone who probably isn't anywhere close to being able to OR would be vastly overpriced OR wouldn't come to us anyway. simple fact is that without Wilson or Etherington we may not have looked as good as usual (although it's debatable how good Ethers in particular has actually been this season anyway) but we are far from being relegation fodder and i for one am happy with the squad we have if it means finishing just outside the top ten at worst but at least having extra coffers to spend if needs be in the summer where the real action is; far better option than just buying for the sake of it then having to sell everyone to remain sustainable and disappearing back to the fizzy pop league when all the players leave. it's actually damn good management, there isn't a never ending pot of cash to use you know! How long are we waiting for the apples to drop? We had all summer to bring in back up/competition for Etherington and a proper left back. I desperately tried to keep a straight face when I mentioned Marc Wilson. This is the same Marc Wilson that is a right footed centre midfielder who was bodged in at left back for the end of last season after our long term wide centre half was injured. How dare I want him to be replaced with a left footed full back. I'm glad you admitted Etherington's poor form. Maybe if we'd have brought in backup/competition in the summer, or even January (see, i'm a patient lad really...) we'd be talking about a player who was flying due to the extra effort he had to put in to get his place back, rather than one who looks unfit, uninterested and at times, totally devoid of confidence and utterly pissed off. Remember what a bit of competition did for Sorensen. Remember the totally flat performance at Wembley after a few injuries completely decimated the team. It's nothing to do with keeping people like me happy, or to stop me whinging. I'm not after 22 front line players, with 2 players for every position and i'm not asking the club to bankrupt themselves. We've seen Liam Ridgewell move for 2M to a club that are notoriously poor payers. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but he would have offered us everything that a fully fit Higginbotham would have done and given our outgoings so far this window, would have paid for himself. It free's up Wilson to move into his natural position and create more competition for the midfield area - all for the same price as a Tonge or a Soares or a Davies. All this whilst we have 3 strikers sitting on the bench!
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Post by smigchop on Jan 31, 2012 16:51:29 GMT
Just had a text saying someone had seen a car with the number plate HE5KEY1 ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2012 16:51:33 GMT
Mick, I respect your faith and your opinion, but it's not necessarily about the January window. It's about planning for the season and we had an opportunity to offload (or at least should have tried) certain players and bring in a couple in areas where we were short. It'll be interesting what Pulis does in the Summer but I'm not holding my breath. i completely agree that we need cover for fullback and on the wing, i just don't think January is necessarily the right time to do it.there aren't anywhere near as many players that are available and a lot of January buys end up being expensive failures due to panic buying for the sake of it; believe me if we don't get players in in the summer for those positions i'll be going as mad as everyone else!
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jan 31, 2012 16:52:43 GMT
Anyone think about Barton ;D ;D ;D Not really, are you having those dreams again?
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Post by kitkatkev on Jan 31, 2012 16:54:12 GMT
Anyone think about Barton ;D ;D ;D Not really, are you having those dreams again? Was a Joke ;D
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Post by superjonnywalters on Jan 31, 2012 16:54:51 GMT
Go home people.
Nothing doing.
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Post by reedybob91 on Jan 31, 2012 16:55:27 GMT
FootballNews_co FootballNewsRumours Got a phonecall 20 mins ago for Nathan Redmond, still wants deal to go through,Birmingham may make bid for Doyle,pennant if Nathan deal goes
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Post by Teddler Stokie Born and Bred on Jan 31, 2012 16:55:42 GMT
Just had a text saying someone had seen a car with the number plate HE5KEY1 ;D ;D Was it a metalic black Skoda YETI by any chance ;D ;D ;D
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Post by wingy11 on Jan 31, 2012 16:56:29 GMT
There's not much difference in buying now or in the summer anyway, summer the players want a massive signing on fee/ massive wages, and a good deal for their agents as they have time to wait, January it's the football clubs who hold out for daft offers so either way ya lose out!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2012 16:57:22 GMT
pretty sure at times this season we HAVE already managed without them.i agree that cover would be useful but to say that not signing anyone shows a lack of ambition is absolute, 100%,unquestionable stool water! would you rather we just buy someone for the sheer hell of it regardless of their price tag even if they're not particularly good? because that's what happens in the January window. you don't tend to see a lot of the real qulaity players flying around at this time,most are the kind that will got clubs like WBA, QPR etc,. who need to bring players in to hold up their sinking ships. it's not a lack of ambition, it's called patience and waiting for the right "Apples to drop" at the right time NOT going in thinking "Ooh transfer window let's buy,buy,buy to keep some Oatcakers from bloody whinging" - a manager with years and years of experince,never got a club relegated, taken us to a cup final, into europe and currently has us sitting in the top ten or a few fools on here who seem to think and believe 1) every name bandided about are players who we have definitely been in for or 2) that every player we suggest would be in the slightest bit interested in coming to us. if you signed anyone to replace Ethers now it would be someone who probably isn't anywhere close to being able to OR would be vastly overpriced OR wouldn't come to us anyway. simple fact is that without Wilson or Etherington we may not have looked as good as usual (although it's debatable how good Ethers in particular has actually been this season anyway) but we are far from being relegation fodder and i for one am happy with the squad we have if it means finishing just outside the top ten at worst but at least having extra coffers to spend if needs be in the summer where the real action is; far better option than just buying for the sake of it then having to sell everyone to remain sustainable and disappearing back to the fizzy pop league when all the players leave. it's actually damn good management, there isn't a never ending pot of cash to use you know! How long are we waiting for the apples to drop? We had all summer to bring in back up/competition for Etherington and a proper left back. I desperately tried to keep a straight face when I mentioned Marc Wilson. This is the same Marc Wilson that is a right footed centre midfielder who was bodged in at left back for the end of last season after our long term wide centre half was injured. How dare I want him to be replaced with a left footed full back. I'm glad you admitted Etherington's poor form. Maybe if we'd have brought in backup/competition in the summer, or even January (see, i'm a patient lad really...) we'd be talking about a player who was flying due to the extra effort he had to put in to get his place back, rather than one who looks unfit, uninterested and at times, totally devoid of confidence and utterly pissed off. Remember what a bit of competition did for Sorensen. Remember the totally flat performance at Wembley after a few injuries completely decimated the team. It's nothing to do with keeping people like me happy, or to stop me whinging. I'm not after 22 front line players, with 2 players for every position and i'm not asking the club to bankrupt themselves. We've seen Liam Ridgewell move for 2M to a club that are notoriously poor payers. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but he would have offered us everything that a fully fit Higginbotham would have done and given our outgoings so far this window, would have paid for himself. It free's up Wilson to move into his natural position and create more competition for the midfield area - all for the same price as a Tonge or a Soares or a Davies. All this whilst we have 3 strikers sitting on the bench! i do agree that it would be ideal to bring in those players and preferably earlier than now, all im saying is that so far we have coped without them and January isn't always the best time to buy as there tend to be overpriced medicore players flying around; the summer has far more possibilities.basically, yes it would be nice to have decent,affordable players in now but if they're not available now then fine we'll be patient. if we sign a decent player then great, if not then i'm not going to despairing of the club or amazed at the lack of signings,we've got to eighth with what we have so far.if ethers get crocked we may finish 14th.ok not ideal but personally i don't see us finishing 8th anyway even if he stays fit.it's beena strange season really, some of the worst quality footbal we've played since getting promoted and our highest postion (in terms of holding onto a position rather than being there for half hour until the rest of the results come in ) but it certainly isn't urgent that we need them in right now this second or we're buggered and going down.
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Post by likelyladgalizmo on Jan 31, 2012 16:58:08 GMT
Plenty of irons in the fire.
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Post by march4 on Jan 31, 2012 16:59:08 GMT
Plenty of irons in the fire. That's because West Ham have to sell
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Post by kitkatkev on Jan 31, 2012 17:00:10 GMT
Valencia have informed Stoke tickets will be 15 Euros now not 9 and Stoke Still not got the tickets
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Post by dorsetpotter on Jan 31, 2012 17:03:12 GMT
Valencia have informed Stoke tickets will be 15 Euros now not 9 and Stoke Still not got the tickets Is this a cryptic clue that we are signing Valencia from manure
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Post by wingy11 on Jan 31, 2012 17:03:21 GMT
6 hours to go!! I still think no one will come in but I can see still a couple going out last minute, remember tunny leaving last season, I think it will be fuller and higgy this time with no one coming in
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Post by Gary Hackett on Jan 31, 2012 17:03:59 GMT
Valencia have informed Stoke tickets will be 15 Euros now not 9 and Stoke Still not got the tickets Are you the idiot from the Bearpit Facebook group?
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Post by seasidestokie on Jan 31, 2012 17:04:58 GMT
That's why I could see him from the top of the tower!
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Post by seddonstandviewer on Jan 31, 2012 17:06:54 GMT
How long are we waiting for the apples to drop? We had all summer to bring in back up/competition for Etherington and a proper left back. I desperately tried to keep a straight face when I mentioned Marc Wilson. This is the same Marc Wilson that is a right footed centre midfielder who was bodged in at left back for the end of last season after our long term wide centre half was injured. How dare I want him to be replaced with a left footed full back. I'm glad you admitted Etherington's poor form. Maybe if we'd have brought in backup/competition in the summer, or even January (see, i'm a patient lad really...) we'd be talking about a player who was flying due to the extra effort he had to put in to get his place back, rather than one who looks unfit, uninterested and at times, totally devoid of confidence and utterly pissed off. Remember what a bit of competition did for Sorensen. Remember the totally flat performance at Wembley after a few injuries completely decimated the team. It's nothing to do with keeping people like me happy, or to stop me whinging. I'm not after 22 front line players, with 2 players for every position and i'm not asking the club to bankrupt themselves. We've seen Liam Ridgewell move for 2M to a club that are notoriously poor payers. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but he would have offered us everything that a fully fit Higginbotham would have done and given our outgoings so far this window, would have paid for himself. It free's up Wilson to move into his natural position and create more competition for the midfield area - all for the same price as a Tonge or a Soares or a Davies. All this whilst we have 3 strikers sitting on the bench! i do agree that it would be ideal to bring in those players and preferably earlier than now, all im saying is that so far we have coped without them and January isn't always the best time to buy as there tend to be overpriced medicore players flying around; the summer has far more possibilities.basically, yes it would be nice to have decent,affordable players in now but if they're not available now then fine we'll be patient. if we sign a decent player then great, if not then i'm not going to despairing of the club or amazed at the lack of signings,we've got to eighth with what we have so far.if ethers get crocked we may finish 14th.ok not ideal but personally i don't see us finishing 8th anyway even if he stays fit.it's beena strange season really, some of the worst quality footbal we've played since getting promoted and our highest postion (in terms of holding onto a position rather than being there for half hour until the rest of the results come in ) but it certainly isn't urgent that we need them in right now this second or we're buggered and going down. Hand on heart, I think you're making excuses for excuses sake. If we end up finishing 14th from 8th then we would have lost nearly 6M in prize money. Given we're supposedly on a self sufficiency drive, I make that quite a critical importance. I've given you one example of a player who was cheap enough in today's market, would have come to Stoke City and improved us on our current set up and one that as of last week the club were looking at. He's ended up signing for a club who are notoriously tight payers. Money was no object obviously, and it certainly wasn't at the panic buying price bracket either. 2M for Liam Ridgewell is a more than fair price. He's every inch a Stoke City player aswell. It's ok though, we'll continue to "cope" with a right footed central midfielder at left back. I haven't even started on Matt Etherington and what would happen to our football should he get injured. We NEED a left back and we NEED a winger.
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Post by kitkatkev on Jan 31, 2012 17:06:57 GMT
Valencia have informed Stoke tickets will be 15 Euros now not 9 and Stoke Still not got the tickets Are you the idiot from the Bearpit Facebook group? Thanks for that >:(I just read it on offical site
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Post by kitkatkev on Jan 31, 2012 17:08:14 GMT
Valencia have informed Stoke tickets will be 15 Euros now not 9 and Stoke Still not got the tickets Is this a cryptic clue that we are signing Valencia from manure No
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Post by wingy11 on Jan 31, 2012 17:09:27 GMT
i do agree that it would be ideal to bring in those players and preferably earlier than now, all im saying is that so far we have coped without them and January isn't always the best time to buy as there tend to be overpriced medicore players flying around; the summer has far more possibilities.basically, yes it would be nice to have decent,affordable players in now but if they're not available now then fine we'll be patient. if we sign a decent player then great, if not then i'm not going to despairing of the club or amazed at the lack of signings,we've got to eighth with what we have so far.if ethers get crocked we may finish 14th.ok not ideal but personally i don't see us finishing 8th anyway even if he stays fit.it's beena strange season really, some of the worst quality footbal we've played since getting promoted and our highest postion (in terms of holding onto a position rather than being there for half hour until the rest of the results come in ) but it certainly isn't urgent that we need them in right now this second or we're buggered and going down. Hand on heart, I think you're making excuses for excuses sake. If we end up finishing 14th from 8th then we would have lost nearly 6M in prize money. Given we're supposedly on a self sufficiency drive, I make that quite a critical importance. I've given you one example of a player who was cheap enough in today's market, would have come to Stoke City and improved us on our current set up and one that as of last week the club were looking at. He's ended up signing for a club who are notoriously tight payers. Money was no object obviously, and it certainly wasn't at the panic buying price bracket either. 2M for Liam Ridgewell is a more than fair price. He's every inch a Stoke City player aswell. It's ok though, we'll continue to "cope" with a right footed central midfielder at left back. I haven't even started on Matt Etherington and what would happen to our football should he get injured. We NEED a left back and we NEED a winger. Totally agree but I don't think we are interested in buying for some reason.
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Post by crimsonchin90 on Jan 31, 2012 17:10:38 GMT
Begovic Twitter page is down atm :S strange.
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Post by victoriaboothenboy on Jan 31, 2012 17:11:10 GMT
Plenty of irons in the fire. Maybe....but there are no bloody apples on the tree that are ready to drop
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