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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 29, 2012 12:32:49 GMT
Finally TP has admitted that he made a mistake with his squad selection for Valencia.
Apparently he should have made the same decision but done it a week earlier.
What a complete and utter bellend our manager is! A man who is easy to respect yet totally impossible to love.
Who the fuck is TP trying to kid with his press comments this week?
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Post by Gods on Feb 29, 2012 12:34:03 GMT
For the home game or the away game?
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Post by sheikhmomo on Feb 29, 2012 12:34:32 GMT
I love him. Mainly because he sems to piss most people on here off.
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Post by superjonnywalters on Feb 29, 2012 12:36:13 GMT
He's right to be fair.
The starting XI in Valencia did much better. Anything than lumping it to an isolated Crouch all day long was bound to be an improvement.
We actually had some pace and creativity (Ric + Jerome) in the team and a ball player (Arismendi) in the middle.
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Post by stuammo on Feb 29, 2012 12:36:41 GMT
The bloke is an utter bellend!! I genuinely believe that it really gets to him that he's not universally loved by everyone here!! Never has a manager achieved what he has and yet still been so disliked by so many!!
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Post by stuammo on Feb 29, 2012 12:37:41 GMT
He's right to be fair. The starting XI in Valencia did much better. Anything than lumping it to an isolated Crouch all day long was bound to be an improvement. We actually had some pace and creativity (Ric + Jerome) in the team and a ball player (Arismendi) in the middle. And look where that has got Arismendi - a loan move to the championship. How dare he come into the team and pass the ball!!! |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 29, 2012 12:39:21 GMT
He is right. Playing your better players generally ensures that you will get a better performance.
The so-called first team has been wank for ages but will he change it. Will he fuck!
If his only mistake v Valencia was to not make the changes a week earlier for the home tie, then Pulis is an absolute pillock who once again shows that he doesn't give a rats ass about the supporters.
His mistake was not taking a full squad to Valencia and no matter how much he tries to convince everyone otherwise, I'm sure that he knows that.
Negative Bastard and impossible to love!
MoMO...Yes he winds me up a treat...much like Scholes does you!
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Post by exiledstokie on Feb 29, 2012 12:39:32 GMT
Pulis must be having some sort of mental break down! There's no other excuse for his bizarre ramblings to the media! He admits Arismendi has done 'really well' in the only 2 games we've started him, against 2 clubs with years of European experience, any normal manager would put him in the starting 11 for the league, but not Pulis, he wants to fuck him off out on loan, probably to his bessie mate Megson in League 1! The he says he should have played the reserves against Valencia in the home leg?! He's having a breakdown, the sooner the men in white Coates  fuck him off the better. |
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Post by lordb on Feb 29, 2012 12:39:39 GMT
He means for the home game.
Thing is he picked (more or less) the side most of us would have picked & we got mullered (1.0 flattered Stoke big time imho).
For me I think it was therefore 100% correct to change the side/formation for the return leg.
Thats not to say the line up for the return leg is the one I would have picked or the correct line up in itself (we lost on the night after all) however I can see the logic in changing.
What was - for me,& I appreciate this view isn't shared by many - unnaceptable was the bench.
If he had picked the same side with Ethers,Crouch,Shawcross & Walters on the bench I would have no problem with it.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 29, 2012 12:45:43 GMT
He means for the home game. Thing is he picked (more or less) the side most of us would have picked & we got mullered (1.0 flattered Stoke big time imho). For me I think it was therefore 100% correct to change the side/formation for the return leg. Thats not to say the line up for the return leg is the one I would have picked or the correct line up in itself (we lost on the night after all) however I can see the logic in changing. What was - for me,& I appreciate this view isn't shared by many - unnaceptable was the bench. If he had picked the same side with Ethers,Crouch,Shawcross & Walters on the bench I would have no problem with it. That's pretty much how I feel lordb. It was the bench (or the lack of it) which was TP's mistake last Thursday. The team against Valencia at the Brit underperformed (as it has done in a few games recently) and it was a decent move to make major changes to the starting 11 in the Mestalla. |
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Post by nantwichstokie on Feb 29, 2012 12:45:50 GMT
He means for the home game. Thing is he picked (more or less) the side most of us would have picked & we got mullered (1.0 flattered Stoke big time imho). For me I think it was therefore 100% correct to change the side/formation for the return leg. Thats not to say the line up for the return leg is the one I would have picked or the correct line up in itself (we lost on the night after all) however I can see the logic in changing. What was - for me,& I appreciate this view isn't shared by many - unnaceptable was the bench. If he had picked the same side with Ethers,Crouch,Shawcross & Walters on the bench I would have no problem with it. Thats what pissed me off. There should of been options on the bench and a fuller squad SHOULD of been there. |
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Post by Gods on Feb 29, 2012 12:46:39 GMT
He means for the home game. Thing is he picked (more or less) the side most of us would have picked & we got mullered (1.0 flattered Stoke big time imho). For me I think it was therefore 100% correct to change the side/formation for the return leg. Thats not to say the line up for the return leg is the one I would have picked or the correct line up in itself (we lost on the night after all) however I can see the logic in changing. What was - for me,& I appreciate this view isn't shared by many - unnaceptable was the bench. If he had picked the same side with Ethers,Crouch,Shawcross & Walters on the bench I would have no problem with it. Got it now and agree with all you go on to say. |
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Post by seddonstandviewer on Feb 29, 2012 12:47:56 GMT
Long live the king!  |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 29, 2012 12:48:44 GMT
me neither Lord!
For the record, I wouldn't have picked the side he did for the home game either. The central midfield pair was always going to get overun and the front two were obviously going to do nothing as usual.
TP got it badly wrong in both games. As good as they were, they weren't unbeatable and we have beaten better sides and given better sides than them a game on our own patch.
The lack of a bench in the away game is/was unforgivable but clearly TP feels that his biggest mistake was not changing the team for the home leg. The guy is losing the plot!
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Post by lordb on Feb 29, 2012 12:50:05 GMT
TP: at some point he winds everyone up,even fans like me who at the very least respect him.
then other times he gets things right big time & we all reap the rewards
does seem like ages since he did the latter mind....
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Post by Davef on Feb 29, 2012 12:58:57 GMT
Long live the king! I wonder if TP managed to keep his face as straight as this when he admitted his "mistake" with his squad selection for Valencia? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 13:02:35 GMT
TP: at some point he winds everyone up,even fans like me who at the very least respect him. then other times he gets things right big time & we all reap the rewards does seem like ages since he did the latter mind.... to be fair TP over the years has always tended to make baffling decisions every now and again, i think what has surprised and bemused everyone however is the sheer number of baffling decisions in just one season this year, it's as if his brain is melting slowly...come back to us Tone and let's start battling again! yes, he may feel vindicated by the fact that at the weekend we finally started bustling about, harrying teams and not letting them play etc. which we haven't done for weeks (and hope fully we can now build on that) but that to me doesn't show he was right necessarily for specifically the Mestella match, more that he's finally realised that if you rest players in general then the team can play this way, "The Stoke Way" ,consistently for a whole season. in other words Tone, you have a larger sqaud nowadays so start rotating thenm effectively THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE WHOLE SEASON INSTEAD OF PICKING PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEAD ON THEIR FEET FOR WEEKS FOR EVERY SINGLE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by seddonstandviewer on Feb 29, 2012 13:03:05 GMT
Long live the king! I wonder if TP managed to keep his face as straight as this when he admitted his "mistake" with his squad selection for Valencia? ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 13:09:33 GMT
Is he now going to finally admit that not having a decent ball playing midfielder is also a massive mistake, and has been for years! Waits with bated breath.
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Post by exiledstokie on Feb 29, 2012 13:13:15 GMT
Is he now going to finally admit that not having a decent ball playing midfielder is also a massive mistake, and has been for years! Waits with bated breath. We have ball playing midfielders, they're just limited to the long ball, that's all ;D |
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Post by stonecoldstokie on Feb 29, 2012 13:16:40 GMT
I think he's becoming a very arrogant man and lives in a world of yes men telling him he's great and right all the time and when someone disagrees with him he reacts by sarcastic press comments or sells them. I just wish he connected with the supporters better and showed us a little more respect. I didn't like his comment in the week that said I don't justify myself to the supporters only my chairman.. It's unnecessary and distances himself further from us. I don't want to him to 'justify' himself but there is nothing wrong with old fashioned respect and good manners Mr Puils
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Post by Paul Spencer on Feb 29, 2012 13:19:29 GMT
He's right to be fair.
The starting XI in Valencia did much better. Anything than lumping it to an isolated Crouch all day long was bound to be an improvement.
We actually had some pace and creativity (Ric + Jerome) in the team and a ball player (Arismendi) in the middle. Isn't saying he's right there, pretty much the same as saying he's been wrong all season then? |
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Post by superjonnywalters on Feb 29, 2012 13:21:52 GMT
No comment  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 13:50:34 GMT
You are having a laugh!
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Post by baystokie on Feb 29, 2012 13:55:31 GMT
I think he's becoming a very arrogant man and lives in a world of yes men telling him he's great and right all the time and when someone disagrees with him he reacts by sarcastic press comments or sells them. I just wish he connected with the supporters better and showed us a little more respect. I didn't like his comment in the week that said I don't justify myself to the supporters only my chairman.. It's unnecessary and distances himself further from us. I don't want to him to 'justify' himself but there is nothing wrong with old fashioned respect and good manners Mr Puils Succinct, free of abuse, and to the point. Couldn't have put it better myself |
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Post by spud on Feb 29, 2012 14:01:21 GMT
Finally TP has admitted that he made a mistake with his squad selection for Valencia. Apparently he should have made the same decision but done it a week earlier. What a complete and utter bellend our manager is! A man who is easy to respect yet totally impossible to love. Who the fuck is TP trying to kid with his press comments this week? where did you get this from? anyone got a link please? |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 29, 2012 14:40:08 GMT
It is on the back page of today's Sentinel.
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Post by skip on Feb 29, 2012 14:42:05 GMT
I think admitting to mistakes is a sign of character. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Post by seddonstandviewer on Feb 29, 2012 14:44:16 GMT
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Post by sheikhmomo on Feb 29, 2012 14:55:00 GMT
Is that what people are getting their fanny’s in a twist about? It’s exactly what he said at the end of the Sky highlights on Sunday night with a grin on his face. I don’t agree with what he did, the bench in particular but some of you seem to have got off on the wrong foot with Tone. You don’t like some of the jokes he tells. You've got to chill out, yeah, trust him, this is what he does, alright? You will never support a team like this again. This is brilliant-fact. And you will never have another boss like Tone Someone who's basically a chilled out entertainer. |
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fuck him off the better.
