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Post by Paul Spencer on Apr 6, 2013 21:28:02 GMT
I said when Sunderland and Reading sacked their managers that the timing was all wrong and that if they wanted to have a manager to have an impact, they would have had to have made the decision earlier. I stand by that exact sentiment so far as Stoke are concerned. This is his mess that he's made and it's up to him to get us out of it, or rather not drive us further into it. Let's face it, there's only so much that even Ferguson could do with a squad with no real right winger and an all round dearth of attacking options. I feel quite, quite ill reading those disgusting Arsenal vermin reveling in this. If he does go in the summer then it must be done so with him crowned in glory and gratitude, so that those vile anti-football scummers don't have their day in the sun. To tell you the truth MD if he takes us down, what Arsenal fans have got to say about it, will be the last thing on my mind.
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Apr 6, 2013 21:28:15 GMT
It'd be brilliant if it was, Richie Benaud surfing Twitter for a shag is ace but sadly I think he has more decorum than that! Maybe we've misjudged him Jamo? It certainly raised a smile on this grim day imaging his voice uttering those Tweets. yep... "Pulis sacked...marvellous effort that"
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Post by Fred Astaire on Apr 6, 2013 21:28:56 GMT
I hear Avram Grant is good in these types of situation!
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Post by redsaturday on Apr 6, 2013 21:29:03 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 6, 2013 21:29:59 GMT
I know, I'm just being a sarcastic cunt. thats unlike you Bayern I know, it's totally out of character and not like me at all. Richie Benaud has confirmed it though so it's definitely true!
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Post by scfc5 on Apr 6, 2013 21:30:39 GMT
We've taken ONE POINT from the last six games, a new guy coming in now until the the end of the season would really struggle to do any worse over the final six games and he might, just might, do a little bit better. There isn't any signs, none whatsoever that Pulis can save us. We can't simply sleep walk over the edge of the cliff. There's a very real chance that we're going to go down and if we do, are we going to look back on this moment and remember that we didn't even (at least) TRY anything to prevent it? A new manager might uplift the team and we go on to win all our remaining games. He might lose all of them and get us relegated.Sacking Pulis now would be an act of desperation, as everyone is saying, they would try ANYTHING to try and prevent us going down. Thing is, this assumes that Pulis can't turn it around and so the only option is try and get a new manager or accept relegation. I think Pulis will turn it around and that we will grind out the results. Villa weren't exactly setting the world alight a month ago, they didn't sack Lambert, and their bad spell finally ended. What's to say we won't end our bad run of form. The bizarre selections, lack of spirit and fight, and inability to change......
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Post by padders01 on Apr 6, 2013 21:31:03 GMT
@dorselator: Just to put the rumours to bed... #scfc have NOT sacked Tony Pulis. Nor has he resigned. Rumours to the contrary are incorrect.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2013 21:31:08 GMT
Rob Dorsett ?@dorselator 1m Just to put the rumours to bed... #scfc have NOT sacked Tony Pulis. Nor has he resigned. Rumours to the contrary are incorrect.
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Post by stokies on Apr 6, 2013 21:31:17 GMT
Rob Dorsett ?@dorselator 1m Just to put the rumours to bed... #scfc have NOT sacked Tony Pulis. Nor has he resigned. Rumours to the contrary are incorrect.
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Post by Olgrligm on Apr 6, 2013 21:31:25 GMT
I said when Sunderland and Reading sacked their managers that the timing was all wrong and that if they wanted to have a manager to have an impact, they would have had to have made the decision earlier. I stand by that exact sentiment so far as Stoke are concerned. This is his mess that he's made and it's up to him to get us out of it, or rather not drive us further into it. Let's face it, there's only so much that even Ferguson could do with a squad with no real right winger and an all round dearth of attacking options. I feel quite, quite ill reading those disgusting Arsenal vermin reveling in this. If he does go in the summer then it must be done so with him crowned in glory and gratitude, so that those vile anti-football scummers don't have their day in the sun. To tell you the truth MD if he takes us down, what Arsenal fans have got to say about it, will be the last thing on my mind. I agree. I don't think he will take us down. It's far, far closer than it should ever have been, though. It should never have come to this and really, I don't see how he can survive past the Southampton game. There was a very worrying look of resignation in his eye after the second goal.
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Post by Ryan_Shawjosh on Apr 6, 2013 21:31:26 GMT
Skybet has Pulis at 5/2 favourite (not including no manager to leave) to leave their post before the end of the season. Benitez is next at 14/1.
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Post by Alvechurch Assassin on Apr 6, 2013 21:32:24 GMT
Surreal
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Post by redsaturday on Apr 6, 2013 21:32:32 GMT
Rob Dorsett ?@dorselator 1m Just to put the rumours to bed... #scfc have NOT sacked Tony Pulis. Nor has he resigned. Rumours to the contrary are incorrect. That means he's gone
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Post by Paul Spencer on Apr 6, 2013 21:32:39 GMT
We've taken ONE POINT from the last six games, a new guy coming in now until the the end of the season would really struggle to do any worse over the final six games and he might, just might, do a little bit better. There isn't any signs, none whatsoever that Pulis can save us. We can't simply sleep walk over the edge of the cliff. There's a very real chance that we're going to go down and if we do, are we going to look back on this moment and remember that we didn't even (at least) TRY anything to prevent it? A new manager might uplift the team and we go on to win all our remaining games. He might lose all of them and get us relegated.Sacking Pulis now would be an act of desperation, as everyone is saying, they would try ANYTHING to try and prevent us going down. Thing is, this assumes that Pulis can't turn it around and so the only option is try and get a new manager or accept relegation. I think Pulis will turn it around and that we will grind out the results. Villa weren't exactly setting the world alight a month ago, they didn't sack Lambert, and their bad spell finally ended. What's to say we won't end our bad run of form. What is it that you're seeing on the pitch that makes you so confident that TP is going to turn it around?
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Post by skip on Apr 6, 2013 21:33:57 GMT
Who exactly would come in and keep us up if Pulis were to be sacked as everybody is so keen to get rid? An unknown foreign manager who can't speak English has come in and guided Southampton to safety and you think we couldn't find anybody? He hasn't just stabilised them he's got them playing quality football.
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Post by MrMagic on Apr 6, 2013 21:35:03 GMT
A new manager might uplift the team and we go on to win all our remaining games. He might lose all of them and get us relegated.Sacking Pulis now would be an act of desperation, as everyone is saying, they would try ANYTHING to try and prevent us going down. Thing is, this assumes that Pulis can't turn it around and so the only option is try and get a new manager or accept relegation. I think Pulis will turn it around and that we will grind out the results. Villa weren't exactly setting the world alight a month ago, they didn't sack Lambert, and their bad spell finally ended. What's to say we won't end our bad run of form. What is it that you're seeing on the pitch that makes you so confident that TP is going to turn it around? We won't change our bad run of form because Tony wont change or accept what he is doing isn't working. Simple as that.
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Post by scfc75 on Apr 6, 2013 21:36:00 GMT
I think Pulis will turn it around and that we will grind out the results. Villa weren't exactly setting the world alight a month ago, they didn't sack Lambert, and their bad spell finally ended. What's to say we won't end our bad run of form. 3 home games: Man Utd Norwich Spurs ... pick which games you are confident we will win. 3 away games: QPR Sunderland Southampton ... again, pick which games you are confident we will win. When doing this though bear in mind our chronic away form since promotion (our away record is not just a form thing, it's the way Pulis always sets up irrespective of circumstances - and this has translated itself to our home results since the turn of the year...) I can see 1pt, maybe 2pts maximum from our fixtures if Pulis remains. Not enough to keep us up.
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Post by MrMagic on Apr 6, 2013 21:36:54 GMT
An unknown foreign manager who can't speak English has come in and guided Southampton to safety and you think we couldn't find anybody? He hasn't just stabilised them he's got them playing quality football. Don't use the phrase "quality football". That's an impossible dream unless you are a top 4 team <allegedly>
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Post by foxysgloves on Apr 6, 2013 21:36:56 GMT
Wishful thinking for many I think.
He won't be sacked until summer at the very earliest.
It's his mess, he has to sort it. Maybe he can, maybe he can't but Coates won't gamble on an unknown quantity when so much is at stake.
Time to stop fantasising lads and get totally behind the team and manager for the last few games.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 6, 2013 21:38:08 GMT
Richie Benaud ?@richiebenaud1 26 Mar Ravi Shastri bet me England couldn't save the test. The loser had to do a naked lap of the com box. RT if you'd like to see the pictures.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2013 21:40:12 GMT
He might on.a quantity he knows though
Rudge
Or
Oneil
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 6, 2013 21:41:36 GMT
Wishful thinking for many I think. He won't be sacked until summer at the very earliest. It's his mess, he has to sort it. Maybe he can, maybe he can't but Coates won't gamble on an unknown quantity when so much is at stake. Time to stop fantasising lads and get totally behind the team and manager for the last few games. But Richie Benaud said it's true!
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Post by scfc75 on Apr 6, 2013 21:42:29 GMT
Wishful thinking for many I think. He won't be sacked until summer at the very earliest. It's his mess, he has to sort it. Maybe he can, maybe he can't but Coates won't gamble on an unknown quantity when so much is at stake. Time to stop fantasising lads and get totally behind the team and manager for the last few games. But Richie Benaud said it's true! Benaud or Foxy... I know who I believe
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 6, 2013 21:45:12 GMT
But Richie Benaud said it's true! Benaud or Foxy... I know who I believe Foxy is an excellent broadcaster in his own right. But Richie knows football, what he doesn't know isn't worth knowing. Howzat?
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Post by cobhamstokey on Apr 6, 2013 21:47:18 GMT
Wishful thinking for many I think. He won't be sacked until summer at the very earliest. It's his mess, he has to sort it. Maybe he can, maybe he can't but Coates won't gamble on an unknown quantity when so much is at stake. Time to stop fantasising lads and get totally behind the team and manager for the last few games. The question is does he have the ability to sort it. I think not surely hell just get us even deeper in trouble. Our club needs a change of image. Even in the Championship with TP in charge well still be looked on as unfashionable. If we get the right man in now even if we go down he can do some work pre season. I'm not buying this Charlton and Wolves comparison. If we get the right man in we can move onwards and upwards.
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Post by foxysgloves on Apr 6, 2013 21:48:17 GMT
Benaud or Foxy... I know who I believe Foxy is an excellent broadcaster in his own right. But Richie knows football, what he doesn't know isn't worth knowing. Howzat? Dickie Bird reckons TP has gone. He also seems to think Geoff Boycott has just arrived at the Brit. (If there was a smiley holding up his index finger I would have inserted it here)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2013 21:48:58 GMT
There actually is a meeting Monday morning but I don't think it's a sacking.
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Post by foxysgloves on Apr 6, 2013 21:49:11 GMT
Wishful thinking for many I think. He won't be sacked until summer at the very earliest. It's his mess, he has to sort it. Maybe he can, maybe he can't but Coates won't gamble on an unknown quantity when so much is at stake. Time to stop fantasising lads and get totally behind the team and manager for the last few games. The question is does he have the ability to sort it. I think not surely hell just get us even deeper in trouble. Our club needs a change of image. Even in the Championship with TP in charge well still be looked on as unfashionable. If we get the right man in now even if we go down he can do some work pre season. I'm not buying this Charlton and Wolves comparison. If we get the right man in we can move onwards and upwards. I have my doubts too. But he won't be sacked before this season ends.
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Post by foxysgloves on Apr 6, 2013 21:50:16 GMT
There actually is a meeting Monday morning but I don't think it's a sacking. AA?
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Post by johnsmithsupper on Apr 6, 2013 21:51:17 GMT
He has to be sacked for two reasons - one hes lost the plot and the players two - even if the chairman doesnt want to the virtual unananimity in the support about his leaving at some point has to force his hand surely before it gets very ugly.
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