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Post by knotfm on May 3, 2013 15:40:01 GMT
Knot fm brings you extracts of TP's press conference today. He talks about staying level headed. His thoughts on Martin O'Neil as a manager and a quick word about the special one Jose. How Stoke will learn from the problems. Matty is fit. 3 injury worries and keeping calm when those around you crumble! www.knotfm.co.uk/blog/ |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2013 19:46:54 GMT
So it should be, as in the meantime never let your mind drift from that.
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Post by Gods on May 3, 2013 20:11:49 GMT
Salutary words indeed from Tony.
The last time we took our eye off the ball and dropped out of the top flight we were gone for a quarter of a century.
An entire lost generation.
It mustn't be allowed to happen again. It's history we are making here.
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Post by johnsmithsupper on May 3, 2013 20:18:34 GMT
What a load of you know what from the capped one, 80 mill net spend and all he talks about is staying up. His negativity in respect of everything to do with this club whether it be media briefings or on the pitch is now holding us back in my view.
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Post by Davef on May 3, 2013 20:42:32 GMT
Salutary words indeed from Tony. The last time we took our eye off the ball and dropped out of the top flight we were gone for a quarter of a century. An entire lost generation. It mustn't be allowed to happen again. It's history we are making here. Well firstly, we didn't exactly take our eye off the ball in the mid-80s. The club was up to its neck in debt, there was only one way we were going. That's not the case now though is it, but who exactly is taking their eyes off the ball? It certainly isn't the people who have been complaining about the standard of football and some of the results we've been witnessing for the best part of two seasons now! |
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Post by davejohnno1 on May 3, 2013 20:46:25 GMT
I would like to know how telling the world how Stoke City are a small time provincial club punching above its weight and whose sole ambition should be to survive will help us to attract these so called "better players" that he keeps banging on about us needing, especially in the final third.
Tony Pulis has lost the plot and every time he opens his mouth he makes an absolute tool of himself to anyone who has the remotest idea about Stoke City both past and present
EDIT - At this point it might be worth remembering that Bristol City are a much bigger club with more potential than Stoke City.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on May 3, 2013 20:49:33 GMT
Salutary words indeed from Tony. The last time we took our eye off the ball and dropped out of the top flight we were gone for a quarter of a century. An entire lost generation. It mustn't be allowed to happen again. It's history we are making here. Sorry Gods but thats fucking garbage of the highest calibre. So in other words..you dont actually care about enjoying watching your team but prefer the fact that we are in the "top flight"? So in 20 years time you can say "I was there when Stoke City were in the premier league". Then you would inevitably ask yourself the question.."was it really worth enduring that shit every week?" Think about it long and hard gods. Its shocking stuff we are witnessing and unquestionably the most depressing, one dimensional, boring football the country has seen for decades. Anyone who thinks TP is leaving a positive legacy needs to think again. It will take years to erase the scars that hes left on this football club. |
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Post by whereami on May 3, 2013 20:53:45 GMT
lol at "really really played well at Everton". He's really hitting the Goebbels "repeat a lie often enough and people will come to believe it" theory for all its worth
It'd almost be worth transcribing, just to show how much garbage he speaks when its written in bare text
In fact, lets take a sample eh?
"and ah, y'know I think ah, the question for all the supporters the team that got us the result against Reading who was it? who was the team that got us the result against Leicester? what'll be the team, y'know who'll play on Monday night? and its such a change, its er, its amazing. and er, time moves so so quickly, it'd be interesting to see how many supporters got that, and can get that"
Million pound a year manager ladies and gentlemen.. million pound a year.
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Post by towraytek on May 3, 2013 20:56:20 GMT
IMHO £80 million divided by 5 plus a wage cap is an annual spend that represents treading water in Premier League terms and is good value for PCs money, as is my season ticket, which was renewed the first day the offer was open.
Never in doubt. TiT
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Post by ianbuckley on May 3, 2013 21:15:30 GMT
Salutary words indeed from Tony. The last time we took our eye off the ball and dropped out of the top flight we were gone for a quarter of a century. An entire lost generation. It mustn't be allowed to happen again. It's history we are making here. Sorry Gods but thats fucking garbage of the highest calibre. So in other words..you dont actually care about enjoying watching your team but prefer the fact that we are in the "top flight"? So in 20 years time you can say "I was there when Stoke City were in the premier league". Then you would inevitably ask yourself the question.."was it really worth enduring that shit every week?" Think about it long and hard gods. Its shocking stuff we are witnessing and unquestionably the most depressing, one dimensional, boring football the country has seen for decades. Anyone who thinks TP is leaving a positive legacy needs to think again. It will take years to erase the scars that hes left on this football club. The reason we get sell-out attendance virtually every home game is because we ARE in the Premier League and has nothing to do with our style of play. Playing beautiful football in League 1 will not get you the same support. |
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Post by philm87 on May 3, 2013 21:17:38 GMT
He does say some daft things... ... nearly as daft as some of the comments on here.  |
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on May 3, 2013 21:17:48 GMT
Sorry Gods but thats fucking garbage of the highest calibre. So in other words..you dont actually care about enjoying watching your team but prefer the fact that we are in the "top flight"? So in 20 years time you can say "I was there when Stoke City were in the premier league". Then you would inevitably ask yourself the question.."was it really worth enduring that shit every week?" Think about it long and hard gods. Its shocking stuff we are witnessing and unquestionably the most depressing, one dimensional, boring football the country has seen for decades. Anyone who thinks TP is leaving a positive legacy needs to think again. It will take years to erase the scars that hes left on this football club. The reason we get sell-out attendance virtually every home game is because we ARE in the Premier League and has nothing to do with our style of play. Playing beautiful football in League 1 will not get you the same support. Its got us sell out support for the past 4 seasons...it clearly isnt going to be the case next season is it hence thousands of early bird renewals werent taken up that previously had been. |
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Post by cartman123 on May 3, 2013 21:41:21 GMT
Anything after a survival is a 'bonus'. Just fuck off Pulis. You are a fucking disgrace. The other clubs haven't spent a net spend of £90 million like you.
Please Coates, go get Poyet!
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Post by cartman123 on May 3, 2013 21:43:02 GMT
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Post by Gods on May 3, 2013 21:45:28 GMT
Salutary words indeed from Tony. The last time we took our eye off the ball and dropped out of the top flight we were gone for a quarter of a century. An entire lost generation. It mustn't be allowed to happen again. It's history we are making here. Sorry Gods but thats fucking garbage of the highest calibre. So in other words..you dont actually care about enjoying watching your team but prefer the fact that we are in the "top flight"? So in 20 years time you can say "I was there when Stoke City were in the premier league". Then you would inevitably ask yourself the question.."was it really worth enduring that shit every week?" Think about it long and hard gods. Its shocking stuff we are witnessing and unquestionably the most depressing, one dimensional, boring football the country has seen for decades. Anyone who thinks TP is leaving a positive legacy needs to think again. It will take years to erase the scars that hes left on this football club. Yeah, let's get back in Division 3, where we didn't have a reputation good bad or indifferent because no one had ever heard of us outside of the ST post code. For non super-sized clubs staying in the top flight is a relentless, day in day out, ball aching business. You can't remind people of that too often, if that message slips out of the DNA of a club then it's gone. The Championship and Division 1 are littered with the corpses of teams who took there eye of the ball. |
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Post by cartman123 on May 3, 2013 21:46:33 GMT
Sorry Gods but thats fucking garbage of the highest calibre. So in other words..you dont actually care about enjoying watching your team but prefer the fact that we are in the "top flight"? So in 20 years time you can say "I was there when Stoke City were in the premier league". Then you would inevitably ask yourself the question.."was it really worth enduring that shit every week?" Think about it long and hard gods. Its shocking stuff we are witnessing and unquestionably the most depressing, one dimensional, boring football the country has seen for decades. Anyone who thinks TP is leaving a positive legacy needs to think again. It will take years to erase the scars that hes left on this football club. Yeah, let's get back in Division 3, where we didn't have a reputation good bad or indifferent because no one had ever heard of us outside of the ST post code. For non super-sized clubs staying in the top flight is a relentless, day in day out, ball aching business. You can't remind people of that too often, if that message slips out of the DNA of a club then it's gone. The Championship and Division 1 are littered with the corpses of teams who took there eye of the ball. And most of those clubs didn't spend anywhere near the amount we have spent. |
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on May 4, 2013 0:51:29 GMT
Sorry Gods but thats fucking garbage of the highest calibre. So in other words..you dont actually care about enjoying watching your team but prefer the fact that we are in the "top flight"? So in 20 years time you can say "I was there when Stoke City were in the premier league". Then you would inevitably ask yourself the question.."was it really worth enduring that shit every week?" Think about it long and hard gods. Its shocking stuff we are witnessing and unquestionably the most depressing, one dimensional, boring football the country has seen for decades. Anyone who thinks TP is leaving a positive legacy needs to think again. It will take years to erase the scars that hes left on this football club. Yeah, let's get back in Division 3, where we didn't have a reputation good bad or indifferent because no one had ever heard of us outside of the ST post code. For non super-sized clubs staying in the top flight is a relentless, day in day out, ball aching business. You can't remind people of that too often, if that message slips out of the DNA of a club then it's gone. The Championship and Division 1 are littered with the corpses of teams who took there eye of the ball. But surely you're better having no reputation at all than one of a negative nature? A murderer might have a reputation...thats not a good thing. |
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Post by davejohnno1 on May 4, 2013 6:46:18 GMT
I see your point Rossi and it isn't nice being viewed as poorly as we are but on this finite point I would have to agree with Gods. It is better to be talked about negatively than not be talked about at all.
As for these comments, I actually agree that survival is a priority for all clubs such as our own. It is then terming survival as a "success" that I have a problem with.
Survival should be the FIRST of our objectives for a season and not the be all and end all that TP would like us to believe it is. For Pulis, his negative mindset runs through the club at every single level and it needs to change.
We are where our club should be, at the top table of English football. Listen to Pulis talk these past 7 days and anyone would think he had got Port Vale into the Premier League. Perhaps he has been playing too much golf with Rudgey. How we used to laugh at his "10 years of continual success" ramblings all those years ago. Seems to me that Pulis is heading down the same route on this one.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 6:59:05 GMT
Why not focus on finishing mid table instead?
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Post by Binndy on May 4, 2013 7:09:46 GMT
It the object of any manager to keep his team up, it does not need repeatedly sprouting about in interviews. His main purpose is to earn the chairman , he works for , as much money as possible. By playing entertaining football to put bums on seat. To put together a team capable of finishing as high as possible in the league and doing well in cup games , within the budget available.
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Post by Northy on May 4, 2013 7:15:02 GMT
I get 'Error, not found' Has it been taken down?
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Post by jollypotter88 on May 4, 2013 7:19:16 GMT
I get 'Error, not found' Has it been taken down? Just a bug i think as it was fine just. If it happens again just press 'Newsfeed' and it will come up fine for you. |
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Post by elystokie on May 4, 2013 7:43:20 GMT
Knot fm brings you extracts of TP's press conference today. He talks about staying level headed. His thoughts on Martin O'Neil as a manager and a quick word about the special one Jose. How Stoke will learn from the problems. Matty is fit. 3 injury worries and keeping calm when those around you crumble! www.knotfm.co.uk/2013/04/stoke-citys-tony-pulis-ahead-of/Link doesn't work any more, for me at least. And I can never suss out how to navigate that site to 'listen again' it does my head in. Either I'm thick (a distinct possibility) or it's badly designed. Edit - found it, it's on the newsfeed, obvious really  |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 9:21:06 GMT
Sorry Gods but thats fucking garbage of the highest calibre. So in other words..you dont actually care about enjoying watching your team but prefer the fact that we are in the "top flight"? So in 20 years time you can say "I was there when Stoke City were in the premier league". Then you would inevitably ask yourself the question.."was it really worth enduring that shit every week?" Think about it long and hard gods. Its shocking stuff we are witnessing and unquestionably the most depressing, one dimensional, boring football the country has seen for decades. Anyone who thinks TP is leaving a positive legacy needs to think again. It will take years to erase the scars that hes left on this football club. Yeah, let's get back in Division 3, where we didn't have a reputation good bad or indifferent because no one had ever heard of us outside of the ST post code. For non super-sized clubs staying in the top flight is a relentless, day in day out, ball aching business. You can't remind people of that too often, if that message slips out of the DNA of a club then it's gone. The Championship and Division 1 are littered with the corpses of teams who took there eye of the ball. What does taking your eye off the ball mean exactly? Having no ambition beyond just surviving? Playing eye wateringly dull football even though we're capable of better just to protect the bare minimum goal? Not asking questions about our form or how we've spent our money? Help me out here Gods. Some people would be happy with 38 goalless draws if it kept us up. I don't understand that. Like keeping a Ferrari in your drive with no engine, just so you can tell people you've got one. |
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Post by jarhead on May 4, 2013 9:41:53 GMT
spot on rob.
Dulis out
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Post by jarhead on May 4, 2013 9:42:46 GMT
The negative tripe he spouts no wonder the players lose the plot with the prick!
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on May 4, 2013 9:49:50 GMT
The negative tripe he spouts no wonder the players lose the plot with the prick! I agree with you jarz. He is a prick. |
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on May 4, 2013 10:31:41 GMT
I suppose the one positive about enduring Pulisball for 90 minutes is the idea that when you come away from the ground after the match you know your life can only get better.
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Post by fegghayze on May 4, 2013 11:08:17 GMT
He will play 1 up front you just know it, difficult game blah blah
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Post by Paddypotter on May 4, 2013 11:21:11 GMT
From the opening game of the season, each and every game should be played from the outset to win. If we can get to 40 points when we're only trying to get points from selective games, selecting attacking players for their defensive abilities and such nonsense. What could be achieved with some positive thinking?
Everything TP says about Stoke City is negative, clubs small, don't pay enough wages, working class people, etc. How come Stoke city is the only prem club that if they actually played football, they would get relegated? And as for never being relegated, there is 12 other prem managers that haven't been relegated, don't see that on their CV's though.
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