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Post by lordeffinghamhunt on May 22, 2013 10:40:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2013 10:41:53 GMT
Things I'm sick of:
1) Be careful what you wish for
2) Charlton
3) £100m
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 22, 2013 10:45:16 GMT
I'm absolutely sick of seeing those Etherington 'Charlton' comments - they're everywhere.
They're an absolute embarrassment and I'm sure the club aren't happy about it either.
Just how thick are these footballers - really?
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Post by sufolkstokie on May 22, 2013 10:46:48 GMT
I'm absolutely sick of seeing those Etherington 'Charlton' comments - they're everywhere. They're an absolute embarrassment and I'm sure the club aren't happy about it either. Just how thick are these footballers - really? His old man has already said he has been told he can find a new club prior to Pulis leaving |
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Post by paulinespens on May 22, 2013 10:48:53 GMT
Ethers can always sign for Dulis's next club.Cant see him being here come august anyway.
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Post by kidcrewbob on May 22, 2013 10:49:49 GMT
Things I'm sick of: 1) Be careful what you wish for 2) Charlton 3) £100m 4) Hughes |
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 22, 2013 10:50:08 GMT
I'm absolutely sick of seeing those Etherington 'Charlton' comments - they're everywhere. They're an absolute embarrassment and I'm sure the club aren't happy about it either. Just how thick are these footballers - really? His old man has already said he has been told he can find a new club prior to Pulis leaving Is he out of contract then? |
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Post by sufolkstokie on May 22, 2013 10:51:04 GMT
His old man has already said he has been told he can find a new club prior to Pulis leaving Is he out of contract then? Nope - 1 year left |
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Post by kristoff on May 22, 2013 10:52:31 GMT
To be fair, he's showing loylaty to a manager who basically saved his career at one point. Its probably the only thing he could have said that would get any support.
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Post by tayterz on May 22, 2013 10:53:34 GMT
Etherington can feck off up the Vale then!
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 22, 2013 10:55:53 GMT
To be fair, he's showing loylaty to a manager who basically saved his career at one point. Its probably the only thing he could have said that would get any support. It's completely dissrespecting the decision of the fookers who are still contracted to pay him £2,000,000 over the next 12 months. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on May 22, 2013 10:57:58 GMT
I haven't listened to it again but my recollection of the interview was that he was led very much down the Charlton route by Durham. Same as the Higgy one on Five Live. I thought the Ethers interview was a good one, big on emotion, saying the players had to take some responsibility and we'd under achieved this season and a reminder of his problems...... when we used to be a nice club  |
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Post by luke2u on May 22, 2013 10:58:48 GMT
I know for sure that we would have been relegated with Pulis staying.
He wouldn't have got us the signings we need, and things would have gone from bad to worse.
Nothing is sure with a new manager, but I am happy with the gamble, and hope everyone will get behind him no matter who it is.
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 22, 2013 11:01:32 GMT
I haven't listened to it again but my recollection of the interview was that he was led very much down the Charlton route by Durham. Same as the Higgy one on Five Live. I thought the Ethers interview was a good one, big on emotion, saying the players had to take some responsibility and we'd under achieved this season and a reminder of his problems...... when we used to be a nice club People don't listen to the 'whole' interview though do they Sheikhy? It's his 'Charlton' comments that are the ones that are making headlines on various news sources. Even mentioning the possibility of doing a 'Charlton' shouldn't be on any of the players lips at the moment. There wasn't any need for him to even start talking to talksport in the first place imo - he gets paid enough not to. |
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Post by lordeffinghamhunt on May 22, 2013 11:05:36 GMT
If we are on about wishing for things, I wish that he could of got a decent cross in over the last 12 months. He's been very poor since he got injured against Wolves
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Post by generationex on May 22, 2013 11:05:44 GMT
Pure speculation Luke.
Lets just pray that all those who were so sure things can only get better were right.
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Post by Dave the Rave on May 22, 2013 11:07:28 GMT
Whilst people constantly harping on about the Bradfords, Charltons and Leeds Uniteds of this world is a little irritiating, the club do need to look at what happened at those clubs in order to ensure it doesn't happen to Stoke. It's not COMPLETELY irrelevant.
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Post by Kjones9 on May 22, 2013 11:09:11 GMT
Pure speculation Luke. Lets just pray that all those who were so sure things can only get better were right. So is wether we'll go down with a new manager. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on May 22, 2013 11:15:15 GMT
I haven't listened to it again but my recollection of the interview was that he was led very much down the Charlton route by Durham. Same as the Higgy one on Five Live. I thought the Ethers interview was a good one, big on emotion, saying the players had to take some responsibility and we'd under achieved this season and a reminder of his problems...... when we used to be a nice club People don't listen to the 'whole' interview though do they Sheikhy? It's his 'Charlton' comments that are the ones that are making headlines on various news sources. Even mentioning the possibility of doing a 'Charlton' shouldn't be on any of the players lips at the moment. There wasn't any need for him to even start talking to talksport in the first place imo - he gets paid enough not to. A proper joined up, organised behind the scenes club would have had a media policy in effect yesterday Paul. Everything would have gone through the press officer. At 5 o clock they still wouldn't confirm he'd gone. Unfortunately it looks like another shambles. They may have come to the right decision but I don't think the family or staff handled yesterday at all well I'm afraid. |
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Post by Gods on May 22, 2013 11:19:52 GMT
Pure speculation Luke. Lets just pray that all those who were so sure things can only get better were right. So is wether we'll go down with a new manager. Indeed, sport is all about the balance of probabilities and where you think they lie. I would have stuck with the man who delivered 6 consecutive seasons of top flight football to a club who had hitherto been without it for a quarter of a century. But, as you say, the new man may or may not screw up, it could go either way. |
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Post by kavinoz on May 22, 2013 11:27:03 GMT
I'm absolutely sick of seeing those Etherington 'Charlton' comments - they're everywhere. They're an absolute embarrassment and I'm sure the club aren't happy about it either. Just how thick are these footballers - really? Sorry totally disagree. That was a well balanced and reasonable response to the situation he found himself in. People are, as usual, simply picking bits out of context and highlighting them in order to support their entrenched positions. (Just as they have been doing in relation to Pulis' press conferences and post match interviews.) Balance is something that the majority of posters on this board cannot be accused of having.  |
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Post by LDE76 on May 22, 2013 11:31:37 GMT
I haven't listened to it again but my recollection of the interview was that he was led very much down the Charlton route by Durham. Same as the Higgy one on Five Live. I thought the Ethers interview was a good one, big on emotion, saying the players had to take some responsibility and we'd under achieved this season and a reminder of his problems...... when we used to be a nice club People don't listen to the 'whole' interview though do they Sheikhy? It's his 'Charlton' comments that are the ones that are making headlines on various news sources. Even mentioning the possibility of doing a 'Charlton' shouldn't be on any of the players lips at the moment. There wasn't any need for him to even start talking to talksport in the first place imo - he gets paid enough not to. We should quickly change the subject and start him talking about the misplacement or otherwise of pigs' heads. It'll be less embarrassing. |
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 22, 2013 11:33:58 GMT
People don't listen to the 'whole' interview though do they Sheikhy? It's his 'Charlton' comments that are the ones that are making headlines on various news sources. Even mentioning the possibility of doing a 'Charlton' shouldn't be on any of the players lips at the moment. There wasn't any need for him to even start talking to talksport in the first place imo - he gets paid enough not to. A proper joined up, organised behind the scenes club would have had a media policy in effect yesterday Paul. Everything would have gone through the press officer. At 5 o clock they still wouldn't confirm he'd gone. Unfortunately it looks like another shambles. They may have come to the right decision but I don't think the family or staff handled yesterday at all well I'm afraid. Oh indeed. Completely bizarre that the press office refused to even acknowledge to talksport that TP had gone but the players were doing live interviews with them about it. As you say - a complete shambles. |
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Post by pez75 on May 22, 2013 11:35:40 GMT
Manager's favourite backs manager shocker!!! Etherington probably knows his only chance of continuing to play Prem footy was to hope Pulis kept his job - oh well, some more dead wood we will hopefully get rid of...
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Post by Davef on May 22, 2013 11:37:44 GMT
So is wether we'll go down with a new manager. Indeed, sport is all about the balance of probabilities and where you think they lie. I would have stuck with the man who delivered 6 consecutive seasons of top flight football to a club who had hitherto been without it for a quarter of a century. But, as you say, the new man may or may not screw up, it could go either way. You could counter that by asking yourself how much longer you're prepared to watch a well-financed manager continue to send out teams whose sole intention is to simply avoid defeat as well as pretty much waste a considerable amount of money he's handed on players that he struggles to fit into his system. Another season, three, five, ten? I'm not privy to what goes on behind the scenes, so I wouldn't speculate on anything that might have happened within the club, but certainly from a supporter's perspective I was growing pretty weary of watching the same dire fare week in, week out and I'm just not convinced that TP had the will or nous to try and improve things. It's fantastic being in the Premier League, and TP will always get my respect and gratitude for his part in making that happen, but a club with our backing and potential should be offering much more to this league after five years in it. If the club's decision is purely a football one, then you to suspect that they shared that feeling as well. Of course it's a big risk removing our manager, but on the evidence of results and performances this year, so was keeping him. |
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Post by scfc75 on May 22, 2013 11:38:46 GMT
I would imagine the way this works is that Talksport contact loads of player agents asking for their client (the player) to do a 2 minute on-air interview. They are offered a bit of cash for it and so off the agents go speaking to the players they represent, until somebody says "yes, i'll do it". I would imagine most of our players were asked to comment but declined. Etherington was the first to say yes so he gets on air. I don't imagine for a second that Talksport have all the players numbers, or that Etherington called them off his own back.
He did have the choice to say nothing i'm sure.
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 22, 2013 11:40:03 GMT
I'm absolutely sick of seeing those Etherington 'Charlton' comments - they're everywhere. They're an absolute embarrassment and I'm sure the club aren't happy about it either. Just how thick are these footballers - really? Sorry totally disagree. That was a well balanced and reasonable response to the situation he found himself in. People are, as usual, simply picking bits out of context and highlighting them in order to support their entrenched positions. (Just as they have been doing in relation to Pulis' press conferences and post match interviews.) Balance is something that the majority of posters on this board cannot be accused of having. A situation he just happened to find himself in? What utter nonsense - he wasn't forced to do the interview with talksport was he? Anybody with half a brain cell would have kept well away from doing interviews at such a delicate time. It's not US picking bits out of context to support an entrenched position, it's the media, who wouldn't have been able to, if he'd politely declined their request when they phoned him. |
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Post by RAF on May 22, 2013 11:46:35 GMT
In the scheme of things it doesn't really matter.
Ethers will be given his P45 like Pulis has, with a thanks for what you have done you've gone as far as you can and goodbye.
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Post by ParaPsych on May 22, 2013 11:48:51 GMT
I suppose if we do go down it might get called 'Doing a Stoke', which will piss all over Charlton's chips.
Of course this is why we should appoint Curbishly. Surely it's impossible to 'do a Charlton' when you've actually hired the man who left them?
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Post by LDE76 on May 22, 2013 11:53:00 GMT
I suppose if we do go down it might get called 'Doing a Stoke', which will piss all over Charlton's chips. Of course this is why we should appoint Curbishly. Surely it's impossible to 'do a Charlton' when you've actually hired the man who left them? That's next season when we sack him and replace him with Mick McCarthy, as a prelude to doing a Wolves. |
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