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Post by stokerob2 on Jun 2, 2014 10:54:47 GMT
Tuncay
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Post by redwhite on Jun 2, 2014 11:52:51 GMT
Since we've come up
1) Begovic 2) Faye 3) Etherington 4) Arnautovic 5) Huth 6) Beattie 7) Pennant
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 2, 2014 11:55:25 GMT
Stan's return is stoke's best signing ever. By far
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Post by wembley4372 on Jun 2, 2014 12:06:36 GMT
There is nobody to compare to Stan.
But a personal favourite has to be Sheron for one very obvious reason.
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Post by devondumpling on Jun 2, 2014 15:15:30 GMT
Mathews Oh it was 35974.
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Post by Bagwash on Jun 2, 2014 15:20:34 GMT
Stan's return is stoke's best signing ever. By far Yes,would agree with this even though I never saw the great man live. If I had to choose a player that I had seen then Gordon Banks would be my choice.
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 2, 2014 15:53:34 GMT
Top of the class: Matthews - the biggest turnaround in Stoke's fortunes in history. Also best ever "home bred" player. Banks - probably the best player to play goal keeper, anywhere; kept Stoke in the top flight in the late 60s. Hudson - key player in Stoke's best team in modern times Nearly top of the class: Begovic and Shawcross still rising, and Greenoff (best English Stoke player not to play for England, and biggest negative turnaround for Stoke when he was sold)
For excitement: Fuller, Conroy, and Harry Burrows!!! but Arnautovic is shooting up my ratings fast! Can't wait for next season to start.
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Post by nottinghamstokie on Jun 2, 2014 16:02:35 GMT
My personal favourite is Hoekstra. Until recently I never thought I would see a guy do some of the things he did in a Stoke shirt in the flesh The problem being that we saw him in a Stoke shirt so infrequently Agree with pretty well all the names and haven't had chance to read every thread so maybe already posted but i would add Mike Doyle and Dave Watson in the context of when they were signed and the jobs they were brought in to do - i.e. Doyle to add steadiness and a bit more mobility alongside Smithy, for the promotion "push" season and Watson for old-fashioned "granite defending" at a time when we weren't scoring much and conceding more and we had to start from the back.
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Post by southcarolinastokie on Jun 2, 2014 16:13:03 GMT
My personal favourite is Hoekstra. Until recently I never thought I would see a guy do some of the things he did in a Stoke shirt in the flesh The problem being that we saw him in a Stoke shirt so infrequently Agree with pretty well all the names and haven't had chance to read every thread so maybe already posted but i would add Mike Doyle and Dave Watson in the context of when they were signed and the jobs they were brought in to do - i.e. Doyle to add steadiness and a bit more mobility alongside Smithy, for the promotion "push" season and Watson for old-fashioned "granite defending" at a time when we weren't scoring much and conceding more and we had to start from the back. That was a shame that we never saw Hoekstra as much as we did but what a player when he was on the pitch. I never saw Watson or Doyle but Taggart and Crosley had the same affect for us when we needed to get results
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Post by onemanbang on Jun 2, 2014 16:23:00 GMT
Being a young stokie (27 years old) I have to fall on deaf ears with regards to sir Stan. It has to be Mark Crossley without a doubt. I remember a cold and wet trip to palace where we just scrapped a draw after he pulled off some stunning saves that kept us in it and in my opinion had Pulis not got him in we could of been right in the doldrums now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 16:25:22 GMT
Ryan Shawcross
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Post by partickpotter on Jun 2, 2014 19:36:26 GMT
The January 2009 signings of Etherington and Beattie must be up there.
Pulis certainly messed up in the transfer market towards the end of his time at Stoke, but he hit gold with this pair.
These signings kept us in the Premier league that season and established the platform for what we've done subsequently.
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Post by DentySCFC on Jun 2, 2014 19:58:16 GMT
Being a young stokie (27 years old) I have to fall on deaf ears with regards to sir Stan. It has to be Mark Crossley without a doubt. I remember a cold and wet trip to palace where we just scrapped a draw after he pulled off some stunning saves that kept us in it and in my opinion had Pulis not got him in we could of been right in the doldrums now. We lost at Palace in the penultimate game, agree though.
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Post by foxysgloves on Jun 2, 2014 20:10:57 GMT
Bar Matthews, and that was well before my time, I'm stunned that Shawcross hasn't been mentioned all that much.
Picked up for a relative pittance and the one genuine constant in our promotion and continued growth. It has to be Ryan as far as I can see.
The rock on which the modern, Premier League Stoke City has been built.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 20:14:34 GMT
When we were on the bones of our arse. Step forward this man. The only man who would step in front of Lou and tell him he was going nowhere when he wanted to bottle it and move upstairs.
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Post by foxysgloves on Jun 2, 2014 20:16:15 GMT
When we were on the bones of our arse. Step forward this man. The only man who would step in front of Lou and tell him he was going nowhere when he wanted to bottle it and move upstairs. That's a great pic. Was that the Plymouth game?
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Post by stokebloke on Jun 2, 2014 20:19:51 GMT
the golden one.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 20:19:51 GMT
When we were on the bones of our arse. Step forward this man. The only man who would step in front of Lou and tell him he was going nowhere when he wanted to bottle it and move upstairs. That's a great pic. Was that the Plymouth game? Yes.
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jun 2, 2014 20:20:43 GMT
Jinmy Greenhoff from Birmingham 1969 I think
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