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Post by sheikhmomo on Oct 24, 2014 10:57:13 GMT
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Oct 24, 2014 10:59:08 GMT
Eat, Sleep, Cliché, Repeat.
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Post by Pugsley on Oct 24, 2014 11:12:41 GMT
It's gonna take decades.....
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Post by sheikhmomo on Oct 24, 2014 11:20:34 GMT
It's gonna take decades..... The set pieces is the strangest one. We've been shit at them since the Cup Final season and completely wretched at them under Hughes. |
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Post by Done it for scfcbuxton on Oct 24, 2014 11:20:42 GMT
Scared!
Or at least wary. Koeman doesn't believe his side will win, hes seen the negative mental effect the 8-0 win has had on his players andthe blatant disregard they have shown towards the Potters.
Now should he come out and say we play lovely football like Southampton and we win then where can he hide? If he says were a bunch of thuggish Neanderthal's then he can say how we bullied his team unfairly and how were ruining the game after we beat them, the fans agree and Koeman loses no trust or credit.
Football management is about blame deflection
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Post by coates on Oct 24, 2014 11:32:33 GMT
Trying to influence the referee I see.
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Post by vahl on Oct 24, 2014 11:36:10 GMT
Quite surprising really - Koeman is usually spot on with how he sees and calls things in football.
That being said, he is probably just using the cliché as a smoke screen to cover his arse should we win.
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Post by scfcno1fan on Oct 24, 2014 11:39:06 GMT
What the fuck is he chatting.
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Post by Davef on Oct 24, 2014 11:41:07 GMT
While we're on the subject of cheating, one of the biggest, stinking cheats of the lot rears his ugly head.  |
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Post by coates on Oct 24, 2014 11:44:24 GMT
So not only did we invent diving, we also invented holding at corners.
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Post by metalhead on Oct 24, 2014 11:45:32 GMT
I don't think Graham Taylor has ever forgiven him for that.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 11:50:59 GMT
We are fairly physical to be fair, but we are fucking dire from set pieces
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Post by nott1 on Oct 24, 2014 11:55:31 GMT
Let's all register and leave our comments!
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Post by lordb on Oct 24, 2014 12:04:30 GMT
Is Gordon Brown still PM?
Capello still England manager?
e.t.c.
jeez
Stoke are now at the very most average when it comes to 'physicality'
can't see Ireland,Muniesa,Nzonzi (despite his size & temper),Assaidi,Moses - even Crouch - Bojan,chucking their weight about can you?
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Post by geoff321 on Oct 24, 2014 12:13:00 GMT
Roy's updated him.
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Post by lordb on Oct 24, 2014 12:14:23 GMT
Whilst we are on about it (sort of) I do think that the appalingness of our set pieces needs adressing.
corners are shocking.
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Post by vahl on Oct 24, 2014 12:25:50 GMT
Whilst we are on about it (sort of) I do think that the appalingness of our set pieces needs adressing. corners are shocking. I've been annoyed by this for a while now. When Pulis left that part of our team went with him. I don't remember the last time one of our CB's got his head on the ball in the opposition box, in fact it's rare any player does. We have one of the highest stats for heading when defending which is even more of a piss off! |
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Post by thestatusquo on Oct 24, 2014 12:28:57 GMT
I think we miss Huth an awful lot when we get a corner.
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Post by ttownstokie on Oct 24, 2014 12:30:38 GMT
While we're on the subject of cheating, one of the biggest, stinking cheats of the lot rears his ugly head. I'll never forgive him for that. . That tackle should have been a red card meaning that Kuntman would have never been on the pitch to score the free kick that knocked us out of qualifying for the world cup USA (i think it was) |
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Post by PotterEd on Oct 24, 2014 12:35:48 GMT
That's just comical! We're physical and direct... long balls looking for second balls from Crouch?? If that's the extent of their scouting then I'd say we might spring a surprise or two on them tomorrow.
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Post by metalhead on Oct 24, 2014 12:56:11 GMT
That's just comical! We're physical and direct... long balls looking for second balls from Crouch?? If that's the extent of their scouting then I'd say we might spring a surprise or two on them tomorrow. I certainly hope we do, imagine the excuses being trotted out on Match of the Day. They'll have to bring out the Cliché-bot "Stoke were simply too powerful for Southampton" "Stoke did well but Southampton were very poor" "Southampton didn't really get the rub of the green from the ref today" "Southampton couldn't deal with Stoke's long ball" "Rory Delap's long throw" "On another day, Southampton turn up and win three nil" "The game changing decision came when <<Insert Stoke Player Here>> wasn't sent off" "Stoke dug in and the number of silly free kicks stopped Southampton playing their Barcelona-esque football" "Crouch was very lucky not to give away a free kick there" "Shawcross was very lucky not to give away a penalty there" "There's definitely a tug as he goes down in the box, should have been a penalty to Southampton" "Stoke did okay to get the three points, but Southampton were very poor" Rinse and repeat... |
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Post by coates on Oct 24, 2014 13:10:21 GMT
That's just comical! We're physical and direct... long balls looking for second balls from Crouch?? If that's the extent of their scouting then I'd say we might spring a surprise or two on them tomorrow. I certainly hope we do, imagine the excuses being trotted out on Match of the Day. They'll have to bring out the Cliché-bot "Stoke were simply too powerful for Southampton" "Stoke did well but Southampton were very poor" "Southampton didn't really get the rub of the green from the ref today" "Southampton couldn't deal with Stoke's long ball" "Rory Delap's long throw" "On another day, Southampton turn up and win three nil" "The game changing decision came when <<Insert Stoke Player Here>> wasn't sent off" "Stoke dug in and the number of silly free kicks stopped Southampton playing their Barcelona-esque football" "Crouch was very lucky not to give away a free kick there" "Shawcross was very lucky not to give away a penalty there" "There's definitely a tug as he goes down in the box, should have been a penalty to Southampton" "Stoke did okay to get the three points, but Southampton were very poor" Rinse and repeat... Ryan basically can't go near anyone in the box at corners, such as a the media campaign. |
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Post by PotterEd on Oct 24, 2014 13:42:59 GMT
I certainly hope we do, imagine the excuses being trotted out on Match of the Day. They'll have to bring out the Cliché-bot "Stoke were simply too powerful for Southampton" "Stoke did well but Southampton were very poor" "Southampton didn't really get the rub of the green from the ref today" "Southampton couldn't deal with Stoke's long ball" "Rory Delap's long throw" "On another day, Southampton turn up and win three nil" "The game changing decision came when <<Insert Stoke Player Here>> wasn't sent off" "Stoke dug in and the number of silly free kicks stopped Southampton playing their Barcelona-esque football" "Crouch was very lucky not to give away a free kick there" "Shawcross was very lucky not to give away a penalty there" "There's definitely a tug as he goes down in the box, should have been a penalty to Southampton" "Stoke did okay to get the three points, but Southampton were very poor" Rinse and repeat... Ryan basically can't go near anyone in the box at corners, such as a the media campaign. Agreed. For the next few games at least, he needs to be the free man attacking the ball and leave Crouch to mark. Referees and media will be all over him tomorrow so best not give them an excuse. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 14:06:28 GMT
Bollocks to him. As long as we put our paciest player up against Ken Monkou and keep Le Tissier quiet I think we could do it. Need to attack Francis Benali and Jason Dodd out wide they're definitely the Southampton weak links. I'm confident we can come away from The Dell with 3 points though.....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 14:17:20 GMT
We have reverted back to a lot of long ball tbf, and why not when it suits us.
Don't fancy us to get anything down there if truth be told but if Diouf and Moses start then we're in with a chance of scoring a couple.
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Post by thestatusquo on Oct 24, 2014 14:31:02 GMT
Bollocks to him. As long as we put our paciest player up against Ken Monkou and keep Le Tissier quiet I think we could do it. Need to attack Francis Benali and Jason Dodd out wide they're definitely the Southampton weak links. I'm confident we can come away from The Dell with 3 points though..... We'll need to keep an eye on Mick Channon whose decent and the young lad Shearer looks a decent prospect. |
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Post by onionman on Oct 24, 2014 15:01:59 GMT
Bollocks to him. As long as we put our paciest player up against Ken Monkou and keep Le Tissier quiet I think we could do it. Need to attack Francis Benali and Jason Dodd out wide they're definitely the Southampton weak links. I'm confident we can come away from The Dell with 3 points though..... We'll need to keep an eye on Mick Channon whose decent and the young lad Shearer looks a decent prospect. I understand the RMS Titanic is due to sail from Southampton in 1912, and 80 percent of the crew are Sotonians. I hope that goes well for them. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 15:06:04 GMT
There's a new singing sensation from Southampton, Craig David I believe his name is? He's going to be massive I'm told.....
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Post by metalhead on Oct 24, 2014 15:14:41 GMT
Bollocks to him. As long as we put our paciest player up against Ken Monkou and keep Le Tissier quiet I think we could do it. Need to attack Francis Benali and Jason Dodd out wide they're definitely the Southampton weak links. I'm confident we can come away from The Dell with 3 points though..... That Pahars looks pretty good to be fair to him. |
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Post by luke45 on Oct 24, 2014 15:32:04 GMT
For what it's worth we are 10th on the long balls per game table so far with 64 and Southampton are 6th with 70 and we are joint bottom on the set pieces table with zero, but apart from that you'd have to say his analysis is bang on the money.  |
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