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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 26, 2014 18:19:44 GMT
When Glenn Whelan plays well, Stoke City play well and boy did Glenn Whelan play well today.
Sign him up Mark Hughes and Mr Coates!
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Post by scfc75 on Dec 26, 2014 18:21:39 GMT
I was thinking earlier, I would hate to play against him. Had a good game today.
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Post by robwahlmann on Dec 26, 2014 18:22:14 GMT
When Glenn Whelan plays well, Stoke City play well and boy did Glenn Whelan play well today. Sign him up Mark Hughes and Mr Coates! Very solid performance by Glen again!  |
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Post by longthrowstokie on Dec 26, 2014 18:23:23 GMT
Such a solid player. Great performance.
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Post by RAF on Dec 26, 2014 18:25:06 GMT
Had a belter today along with Arnie.
Top efforts
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Post by dozintheseventees on Dec 26, 2014 18:26:55 GMT
When Glenn Whelan plays well, Stoke City play well and boy did Glenn Whelan play well today. Sign him up Mark Hughes and Mr Coates! I've been one of his critics in the past and, to be fair, I think all I said at the time was fair comment/opinion. However, as I said on another thread last week, I absolutely give him massive credit for his performances both last season and this and he has EARNED a new contract. I hope he gets it because he's become a very important part of our team/squad. |
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Post by stokemanusa on Dec 26, 2014 18:27:53 GMT
He really played extremely well off of injury doing what he does best, tackling and passing. Nothing more, nothing less. I like the new options we have at the club to be honest. Want graft and tackling? Whelan. You want Possession and Position? Sidwell. You want Possession and Counters? Nzonzi. You want Counters and Dribbling? Cameron. We have a strong midfield squad to choose from really. Love when someone comes back like this.
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Post by liamo on Dec 26, 2014 18:32:29 GMT
He's a loyal Stokie, spent so long under Pulis being used wrong, he definitely deserves a new contract and is one of the first names on the team sheet for me, we have looked a bit shaky lately, Glen comes back in to the team and we keep a clean sheet against a team we've always struggled against, he's not the only reason but he's a big part of it
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 18:32:41 GMT
He really played extremely well off of injury doing what he does best, tackling and passing. Nothing more, nothing less. I like the new options we have at the club to be honest. Want graft and tackling? Whelan. You want Possession and Position? Sidwell. You want Possession and Counters? Nzonzi. You want Counters and Dribbling? Cameron. We have a strong midfield squad to choose from really. Love when someone comes back like this. It's great seeing so much competition for places. Shame about the injuries we've had really! |
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Post by pottersrule on Dec 26, 2014 18:34:20 GMT
Had a belter today along with Arnie. Top efforts H Couldn't go today,so Arnie played well? |
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Post by jezzascfc on Dec 26, 2014 18:34:41 GMT
Whelan as the holding player makes us tick - he is not a great player, but we play better when he is playing, shielding the back 4, harrying and hassling, getting in important tackles and interceptions and starting attacks with simple balls to feet. The interception that Bojan messed up early on, (damn, he is human after all!!), that was Whelan personified in 5 seconds of football. Welcome back, Glenn, we have missed your diligence and intelligent positional play.
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Post by RAF on Dec 26, 2014 18:36:14 GMT
Had a belter today along with Arnie. Top efforts H Couldn't go today,so Arnie played well? Yes mate , defended like a Trojan, gave his all. H |
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Post by jezzascfc on Dec 26, 2014 18:37:25 GMT
Had a belter today along with Arnie. Top efforts H Couldn't go today,so Arnie played well? Arnie ran his 'nads off, and covered Coleman manfully (just as SJW did with Baines). He did not contribute a match-winning moment in the final third, but his effort and commitment was there for all to see. His attitude has sometimes been questionable, but not today - he put in a full shift. |
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Post by dozintheseventees on Dec 26, 2014 18:38:40 GMT
He's a loyal Stokie, spent so long under Pulis being used wrong, he definitely deserves a new contract and is one of the first names on the team sheet for me, we have looked a bit shaky lately, Glen comes back in to the team and we keep a clean sheet against a team we've always struggled against, he's not the only reason but he's a big part of it To be fair mate, he was taken out of the Championship by Pulis and probably owes his Premier League career to him. Let's not go back to the pluses and minuses of Pulis's reign here but, it has to be said, he's much more suited to the current set up. He's been pretty impressive this past 18 months and I hope we resign him. |
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Post by pottersrule on Dec 26, 2014 18:39:31 GMT
Couldn't go today,so Arnie played well? Yes mate , defended like a Trojan, gave his all. H Fantastic,Arnie on his day is a bloody good option. |
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Post by liamo on Dec 26, 2014 18:43:19 GMT
He's a loyal Stokie, spent so long under Pulis being used wrong, he definitely deserves a new contract and is one of the first names on the team sheet for me, we have looked a bit shaky lately, Glen comes back in to the team and we keep a clean sheet against a team we've always struggled against, he's not the only reason but he's a big part of it To be fair mate, he was taken out of the Championship by Pulis and probably owes his Premier League career to him. Let's not go back to the pluses and minuses of Pulis's reign here but, it has to be said, he's much more suited to the current set up. He's been pretty impressive this past 18 months and I hope we resign him. Not my intention to bring any Pulis/anti-Pulis talk, did a lot for the club and i'll always love him for it, just saying that he's being used to his full potential these days and it's great for the club |
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Post by wuzza on Dec 26, 2014 18:43:55 GMT
It's a team game and the contribution of blokes like Whelan is every bit as valuable as other more flamboyant ones. Slowly but surely I think everyone is cottoning on to this. It's a shame that injuries have stopped HUghes getting the balance he is looking for for most of this season. Hopefully Whelan's contract situation will be sorted sensibly recognising the contribution he makes and we won't be making some feeble offer just because he is over 30 and that's our new 'rule' !
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Post by dozintheseventees on Dec 26, 2014 18:46:19 GMT
To be fair mate, he was taken out of the Championship by Pulis and probably owes his Premier League career to him. Let's not go back to the pluses and minuses of Pulis's reign here but, it has to be said, he's much more suited to the current set up. He's been pretty impressive this past 18 months and I hope we resign him. Not my intention to bring any Pulis/anti-Pulis talk, did a lot for the club and i'll always love him for it, just saying that he's being used to his full potential these days and it's great for the club Yep, I'd agree with that mate. Having criticised him in the past, I'm delighted that he's made himself such an important player to the team. I really do give him a great deal of credit. |
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Post by jarhead on Dec 26, 2014 19:38:09 GMT
He was great in doing the simple things right.
Well done Glenda
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Post by Paul Spencer on Dec 26, 2014 19:45:07 GMT
Whelan as the holding player makes us tick - he is not a great player, but we play better when he is playing, shielding the back 4, harrying and hassling, getting in important tackles and interceptions and starting attacks with simple balls to feet. The interception that Bojan messed up early on, (damn, he is human after all!!), that was Whelan personified in 5 seconds of football. Welcome back, Glenn, we have missed your diligence and intelligent positional play. Spot on Jez. If we had paid £10 million for some beast of a holding midfielder from the continent with an exotic name who made his debut for us today, then we'd all be currently lauding that debut today. |
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Post by 2004 on Dec 26, 2014 19:50:53 GMT
Great performance from Glenn today.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 26, 2014 19:51:36 GMT
Do you know what I like best about Whelan?
I think in every season he's been here, he hasn't really been the managers first choice starter. Every season we've signed someone who threatens his place yet every season he's won the battle, played great and been first choice comfortably come the seasons end.
All this week we've had talk about this Barcelona hotshot midfielder joining us and Glenn comes back into the team and produces his best performance of the season.
What a character. What a player. I absolutely love Glenn Whelan. To coin a phrase of our ever popular ex-manager, he's bloody triffic!
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Post by numpty40 on Dec 26, 2014 19:52:51 GMT
He just keeps bouncing back stronger from every setback.
A broken leg pissed him off for a few weeks but he comes back as good as ever.
A top class pro and well worthy of a decent contract offer.
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