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Post by homer32 on Apr 12, 2015 7:28:09 GMT
Didn't go yesterday and had given it up when Jeff Stelling shouted " there's late drama at the Boleyn" and good old Chris Kamara exploded into describing Arnie's effort and I had my own mental.I enjoyed the Villa one when Victor scored late but was that better for fans who went?.The fact that we had 2 disallowed and Diouf's effort somehow not going in I thought it wasn't our day & it saved us from 4 defeats on the bounce .
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Post by slother on Apr 12, 2015 7:44:33 GMT
I loved Arnie's energy! It went from a celebration to Shawcross trying to keep him from taking off!
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Post by jeycov on Apr 12, 2015 7:51:03 GMT
Didn't go yesterday and had given it up when Jeff Stelling shouted " there's late drama at the Boleyn" and good old Chris Kamara exploded into describing Arnie's effort and I had my own mental.I enjoyed the Villa one when Victor scored late but was that better for fans who went?.The fact that we had 2 disallowed and Diouf's effort somehow not going in I thought it wasn't our day & it saved us from 4 defeats on the bounce . Anyone have a link to kamaras commentary? It felt like a win! |
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Post by stokemark on Apr 12, 2015 7:51:46 GMT
Went to both
Yesterday's was better as Villa was a penalty and the sense that justice had prevailed yesterda added further fuel to what was simply a less expected, more spontaneous eruption of joy
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 12, 2015 7:51:56 GMT
I loved Arnie's energy! It went from a celebration to Shawcross trying to keep him from taking off! Deserves a wee pic. A few cheery faces in the background as well!  |
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Post by Smudge_SCFC on Apr 12, 2015 7:52:27 GMT
Didn't go yesterday and had given it up when Jeff Stelling shouted " there's late drama at the Boleyn" and good old Chris Kamara exploded into describing Arnie's effort and I had my own mental.I enjoyed the Villa one when Victor scored late but was that better for fans who went?.The fact that we had 2 disallowed and Diouf's effort somehow not going in I thought it wasn't our day & it saved us from 4 defeats on the bounce . It really was the best mental this season. Everyone was still seething after the injustice of the second disallowed goal and having to endure the mocking of the home fans to our left. When the ball went in the away end just went ballistic - it was so intense! And talk about justice!!! |
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Post by dbstoke on Apr 12, 2015 7:59:02 GMT
Diouf running toward us at Man City just edges it for me, yesterday was pretty close though!
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Post by Stokester on Apr 12, 2015 8:50:17 GMT
I fell over the chair behind me, so I'd have to say yes.
Was also funny watching everyone get serious again to help a man find his glasses which had somehow landed two rows in front.
Great, great mental!
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Post by scfcno1fan on Apr 12, 2015 8:59:19 GMT
Diouf against Man City for sure.
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Post by block30row19 on Apr 12, 2015 9:56:45 GMT
Yep. Made sweeter by the fact that when the flag went up for both offsides the piss taking from West Ham fans in the corner was a bit annoying.
So it was with immense satisfaction I waved goodbye to them At the end :-).
It's what footy is all about. It was worth the £43 just for the last 5 minutes.
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Post by albundy on Apr 12, 2015 10:21:02 GMT
I think that yesterdays was better as stated above because of the 2nd disallowed goal followed by the mocking from the cockney boys. Also how mental Arnie went also added.
People were falling over seats everywhere and the lad in front had a massive rip in his shorts
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Post by homer32 on Apr 12, 2015 10:31:37 GMT
What makes a mental a"real mental" is when we score so late that the oppos have no time left to score themselves.I went to Man City & when Diouf scored we had a mental but I thought City would still get back in the game, it's when you know that we've got a result from scoring that goal be it a draw or a win.
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Post by orfyboothen on Apr 12, 2015 10:45:54 GMT
Bojan's goal at Leicester for me. As the sexy beast wheeled away towards us, it was one of those special moments of mutual love!
Having said that, if I had gone yesterday Arnie's strike might well have trumped that one - it looked magnificent.
Those highs, however many or few we enjoy during a season, remain uniquely powerful.
It's why we go!
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Post by sarniastokie on Apr 12, 2015 11:00:05 GMT
The mental celebration after Arnies goal was worth my airfare over from Guernsey alone. The amount of possession we had, Diouf hitting the post and the two disallowed goals it looked like it wasn't going to be our day.
Fantastic fighting spirit to the end from Stoke and what a feeling on leaving Upton Park. It actually felt like a win. Good stadium, great atmosphere in the away end and a brill day out.
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Post by clarkeda on Apr 12, 2015 11:05:51 GMT
This picture is the best picture ever!
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Post by scfc25 on Apr 12, 2015 11:14:54 GMT
Bojans goal at leicester for me 3000 stokies going crazy as bojan celebrated right in front of us, and the Bojan chant for ages afterwards
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Post by songthrush01 on Apr 12, 2015 11:21:30 GMT
yer great mental that cuts and bruises from it,we fell fucking on each other,good day yesterday that should of won that thou.
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Post by sutt on Apr 12, 2015 11:28:35 GMT
Bojans at leicester was pretty special, but yesterdays as mentioned was better because wed had two goals disallowed before it and had to suffer the taunting from the cockneys. Proper gave it back to em when wed scored, brilliant.
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Post by block30row19 on Apr 12, 2015 12:04:43 GMT
Also the fact that Charlie got so much stick from the corner boys every time he went to take a corner.
When we scored the players. Especially Adam, Arnie and Walters after our goal seemed to give them some back. Plenty in fact. It felt like a coming together of fans and players giving it all back.
It was a truly beautiful thing to witness.
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Post by passtheoatcakes on Apr 12, 2015 14:00:36 GMT
Yep can confirm that my head came off and the place erupted around me. We'd had taunts from our immediate right that grew as the goals were disallowed and unbelievable relief and euphoria when Arnie nailed it. I don't what it is about last minute never thought we would score mentals, but they just make me want to turnaround and hug the nearest big hairy bloke.....strange that!!!
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Post by skip on Apr 12, 2015 14:13:47 GMT
Didn't go yesterday and had given it up when Jeff Stelling shouted " there's late drama at the Boleyn" and good old Chris Kamara exploded into describing Arnie's effort and I had my own mental.I enjoyed the Villa one when Victor scored late but was that better for fans who went?.The fact that we had 2 disallowed and Diouf's effort somehow not going in I thought it wasn't our day & it saved us from 4 defeats on the bounce . It really was the best mental this season. Everyone was still seething after the injustice of the second disallowed goal and having to endure the mocking of the home fans to our left. When the ball went in the away end just went ballistic - it was so intense! And talk about justice!!! Sixty second earlier I'd had enough of "one nil and long way home" and then... BOOM! It's no wonder Arnie's choice of celebration was to go berserk in front of the East Stand. |
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Apr 12, 2015 15:30:04 GMT
When that goal went in yesterday what followed was unbelievable in more ways than one for me yesterday.I ended up down the front on the floor in the jubilation that followed the goal then recovered my composure only to turn round and find my mrs sprawled over the seats in front of her with a couple of blokes on top of her[no jokes please lol] in tears of shock/pain.Trying to explain to her about mentals just isn't going in today but she can see the funny side today along with her bruised eye and legs.
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Post by proudstokie on Apr 12, 2015 16:05:04 GMT
I don't think I've been in a mental like I was yesterday, there were people all over the place, on the floor, over the back of chairs, falling down steps, broken seats! Everyone just jumped and surged forward! Just before the goal the atmosphere was turning, it had been building up all game then just like that it was released into one hell of a celebration, it was all quite blury to the extent that I couldn't remember the goal and I hadn't even touched a drop  was good though! I can't imagine how it would have been if something was dependent on the result |
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Apr 12, 2015 16:30:44 GMT
Yesterday was well up there with the best of them.
We were in the corner by the Chicken Run and had taken loads off West Ham following the previous 2 off side decisions and the Diouf header against the post.
When Arnie did the business the place just exploded. I'm a nearly 60 year old coffin dodger, been there, seen it and done it with Stoke over all these years yet me and my lad still went absolutely mental when Arnie scored yesterday.
I've watched the clip of the goal loads today, I just love watching us Stoke fans erupt as Arnie wheels away in celebration.
Arnie! Arnie! Arnie!
Onwards and upwards with those Mighty Potters!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 17:08:51 GMT
The surge took my son through two rows of seats that he smashed on the way down. We both bounced up and each rescued a different fallen Stokie. We danced the mental and were grabbed onto and pulled into another mental.
Easily the best since the goal for Bolton 0 - 4 Stoke at Wembley.
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Post by luke45 on Apr 12, 2015 18:29:40 GMT
Yesterday really was a top class mental. In all fairness we've been spoiled this season in terms of mentals, 3 out of our last 5 away games in the league we have either rescued a point or won a match in stoppage time.
The mental at Villa was ace but the adrenaline was taken out of it slightly due to it being a penalty rather than from open play, the mental at Newcastle was good but it didn't quite create the same buzz because we were so far away from the pitch and couldn't celebrate with the players. The three mentals I have personally enjoyed the most on the road this season have been yesterday's at Upton Park, Diouf's at Man City and N'Zonzi's equaliser at Old Trafford.
Yesterday's had everything you could ask for in a mental though, a great goal in stoppage time off the back of an injustice right in front of our supporters. Moments like that are what we shell out our hard earned money for. Awesome.
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Post by block22stokie on Apr 12, 2015 19:31:08 GMT
This season I though the mental at Chelsea was the best when Adam scored. Yesterday's was still class though
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Post by wokinghampotter on Apr 12, 2015 19:41:22 GMT
Yes and there were a couple from France in front of me that got hugs from the left and right. The wife thought it was maginificent birthday present for him! I spoke in some french to them. they thought it was great! They understood what was being said to the West Sham supporters on our left!
It certainly felt as if we had gor all three points when equalising in 95th Minute!
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Post by kentpotter on Apr 13, 2015 9:20:39 GMT
Oh! So it's just me then who thought the 'mental' after Arnie's goal was one of the frightening experiences I've ever had at a football match?
Woman next to me went over two rows and ended up in tears between the seats. I went over seat in front, god alone knows how I didn't snap my shin in half? Bloke on the other side of me actually went through the seat in front of him!
It was dangerous.
Presumably, some of those involved in the surge were also those who spent all day moaning at the catering prices and then spent half-time spraying their £4.40 bottle of Carlsberg over everybody else.
Imbecilic behaviour.
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Apr 13, 2015 10:01:05 GMT
Oh! So it's just me then who thought the 'mental' after Arnie's goal was one of the frightening experiences I've ever had at a football match? Woman next to me went over two rows and ended up in tears between the seats. I went over seat in front, god alone knows how I didn't snap my shin in half? Bloke on the other side of me actually went through the seat in front of him! It was dangerous. Presumably, some of those involved in the surge were also those who spent all day moaning at the catering prices and then spent half-time spraying their £4.40 bottle of Carlsberg over everybody else. Imbecilic behaviour. mate that was me and my mrs that were at the side of you at the game on Saturday..She is covered in many bruises today and like you say went through 2 lots of seats during the celebration of the goal.It shook her up but I think she now understands what I mean by a "mental" when I describe it.Thanks for your concern by the way after that much appreciated. |
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