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Post by euanstokie123 on Aug 18, 2015 22:38:53 GMT
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Post by darksideofthemoon on Aug 18, 2015 22:43:05 GMT
What a great interview - a real positive attitude!!  |
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Post by Gods on Aug 18, 2015 22:43:52 GMT
Seems he is a PHW, chatty fella and part time philosopher all rolled in to one  |
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Post by march4 on Aug 18, 2015 22:55:23 GMT
I was impressed with him on Saturday.
He covered more ground than any of our other players. Can't fault his fitness, skill or experience. A bit more upper body strength and we could have another Bojan.
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Post by Gary Hackett on Aug 19, 2015 0:43:22 GMT
Thought he looked lost in the middle and much better when out wide.
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Post by warringtonstokie on Aug 19, 2015 0:50:41 GMT
Even more interestingly, in the little poll at the bottom 66% think we will finish in a European spot
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Post by stokesaint1 on Aug 19, 2015 1:20:47 GMT
Perhaps someone should make sure that Yarmo sees the article.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 6:23:14 GMT
That's rubbish,we're still a bunch of cloggers,you only have to read the comments from foreign based Arsenal fans to know that  |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 19, 2015 6:30:57 GMT
The Daily Mail is carrying a very similar interview today. There is no doubt that this summer's signings have captured the imagination of the media. Let's hope that our style of play and the results live up to the hype, and that increased demand for tickets finally makes an unanswerable case for expansion of the Brit next summer. Better Late than never, eh, Sheikhy?  |
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Post by scfcno1fan on Aug 19, 2015 6:54:17 GMT
Good article that.
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Post by timbo1988 on Aug 19, 2015 6:59:35 GMT
Thought he looked lost in the middle and much better when out wide. I thought thr opposite! He doesn't have the pace out wide to go past his man and never beat Clyne once when against him in the first game! I think he looks a number 10! |
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Aug 19, 2015 7:30:30 GMT
"A throw-in was like a corner-kick. The ball came into the box and then - fight!"  Don't go all wenger on us ibrahim. Made me laugh that. The perception of our in yer face seige mentality. |
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Post by Squeekster on Aug 19, 2015 8:05:11 GMT
"A throw-in was like a corner-kick. The ball came into the box and then - fight!" Don't go all wenger on us ibrahim. Made me laugh that. The perception of our in yer face seige mentality. I said it last week and it was the same this week Chelsea were launching long throw ins into the box at every given opportunity. |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 19, 2015 8:11:34 GMT
Thought he looked lost in the middle and much better when out wide. I thought thr opposite! He doesn't have the pace out wide to go past his man and never beat Clyne once when against him in the first game! I think he looks a number 10! Yes, I think he could play number 10. Once he is fully match fit, I am hoping that he also has the engine to play the N'Zonzi role - he looks perhaps better suited to it than Van Ginkel. There were a few incidents in the second half on Sunday when he started to look as though the ball might stick to him like it did to the Fonz. He does share the Fonz's ability to look as though he has plenty of time. |
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Aug 19, 2015 8:19:52 GMT
He cant replace Whelan as the holding midfielder but he COULD be that Fonz replacement.
I would expect to see van Ginkel dropped and Afellay given a run in that position.
He needs to be in the final 3rd though because he does have a trick or two to beat a man and he has an excellent shot on him
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Post by that's our Ric on Aug 19, 2015 8:22:59 GMT
"A throw-in was like a corner-kick. The ball came into the box and then - fight!" Don't go all wenger on us ibrahim. Made me laugh that. The perception of our in yer face seige mentality. Made me laugh as well  pretty good assessment of our game plan in those days !! There's definitely a sea change at Stoke just now. The whole mood has changed, you could just feel it at White Hart Lane Saturday with the non-stop support even when we were two down. Really exciting times these |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Aug 19, 2015 8:23:16 GMT
I wonder how many Stoke games he saw between 2008 and 2013. I'd like to know what he thinks about Liam Lawrence's dog, towelgate and his favourite Wilko tackle.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 9:55:03 GMT
This is a fantastic club. Music to my ears!
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Post by Olgrligm on Aug 19, 2015 10:13:14 GMT
"A throw-in was like a corner-kick. The ball came into the box and then - fight!" Don't go all wenger on us ibrahim. Made me laugh that. The perception of our in yer face seige mentality. Great line - made me strangely proud of the first season after promotion. |
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Post by Gods on Aug 19, 2015 10:22:29 GMT
"A throw-in was like a corner-kick. The ball came into the box and then - fight!" Don't go all wenger on us ibrahim. Made me laugh that. The perception of our in yer face seige mentality. Great line - made me strangely proud of the first season after promotion. I loved Barney Ronay's description of a Stoke corner in the Guardian which is along the same theme: And yet at times in the flesh Stoke could generate perhaps the most boisterously entertaining atmosphere in the Premier League, all geared towards the rare spectacle of the trademark Stoke goal scramble, a battlefield scene of tumbling bodies, butchered Orcs, air-hoof clearances, shrieks, roars, and the bundling in of the ball via some heroically extended earlobe, all set to a rising tide of delayed hysteria And on his purchase of Tuncay, this one made me laugh the most, but in a good way! Even as the good times began to roll Pulis felt the need to go out and sign the Turkey midfielder Tuncay Sanli in much the same way a socially aspirational 18th-century farmer might have imported at vast expense a clankingly useless Austrian harpsichord that nobody within 300 miles can play and which ends up being used to prop open the parlour door |
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Post by feynmann2 on Aug 19, 2015 10:24:46 GMT
This has the makings of an excellent piece of strategic marketing by the much maligned backroom team
1. let it be known that we are after another Barcelona 'wonderkid' who never quite made it
2. let it be known how surprised we are that he chose us over champions league football at his alma mater
3. after a couple of weeks of being here have him explain how the football style has completely changed from the days of 'hoof and hope' and is now much more suited to the up and coming big names of world football
...of course it could just be coincidence...
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Post by openg on Aug 19, 2015 11:08:36 GMT
That's rubbish,we're still a bunch of cloggers,you only have to read the comments from foreign based Arsenal fans to know that I was speaking pigeon english to a french/algerian waiter only the other day, who also told me the exact same thing. |
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Post by petemac on Aug 19, 2015 11:11:32 GMT
Good read
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Post by MarkWolstanton on Aug 19, 2015 12:00:24 GMT
I wonder how many Stoke games he saw between 2008 and 2013. I'd like to know what he thinks about Liam Lawrence's dog, towelgate and his favourite Wilko tackle. Serious question. How many do you think he needed to see to form an opinion on a system of play even evangelists like your good self could only describe as predictable in its methods? Supplementary question. Have you issued a Fatwa on him yet? |
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Post by iamcliveclarke on Aug 19, 2015 12:01:27 GMT
This guy could definitely be as big a star as Bojan for us! A lot of people have been on his back after just one or two games, but we have to give him at least as much time as the little man.
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Post by thestatusquo on Aug 19, 2015 12:13:44 GMT
"A throw-in was like a corner-kick. The ball came into the box and then - fight!" Don't go all wenger on us ibrahim. Made me laugh that. The perception of our in yer face seige mentality.  |
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Post by chiswickpotter on Aug 19, 2015 13:00:43 GMT
I thought thr opposite! He doesn't have the pace out wide to go past his man and never beat Clyne once when against him in the first game! I think he looks a number 10! Yes, I think he could play number 10. Once he is fully match fit, I am hoping that he also has the engine to play the N'Zonzi role - he looks perhaps better suited to it than Van Ginkel. There were a few incidents in the second half on Sunday when he started to look as though the ball might stick to him like it did to the Fonz. He does share the Fonz's ability to look as though he has plenty of time. Yes first central midfielder we have had for a while willing to put his foot on the ball and run with it. Not enough pace to play wide but an attacking central midfielder with a good range of passing. Different to N'Zonzi but could be very useful when we have a front three of Arnie, Diouf and Shaq |
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Post by jimmygscfc on Aug 19, 2015 13:10:43 GMT
How do you put your foot on the ball and run with it?
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Post by dutchstokie on Aug 19, 2015 13:12:26 GMT
How do you put your foot on the ball and run with it? Cue the 'gif' of the woman running and falling arse over tit.. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 13:55:56 GMT
Great line - made me strangely proud of the first season after promotion. I loved Barney Ronay's description of a Stoke corner in the Guardian which is along the same theme: And yet at times in the flesh Stoke could generate perhaps the most boisterously entertaining atmosphere in the Premier League, all geared towards the rare spectacle of the trademark Stoke goal scramble, a battlefield scene of tumbling bodies, butchered Orcs, air-hoof clearances, shrieks, roars, and the bundling in of the ball via some heroically extended earlobe, all set to a rising tide of delayed hysteria And on his purchase of Tuncay, this one made me laugh the most, but in a good way! Even as the good times began to roll Pulis felt the need to go out and sign the Turkey midfielder Tuncay Sanli in much the same way a socially aspirational 18th-century farmer might have imported at vast expense a clankingly useless Austrian harpsichord that nobody within 300 miles can play and which ends up being used to prop open the parlour door That last bit is ace!! :-) |
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Don't go all wenger on us ibrahim. Made me laugh that. The perception of our in yer face seige mentality.
pretty good assessment of our game plan in those days !!
