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Post by numpty40 on Jan 30, 2016 17:00:00 GMT
Listening to him summarising on Radio Stoke.
Sounds like any other Stoke fan and he's clearly gutted that we've lost these last two cup games.
A true legend.
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Post by wuzza on Jan 30, 2016 17:04:00 GMT
Criticism of his lack of criticism seems to have died down to!!
He's a top bloke.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jan 30, 2016 18:36:07 GMT
Dennis is a "TRUE" legend, a Stokie through and through, born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, supporter of Stoke in his youth, and played his entire playing career for the Potters!!!
Would have thrown himself in front of a bus to prevent it entering our net if need be, hence all the broken bones he had in his playing days!!!
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Post by outspaced on Jan 30, 2016 18:41:36 GMT
If he was playing now, he'd surely have England caps.
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Post by trentvale68 on Jan 30, 2016 18:42:12 GMT
Great guy indeed
I still miss Nigel Gleghorn though - really knew his stuff
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Post by roostershair on Jan 30, 2016 19:06:13 GMT
If he was playing now, he'd surely have England caps. No mate, he wouldn't. He plays for Stoke. I've watched Denis from the early days. He was a brilliant fearsome warrior, as was Bluto but England weren't interested. |
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Post by march4 on Jan 30, 2016 19:07:51 GMT
I thought he was superb on the radio today.
You can see why he was one of the most successful managers ever to grace English football.
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Post by Linx on Jan 30, 2016 20:09:27 GMT
If he was playing now, he'd surely have England caps. No mate, he wouldn't. He plays for Stoke. I've watched Denis from the early days. He was a brilliant fearsome warrior, as was Bluto but England weren't interested. And the England team in the 1970s was even crapper than today, |
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Post by sharonbeech21 on Jan 30, 2016 20:24:25 GMT
Denis Smith is a true legend. A stokie through and through brilliant player of his day and also a top bloke. Denis Smith is my all time favourite Stoke City player
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Post by OldStokie on Jan 30, 2016 23:10:02 GMT
Smiffy is ace, always has been, always will be. He's the real Mr Stoke City. And he's a Meir lad, which makes him even more special.  OS. |
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Post by Fred Ferret on Jan 30, 2016 23:14:31 GMT
Dennis Smith and Bluto - now that was a centre back partnership that even Ryan an Huthy would have admired.
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Post by steve66 on Jan 30, 2016 23:17:15 GMT
Listening to him summarising on Radio Stoke. Sounds like any other Stoke fan and he's clearly gutted that we've lost these last two cup games. A true legend. But of course he is Numpty |
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Post by MarkWolstanton on Jan 30, 2016 23:20:16 GMT
If he was playing now, he'd surely have England caps. No mate, he wouldn't. He plays for Stoke. I've watched Denis from the early days. He was a brilliant fearsome warrior, as was Bluto but England weren't interested. Likewise. I remember his rather clumsy debut when I was a wed nipper stood in the Boothen Paddock for that particular game. Denis was called up on several occasions as I remember but was always injured. England did have some decent centre halves back in the day in fairness. |
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Jan 30, 2016 23:24:48 GMT
Dennis is a "TRUE" legend, a Stokie through and through, born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, supporter of Stoke in his youth, and played his entire playing career for the Potters!!! Would have thrown himself in front of a bus to prevent it entering our net if need be, hence all the broken bones he had in his playing days!!! In the pedantic interest of accuracy, not quite ! He left us to be player manager of York City but agree with everything else you've said  |
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jan 31, 2016 1:30:19 GMT
Dennis is a "TRUE" legend, a Stokie through and through, born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, supporter of Stoke in his youth, and played his entire playing career for the Potters!!! Would have thrown himself in front of a bus to prevent it entering our net if need be, hence all the broken bones he had in his playing days!!! In the pedantic interest of accuracy, not quite ! He left us to be player manager of York City but agree with everything else you've said ???? Just splitting hairs now Malcolm!!!  |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 31, 2016 8:04:49 GMT
No mate, he wouldn't. He plays for Stoke. I've watched Denis from the early days. He was a brilliant fearsome warrior, as was Bluto but England weren't interested. And the England team in the 1970s was even crapper than today, I actually think the talent available in the 1970s was superior to recent England teams. Although they were certainly out of sorts with Don Revie at the helm. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Jan 31, 2016 8:08:08 GMT
And the England team in the 1970s was even crapper than today, I actually think the talent available in the 1970s was superior to recent England teams. Although they were certainly out of sorts with Don Revie at the helm. Problem was despite the talented players England had we were miles behind the top nations. We couldn't get our insular little heads around that hugely significant aspect. |
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Post by madmickthe3rd on Jan 31, 2016 10:36:41 GMT
Dennis is a "TRUE" legend, a Stokie through and through, born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, supporter of Stoke in his youth, and played his entire playing career for the Potters!!! Would have thrown himself in front of a bus to prevent it entering our net if need be, hence all the broken bones he had in his playing days!!! In the pedantic interest of accuracy, not quite ! He left us to be player manager of York City but agree with everything else you've said ???? This was probably the best thing that could have happened for all parties concerned. He was coming to the end of his playing career and Management was the obvious next choice. Whilst we would have loved him to have become SCFC Manager at some point, as befalls all Managers he would have ultimately been sacked eventually here in that fickle world and his Legendary status at Stoke would have been slightly tarnished forever. To a lesser degree see also Chris Kamara! Best to remember him for his long service and total commitment to the cause. I was parked in Stone a couple of years back and he pulled up alongside me with his wife. It was sad to see him hobbling along the street. His legs must be totally mangled from what he put them through. One of our all time best without a doubt. |
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Post by marcofstoke on Jan 31, 2016 10:36:47 GMT
Dennis is a "TRUE" legend, a Stokie through and through, born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, supporter of Stoke in his youth, and played his entire playing career for the Potters!!! Would have thrown himself in front of a bus to prevent it entering our net if need be, hence all the broken bones he had in his playing days!!! I'm also being pedantic as you have everything right except the spelling of his name. |
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Post by madmickthe3rd on Jan 31, 2016 10:40:48 GMT
In the pedantic interest of accuracy, not quite ! He left us to be player manager of York City but agree with everything else you've said ???? This was probably the best thing that could have happened for all parties concerned. He was coming to the end of his playing career and Management was the obvious next choice. Whilst we would have loved him to have become SCFC Manager at some point, as befalls all Managers he would have ultimately been sacked eventually here in that fickle world and his Legendary status at Stoke would have been slightly tarnished forever. To a lesser degree see also Chris Kamara! Best to remember him for his long service and total commitment to the cause. I was parked in Stone a couple of years back and he pulled up alongside me with his wife. It was sad to see him hobbling along the street. His legs must be totally mangled from what he put them through. One of our all time best without a doubt. PS Did he ever sue his proof reader for his Autobiography. I'm no English genius but the spelling and grammar in that book was beyond belief! |
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Post by marcofstoke on Jan 31, 2016 10:43:58 GMT
This was probably the best thing that could have happened for all parties concerned. He was coming to the end of his playing career and Management was the obvious next choice. Whilst we would have loved him to have become SCFC Manager at some point, as befalls all Managers he would have ultimately been sacked eventually here in that fickle world and his Legendary status at Stoke would have been slightly tarnished forever. To a lesser degree see also Chris Kamara! Best to remember him for his long service and total commitment to the cause. I was parked in Stone a couple of years back and he pulled up alongside me with his wife. It was sad to see him hobbling along the street. His legs must be totally mangled from what he put them through. One of our all time best without a doubt. PS Did he ever sue his proof reader for his Autobiography. I'm no English genius but the spelling and grammar in that book was beyond belief! Agreed! I'm still only part way through the book but the constant mistakes are embarrassing. |
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Post by Squeekster on Jan 31, 2016 10:44:31 GMT
Yesterday on commentary someone kicked Wolly in the face and Nigel said that was a bit nasty you ever had that, he said he would of ate the foot.
Brilliant.
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Jan 31, 2016 10:45:01 GMT
MH has only 2 fit CHs, Denis .......your destiny awaits you!
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jan 31, 2016 10:59:37 GMT
Dennis is a "TRUE" legend, a Stokie through and through, born and bred in Stoke-on-Trent, supporter of Stoke in his youth, and played his entire playing career for the Potters!!! Would have thrown himself in front of a bus to prevent it entering our net if need be, hence all the broken bones he had in his playing days!!! I'm also being pedantic as you have everything right except the spelling of his name. Which one....Denis or Smith??? |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 31, 2016 12:05:39 GMT
According to Wiki they say that Smithy was 5ft 11" which is not tall for a CB. I seem to remember him being much taller. Perhaps this is why he never commanded and England CB position with the likes of Jack Charlton, Brian Labone and Roy MacFarland around at that time. All of them well over 6ft tall.
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Post by mrcoke on Jan 31, 2016 12:26:35 GMT
Yesterday on commentary someone kicked Wolly in the face and Nigel said that was a bit nasty you ever had that, he said he would of ate the foot. Brilliant. Yes, I loved that comment. The radio commentator said Wolly was rolling around on the floor. Didn't Denis then actually say "I'd have bitten his foot off"? I can still remember standing on the Boothen End when he played his first home game. He got a telling off from the ref at the half way line for some rough play as as the ref was giving a free kick he ran back towards the penalty area at the Boothen End waving his hands in the air, The Boothen End loved him after that. A star was born! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 12:43:17 GMT
Love the bloke, as I've said many times before!
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Feb 1, 2016 16:36:21 GMT
In the pedantic interest of accuracy, not quite ! He left us to be player manager of York City but agree with everything else you've said ???? This was probably the best thing that could have happened for all parties concerned. He was coming to the end of his playing career and Management was the obvious next choice. Whilst we would have loved him to have become SCFC Manager at some point, as befalls all Managers he would have ultimately been sacked eventually here in that fickle world and his Legendary status at Stoke would have been slightly tarnished forever. To a lesser degree see also Chris Kamara! Best to remember him for his long service and total commitment to the cause. I was parked in Stone a couple of years back and he pulled up alongside me with his wife. It was sad to see him hobbling along the street. His legs must be totally mangled from what he put them through. One of our all time best without a doubt. I think that's right. As it happens I was seated next to him and Kate at the Stoke City Supporters Club xmas dinner and, inevitably, we got round to that. Kate more or less said she would never have let him become our manager for exactly the reason you mention - if/when things went wrong, to be criticised by Stoke fans would have broken his heart. As you say, it often doesn't work for playing heroes to return as manager (e.g Lou at Celtic). We are both on the FA judicial panel so I occasionally sit with him on cases - and over coffee we always have a natter about Stoke. It is always interesting to get a 'professional' view on players as opposed to the fans view. He's certainly qualified to give it - people often forget how successful he was as a manger. Am I right in saying that he's the only manager ever to get 100 points twice ? - and with two different clubs, York City and Sunderland. |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Feb 1, 2016 16:45:11 GMT
According to Wiki they say that Smithy was 5ft 11" which is not tall for a CB. I seem to remember him being much taller. Perhaps this is why he never commanded and England CB position with the likes of Jack Charlton, Brian Labone and Roy MacFarland around at that time. All of them well over 6ft tall. He was 6' 2", eyes of blue and if you were an opposing player, he was after you?? |
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Post by jpsrsdff on Feb 1, 2016 16:47:42 GMT
This was probably the best thing that could have happened for all parties concerned. He was coming to the end of his playing career and Management was the obvious next choice. Whilst we would have loved him to have become SCFC Manager at some point, as befalls all Managers he would have ultimately been sacked eventually here in that fickle world and his Legendary status at Stoke would have been slightly tarnished forever. To a lesser degree see also Chris Kamara! Best to remember him for his long service and total commitment to the cause. I was parked in Stone a couple of years back and he pulled up alongside me with his wife. It was sad to see him hobbling along the street. His legs must be totally mangled from what he put them through. One of our all time best without a doubt. PS Did he ever sue his proof reader for his Autobiography. I'm no English genius but the spelling and grammar in that book was beyond belief! He actually had a ghost writer write it - the guy should definitely look for a new field of work. |
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