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Post by Kingswaystokie on Apr 23, 2016 17:08:45 GMT
Not on current form.
Be interesting to hear from him either backing or otherwise the present incumbent in the Managers chair.
I presume a lack of passion, backbone, effort, commitment, balls, just a will to win may be under consideration.
With a couple of minutes to go today we had the ball on the halfway line, 3 sideways passes then 1 back to the keeper, they just wanted to get on the bus back to their mansions, not forgetting to pick up their £40 grand on the way.
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Post by generationex on Apr 23, 2016 17:11:07 GMT
Concerning that so many of his signings are not working.
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Post by chrisparker on Apr 23, 2016 17:18:43 GMT
What's the point of hiring a manager if you're not going to trust him in signing his own players? Sparky's record speaks for itself. I posted a comment yesterday looking at all his signings at Stoke & I arrive at the conclusion that he has received value for money pretty much every time he has entered the market ( Here it is). Even at his poorest, he still delivers top 10 finishes. If you're not going to trust Hughes with spending money, then we might as well let him leave. There are any number of clubs around the world who'd be happy to have him as their manager. We've been poor for the past few weeks, there's no hiding that but hasn't Hughes done enough for the club to earn the trust of Sir Peter & the supporters? |
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Post by trentvale68 on Apr 23, 2016 17:19:47 GMT
Hmmm.
I don't think there is any choice in the matter; the chequebook has to come out or else we may find we are in the championship
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 23, 2016 17:20:25 GMT
What's the alternative?
The squad needs money spending on it. He's got credit in the bank still to be entrusted with it.
Get it wrong this time though and it's hard to think there'll be a next time.
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Post by march4 on Apr 23, 2016 17:21:16 GMT
Concerning that so many of his signings are not working. Only the big 3 aren't working. Some of the cheaper ones are fine. However, SJW remains our best forward and Glenn remains our best midfielder. Neither are getting younger. |
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Post by chrisparker on Apr 23, 2016 17:23:52 GMT
Concerning that so many of his signings are not working. Only the big 3 aren't working. Some of the cheaper ones are fine. However, SJW remains our best forward and Glenn remains our best midfielder. Neither are getting younger. Glenn has been our best midfielder? You must be living in September. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 17:24:03 GMT
And Our best signing and probably our best player this season (AFELLAY)
was/ is:- a Mark Hughes signing
Summary
thread basis / assertion is ------ horseshit
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Post by Titan Uranus on Apr 23, 2016 17:24:25 GMT
What's the alternative? The squad needs money spending on it. He's got credit in the bank still to be entrusted with it. Get it wrong this time though and it's hard to think there'll be a next time. The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. |
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Post by wuzza on Apr 23, 2016 17:25:43 GMT
Hard to criticise any Prem Manager about the quality of signings these days.
Every club, including us, appears to have a committee of about 20 people that decide on who is being bought.
That being the case I doubt there will be any issues.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 23, 2016 17:25:49 GMT
What's the alternative? The squad needs money spending on it. He's got credit in the bank still to be entrusted with it. Get it wrong this time though and it's hard to think there'll be a next time. The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. Do you think they'll sack him now? Can't see it. Especially if we finish 10th. Coates gives his managers time. He always has. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 17:26:51 GMT
Hughes will have as much time as he needs, aslong as we aren't regularly in relegation battles.
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Post by march4 on Apr 23, 2016 17:27:07 GMT
Only the big 3 aren't working. Some of the cheaper ones are fine. However, SJW remains our best forward and Glenn remains our best midfielder. Neither are getting younger. Glenn has been our best midfielder? You must be living in September. Who the Hell is better? I believe your choices are MVG or Imbula. |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 23, 2016 17:28:22 GMT
Glenn has been our best midfielder? You must be living in September. Who the Hell is better? I believe your choices are MVG or Imbula. Afellay. |
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 23, 2016 17:30:25 GMT
The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. Do you think they'll sack him now? Can't see it. Especially if we finish 10th. Coates gives his managers time. He always has. But will he give him the money we need up front, cause he has difficulty with man management |
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Post by Titan Uranus on Apr 23, 2016 17:33:17 GMT
The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. Do you think they'll sack him now? Can't see it. Especially if we finish 10th. Coates gives his managers time. He always has. Presume you are meaning Peter? The fastest growing company in Europe will not tolerate losers.....PC is just a figurehead. No disrespect in that ...just reality. |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 23, 2016 17:34:26 GMT
Do you think they'll sack him now? Can't see it. Especially if we finish 10th. Coates gives his managers time. He always has. But will he give him the money we need up front, cause he has difficulty with man management We're about to get a shit load of TV money. I'm thinking yes. |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 23, 2016 17:35:22 GMT
Do you think they'll sack him now? Can't see it. Especially if we finish 10th. Coates gives his managers time. He always has. Presume you are meaning Peter? The fastest growing company in Europe will not tolerate losers.....PC is just a figurehead. No disrespect in that ...just reality. I think he still has plenty of say, and worse seasons than this one have been tolerated. |
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Post by march4 on Apr 23, 2016 17:35:29 GMT
Who the Hell is better? I believe your choices are MVG or Imbula. Afellay. He is my new favourite player, but I class him as playing a different role to Glenn, Imbula, etc. |
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Post by march4 on Apr 23, 2016 17:37:20 GMT
The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. Do you think they'll sack him now? Can't see it. Especially if we finish 10th. Coates gives his managers time. He always has. Which Coates?? I'm not sure Peter pulls all the strings any more. Let's hope we win comfortably next game as I don't really want to see what happens if we don't. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 17:38:17 GMT
Concerning that so many of his signings are not working. Only the big 3 aren't working. Some of the cheaper ones are fine. However, SJW remains our best forward and Glenn remains our best midfielder. Neither are getting younger. ...no? They weren't even our best last season. |
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Post by march4 on Apr 23, 2016 17:40:11 GMT
Only the big 3 aren't working. Some of the cheaper ones are fine. However, SJW remains our best forward and Glenn remains our best midfielder. Neither are getting younger. ...no? They weren't even our best last season. Of course they were. Nobody else even close. |
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 23, 2016 17:40:51 GMT
But will he give him the money we need up front, cause he has difficulty with man management We're about to get a shit load of TV money. I'm thinking yes. I'm finding it hard to get my head around us paying double figures in £m. Scary $#!t. What's Des Lynam doing these days |
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Post by ryan4england on Apr 23, 2016 17:41:22 GMT
What's the alternative? The squad needs money spending on it. He's got credit in the bank still to be entrusted with it. Get it wrong this time though and it's hard to think there'll be a next time. The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. They can't sack the guy this summer, they need to give him time to see where its going wrong and fix it in the summer. it's obvious to most what the problem is, I want to see him recognise it and fix it. In the unlikely event of him departing in the summer I'd take Rodgers or Moyes in a flash |
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Post by march4 on Apr 23, 2016 17:43:51 GMT
The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. They can't sack the guy this summer, they need to give him time to see where its going wrong and fix it in the summer. it's obvious to most what the problem is, I want to see him recognise it and fix it. In the unlikely event of him departing in the summer I'd take Rodgers or Moyes in a flash Rodgers!!  I think the two you mention will be back at their old clubs by next season. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 17:45:19 GMT
...no? They weren't even our best last season. Of course they were. Nobody else even close. N'Zonzi led the way across the whole side, no one came close. For attackers it was Mame. |
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Post by march4 on Apr 23, 2016 17:47:26 GMT
Of course they were. Nobody else even close. N'Zonzi led the way across the whole side, no one came close. For attackers it was Mame. I just spat my tea out across my laptop. N'Zonzi - dear God. We'll have to agree to disagree here mate. We are as far apart as Clinton and Trump supporters  And Smalling has just scored a comedy own goal  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 17:48:05 GMT
N'Zonzi led the way across the whole side, no one came close. For attackers it was Mame. I just spat my tea out across my laptop. N'Zonzi - dear God. We'll have to agree to disagree here mate. We are as far apart as Clinton and Trump supporters And Smalling has just scored a comedy own goal Finished it better than Lukaku this eve |
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Post by stokiejoe on Apr 23, 2016 17:49:45 GMT
I would certainly hope so. This summer is likely to be massive for us. We need to change a lot of the old guard and bring in younger talent. Hughes has done brilliantly so far and needs to be trusted with money. It is a very long time since Stoke finished three consecutive seasons in the top ten in the top flight.
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Apr 23, 2016 17:50:23 GMT
The alternative is a different manager in the summer. Bet365 are not going to mess about. They can't sack the guy this summer, they need to give him time to see where its going wrong and fix it in the summer. it's obvious to most what the problem is, I want to see him recognise it and fix it. In the unlikely event of him departing in the summer I'd take Rodgers or Moyes in a flash Rodgers or Moyes? Is it down to what they've achieved in the game? |
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