Hughes is a great manager & we're lucky to have him

[polarbear]

Thats right. Hughes has been a fantastic manager for us, to think that we Stoke are finishing in the top 10 of the best & most hardest league in the world is absolutely incredible and outstanding. Hughes is the man for us & we will regret it badly if he ever left. Some of you fans make me want to vomit, calling for him to be sacked after only 5 games hahaha, get a reality check, its only a few games in, don't you remember last season? we started off very slow the first 6 or 7 games and then we was fine and went on long winning streaks. 

You are over-exaggerating hugely and you need to be careful not to drive Hughes away from us, if he walked out then its your fault when we end up fighting at the bottom to survival. With Hughes we are very safe and I fully expect another top 10 finish this season, with the great squad our Hughes has assembled.. I easily see us finishing 7th - 10th at the end of the 38 games. 

Show Hughes the respect he deserves, I know you will up shut your mouth in 3 or 4 games time when we are like hovering around mid-table after few wins and draw, but you can pretend to just say "it was in the heat of the moment", but some of you calling him rude names make me want to vomit and you should be ashamed of yourself.  Thank you Sparky for making my club play and perform the way I always dreamed of. I for one will not knee-jerk about a few games LMAO 5 games LOL. Get real, absolutely embarrassing some of you are. 

[crouchpotato1]

Thanks Mark😄

[armitagestokie]

No homework to do ?

[Deleted]

Manager/Fan interaction gets better every day.

[lurcherman]

If you want to keep vomiting you should see a doctor.
You may have an upset tummy.

[mrcoke]

Welcome to the MB polarbear. Good to hear from you. Keep it up, we need more like you.

I take that like me you don't think there is much chance of there being a whip round for Sparky to pay his fine?

[skip]

I'm a Sparky fan. However... slow starters is one thing, but last year we started very slowly, then had a great run, a purple patch, but then it all went wrong after the cup semi final, so all in all, I'm fine with slow starts as long as we maintain a healthy momentum afterwards. Which we didn't and the hangover is continuing.

Like I said, I am massively pro-Hughes, but I fear time is running out on his project.

[polarbear]

Everyone is over-reacting. Some of the abuse is very silly and embarrassing.

I admit if its 15 games in and we are like this, then yeah its a huge worry, but its only a few games, Hughes is a great manager. I'm a million percent confident our results will pick up shortly

[wuzza]

For the umpteenth million time - the reaction Hughes is getting is not based on 5 games. It's based on 8 or 9 months of decline - not many managers survive that.
He has in fact been treated with a great deal of tolerance in that period and unlike at other clubs (QPR, City etc) he still has a lot of backing from supporters.
This ungrateful brat characterisation of our supporter base is totally wrong.

[skip]

Sept 19, 2016 16:55:41 GMT polarbear said:

Everyone is over-reacting. Some of the abuse is very silly and embarrassing.

I admit if its 15 games in and we are like this, then yeah its a huge worry, but its only a few games, Hughes is a great manager. I'm a million percent confident our results will pick up shortly

If it's like this after fifteen games, we are relegated.

[ryan4england]

Words 4 & 5 of the OP are bang on. When the players stopped responding to pulis he was gone & it was the right decision. The players need fresh ideas, methods & leadership to kickstart the season.



Leave it too long and it will get harder.

[Deleted]

"Fantastic manager". "Some of you make me want to vomit". "Its your fault if he leaves".
Either your taking the piss or your a nut job.

[TrentValePotter96]

Mark I dare suggest you should concentrate on sorting the team out

[wearestoke80]

Sept 19, 2016 16:55:41 GMT polarbear said:

Everyone is over-reacting. Some of the abuse is very silly and embarrassing.

I admit if its 15 games in and we are like this, then yeah its a huge worry, but its only a few games, Hughes is a great manager. I'm a million percent confident our results will pick up shortly

So in 10 games we start to worry then ? What are you expecting to change in 10 games from what we've seen for the past 9 months?

[crapslinger]

Sept 19, 2016 17:23:43 GMT wearestoke80 said:

Sept 19, 2016 16:55:41 GMT polarbear said:

Everyone is over-reacting. Some of the abuse is very silly and embarrassing.

I admit if its 15 games in and we are like this, then yeah its a huge worry, but its only a few games, Hughes is a great manager. I'm a million percent confident our results will pick up shortly

So in 10 games we start to worry then ? What are you expecting to change in 10 games from what we've seen for the past 9 months?

Stop picking on minors it is obvious from the post he is about 12

[midtempo]

Sept 19, 2016 17:01:45 GMT wuzza said:

For the umpteenth million time - the reaction Hughes is getting is not based on 5 games. It's based on 8 or 9 months of decline - not many managers survive that.
He has in fact been treated with a great deal of tolerance in that period and unlike at other clubs (QPR, City etc) he still has a lot of backing from supporters.
This ungrateful brat characterisation of our supporter base is totally wrong.

Agreed and the last day of the season win against WHU masked the problem over the summer as we stopped our poor run.

Don't forget while we were one down in this game the crowd was just starting to get frustrated and angry with the continued style of play and from somewhere this changed and we managed to win with our 1st goal of the season from a corner !!

[bayernoatcake]

He is a good and that's what makes this meltdown all the more annoying.

He's got to go.

[Beloved Monkfish]

Sept 19, 2016 16:55:41 GMT polarbear said:

Everyone is over-reacting. Some of the abuse is very silly and embarrassing.

I admit if its 15 games in and we are like this, then yeah its a huge worry, but its only a few games, Hughes is a great manager. I'm a million percent confident our results will pick up shortly

It pretty much is 15 games in though when you factor in the last calamitous few months of last season. This isn't just a bad start; it's the hangover from hell of last season too.

[kurt]

Sept 19, 2016 16:55:41 GMT polarbear said:

I admit if its 15 games in and we are like this

Waking up with 5 points after 15 games, due to glorifying MH,  would result in Championship next season. Mark Hughes has done good work here for a long time. The reality is, that the team has played a terrible football for many months (since December 2015!!) and that means in football business to try something new if the manager fails every week.

[slother]

By my reckoning it's 19 points from the last 19 games. We're lucky it's been split over two seasons because that's a relegation waiting to happen.

[GeneralFaye]

People referring to our "slow start" last season, did we get thumped by 4 goals week after week? no, we were a team who lost to Liverpool due to a great solo strike from Coutinho. We were a team that battled, yes battled, back to get a draw at White Hart Lane. This season we have got what we deserved, it's been completely different. Again I'm going to repeat myself, it's not the losing, it's the manner of which we are surrendering.

[GreaterGlasgowstokie]

Sept 19, 2016 17:37:03 GMT bayernoatcake said:

He is a good and that's what makes this meltdown all the more annoying.

He's got to go.

I so wanted him to be our manager for years to come. I've been critical on here for several months but because it has been obvious where this is headed.

Just what the fuck has he been thinking with the goalkeeper, defence and midfield!

So unnecessary. Looks like he's got this next couple of games. He has no chance of beating wba

[marwood]

JFK was the most moral president the USA ever had and his assassination was the work of one crazed, lone assassin.

That nasty man in Iraq definitely had weapons of mass destruction and Tony was right to see him off

The woman across the road undresses by an open window with me in mind and solely for my benefit

[riponstokie]

Stopped reading the op after 'most hardest'...Hughes has lost the plot. We've been shite since Christmas, he has no idea how to change it, and giving it time will allow him to further corrode our club, push us towards certain relegation with a QPResque fightless wimper

[bayernoatcake]

Sept 19, 2016 17:56:29 GMT GreaterGlasgowstokie said:

Sept 19, 2016 17:37:03 GMT bayernoatcake said:

He is a good and that's what makes this meltdown all the more annoying.

He's got to go.

I so wanted him to be our manager for years to come. I've been critical on here for several months but because it has been obvious where this is headed.

Just what the fuck has he been thinking with the goalkeeper, defence and midfield!

So unnecessary. Looks like he's got this next couple of games. He has no chance of beating wba

It's just weird and he must have thought last season was fine, it clearly wasn't.

The pissing about in pre season was imo just pure arrogance.

He hasn't been able to do anything right since January.

[heworksardtho]

Sept 19, 2016 16:38:56 GMT polarbear said:

Thats right. Hughes has been a fantastic manager for us, to think that we Stoke are finishing in the top 10 of the best & most hardest league in the world is absolutely incredible and outstanding. Hughes is the man for us & we will regret it badly if he ever left. Some of you fans make me want to vomit, calling for him to be sacked after only 5 games hahaha, get a reality check, its only a few games in, don't you remember last season? we started off very slow the first 6 or 7 games and then we was fine and went on long winning streaks. 

You are over-exaggerating hugely and you need to be careful not to drive Hughes away from us, if he walked out then its your fault when we end up fighting at the bottom to survival. With Hughes we are very safe and I fully expect another top 10 finish this season, with the great squad our Hughes has assembled.. I easily see us finishing 7th - 10th at the end of the 38 games. 

Show Hughes the respect he deserves, I know you will up shut your mouth in 3 or 4 games time when we are like hovering around mid-table after few wins and draw, but you can pretend to just say "it was in the heat of the moment", but some of you calling him rude names make me want to vomit and you should be ashamed of yourself.  Thank you Sparky for making my club play and perform the way I always dreamed of. I for one will not knee-jerk about a few games LMAO 5 games LOL. Get real, absolutely embarrassing some of you are. 

Cheers Sir Alex

[bigdev]

2016/17 Premier League Date Range: 19-NOV-2015 to 19-SEP-2016

Pos Team   P W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 29 8 4 2 24 10 8 5 2 29 15 28 57
2 Leicester City 29 8 6 0 25 8 8 3 4 23 15 25 57
3 Manchester City 30 9 2 4 33 18 6 5 4 23 18 20 52
4 Liverpool 30 7 5 1 28 12 8 2 7 31 30 17 52
5 Manchester United 29 8 3 2 19 8 6 3 7 19 23 7 48
6 Arsenal 28 7 2 3 22 12 5 8 3 27 22 15 46
7 Southampton 29 8 3 3 26 13 5 2 8 14 19 8 44
8 Chelsea 29 3 8 3 23 22 7 5 3 24 13 12 43
9 West Ham United 30 7 5 2 24 20 3 6 7 23 28 -1 41
10 Burnley 22 2 2 1 5 3 8 5 4 27 21 8 37
11 Middlesbrough 22 2 1 1 4 3 8 5 5 23 17 7 36
12 AFC Bournemouth 30 4 3 7 17 28 5 5 6 16 23 -18 35
13 Everton 28 3 4 6 18 21 5 6 4 21 21 -3 34
14 West Bromwich Albion 28 5 4 4 17 17 2 7 6 12 19 -7 32
15 Swansea City 29 4 5 4 14 17 4 3 9 18 26 -11 32
16 Sunderland 30 4 4 6 14 16 3 6 7 21 28 -9 31
17 Hull City 22 2 0 2 6 6 7 3 8 18 19 -1 30
18 Watford 28 2 4 7 15 18 5 2 8 17 26 -12 27
Pos Team----- P W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GD Pts
19 Stoke City -28 3 3 6 12 23 4 3 9 16 32 -27 27
20 Crystal Palace 29 3 3 8 12 18 2 6 7 14 25 -17 24

[johnnysoul60]

Sept 19, 2016 16:55:41 GMT polarbear said:

Everyone is over-reacting. Some of the abuse is very silly and embarrassing.

I admit if its 15 games in and we are like this, then yeah its a huge worry, but its only a few games, Hughes is a great manager. I'm a million percent confident our results will pick up shortly

If we had 1 point after 15 games , which at this moment does not look totally out of the question we would be doomed , Hughes is paid a lot of money to do a job in a results based business , if he goes he will get a good pay off and the way in which Coates has developed the club , Im sure we will have no problem getting a good manager in who can turn us around .

If he has as appears lost the confidence of the players for whatever reason then its over , not personal just football.

Lets see how Wednesday and Saturday go but if they are anywhere near as bad in either game as they were yesterday it has to be over

[capto]

Sept 19, 2016 16:38:56 GMT polarbear said:

Thats right. Hughes has been a fantastic manager for us, to think that we Stoke are finishing in the top 10 of the best & most hardest league in the world is absolutely incredible and outstanding. Hughes is the man for us & we will regret it badly if he ever left. Some of you fans make me want to vomit, calling for him to be sacked after only 5 games hahaha, get a reality check, its only a few games in, don't you remember last season? we started off very slow the first 6 or 7 games and then we was fine and went on long winning streaks. 

You are over-exaggerating hugely and you need to be careful not to drive Hughes away from us, if he walked out then its your fault when we end up fighting at the bottom to survival. With Hughes we are very safe and I fully expect another top 10 finish this season, with the great squad our Hughes has assembled.. I easily see us finishing 7th - 10th at the end of the 38 games. 

Show Hughes the respect he deserves, I know you will up shut your mouth in 3 or 4 games time when we are like hovering around mid-table after few wins and draw, but you can pretend to just say "it was in the heat of the moment", but some of you calling him rude names make me want to vomit and you should be ashamed of yourself.  Thank you Sparky for making my club play and perform the way I always dreamed of. I for one will not knee-jerk about a few games LMAO 5 games LOL. Get real, absolutely embarrassing some of you are. 

Yeah, I know Vale fans are loving it at the moment and want him to stay - but coming on to this MB to stir things up?

[StokieNath]

Keep burying your head in the sand.