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Post by stokecity4eva on May 10, 2008 21:42:42 GMT
anyone know if theirs anywhere on the web where i can watch the game?
as they play their first home game tonight
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Post by Nick1984 on May 11, 2008 12:38:43 GMT
Is this there first ever game or something? Sorry if I know f*** all about the club  |
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Post by nikki78734 on May 11, 2008 13:14:41 GMT
It was the U23 first home game, they won 2-0.
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Post by Nick1984 on May 11, 2008 16:16:12 GMT
Go Aztex, Aztex ROWCK!
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Post by ChrisEvans on May 11, 2008 20:00:22 GMT
who gives a fuck there not stoke so as far as im conserned i don't care The people on this thread obviously give a fcuk, the fact that Inchy is manager and Rawlins is involved also may give some people interest, the fact we will be playing over there next pre-season is also of interest and that some of our youngsters may also be playing over there on loan may interest some people. People who don't give a fcuk shouldn't really be opening a thread about something they have no interest in, let alone actually wasting time posting on said threads. ;D |
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Post by Soi Cowboy on May 11, 2008 20:04:23 GMT
So because you don't care no one else does ???
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 11, 2008 20:17:27 GMT
Blimey - played two, four points, no goals conceeded, goal difference +2. That's promotion form - or it would be if there was such a thing as promotion in American "soccer".
We are Aztex, super Aztex, Inchy is our King! ;D
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Post by stokecity4eva on May 11, 2008 20:30:50 GMT
only posted it for the above reason chris evans posted and for the fact some of our future players may be playing for them
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Post by stokecity4eva on May 11, 2008 21:08:43 GMT
come to mention it how is Vass getting on?
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Post by salopstick on May 12, 2008 9:06:10 GMT
from my facebook
The Austin Aztex U23s inaugurated their home field at Dragon Stadium with a 2-0 win over the Houston Leones on Saturday night. An extraordinary crowd of nearly 1,500 was on hand to see the Aztex defense’s second shutout in a row. AJ Godbolt got the scoring started in the 16th minute, with an assist from Jamie Watson. Two 2nd-half substitutes, Kevin Klaus and Robin Martinez, got together to put the game out of reach for the Leones in the 61st minute; Klaus assisting on Martinez’s goal.
The match was the 2nd of 4 U.S. Open Cup qualifying games; their win puts the Aztex at the top of the qualifier standings. Next Saturday’s game at Dragon Stadium, against the DFW Tornados, will also be a qualifying match
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 12, 2008 9:59:10 GMT
Was the "extraordinary" crowd of 1,500 extraordinarily large or extraordinarily small?
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Post by LH_SCFC on May 12, 2008 10:04:25 GMT
AJ Godbolt.
He's got to be good with a name like that. Sign him up.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 12, 2008 10:23:29 GMT
come to mention it how is Vass getting on? Playing most games for Brecia on Serie B. They are 5th in the league and he gets in the squad and team for Hungary. |
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Post by robchicken on May 12, 2008 10:26:41 GMT
AJ Godbolt. He's got to be good with a name like that. Sign him up. yeah i thought that, just sign him so i can have godbolt on my shirt |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 12, 2008 10:30:47 GMT
Obviously Vass's move was a bad move from Stoke's point of view. I wonder now we are promoted whether Vass will think it is a bad move from his point of view. I presume he will get a move to the top flight of Italian football even if Brescia don't get promoted but he might have preferred life (and the wages) in the Premier League.
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Post by lordb on May 12, 2008 12:10:02 GMT
if I was a footballer I would prefer to live in Italy or Spain
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Post by vestanpance on May 12, 2008 12:17:17 GMT
AJ Godbolt. He's got to be good with a name like that. Sign him up. Quite right, that's the sort of player who will do well. |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 12, 2008 12:22:54 GMT
lordb - I might prefer to live is Italy or Spain but plenty of Spaniards and Italians play over here so obviously they don't all feel that way. Vass had spendt several years in England before he left us and spoke almost perfect English when I spoke to him.
Obviously he left because he wanted regular first team football - I can understand that. But one year on, if he had stayed, he would possibly have been looking forward to playing in the Premiership like Dicko and Shawcross are and they are only a year older.
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Post by knowingeye on May 12, 2008 12:35:43 GMT
Vass had spendt several years in England before he left us and spoke almost perfect English when I spoke to him. Did you? |
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Post by stokecity4eva on May 12, 2008 21:00:41 GMT
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 12, 2008 21:28:03 GMT
yes, ke, I waswalking the dog along the canal after the one game where he was on the subs bench for the first team and we had a chat for a few minutes. Great English - better than some Stokies!
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Post by scfclifer on May 12, 2008 22:26:12 GMT
none of them would get in our team their only 3ft tall i thought inchy was playing for a minute then ;d
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Post by prong on May 12, 2008 22:40:31 GMT
DANG!!!
Go Aztex!!
WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!
WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!
WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!WHOOP!!!
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Post by pulisjr on May 12, 2008 23:06:56 GMT
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Post by Northy on May 13, 2008 7:19:33 GMT
anybody know if they are selling replica tops at all ? i've had a look around the net but can't see anything.
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Post by knowingeye on May 13, 2008 9:13:55 GMT
Joking aside re soccerball, there are a lot of our English lads ex-Academy, being released elsewhere and instead of moving to lower leagues in England or Scotland, they're looking stateside to continue their careers in conjunction with a much higher level of education and better long term prospects. Once again English football academies, using English FA funding, appear to be favouring recuitment from overseas, not due to lack of ability of English players, but young international players are worth more! (Stoke are pretty good at taking the lads from England).
I've recently spoken to some senior coaches, who are well known and respected in the English game, and they becoming are sick and tired of the number of foreign players, coming into the game at the expense of our own nationality lads. Arsene (I didn't see anything) Wenger recently said that he will continue to recruit from overseas as the talent just isn't here in the UK, which seems at odds with what these senior coaches are saying about the current state of the game. It does seem to be about value for money, ie what Wenger can get for £5000-£5500 a week from Africa versus European players, expectancy.
But for the majority of English players, it's not about high wages, as many lads in lower leagues are earning less the £200-£250 a week having to support families, like the rest of us and then battling for appearance fees/bonuses, week in week out, to bolster their wages. Due to the level of fitness required, many can't supplement their wages with other jobs, unfortunately.
Who can blame players for now wanting to look to the States to further their careers especially when they can get a scholarship paying them more than the £125 per week offered by clubs like Lincoln City for a first year pro?
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