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Post by mumf14 on May 12, 2008 17:48:05 GMT
Will he be good enough for life in the Premiership..?
Yes or No.! ???
As usual I'll start ...NO.
(He's served us well last season but it's now time to move on..!!)
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Post by Miniman on May 12, 2008 17:49:47 GMT
He will because he is the kind of striker that scares defenders to death so he nost defintiely will so long as he doesn't go to those Sheep-Shaggers or start ACTUALLY scoring...
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Post by Cityfullergoals on May 12, 2008 17:50:22 GMT
He will play his part
As for a regular - I doubt it
As for a goalscorer - I definately doubt it
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Post by Irish Stokie on May 12, 2008 17:50:52 GMT
Its a hard decision to make but unfortunately i dont quite think he is good enough, he would still be excellent aerially and for flick ons and linking up play but i think we need to look for someone who could score aswell. Maybe a Harewood/Beattie would be better for us
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Post by smokeyjoe on May 12, 2008 17:57:06 GMT
I say keep the big man - not necessarily to start the game, but could be brought off the bench to change the style of play and battle with tired defenders
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Post by steinovschmeichel on May 12, 2008 18:00:51 GMT
keep him. we don;t need to sell him so unless he wants to go keep him an try him. if we come straight back down we will need him to get back up. if we stay up and he don;t cut the mustard then think of selling. for once in stokes life time we do not need to sell players to buy other in. have it hahahhahahahah premiership. still wont sink in til the fixtures are out
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Post by Akinbadbuy on May 12, 2008 18:01:11 GMT
Wont be good enough for the starting 11 but certainly deserves a place on the bench. Would be handy to throw on for the last 20 minutes to hassle tired defenders.
The same could be said though for probably most of our current starting 11.
Signings will be crucial.
We need 4 or 5 good signings with premiership experience to even have a sniff of staying up.
Should be interesting.
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Post by mumf14 on May 12, 2008 18:02:18 GMT
If Cardiff are interested as reported recently....then quote £300,000 and order him a taxi.
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Post by redrob on May 12, 2008 18:06:54 GMT
Tough question. I dont think that he good enough to to start but could be a good squad member to come off the bench when we need tomix it up a little
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 12, 2008 18:08:46 GMT
I think he'd be good as a bench player. Bring him on in the last 20 minutes to add something different. Unless Cardiff are offering silly money (or Parry or Ledley in a cash plus player deal!!!!) I'd keep him
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Post by mermaidsal on May 12, 2008 18:08:48 GMT
Yes, and I wouldn't be amazed to see the team built round him again. Feisty enough for you mumf??   |
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on May 12, 2008 18:54:38 GMT
Yes player plus cash deal,Parry and Ledley plus £500,000 bye-bye Mama.!!
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Post by mikeyb99 on May 12, 2008 19:00:17 GMT
This thread should be wheeled, there was one just like it last week which you yourself mumf posted upon.
What exactly has changed since then? It's a slightly transparent agenda mumf ... ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2008 19:05:28 GMT
[glow=blue,2,300]KEEP HIM[/glow]
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Post by Olgrligm on May 12, 2008 19:13:14 GMT
Keep him as a bench or squad player. We need to be looking to improve on him in the Premiership, don't we? Someone like Heskey?
The problem is that there are barely any players who do his 'specialist area' much better, especially not ones who score goals. Make no bones about it, though, we need goals flying in from everywhere.
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Post by mumf14 on May 12, 2008 19:26:06 GMT
The team will most definitely change next season with possibly additions to the midfield and wings.The shape of the sides and it's tactics will no doubt alter too, and we may therefore be able to accomodate two strikers that can score goals intsead of just one at the moment.
Sidibes position and role will then become redundant.We NEED two goalscorers in the Premiership.We cannot rely on just one.
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Post by boppa74 on May 12, 2008 19:29:57 GMT
Thought you were going tell us that he'd replaced that lady outside the Roebuck down 'Castle by the title of the thread! ;D
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 12, 2008 19:36:20 GMT
Like most Premiership clubs we'll end up with 4 or possibly 5 forwards in the squad. If one of them is Mama that's fine. If we need to change things around or keep things tight in the last quarter of a game he's different to any other player we are likely to sign.
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Post by ianrb1 on May 12, 2008 20:59:07 GMT
He could play some sort of role from the bench with his tireless running and hustle and bustle, but we are going to need far better strikers than Mama next season.
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Post by StatesideStokie on May 12, 2008 21:23:54 GMT
Keep him, he will be a valuable asset to the squad and deserves it for the job he has done for us this season.
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Post by Mozzaa on May 12, 2008 22:04:28 GMT
Saw him down Longton Tesco tonight with his Wife & Kid ;D
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Post by RAF on May 12, 2008 22:15:21 GMT
To be honest, I don't actually care if he is or he isn't good enough.
He's played his part in us getting where we are now.
23 years I've waited so if Pulis wants to play him and thinks he's good enough, then that should be good enough for us all.
Lets just see who we sign to see if he has a real role to play.
Do I actually think he is good enough for the prem? No, but so fucking what! I've been wrong enough times to know it won't be the last!
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Post by johnfarmersmum on May 12, 2008 23:44:55 GMT
Hi mumf...gonna agree with you... A big Fat No...... He has done a good job and I will always thank him for Bristol City ...but.... at the end of the day he is a QPR reject.....
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Post by garyhackett on May 13, 2008 6:06:20 GMT
I am actually interested to see how prem defenders handle him so i think we should keep him until we know.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on May 13, 2008 9:40:48 GMT
YES. If he isn't good enough then Fuller won't be, he is in better form after all...
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Post by youareallwrong on May 13, 2008 9:44:32 GMT
I hope RAF accepts this as tribute Nail on head, RAF, nail on head. He deserves his chance. |
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Post by Somebody_Told_Me on May 13, 2008 9:45:34 GMT
Yep keep him I think Sir Tone will use him alot think of him as a 5th midfielder, and I think he'll be great for 4-5-1 away form home
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Post by knowingeye on May 13, 2008 9:47:50 GMT
Will he be used as part of a part ex deal?
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Post by FullerMagic on May 13, 2008 9:53:51 GMT
Sadly, nowhere near good enough - much as I love him.
I'm sure he is a bugger to play against, but the world's our oyster in terms of player recruitment for the first time ever - and if we can't upgrade our awkward, physical, tireless Mama-type now, we'll never be able to.
We're looking for 2 strikers to represent us in the BEST league in the world - I can't honestly see Mama being one of them.
If he's happy with the odd appearance from the bench in the Premier (which he might be as a novelty for a season), fair enough.
But, if he wants to be a regular starter, I think he'll be knocking on Tone's door and asking for Dave Jones' number.
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Post by jimmygscfc on May 13, 2008 11:37:57 GMT
Get real boys, a bloke who scored 4 goals in the Championship is palpably not up to it. Premiership defenders would play him out of a game. This is no time for sentimentality. However, Pulis played him instead of Ameobi and/or Bothroyd, played Cresswell on the left wing instead of the very capable (IMHO) Pearson and at one stage thought Matteo was a footballer, so I guess anything is possible. I'll be eternally grateful to Pulis (can't call him Tony) for getting us there, but I'm still concerned about whether he can change his spots.
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