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Post by sbooth442 on Apr 15, 2017 17:23:08 GMT
Recruitment is massively important during the summer, get the right players in, players with pace, get them playing with Arnie, and shaqiri, it could have the potential to be a good season, get it wrong, and it could be a similar season has the one we're witnessing at the moment, pace and creativity please, could three points today though, much needed boost
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Post by duckling on Apr 15, 2017 17:28:27 GMT
Fair point potter, maybe asking too much. I still believe that the crazy errors in his posts are there to disguise that bb is just Bayern having a bit of a laugh with us😊👍 I'll never understand why everyone hasn't realised this. If they really are the same person, how many posts has that person made on this board? |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Apr 15, 2017 20:08:56 GMT
I'll never understand why everyone hasn't realised this. If they really are the same person, how many posts has that person made on this board? I can confirm 1 I'm delighted with today's result 2 I am definitely not Bayern 3 We do a need a staggering 10 player turnover in the summer but credit where credits due today was a huge result . 4 we will still do well to get past 42 but all along I'd have been happy with 17th and we will do that at least now . 5 I like Bayern but Dint always agree with him or her |
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Post by Billy the kid on Apr 15, 2017 21:40:19 GMT
A much needed win and a very welcome one BUT we should never have been flirting with relegation in the first place. He still needs to go - a win today by virtue of calling on 2 Pulis stalwarts tells you all you need to know about Hughes' indifferent,tentative and mediocre tenure. We weren't anyway ffs! We were 8 points clear of the bottom 3 with 7 games to go...we'd have had to lose every game left with the bottom 3 going on runs they haven't even come close to in the previous 31 games.the bottom 3 aren't even picking up an avg of 1 point a game all season but you expect them to suddenly start piling them on in the last few games when they're devoid of confidence, some in the lower regions have to play each other anyway (which means at least some of those teams can't gain any ground on those matchdays) and are utterly awful in general. It's not even an opinion thing, it's simply basic maths combined with common sense which showed that the only people that spouted that shit were those using hyperbole to justify their hysteria. People seemed to forget that when it comes to being dragged into a relegation battle this late on, it's the bottom 3 and THEIR results that count, not EVERY fucker below us. Sorry mate but that is bollox if Hull had taken the tree points today they would have been within touching distance to us with 6 games to go. As it was we managed to do something that we have not in the last month or so, we dug in and made our own luck in the end. I am pleased as punch that we managed it, but you could since today that anything less that 3 points would have set alight the touch paper. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2017 21:41:48 GMT
We weren't anyway ffs! We were 8 points clear of the bottom 3 with 7 games to go...we'd have had to lose every game left with the bottom 3 going on runs they haven't even come close to in the previous 31 games.the bottom 3 aren't even picking up an avg of 1 point a game all season but you expect them to suddenly start piling them on in the last few games when they're devoid of confidence, some in the lower regions have to play each other anyway (which means at least some of those teams can't gain any ground on those matchdays) and are utterly awful in general. It's not even an opinion thing, it's simply basic maths combined with common sense which showed that the only people that spouted that shit were those using hyperbole to justify their hysteria. People seemed to forget that when it comes to being dragged into a relegation battle this late on, it's the bottom 3 and THEIR results that count, not EVERY fucker below us. Sorry mate but that is bollox if Hull had taken the tree points today they would have been within touching distance to us with 6 games to go. As it was we managed to do something that we have not in the last month or so, we dug in and made our own luck in the end. I am pleased as punch that we managed it, but you could since today that anything less that 3 points would have set alight the touch paper. Are you Irish by any chance? |
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Post by Billy the kid on Apr 15, 2017 21:43:28 GMT
Sorry mate but that is bollox if Hull had taken the tree points today they would have been within touching distance to us with 6 games to go. As it was we managed to do something that we have not in the last month or so, we dug in and made our own luck in the end. I am pleased as punch that we managed it, but you could since today that anything less that 3 points would have set alight the touch paper. Are you Irish by any chance? No but my fucking phone appears to be duck |
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Post by lordb on Apr 15, 2017 21:47:03 GMT
If they really are the same person, how many posts has that person made on this board? I can confirm 1 I'm delighted with today's result 2 I am definitely not Bayern 3 We do a need a staggering 10 player turnover in the summer but credit where credits due today was a huge result . 4 we will still do well to get past 42 but all along I'd have been happy with 17th and we will do that at least now . 5 I like Bayern but Dint always agree with him or her Five winnable games left,hardest one is the last one. Be shocked if we don't get 43 points. 50 is on |
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Post by TexasPotter on Apr 15, 2017 21:47:31 GMT
Biscuit and Bayern, the gift that keep giving.
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Apr 15, 2017 21:54:00 GMT
The only time i ever thought about relegation this season was when i read the word on here. No chance whatsoever.
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Apr 15, 2017 21:58:59 GMT
We weren't anyway ffs! We were 8 points clear of the bottom 3 with 7 games to go...we'd have had to lose every game left with the bottom 3 going on runs they haven't even come close to in the previous 31 games.the bottom 3 aren't even picking up an avg of 1 point a game all season but you expect them to suddenly start piling them on in the last few games when they're devoid of confidence, some in the lower regions have to play each other anyway (which means at least some of those teams can't gain any ground on those matchdays) and are utterly awful in general. It's not even an opinion thing, it's simply basic maths combined with common sense which showed that the only people that spouted that shit were those using hyperbole to justify their hysteria. People seemed to forget that when it comes to being dragged into a relegation battle this late on, it's the bottom 3 and THEIR results that count, not EVERY fucker below us. Sorry mate but that is bollox if Hull had taken the tree points today they would have been within touching distance to us with 6 games to go. As it was we managed to do something that we have not in the last month or so, we dug in and made our own luck in the end. I am pleased as punch that we managed it, but you could since today that anything less that 3 points would have set alight the touch paper. That's the bloody point!!!!! Hull closing the gap on us takes us NO closer to relegation it simply takes THEM closer to staying up!!! It's doesn't matter how Hull do, it's about the bottom 3 closing the gap...it's kinda how relegation battles work. It wouldn't change the fact we'd still be 8 points clear of the bottom three but now with less games for them to play to make it up. If a team who's 17th climb to 15th, yes it benefits them but it doesn't bring a team who are 14th into a battle with 18th if the bottom 3 didn't get any points...it really isn't that fucking hard to understand. It's literally how the league actually works. Them going up the table doesn't mean we swap places, it just means they're also out of a relegation battle, we don't get deducted 3 points for losing you know! |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 15, 2017 22:05:14 GMT
Okay positive is one thing but Jesus you want him to make it comprehensible as well? Fair point potter, maybe asking too much. I still believe that the crazy errors in his posts are there to disguise that bb is just Bayern having a bit of a laugh with us😊👍 Christ that'd take some logistics that would. Log in, log out, work, eat etc. I'm good but fuck me I'm not that good. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 15, 2017 22:06:02 GMT
Fair point potter, maybe asking too much. I still believe that the crazy errors in his posts are there to disguise that bb is just Bayern having a bit of a laugh with us😊👍 I'll never understand why everyone hasn't realised this. Because it's horseshit? |
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Post by peterthornesboots on Apr 15, 2017 22:11:14 GMT
But we were doomed to be relegated weren't we? (According to some!)
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Apr 15, 2017 22:17:08 GMT
Fair point potter, maybe asking too much. I still believe that the crazy errors in his posts are there to disguise that bb is just Bayern having a bit of a laugh with us😊👍 Christ that'd take some logistics that would. Log in, log out, work, eat etc. I'm good but fuck me I'm not that good. But if you have a problem, no-one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you could hire..... ************** |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 15, 2017 22:18:34 GMT
Christ that'd take some logistics that would. Log in, log out, work, eat etc. I'm good but fuck me I'm not that good. But if you have a problem, no-one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you could hire..... ************** Who else is he? I'm crap at spotting people posting under different names. |
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Post by superheroantonius on Apr 15, 2017 22:21:44 GMT
The only time i ever thought about relegation this season was when i read the word on here. No chance whatsoever. Apparently you missed palace 4 stoke 1 then :-) That was one of the worst perfomances I have ever seen |
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Post by march4 on Apr 15, 2017 22:22:39 GMT
Relegation was never the issue.
The issues were all there today for everyone to see.
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Post by lordb on Apr 15, 2017 22:24:20 GMT
The only time i ever thought about relegation this season was when i read the word on here. No chance whatsoever. Apparently you missed palace 4 stoke 1 then :-) That was one of the worst perfomances I have ever seen Certainly was. Relegation didn't enter my head. |
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Post by Davef on Apr 15, 2017 22:24:33 GMT
The only time i ever thought about relegation this season was when i read the word on here. No chance whatsoever. Apparently you missed palace 4 stoke 1 then :-) That was one of the worst perfomances I have ever seen That was our FIFTH game of a 38 game season! |
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Post by lordb on Apr 15, 2017 22:25:34 GMT
Relegation was never the issue. The issues were all there today for everyone to see. Some good play and some bad play? Mid table for you. |
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Post by Will_75 on Apr 15, 2017 22:31:31 GMT
And so any lingering relegation fears have been put to rest once and for all this season Our continued stay in the PL is in itself the strongest testament to the good way in which the club is run But could there be more to life than this ... ? Just asking ... 10 seasons in top flight again is something we couldn't even imagine until Coates mark II came along. It's been 9 seasons so far when we have never been in real danger of going down I don't think that was ever true for any 9 seasons in a row in the 52 previous seasons we spent at the top level. Why then isn't everyone delirious with happiness? BM We've basically been on an upward trajectory since going up in 2002, and people have got spoilt, complacent and entitled. |
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Post by NG4POTTERS on Apr 15, 2017 22:40:04 GMT
The only time i ever thought about relegation this season was when i read the word on here. No chance whatsoever. Apparently you missed palace 4 stoke 1 then :-) That was one of the worst perfomances I have ever seen We always have shit runs when we fuck it all up. I have faith we will go on a decent run sometime after. Relegation never entered my mind. It's stoke. It's what we do. For someone to take that to the next stage its got to be a pretty special or lucky manager. |
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Post by duckling on Apr 16, 2017 1:56:50 GMT
10 seasons in top flight again is something we couldn't even imagine until Coates mark II came along. It's been 9 seasons so far when we have never been in real danger of going down I don't think that was ever true for any 9 seasons in a row in the 52 previous seasons we spent at the top level. Why then isn't everyone delirious with happiness? BM We've basically been on an upward trajectory since going up in 2002, and people have got spoilt, complacent and entitled. This is the longest period of top tier football for Stoke since the 1940's if you apply today's relegation rules. Stoke had a longer stretch in the top tier from 1963 to 1977, but that included 18th and 19th place finishes in 1968 and 1969, which would mean relegation today. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stoke_City_F.C._seasonsWhen this run ends, as it inevitably will unless a sugar daddy chooses the club as his new toy, fans will look back on the past decade as a golden era and feel pretty silly for being so negative. |
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Post by CalgaryPotter on Apr 16, 2017 3:42:40 GMT
We've basically been on an upward trajectory since going up in 2002, and people have got spoilt, complacent and entitled. This is the longest period of top tier football for Stoke since the 1940's if you apply today's relegation rules. Stoke had a longer stretch in the top tier from 1963 to 1977, but that included 18th and 19th place finishes in 1968 and 1969, which would mean relegation today. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stoke_City_F.C._seasonsWhen this run ends, as it inevitably will unless a sugar daddy chooses the club as his new toy, fans will look back on the past decade as a golden era and feel pretty silly for being so negative. You understand who owns our club right? Not many can match Sir Peter's transfer member!! |
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Post by duckling on Apr 16, 2017 4:00:57 GMT
This is the longest period of top tier football for Stoke since the 1940's if you apply today's relegation rules. Stoke had a longer stretch in the top tier from 1963 to 1977, but that included 18th and 19th place finishes in 1968 and 1969, which would mean relegation today. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stoke_City_F.C._seasonsWhen this run ends, as it inevitably will unless a sugar daddy chooses the club as his new toy, fans will look back on the past decade as a golden era and feel pretty silly for being so negative. You understand who owns our club right? Not many can match Sir Peter's transfer member!! The Stoke transfer budget has been quite restrained. Palace spent £32 million for Christian Benteke ffs. |
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Post by CalgaryPotter on Apr 16, 2017 5:04:18 GMT
You understand who owns our club right? Not many can match Sir Peter's transfer member!! The Stoke transfer budget has been quite restrained. Palace spent £32 million for Christian Benteke ffs. Our owners wish is for the club to be self sufficient and bring players through the academy but don't confuse that with spending power. The family are billionaires. If need be, money can be spent. |
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