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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 5:42:13 GMT
Are we preparing for relegation next season?
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Post by jonso on May 5, 2017 7:01:06 GMT
25 league games first season 17 in second season 13 in third 0 this Spot the trend. I suspect that trend cannot continue this year. So, we can we take it that this is a sign that next year Hughesout will buck the trend?
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Post by mouseykanga2 on May 5, 2017 7:27:57 GMT
Let's start a poll for Ireland vote for player of the season.
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Post by GeneralFaye on May 5, 2017 7:31:40 GMT
Let's start a poll for Ireland vote for player of the season. Good idea, go and start a thread about it
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Post by milky on May 5, 2017 7:36:31 GMT
Let's start a poll for Ireland vote for player of the season. Good idea, go and start a thread about it He has 😊
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Post by GeneralFaye on May 5, 2017 7:38:24 GMT
Good idea, go and start a thread about it He has 😊 Funnily enough, I am not surprised by this development.
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Post by mouseykanga2 on May 5, 2017 7:44:13 GMT
The thread been taken off ! Jesus... Talk about sence of humour and free speech.
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Post by The Drunken Communist on May 5, 2017 7:52:32 GMT
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Post by markcastle on May 5, 2017 7:54:25 GMT
We need to lose the last 3 games heavily to force coates to swing the axe
Hughes has to be gone by summer to give us a chance for next season The club is stale and sleep walking to relegation next season with a squad full of deadwood - many with new contracts
Marco silva or shaun dyitche would jump at the chance of the stoke job
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 5, 2017 7:54:53 GMT
*gets small violin out and starts playing it*
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Post by mouseykanga2 on May 5, 2017 7:56:47 GMT
Are you waiting for those magical words when he plays again... '' he's not fit yet and needs more playing time ''!!
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Post by FullerMagic on May 5, 2017 7:57:33 GMT
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Post by liathroid on May 5, 2017 8:03:52 GMT
just to say while everyone is feeling sorry for Arron Lennon ,theirs a post in that thread that I wanted to stick here but couldnt do it its on page 6,says Paul Clements father topped himself ather breaking his leg and was also a footballer,maybe it Stokes way to look after people
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Post by werrington on May 5, 2017 8:04:31 GMT
Yep it's just a good will gesture
Rightly or wrongly in reality that's all it is
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Post by dirtygary69 on May 5, 2017 8:08:56 GMT
The only possible explanation I can give is that it's something to do with how it happened. Wasn't it Charlie Adam who caught him pretty horrifically in training? It's bound to fuck people off though because it's not as it's John from Fegg Hayes who fell off his forklift and is off on the sick, it's a fucking millionaire footballer who already has more money than sense.
On the one hand, I get the sentiment but on the other it's incredible that we can waste, what, another £750,000 on a player who barely even played when he was fit.
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Post by walton corner on May 5, 2017 8:16:06 GMT
Should have just been offered week to week contract and if he didn't reach fitness in a certain time then released,getting a year contract just gives him another 500k plus in his pocket
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Post by drfootball on May 5, 2017 8:21:44 GMT
We need to lose the last 3 games heavily to force coates to swing the axe Hughes has to be gone by summer to give us a chance for next season The club is stale and sleep walking to relegation next season with a squad full of deadwood - many with new contracts Marco silva or shaun dyitche would jump at the chance of the stoke job And the award for supporter of the year goes to....!!!! Jesus H,I`ve heard it all now,actually willing us to get battered in the last 3 games to suit an agenda.
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Post by Pugsley on May 5, 2017 8:26:10 GMT
We need to lose the last 3 games heavily to force coates to swing the axe Hughes has to be gone by summer to give us a chance for next season The club is stale and sleep walking to relegation next season with a squad full of deadwood - many with new contracts Marco silva or shaun dyitche would jump at the chance of the stoke job Oh dear
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Post by markcastle on May 5, 2017 8:30:46 GMT
We need to lose the last 3 games heavily to force coates to swing the axe Hughes has to be gone by summer to give us a chance for next season The club is stale and sleep walking to relegation next season with a squad full of deadwood - many with new contracts Marco silva or shaun dyitche would jump at the chance of the stoke job And the award for supporter of the year goes to....!!!! Jesus H,I`ve heard it all now,actually willing us to get battered in the last 3 games to suit an agenda. the facts are clear the players and fans are stale and we are sleep walking to relegation its the same as the last year or 2 with pulis - time for a change - hopefully coates will do what he did then - if not - i know its drastic - i don't want to lose games too - but i would sooner rather lose 3 games that don't matter rather than start next season as we have finished this one - its the bigger picture that matters does anybody take anything positive from this season and have any optimism for next - i want a change because i don't want relegation next season and its clear to me that hughes needs to go
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Post by TinkerT on May 5, 2017 8:31:54 GMT
We need to lose the last 3 games heavily to force coates to swing the axe Hughes has to be gone by summer to give us a chance for next season The club is stale and sleep walking to relegation next season with a squad full of deadwood - many with new contracts Marco silva or shaun dyitche would jump at the chance of the stoke job Oh dear We could also get harry rednap if he keeps Birmingham up, or what about that Claudio ranyeri bloke?
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Post by drfootball on May 5, 2017 8:47:49 GMT
And the award for supporter of the year goes to....!!!! Jesus H,I`ve heard it all now,actually willing us to get battered in the last 3 games to suit an agenda. the facts are clear the players and fans are stale and we are sleep walking to relegation its the same as the last year or 2 with pulis - time for a change - hopefully coates will do what he did then - if not - i know its drastic - i don't want to lose games too - but i would sooner rather lose 3 games that don't matter rather than start next season as we have finished this one - its the bigger picture that matters does anybody take anything positive from this season and have any optimism for next - i want a change because i don't want relegation next season and its clear to me that hughes needs to go Wanting a change is one thing,but to actively advocate 3 proper duffings for our own side is another. I`m no Hughes fan but I want the best end of season we can produce,particularly against the Arse.The team and the squad is better than many people on here think and despite views to the contrary relegation next season depends on 17 teams being better than us over 38 games,you really think that`s the case? The return of Butland alone will be worth 10 points. Peter Coates is no fool and didn`t become a success employing bad staff in senior positions,he knew when it was time for Pulis to go and the same will happen with Hughes.
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Post by tcks on May 5, 2017 8:49:14 GMT
Absolutely brilliant move by all at SCFC. Johnson, Walters and now Ireland. This surely shows a club on the up. It also shows what fantastic ambitions our beloved chairman has. I'm sure the likes of Butland must be thinking why on earth would I want to leave a club like Stoke and move to Man City or any other top European club. MH comment, "It's only fair" yeah , o.k. BUT WHAT ABOUT BEING FUCK ING FAIR TO THE SUPPORTERS WHO TURN UP WEEK - IN WEEK - OUT TO WATCH A TEAM WHO HAVE THE PACE OF A GERIATRIC FUCKING SNAIL.
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on May 5, 2017 8:51:13 GMT
Just a thought.
In a week when a Premier League footballer has hit the headlines due to his mental health and others have discussed the lack of support for players with regard mental health issues what do Stoke do? They offer a contract extension to a player who suffered a career threatening injury so that he can work towards getting his fitness back. Maybe, just maybe, Stoke take the view that they should help players to recover and avoid the risk of further damage both physically and mentally.
Nor do I think it's all about philanthropy. There may be method in Stoke's madness, as perceived by some, by offering a contract. Should Stephen Ireland subsequently leave Stoke for another club once he's regained his fitness, then Stoke will receive a transfer fee which will off-set against the cost his contract extension.
Like I say, just a thought, who knows?
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Post by terryconroysmagic on May 5, 2017 9:11:03 GMT
And the award for supporter of the year goes to....!!!! Jesus H,I`ve heard it all now,actually willing us to get battered in the last 3 games to suit an agenda. the facts are clear the players and fans are stale and we are sleep walking to relegation its the same as the last year or 2 with pulis - time for a change - hopefully coates will do what he did then - if not - i know its drastic - i don't want to lose games too - but i would sooner rather lose 3 games that don't matter rather than start next season as we have finished this one - its the bigger picture that matters does anybody take anything positive from this season and have any optimism for next - i want a change because i don't want relegation next season and its clear to me that hughes needs to go Actually none of that is factual, it's your subjective opinion
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Post by markcastle on May 5, 2017 9:23:13 GMT
the facts are clear the players and fans are stale and we are sleep walking to relegation its the same as the last year or 2 with pulis - time for a change - hopefully coates will do what he did then - if not - i know its drastic - i don't want to lose games too - but i would sooner rather lose 3 games that don't matter rather than start next season as we have finished this one - its the bigger picture that matters does anybody take anything positive from this season and have any optimism for next - i want a change because i don't want relegation next season and its clear to me that hughes needs to go Actually none of that is factual, it's your subjective opinion and your subjective opinion is - ?? - we go into the summer full of optimism with an exiting young squad and a dynamic pro active manager - and an exited supporter base
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Post by cousindupree on May 5, 2017 9:34:12 GMT
The overreaction on this thread is rather embarrassing. People seriously thought that Hughes had decided that Ireland would be part of his first team squad next season. Now more info is in the open its clearly designed to help ireland find another club and for a business wallowing in money Its the clubs decision so who cares? Many oh here now have such a skewed opinion of the manager that I can see if the price of a rancid cup of tea in the concourse goes up Hughes will get a torrent of abuse. Objectivity from many has gone out of the window and that includes a few who I thought would know better....
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 9:43:43 GMT
Just a thought. In a week when a Premier League footballer has hit the headlines due to his mental health and others have discussed the lack of support for players with regard mental health issues what do Stoke do? They offer a contract extension to a player who suffered a career threatening injury so that he can work towards getting his fitness back. Maybe, just maybe, Stoke take the view that they should help players to recover and avoid the risk of further damage both physically and mentally. Nor do I think it's all about philanthropy. There may be method in Stoke's madness, as perceived by some, by offering a contract. Should Stephen Ireland subsequently leave Stoke for another club once he's regained his fitness, then Stoke will receive a transfer fee which will off-set against the cost his contract extension. Like I say, just a thought, who knows? We've done it before so not sure why people wouldn't consider that this might just be the case....
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Post by markcastle on May 5, 2017 9:54:12 GMT
We could also get harry rednap if he keeps Birmingham up, or what about that Claudio ranyeri bloke? Dyche or silva would be a huge improvement on hughes He reminds me of moyes - tired - no ideas - negative energy - sucking the life out of the club Time to change 4 years is a long time
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Post by TinkerT on May 5, 2017 10:12:32 GMT
We could also get harry rednap if he keeps Birmingham up, or what about that Claudio ranyeri bloke? Dyche or silva would be a huge improvement on hughes He reminds me of moyes - tired - no ideas - negative energy - sucking the life out of the club Time to change 4 years is a long time The antics of dyche are no better than pulis IMO and wouldn't want him anywhere near us, in fact id rather have Hughes stay over him. Silva is being sniffed about by Southampton and inter, although he did sign a new contract the other day, only for a year so wouldn't cost that much compo.
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Post by essexstokey on May 5, 2017 10:24:22 GMT
This actually is sending out a good message to potential signings that we don't turn our back on them as soon as the going gets tough look what we did with Delap and now ireland shows a good family club, not many of the players are actively seeking a move away look at Arnie last summer he had a choice of clubs and chose us Ryan wants to sign and also other players want to stay so all these factors make us a good potential bet for new players.
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