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Post by djduncanjames on Aug 12, 2017 16:27:39 GMT
Can anyone pick a team that works. Im fucked if I can. If we play two strikers we lose Bojan, who I thought was great You're being ironic right? 😂😂 NO
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Post by harrysburrow on Aug 12, 2017 16:28:18 GMT
Switched the radio off before Sparky comes on - already got some paint drying.
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Post by harrysburrow on Aug 12, 2017 16:29:41 GMT
You're being ironic right? 😂😂 NO Okay mate - just didn't think Bojan was great?
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Post by stokiesteve on Aug 12, 2017 16:29:59 GMT
Why is it I don't look forward to the football season starting anymore? One reason is that without fail under Hughes we lose every first match of the season, and I always feel pissed off and disappointed as I do now. Its grim in my world, we have a tough fixture list and I'm pissed off already. One game in. I'm a carer for my dad who benefits from going. But even though I have been going for 33 years now and I'm a true Stokie and always will be, I don't think I would be going this season if my dad didn't want to. I'm just sick and tired of managers having the inability to switch things round and play their favourites without considering current form. Joselu should have started today in my view. A player who scores four goals in pre season deserves a start. It would have shaken things up and Berahino would have to respond. Its not fucking rocket science, but it doesn't seem to click ever. Pulis another recent example of watching a coach sticking with the same system and not exploring obvious options. Is it just Stoke? Feeling fed up and tired after day fucking one. Joselu is in Spain on paternity leave Ok, missed that one. But regardless of that, when he is back, he won't be starting. And you know it.
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Post by mrred on Aug 12, 2017 16:32:19 GMT
So what have we learned today? -Hughes is still a fucking imbecile that hasn't got a clue how to swap this garbage system he originally bought in. - Pieters is still. Fucking. Wank. -Choppo looks a decent prospect. Much more of a physical prrsence than the wank pot that came before him. Start as we mean to go along I guess. Next week should be shits and giggles. you fucking negative idiot. Hughes an imbecile? Yes. How does persisting with the same decrepit system that's failed us for a season and a half now work? Every fucker else can see it. Imbecile is strong but the bloke needs to get his fucking act together otherwise it's going to be no different than he last shit show of a season.
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Post by stokiejoe on Aug 12, 2017 16:32:30 GMT
He is not and never will be a wing back, to start with most of his crosses are awful. He played the cross of the game. Any, and I mean any decent Premier league striker would have buried the ball he put in second half. Overall I thought we looked OK and could have got a draw. We were largely comfortable in defence and kept the ball OK. in two thirds of the pitch we looked like an OK Premier League team. Upfront we had nothing. No target. No threat. No positive movement. Nothing. We looked much better with a 37 year old bean pole with zero pace, than we did with the manager´s number 1 striker. Zouma looked good (I hope Chelsea can´t recall him early) Shaq should be told to shoot at every opportunity; he turned down a few from distance today. Fletcher was assured. I would like to see Ramadan. Maybe play him wide and get Mame through the middle. We have more effective options upfront than the one we are currently using. Pieters did indeed play the cross of the game which is why I said "most". Saido is an opportunist striker not a lone striker. We need 2 up front if he plays. 😁
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Post by Gary Hackett on Aug 12, 2017 16:32:33 GMT
2 things we already knew :
Bojan isn't suited to this league. Berinho isn't a lone striker.
Apart from that was pleased with the new signings.
Desperately need a goal scoring target man and a left wing back and we'll do alright.
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Post by jukeboxjury on Aug 12, 2017 16:35:48 GMT
This sustem is not working and will not work either home or away. One shot on goal all match, its groundhog day
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Post by StokeTudoGuy on Aug 12, 2017 16:37:53 GMT
Funny how people are saying Pieters was wank and was having circles run around him. He didnt appear wank at all in my eyes.
His stats also suggest he was in the top 3 or 4 players on the pitch defensively.
One of the best Stoke players on the pitch for me along with Fletcher and Shawcross
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Post by tqstokie on Aug 12, 2017 16:40:39 GMT
Reasonable performance. Everton produced the one class move of the match and scored. Pickford produced a great save to deny Shaqiri. Berahino was given very little chance and Joselu or Diouf might be a better starting option at the moment. New boys played well. Defence was quite solid. Chopper was more effective than Bojan.
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Post by heworksardtho on Aug 12, 2017 16:40:56 GMT
If plan B is bringing on a 37 year old then unless we buy a target man we will struggle to score this season
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Post by lordb on Aug 12, 2017 16:41:13 GMT
I thought Bojan was quite good at times.
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Post by Gary Hackett on Aug 12, 2017 16:46:23 GMT
I thought Bojan was quite good at times. As much as I like him he's a luxury we can't afford. He needs to go back to Spain and in a decent team he'd shine.
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Aug 12, 2017 16:53:26 GMT
Funny how people are saying Pieters was wank and was having circles run around him. He didnt appear wank at all in my eyes. His stats also suggest he was in the top 3 or 4 players on the pitch defensively. One of the best Stoke players on the pitch for me along with Fletcher and Shawcross Pieters was pretty good today. Having said that he was not up against a quick wide player
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 16:56:57 GMT
2 things we already knew : Bojan isn't suited to this league. Berinho isn't a lone striker. Apart from that was pleased with the new signings. Desperately need a goal scoring target man and a left wing back and we'll do alright. Perhaps a Saudi/Max partnership is on the cards? 😬
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 16:59:53 GMT
If plan B is bringing on a 37 year old then unless we buy a target man we will struggle to score this season It's a shame Joselu's missus had the the spring, he may have worked well with Bojan 😬 It wasn't the drubbing many Doomers had predicted 👍😀
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Post by TexasPotter on Aug 12, 2017 17:02:08 GMT
I thought Bojan was quite good at times. He literally put diouf in on goal twice, had a chance for a prime cross but nobody central near the spot (Joss would've been there) and he didn't lose possession often, except for an occasional blatant weak as piss dive like Shaq had a few. If it wasn't for him and Shaq trying to create second half we'd literally of had no threat as we had no midfield to help the wingers and forwards. Quite harsh.
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Post by TexasPotter on Aug 12, 2017 17:02:48 GMT
If plan B is bringing on a 37 year old then unless we buy a target man we will struggle to score this season It's a shame Joselu's missus had the the spring, he may have worked well with Bojan 😬 It wasn't the drubbing many Doomers had predicted 👍😀 That is my thinking. Joselu and Bojan link up superbly you could see the lack there from Bera and Bojan.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 17:03:14 GMT
Both teams were shot shy and had little threat going forward. I honestly thought we looked the more likely but lacked that cutting edge. I thought we were on the end of a couple of right shit ref decisions and they scored with there one and only chance. We could have and really should have beaten them. I'm desperate for Saido to do well but at the moment he looks lost. Encouraging start away to a tough team who have thrown millions away by the looks of it. Pleased with Moting cameo looked positive, thought Bojan was good at times and they just bullied him out of the game but he can do better and will. Ryan , Zouma and Geoff were pretty solid and to all those Ryan haters eat that he was my MOTM back to his commanding best never put a foot wrong. 7+ start well played lads.
PS mention for Fletcher thought he was cracking today and ran the show.
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Post by TexasPotter on Aug 12, 2017 17:10:31 GMT
Next game for me, Chapoue last 30, Ramadan last 30! ..................Butland.................. ......Zouma......Shawcross......BMI........ Diouf..Allen....Fletcher...Cameron..Pieters .................Shaq...................... ..................Crouch................... I like that but with Joselu first and then Crouch / Bera. Bojan for Shaq CAM with Ramadan and Chupo coming on for pace.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 12, 2017 17:11:58 GMT
New left back A solid, solid striker And a centre midfielder Get those 3 and we're fine CEO says business is done
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 17:13:01 GMT
at least we are above Chelsea
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 17:13:48 GMT
New left back A solid, solid striker And a centre midfielder Get those 3 and we're fine CEO says business is done Has he fuck, if you believe that then there is no hope for you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 17:14:16 GMT
New left back A solid, solid striker And a centre midfielder Get those 3 and we're fine CEO says business is done When? Where?
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Post by LDE76 on Aug 12, 2017 17:16:25 GMT
CEO says business is done When? Where? The same interview where he claimed that John The Baptist invented chives.
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Post by pistol on Aug 12, 2017 17:18:13 GMT
Here's some a numbers for you Mr scholes bank 18 million your number from the front of a team that doesn't score , spend nothiing , net result shots ion target today ZER0 bbc number . result totally deserved one team showed positive action this summer despite losing its best player the other sat smugly by , best chance in the first six games gone begging because of a totally imbecilic approach to the summer . Berahino by the way hasnt scored for two years but is our main man abjectlly pathetic example of a bankrupt transfernpolicy expect to get ripped a new one next week and again at wba and again totally self inflicted , had one of my 25 points prediction for today and saw nothing to suggest we will better that . be very interesting to see which of the top players we will invest in and persuade to come to a rock bottom team that are attracting bids for its better players and are cited by many in the media as lsvking ambition . The first day of misery of a. Season of abject misery not one fucking shot against A team with 6 debutants . too close here's a final number you just lost £100m revenue stream unless you invest substantially in the next 20 days but I seriously doubt your capability or inclination to do do . Do you just lean on your keyboard to write these posts?
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Post by drfootball on Aug 12, 2017 17:18:27 GMT
Here's some a numbers for you Mr scholes bank 18 million your number from the front of a team that doesn't score , spend nothiing , net result shots ion target today ZER0 bbc number . result totally deserved one team showed positive action this summer despite losing its best player the other sat smugly by , best chance in the first six games gone begging because of a totally imbecilic approach to the summer . Berahino by the way hasnt scored for two years but is our main man abjectlly pathetic example of a bankrupt transfernpolicy expect to get ripped a new one next week and again at wba and again totally self inflicted , had one of my 25 points prediction for today and saw nothing to suggest we will better that . be very interesting to see which of the top players we will invest in and persuade to come to a rock bottom team that are attracting bids for its better players and are cited by many in the media as lsvking ambition . The first day of misery of a. Season of abject misery not one fucking shot against A team with 6 debutants . too close here's a final number you just lost £100m revenue stream unless you invest substantially in the next 20 days but I seriously doubt your capability or inclination to do do . Why don't you just fuck off ! If you are such an expert why not offer your outstanding knowledge,experience and intellect to the club ? No,it's so much easier to prophesise doom ans snipe on here but I suppose even a broken clock is right twice a day. Even your stats are wrong to fit your agenda Shaqs late effort was on target. A season of adject misery would delight you.God I hope we beat the Arse next week to shut you up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 17:19:45 GMT
Can I just add. I hate that scouse cnut!
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Post by karl on Aug 12, 2017 17:21:13 GMT
Why didn't we make a sub at Half Time. It was all Everton from the second half until we finally made the subs
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Post by adi on Aug 12, 2017 17:26:01 GMT
Really? Away from home and stifling an Everton side that should be free scoring. I just felt we created hardly anything and just lumped balls in the box. As an attacking force we are very lacklustre but defensively I think having zouma in there really helped, add in fletcher and we looked much better.
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