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Post by GeneralFaye on Jan 2, 2018 21:39:13 GMT
"calm down, calm down.. I'm unsackable"
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jan 2, 2018 22:15:33 GMT
What a complete shambles this is. Hopefully it will be sorted very quickly. Well Dave? Much happened today?
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Post by Block 22 on Jan 2, 2018 22:17:23 GMT
Today has been busier that transfer deadline day! I know my F5 button is knackered in extreme hope to read Hughes has gone. It would be about the only exciting Stoke news in a good few months. Make that 2 years. I’ve worn holes in my prayer mat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 22:18:30 GMT
fiddling whilst Rome Burns
3 tree sloths and a slug running us - so it appears
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Post by wingy11 on Jan 2, 2018 22:20:29 GMT
We really need an outcome to the situation now, are we sticking or twisting, if its the latter it needs be done asap, if its sticking the board need to spend some decent money on some new players that will work and fight, and we also need hope shawcross and bruno get back in the team asap to get the defence solid.
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Post by estp1863 on Jan 2, 2018 22:24:00 GMT
Do it now Coates Ffs we need to keep in touch & not get cut adrift.
Dust the cobwebs off your wallet, get your man in & back him.
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Post by Billy the kid on Jan 3, 2018 8:18:27 GMT
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Jan 3, 2018 8:27:47 GMT
I'm afraid we will just have to get used to the idea that Hughes is not going anywhere.
We are a circus been run by fucking clowns.
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Post by sportsman on Jan 3, 2018 8:28:15 GMT
I think they'll give him Coventry game now and hope for a convincing win. If we do I can't see him going yet. It's looking that way
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Post by NassauDave on Jan 3, 2018 8:40:22 GMT
Warriors, come out to plaaaay....
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Post by sufolkstokie on Jan 3, 2018 8:46:51 GMT
I think they'll give him Coventry game now and hope for a convincing win. If we do I can't see him going yet. It's looking that way Coventry will prove absolutely nothing even if we win except we have wasted another week and a week of the transfer window No good players are going to come in such an unstable situation if another club is also bidding
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Post by Northy on Jan 3, 2018 8:49:22 GMT
Warriors, come out to plaaaay.... *spoiler alert He dies in the end
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Post by Northy on Jan 3, 2018 8:50:52 GMT
I think they'll give him Coventry game now and hope for a convincing win. If we do I can't see him going yet. It's looking that way Coventry will prove absolutely nothing even if we win except we have wasted another week and a week of the transfer window No good players are going to come in such an unstable situation if another club is also bidding True, get somebody in now and give them time to prepare for Man Utd away and bring in possible targets to give the place a lift before then.
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Post by stokeykez on Jan 3, 2018 9:06:55 GMT
Shay given yet again on talksport. Bleating on about how the family need to give hughes money. Defending his decisions at chelsea saying they were due to injuries, not the fact he gave a useless 1 year contract to sick note Johnson, sold Beardsley and then that left us with a striker as tab and the inexperience of tom edwards.
It's absolute bullshit and the media are all fuckin hoodwinked by this idiot. Wake up and smell the coffee !!!!
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Post by stokeykez on Jan 3, 2018 9:07:39 GMT
Shay given yet again on talksport. Bleating on about how the family need to give hughes money. Defending his decisions at chelsea saying they were due to injuries, not the fact he gave a useless 1 year contract to sick note Johnson, sold Bardsley and then that left us with a striker as tab and the inexperience of tom edwards. It's absolute bullshit and the media are all fuckin hoodwinked by this idiot. Wake up and smell the coffee !!!!
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Post by likelyladgalizmo on Jan 3, 2018 9:09:14 GMT
Shay given yet again on talksport. Bleating on about how the family need to give hughes money. Defending his decisions at chelsea saying they were due to injuries, not the fact he gave a useless 1 year contract to sick note Johnson, sold Beardsley and then that left us with a striker as tab and the inexperience of tom edwards. It's absolute bullshit and the media are all fuckin hoodwinked by this idiot. Wake up and smell the coffee !!!! Also that idiot Dean Saunders backings is pal.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 3, 2018 9:12:28 GMT
There's enough blame to go round for everyone.
They have cut him off at the knees by not backing him properly, going for this self-sufficiency bollocks
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Post by bigdev on Jan 3, 2018 9:12:55 GMT
No statement from the club still. ffs
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Post by stokeykez on Jan 3, 2018 9:15:13 GMT
The club if they are keeping him have to be vocal today in order to save the window. Pundits already staying managerial uncertainty will not help us in the window.
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Post by Rick Grimes on Jan 3, 2018 9:19:13 GMT
There's enough blame to go round for everyone. They have cut him off at the knees by not backing him properly, going for this self-sufficiency bollocks It's handicapped Hughes massively FM, it's an admirable stance but it's not one that will keep us in this league long term.
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jan 3, 2018 9:23:11 GMT
Has the meeting finished/started yet?
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Post by chigstoke on Jan 3, 2018 9:23:52 GMT
Has the meeting finished/started yet? I don't think it was ever scheduled
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Post by stokiejoe on Jan 3, 2018 9:24:00 GMT
In comparison to relegation the cup is unimportant and we are very likely to lose to Manure whoever the manager is. Accepting that we therefore have 3 weeks to recruit a new manager and sacking Hughes now will not seriously affect our league position.
If we are to sack him before the summer it is this week or never.
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Jan 3, 2018 9:24:37 GMT
No statement from the club still. ffs the silence is deafening, they have certainly not come out and backed their man. I imagine Les is feeling very vulnerable at the moment. As he should be.
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Post by generationex on Jan 3, 2018 9:25:20 GMT
The board are rabbits in the headlights.
They had two decisions to make -
1. Let Hughes go in the summer and appoint someone for the future. They bottled it.
2. Move for Pulis when sacked at Albion. They couldn’t bear to do it.
We now know what was suspected - there is absolutely no plan B available. Hughes has said as much.
As grim as it is I think the board has got to try and dig themselves out of their dead-end:
1. Admit they’ve messed up (to themselves).
2. Put their hands into Bet365s pockets and sanction several signings even if they no longer trust Hughes.
3. Tell the fans they’re backing their man with their money and ask the fans to get behind the team until May as the club now recognises we are in a relegation battle.
4. Start belated succession planning now and hope for the best.
The club needs leadership and if the plan is ‘give him until Coventry’ it’s an abdication of duty. Coventry can prove nothing.
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Post by Fred Ferret on Jan 3, 2018 9:27:40 GMT
There's enough blame to go round for everyone. They have cut him off at the knees by not backing him properly, going for this self-sufficiency bollocks It's handicapped Hughes massively FM, it's an admirable stance but it's not one that will keep us in this league long term. If those statistics are accurate, then that can only be classified as gross negligence and betrayal by the club management. Are they correct? Is that gross spend or net spend?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 3, 2018 9:31:03 GMT
It's handicapped Hughes massively FM, it's an admirable stance but it's not one that will keep us in this league long term. If those statistics are accurate, then that can only be classified as gross negligence and betrayal by the club management. Are they correct? Is that gross spend or net spend? Gross, I think...
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Post by stokeykez on Jan 3, 2018 9:31:50 GMT
Hopefully Peter and John have been on that blower all night as Dennis Smith said 'putting the feelers out as to who is available . They should have some ideas by now but I don't think they even have the class or bottle to put a statement out to end such speculation. They go on about being good owners but their pa is about as jurassic as you can get. Need to either fire or put the gun away.
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Post by geoff321 on Jan 3, 2018 9:32:01 GMT
The Board will view the Coventry game as important, a loss would surely see the end of Hughes. A victory however would buy them a bit of time to either find a replacement or more likely keep Hughes for the easier run of games after Old Trafford.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Jan 3, 2018 9:37:30 GMT
In comparison to relegation the cup is unimportant and we are very likely to lose to Manure whoever the manager is. Accepting that we therefore have 3 weeks to recruit a new manager and sacking Hughes now will not seriously affect our league position. If we are to sack him before the summer it is this week or never. If we are going to make a change it's the perfect time to do it. The window has just opened, we've two free hit games spaced well apart before a massive home game against Huddersfield in 17 days time. Plenty of time for a new man to see a couple of games, assess what is needed and bring in the required players. That assumes that the new man is lined up to arrive almost immediately post Hughes departure.
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