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Post by stevoyork on Jan 15, 2018 12:20:37 GMT
It really is 'blue monday'
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Post by Clem Fandango on Jan 15, 2018 12:20:38 GMT
I wonder who'll come as part of his staff then? Obviously QSF would have bought his backroom. Im assume Lambert's regular group probably have jobs elsewhere at the moment
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jan 15, 2018 12:22:59 GMT
I want to fucking die.
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Post by chopperscfc on Jan 15, 2018 12:23:06 GMT
Lambert was in Peter Coates 3 choices with O’Neill. John Coates had 3 others including QSF. Just gotta back him now I guess and move forward. Looks like he was sort of plan c-d when we failed on the others.
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Post by realstokebloke on Jan 15, 2018 12:23:09 GMT
Genuinely confused / missing something:
who is this third candidate we officially interviewed / spoke to?
where did the other thread go (miltonpotterfan 's) one? *
* it might have reappeared while i type this?
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Post by BuckRogers on Jan 15, 2018 12:23:14 GMT
I think if everyone had wrote a list of 10 managers we would like, would this bloke be on it? Not much we can do now but back him and hopefully stay up. I think I could have taken it better, if he had a deal until end of season then see what happens. Penny pinching at its best.
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Post by playstoke on Jan 15, 2018 12:23:28 GMT
Seeing that PL's win ratio in the Premier League is 26.6%...not very attractive
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 15, 2018 12:23:37 GMT
Seriously, we have to get behind him now, there's absolutely no point in us fans showing any negativity we have to be the 12th man and get the stadium rocking its up to us. Save the blaming and finger pointing until the end of the season if we get relegated. Have comfort that Roy fucking Keane hasn't rocked up. This 100%.
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Post by george2again on Jan 15, 2018 12:23:41 GMT
Sure the players are all inspired by this - of course not.
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Post by scfc75 on Jan 15, 2018 12:24:21 GMT
John Coates confirms their determination to appoint someone with PL experience. Interesting since many assumed Peter would be the stickler on this point. www.stokecityfc.com/news/welcome-paul"However, arguably his greatest managerial achievement was keeping Aston Villa in the Premier League against all expectations in difficult circumstances". What, better than back to back promotions with Norwich? Nice bit of spin!
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Post by adamsson on Jan 15, 2018 12:24:27 GMT
At least Chris Kamara was likeable.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jan 15, 2018 12:25:47 GMT
That just shows you up for what you really are. The atmosphere needs to be right on against Huddersfield in which is a must win game. Nobody agrees with this move but poor atmosphere will see us down and anyone encouraging it is no Stoke fan. Poor atmosphere won’t see us down , the incomptence and arrogance of the ceo and his sidekick are what have sent us down , jumping up and down shouting will make zero dpffrecme to the shower of shit they have assembled . its your perogative but your playing their game , as they slink back into the shadows grinning at your naivety , how easy to con you’ve been As for being no stoke fan rest assured I’m no more or better a fan than you , but I do know , arrogance , incompetence and complacency when I see it and won’t accept it because the face in the shop window changed . You were going on like this when we were ace. It's just your little bullshit spiel what you churn out. Now we are struggling you think you have been proved right. But you haven't. A struggle like this could have arrived in 2030 and you would have claimed to be right. Before the season you said you were sending your seeing ticket back. Did you?
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Post by liamo on Jan 15, 2018 12:26:13 GMT
Seeing that PL's win ratio in the Premier League is 26.6%...not very attractive Devils advocate, wasn't that with a newly promoted Norwich and a failing Villa with less and less funding at the latter? We could be described as failing too i guess at this point, if he gets funding though it's a bit of unknown territory
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 15, 2018 12:26:34 GMT
I think if everyone had wrote a list of 10 managers we would like, would this bloke be on it? Not much we can do now but back him and hopefully stay up. I think I could have taken it better, if he had a deal until end of season then see what happens. Penny pinching at its best. There may be a get out clause at the end of the season. Who knows. If he's not on a massive wage it's not going to cost too much to sack him anyway.
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Post by CillaBlacksPissFlaps on Jan 15, 2018 12:26:54 GMT
After being very very angry at this appointment, we now have to come together and get behind him and the team as depressing as it is. Not his fault he got the job.
Welcome to stoke Mr Lambert I hope you prove me and a lot of others well and truly wrong.
GOOOOAAAARRRRNNNN STOKE!!!
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Post by davejohnno1 on Jan 15, 2018 12:27:41 GMT
Brilliant isn't It? Only at stoke could we start with a really ambitious target, move on to an exciting target, get rejected by MON and end up with Paul Lambert. I'm going to let my boys pick their own team to support. You're at it again.
The first one in your list, the "really ambitious target":
do you know there was ano or not?
and i'm guessing you can't name him either?
Unless I'm missing something, pre Lambert, we have only officially been after two haven't we (QSF ? MON)?
Help me out here, as it actually matters (to me anyway) in the final analysis because it impacts on the issue of whether the board genuinely tried.
If they tried & failed, that's one thing. If there was no plan or target (your first one, the "really ambitious" one) contacted the minute the MLH trigger was pulled, that is quite ano issue.
Yes I do know that there was another. He was at the BET365 offices on Monday 8th January and our interest of Flores stemmed from discussions with our first and ideal target.
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Post by stormin on Jan 15, 2018 12:27:43 GMT
Pathetic responses, Stoke are a rag arsed outfit who have punched above their weight, in the same category as the Huddersfields, Bournemouth and Wigans of this footballing world. We were never going to get a super manager, Lambert is better than Woy, Steve,Pardue, et all.
Hughes we Knew was a poor judge tactically and fucked up at most every club he managed, only it took a bit longer at Stoke. Give him a chance.
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Post by playstoke on Jan 15, 2018 12:28:46 GMT
Seeing that PL's win ratio in the Premier League is 26.6%...not very attractive Devils advocate, wasn't that with a newly promoted Norwich and a failing Villa with less and less funding at the latter? We could be described as failing too i guess at this point, if he gets funding though it's a bit of unknown territory Indeed, but it'll be interesting to see what this plan for improving our results is. My only hope is that the money we've saved on this appointment is dumped into the transfer kitty to address the weaknesses that PL has supposedly got nailed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 12:29:02 GMT
You're at it again.
The first one in your list, the "really ambitious target":
do you know there was ano or not?
and i'm guessing you can't name him either?
Unless I'm missing something, pre Lambert, we have only officially been after two haven't we (QSF ? MON)?
Help me out here, as it actually matters (to me anyway) in the final analysis because it impacts on the issue of whether the board genuinely tried.
If they tried & failed, that's one thing. If there was no plan or target (your first one, the "really ambitious" one) contacted the minute the MLH trigger was pulled, that is quite ano issue.
Yes I do know that there was another. He was at the BET365 offices on Monday 8th January and our interest of Flores stemmed from discussions with our first and ideal target. Who was it? Surely you can say now we've appointed Lambert.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 12:29:07 GMT
Let's see if he is backed now with some money before the end of the momth
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Post by Clayton Wood on Jan 15, 2018 12:30:05 GMT
Genuinely confused / missing something:
who is this third candidate we officially interviewed / spoke to?
where did the other thread go (miltonpotterfan 's) one? *
* it might have reappeared while i type this?
You need to change the avatar bud. If you can't face it just leave it blank.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 12:30:13 GMT
Pathetic responses, Stoke are a rag arsed outfit who have punched above their weight, in the same category as the Huddersfields, Bournemouth and Wigans of this footballing world. We were never going to get a super manager, Lambert is better than Woy, Steve,Pardue, et all. Hughes we Knew was a poor judge tactically and fucked up at most every club he managed, only it took a bit longer at Stoke. Give him a chance. Fuckin hell mate you're more pessimistic than anyone here. Same category as Bournemouth, Huddersfield and Wigan?? Having a nightmare there.
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Post by cozmick on Jan 15, 2018 12:30:43 GMT
Absolutely wank appointment.
Gone backwards 10 years.
Good job the board. Want fucking strung up.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Jan 15, 2018 12:30:54 GMT
While I'm against this appointment as much as the next fan, checking his stats suggest he may not be quite as bad as we are leading ourselves to believe He's been manager at 3 train crashes of clubs, but in the circumstances Villa 29.6% win rate, isnt surprising given they asset stripped the squad and made him play kids, 36.4% at Blackburn who are completely cuckoo is almost brilliant, and 42.4% a Wolves, who he only left because they wanted a change of direction, which to be fair to them has worked. Make this his 4th. Train crash.
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Post by stokemark on Jan 15, 2018 12:31:03 GMT
There were other options surely ?
I would have even rather gone with MacClaren and I hate the bloke
This is the worst moment for me as a Stoke fan since we were relegated to League 2 (as it was) against Manchester City
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Post by Cartman on Jan 15, 2018 12:32:06 GMT
All I’ve got to say is he’s got to win the crowd over very quickly before it gets ugly.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 15, 2018 12:32:41 GMT
Yes I do know that there was another. He was at the BET365 offices on Monday 8th January and our interest of Flores stemmed from discussions with our first and ideal target. Who was it? Surely you can say now we've appointed Lambert. I think he already said it was Pulis didn't he. I'm sure someone else said that Pulis was always Peter's first choice.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Jan 15, 2018 12:34:37 GMT
Yes I do know that there was another. He was at the BET365 offices on Monday 8th January and our interest of Flores stemmed from discussions with our first and ideal target. Who was it? Surely you can say now we've appointed Lambert. No I can't because it would betray a significant trust and it may be, that if all works out well, that we end up with that same person in the Summer. I would say that it is highly unlikely just as my response was that we wouldn't be successful in attracting him in the first place but I can't say. There are people way more ITK than me on here so maybe one of them will shed some light because they don't seem to have too much difficulty in betraying confidences on most matters.
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Post by playstoke on Jan 15, 2018 12:35:08 GMT
Who was it? Surely you can say now we've appointed Lambert. I think he already said it was Pulis didn't he. I'm sure someone else said that Pulis was always Peter's first choice. Yeah, I think so.
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Post by stokie1997 on Jan 15, 2018 12:35:16 GMT
Paul lamberts barmy army!
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