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Post by lordb on Mar 1, 2018 13:22:26 GMT
Biggest game in 10 years? no bigger than promotion game v Leicester, no it isn't bigger than the FA Cup final, no it isn't however it is a damn big game
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Post by thegift on Mar 1, 2018 14:02:28 GMT
Biggest game in 10 years? no bigger than promotion game v Leicester, no it isn't bigger than the FA Cup final, no it isn't however it is a damn big game I would say its bigger than the FA cup final...
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Post by 3putts on Mar 1, 2018 14:34:42 GMT
its a big game for both clubs. a draw will be a bad result for both so I am expecting that. hope I'm wrong
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 15:05:39 GMT
its a big game for both clubs. a draw will be a bad result for both so I am expecting that. hope I'm wrong Where u gonna watch it.
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Post by leoncort on Mar 1, 2018 16:25:32 GMT
no bigger than promotion game v Leicester, no it isn't bigger than the FA Cup final, no it isn't however it is a damn big game I would say its bigger than the FA cup final... Absolutely wrong. Football is about winning trophies not staying in the Premier League. Ask Birmingham and Wigan fans, winning the cup is MASSIVE. In 20 years time the people of stoke on Trent would talk about our second major trophy, not the time we stayed up in the premier league.
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Post by thegift on Mar 1, 2018 16:28:30 GMT
I would say its bigger than the FA cup final... Absolutely wrong. Football is about winning trophies not staying in the Premier League. Ask Birmingham and Wigan fans, winning the cup is MASSIVE. In 20 years time the people of stoke on Trent would talk about our second major trophy, not the time we stayed up in the premier league. What have you been smoking? Staying in the premier league is a lot more important to a club like stoke city, than winning a trophy. If we get relegated, it will mean job loses, less income for the city etc. We will earn millions by staying up, not by winning a trophy. One trophy will affect fuck all other than more room needed in the cabinet.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 17:05:27 GMT
Will the match survive the weather?
There is a Red Met Office warning for Exeter and Plymouth, and parts of Wales. The M5 is currently blocked. The M27 in Southampton is nearly the same.
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Post by gingerninja on Mar 1, 2018 17:10:22 GMT
I think for all concerned and safety reasons it would be best to cancel the weekend matches..
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 1, 2018 17:10:42 GMT
Will the match survive the weather? There is a Red Met Office warning for Exeter and Plymouth, and parts of Wales. The M5 is currently blocked. The M27 in Southampton is nearly the same. Games are being called off already mate and like you say it is really possible ours will be another one
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 17:13:14 GMT
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 1, 2018 17:18:31 GMT
Wont let me look mate on the Southampton one but I can imagine how bad it is
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Post by GeneralFaye on Mar 1, 2018 17:27:54 GMT
I just hope if they're going to call it off they do it tomorrow and don't leave everyone hanging until the morning of the game, especially for such a long journey for us Stokies.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 1, 2018 18:05:07 GMT
Absolutely wrong. Football is about winning trophies not staying in the Premier League. Ask Birmingham and Wigan fans, winning the cup is MASSIVE. In 20 years time the people of stoke on Trent would talk about our second major trophy, not the time we stayed up in the premier league. What have you been smoking? Staying in the premier league is a lot more important to a club like stoke city, than winning a trophy. If we get relegated, it will mean job loses, less income for the city etc. We will earn millions by staying up, not by winning a trophy. One trophy will affect fuck all other than more room needed in the cabinet. Absolute bollocks as usual.
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Post by leoncort on Mar 1, 2018 18:12:10 GMT
Absolutely wrong. Football is about winning trophies not staying in the Premier League. Ask Birmingham and Wigan fans, winning the cup is MASSIVE. In 20 years time the people of stoke on Trent would talk about our second major trophy, not the time we stayed up in the premier league. What have you been smoking? Staying in the premier league is a lot more important to a club like stoke city, than winning a trophy. If we get relegated, it will mean job loses, less income for the city etc. We will earn millions by staying up, not by winning a trophy. One trophy will affect fuck all other than more room needed in the cabinet. Wow, so the reason you watch Stoke is for the club to get rich? ridiculous. Watching Stoke is about so much more than wanting the club to be rich. It's about a Saturday with friends/family watching the beloved red and white, regardless of the division. In the hope one day you get to see your team lift a trophy and for that season have been the best in the given cup competition. Fuck the Premier League, fuck the sky money, fuck Monday night trips to Brighton and west Ham, fuck the half and half scarf brigade, fuck them all.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Mar 1, 2018 18:57:29 GMT
What have you been smoking? Staying in the premier league is a lot more important to a club like stoke city, than winning a trophy. If we get relegated, it will mean job loses, less income for the city etc. We will earn millions by staying up, not by winning a trophy. One trophy will affect fuck all other than more room needed in the cabinet. Wow, so the reason you watch Stoke is for the club to get rich? ridiculous. Watching Stoke is about so much more than wanting the club to be rich. It's about a Saturday with friends/family watching the beloved red and white, regardless of the division. In the hope one day you get to see your team lift a trophy and for that season have been the best in the given cup competition. Fuck the Premier League, fuck the sky money, fuck Monday night trips to Brighton and west Ham, fuck the half and half scarf brigade, fuck them all. You were spot on the first time Leon. In a century who will give a fuck how many years Stoke spent in the Premier League in the first part of the 21st century? No-one. Probably by then we will have been up and down several times. Yet the records would still show the Cup wins for all to see, if ever they'd happen! If it really was just about the PL, why bother even entering the Cups, have a week off, rest, give injuries another week to recover. I've been supporting Stoke for decades and really the only thing I want to see now is them lift a major trophy. I've seen them in the old Div 1, the PL, all the shit in between, Europa Lge games, even watched them away in Europe which I thought would never happen. There are two main benefits to being in the PL, the widespread coverage for your team and the fact that the money makes winning a pot that little bit easier.
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Post by bigdave1 on Mar 1, 2018 19:43:53 GMT
Latest update on the local news is that they are inspecting the pitch and surrounding areas tomorrow. I live along the coast about 30 minutes away. We have had snow and freezing temps for a couple of days with more of the same Friday and Saturday
If I hear any more I'll post on here
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Post by mrcoke on Mar 1, 2018 19:52:25 GMT
I would say its bigger than the FA cup final... Absolutely wrong. Football is about winning trophies not staying in the Premier League. Ask Birmingham and Wigan fans, winning the cup is MASSIVE. In 20 years time the people of stoke on Trent would talk about our second major trophy, not the time we stayed up in the premier league. It is not bigger than a Cup final, but staying in the Prem is essential to maintain even the smallest chance of winning a Cup competition. It is not essential we win this match, but it would be a huge blow to our chances of staying up if we lose. It follows it is not a must win match, there are another 9 to come, it is a must not lose match and PL should approach it accordingly. Our defending is much improved and I would not change that although I did say keep the same back 4 before and PL brought in Stafy and we looked better, so what do I know? I would keep Cameron in MF and not go all out attacking MF, so the same 3 as last Saturday. If there is anything to change it is the front 3. Diouf does not look like scoring to me, although he does have the instinct of a striker and gets into scoring positions. Ramadan has not impressed this season. I don't mind seeing Crouch come on after 60 minutes, he offers something different, but when he starts he paces himself and looks far less ineffective than when he comes on as a sub. So my conclusion is to give Jese a go. If he is impressing in training and has put his personal relationship problems behind him maybe we can see a few sparks of brilliance like we get from Shaqiri, if he can find his 2013 form. (That's 2 "if"s.) Choupo has disappointed of late and guilty of not helping out enough in defending. I would not drop him yet because I think he is a cool customer in front of goal and occasionally gets us a goal unlike Ramadan and Berahino. On tactics, I would like to see us take the ball to the byline more and try and win a corner, or give time for Allen and Badou to get to the penalty area, and pull the ball back. Defenders hate defending facing their own goal. Shaq and Choupo have the ability to beat the FBs and centre. Edit: Other teams do it to us be we seem to do it rarely.
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Mar 1, 2018 22:01:24 GMT
There is zero chance of this game going ahead.
This and a lot of other matches, if not all, will be called off tomorrow.
Or maybe I am being a bit pessimistic given we have 2 feet of snow here, never seen anything like it
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Post by StokieNath on Mar 1, 2018 22:09:59 GMT
I can see the game getting called off in my opinion. When's it due to clear up? Sunday?
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Post by Veritas on Mar 1, 2018 22:15:58 GMT
I can see the game getting called off in my opinion. When's it due to clear up? Sunday? Heavy snow tomorrow afternoon throughout south and central England, Saturday looks OK in Southampton but the issue will be roads and public transport, I reckon 50/50 to be called off.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Mar 1, 2018 22:50:34 GMT
Absolutely wrong. Football is about winning trophies not staying in the Premier League. Ask Birmingham and Wigan fans, winning the cup is MASSIVE. In 20 years time the people of stoke on Trent would talk about our second major trophy, not the time we stayed up in the premier league. What have you been smoking? Staying in the premier league is a lot more important to a club like stoke city, than winning a trophy. If we get relegated, it will mean job loses, less income for the city etc. We will earn millions by staying up, not by winning a trophy. One trophy will affect fuck all other than more room needed in the cabinet. I very rarely agree with you gift but I think you're right on this one. Staying in the Premier league IS more important than winning the FA Cup. If you go back to our promotion season, would people really swap that promotion for winning the FA Cup, meaning that the last 10 seasons might not even have happened? We'd still be on 14,000 gates, we might even be back in the third tier. And (most importantly) every year that we continue to REMAIN in the Premiership, then we have a better opportunity of actually winning a trophy that season because we'll have better players at our disposal than if we weren't.
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Post by ParaPsych on Mar 1, 2018 23:49:23 GMT
Football for those with no magic in their hearts, how I feel sorry for you.
Life must be a never ending spreadsheet set out before you.
But yes it's fairly big, I suppose.
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Post by numpty40 on Mar 1, 2018 23:50:12 GMT
What have you been smoking? Staying in the premier league is a lot more important to a club like stoke city, than winning a trophy. If we get relegated, it will mean job loses, less income for the city etc. We will earn millions by staying up, not by winning a trophy. One trophy will affect fuck all other than more room needed in the cabinet. I very rarely agree with you gift but I think you're right on this one. Staying in the Premier league IS more important than winning the FA Cup. If you go back to our promotion season, would people really swap that promotion for winning the FA Cup, meaning that the last 10 seasons might not even have happened? We'd still be on 14,000 gates, we might even be back in the third tier. And (most importantly) every year that we continue to REMAIN in the Premiership, then we have a better opportunity of actually winning a trophy that season because we'll have better players at our disposal than if we weren't. Stoke won the league cup in 72, most Stoke fans could name the starting XI. That's what winning a trophy means.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Mar 2, 2018 0:38:14 GMT
I very rarely agree with you gift but I think you're right on this one. Staying in the Premier league IS more important than winning the FA Cup. If you go back to our promotion season, would people really swap that promotion for winning the FA Cup, meaning that the last 10 seasons might not even have happened? We'd still be on 14,000 gates, we might even be back in the third tier. And (most importantly) every year that we continue to REMAIN in the Premiership, then we have a better opportunity of actually winning a trophy that season because we'll have better players at our disposal than if we weren't. Stoke won the league cup in 72, most Stoke fans could name the starting XI. That's what winning a trophy means. And for decades the majority of them romanticly dreamed of one day returning to the top flight ... as unlikely as that dream may have been.
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 2, 2018 0:56:52 GMT
Is there much possibility this game could be postponed?
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Post by shangamuzo on Mar 2, 2018 1:07:57 GMT
I very rarely agree with you gift but I think you're right on this one. Staying in the Premier league IS more important than winning the FA Cup. If you go back to our promotion season, would people really swap that promotion for winning the FA Cup, meaning that the last 10 seasons might not even have happened? We'd still be on 14,000 gates, we might even be back in the third tier. And (most importantly) every year that we continue to REMAIN in the Premiership, then we have a better opportunity of actually winning a trophy that season because we'll have better players at our disposal than if we weren't. Stoke won the league cup in 72, most Stoke fans could name the starting XI. That's what winning a trophy means. Would you trade Premiership survival this season for an FA Cup ? Don't fink so.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Mar 2, 2018 1:18:41 GMT
Is there much possibility this game could be postponed? You would think a high possibility Joe, as a ton of snow is predicted there for Friday but the forecast then changes for Saturday as the temperature is due to rise and mainly just heavy rain is predicted for Saturday.
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 2, 2018 1:49:37 GMT
Is there much possibility this game could be postponed? You would think a high possibility Joe, as a ton of snow is predicted there for Friday but the forecast then changes for Saturday as the temperature is due to rise and mainly just heavy rain is predicted for Saturday. Waterlogged.
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Post by numpty40 on Mar 2, 2018 7:28:02 GMT
Stoke won the league cup in 72, most Stoke fans could name the starting XI. That's what winning a trophy means. Would you trade Premiership survival this season for an FA Cup ? Don't fink so. Yes
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Post by southcoaststokie on Mar 2, 2018 8:36:35 GMT
Showed Southampton city on the news yesterday, cars getting stuck everywhere, lots of snow yesterday afternoon, with a load more coming in about 12 today, then turning to rain Saturday morning, don't know how they will get the surrounding area's safe by 3pm Saturday.
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