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Post by trickydicky73 on Mar 16, 2018 13:55:04 GMT
The performances at Burnley and Huddersfield showed a significant improvement and we were unlucky not to win both games. Compare that with the Southampton game, a side that had won just three games at home all season, where in effect we allowed them to dictate the game especially in the second half, this performance worries me especially. We have Everton tomorrow, a side struggling away from home, we need to get on the front foot and create chances and finish a couple of those chances, a draw is of little use. So the basis we'd have won three games is two games from which we took a grand, combined total of one point. I thought the Huddersfield performance was ok, nothing more. I don't think we deserved more than what we got. The Burnley game was another one where ridiculous substitutions helped cause our undoing wasn't it? If Geoff was from Zimbabwe he would probably be bemoaning Mugabe's removal.
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Post by geoff321 on Mar 16, 2018 14:07:22 GMT
The performances at Burnley and Huddersfield showed a significant improvement and we were unlucky not to win both games. Compare that with the Southampton game, a side that had won just three games at home all season, where in effect we allowed them to dictate the game especially in the second half, this performance worries me especially. We have Everton tomorrow, a side struggling away from home, we need to get on the front foot and create chances and finish a couple of those chances, a draw is of little use. So the basis we'd have won three games is two games from which we took a grand, combined total of one point. I thought the Huddersfield performance was ok, nothing more. I don't think we deserved more than what we got. The Burnley game was another one where ridiculous substitutions helped cause our undoing wasn't it? I think the failure to win at least one of those games against Brighton, Watford and Southampton has added huge pressure on the remaining games, I still have us surviving but only if we beat Everton tomorrow.
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Post by thegift on Mar 16, 2018 14:13:38 GMT
Toxic come on mate. Interviews with Hughes was as dull & monotone as you could get. He seemed to have absolutely no personality and didn't really seem arsed about anything. It reminded me of listening to Michael Owen. Hughes would use the same practiced and pre-empted lines, no matter what the result or the score it was always 'clearly' this and 'clearly that' - surely you could see this? At least with lambent he actually comes across like he cares, even if he doesn't care, he says it how it is, and is a lot more enthusiastic. Some of the stuff that Lambert has come out with is as bad as anything Hughes said in the media Berahino a natural finisher, Ramadan very pacey, etc I totally agree with you mate, it is questionable. But if he gets the points on the board i couldn't care less what he says. Unfortunately, Hughes wasn't doing either. If Butland doesn't make that mistake, and Charlie Adam doesn't cock it up twice, Lambert is in the driving seat and everyone says what a good manager he is.
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Post by Dr Hesham on Mar 16, 2018 14:23:00 GMT
Too many clubs are competing to be more shit than others this season, he may keep them as less shit than others. I meant your comment about being involved in transfers. Paying these millions for Berahino, Imbula, Wimmer is the worst thing that happened to Stoke City in the last 3-4 years when there were cheaper and better options.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 14:30:16 GMT
Some of the stuff that Lambert has come out with is as bad as anything Hughes said in the media Berahino a natural finisher, Ramadan very pacey, etc I totally agree with you mate, it is questionable. But if he gets the points on the board i couldn't care less what he says. Unfortunately, Hughes wasn't doing either. If Butland doesn't make that mistake, and Charlie Adam doesn't cock it up twice, Lambert is in the driving seat and everyone says what a good manager he is. I know but using that " if only" logic LMH was the best manager in the history of the Prem, PL has got LESS points than Hughes had in the same fixtures.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 16, 2018 14:30:52 GMT
A few of his comments I’ve just heard on SSN in his press conference are just laughable “Training intensity” “If I have the tools i can do the job”🤔
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Post by thegift on Mar 16, 2018 14:33:01 GMT
I totally agree with you mate, it is questionable. But if he gets the points on the board i couldn't care less what he says. Unfortunately, Hughes wasn't doing either. If Butland doesn't make that mistake, and Charlie Adam doesn't cock it up twice, Lambert is in the driving seat and everyone says what a good manager he is. I know but using that " if only" logic LMH was the best manager in the history of the Prem, PL has got LESS points than Hughes had in the same fixtures. I think the moral of the story is were going down and need a total overhaul from top to bottom
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 14:38:40 GMT
From his press conference: Mark Hughes says he will demand a certain level of application from his players, and suggests that he will make changes from the previous regime. "I work in a certain way and I train at certain levels of intensity which I'm looking for from the players and I've seen that in the past few days. "Feedback from people in and around the club is that maybe the intensity wasn’t that way before, but that’s the way I work and hopefully that can hold us in good stead."
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 16, 2018 14:39:23 GMT
From the beeb: Mark Hughes says he will demand a certain level of application from his players, and suggests that he will make changes from the previous regime.
"I work in a certain way and I train at certain levels of intensity which I'm looking for from the players and I've seen that in the past few days.
"Feedback from people in and around the club is that maybe the intensity wasn’t that way before, but that’s the way I work and hopefully that can hold us in good stead." oops beaten to it
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 16, 2018 14:41:39 GMT
Have you ever heard such bollocks in all your life🙄
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Post by medwaypotter on Mar 16, 2018 14:43:19 GMT
I meant your comment about being involved in transfers. Paying these millions for Berahino, Imbula, Wimmer is the worst thing that happened to Stoke City in the last 3-4 years when there were cheaper and better options. Not quite sure how his fuck ups here are relevant to him being involved in their tranfers, when the window is shut and he is only contracted to the end of the season ?
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Post by pez75 on Mar 16, 2018 14:45:16 GMT
Nah - he's just laughing his tits off becasue he never thought he would manage in this league again - if only for a few months... Maybe so - but it simply couldn't of got worse no matter who we brought in. Hughes was at the point of no return and i honestly couldn't see us winning another game with him here. It makes absolutely no sense to sack Dumb and replace him with Dumber.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 14:50:05 GMT
From his press conference: Mark Hughes says he will demand a certain level of application from his players, and suggests that he will make changes from the previous regime. "I work in a certain way and I train at certain levels of intensity which I'm looking for from the players and I've seen that in the past few days. "Feedback from people in and around the club is that maybe the intensity wasn’t that way before, but that’s the way I work and hopefully that can hold us in good stead." The man who's last team now has two players on separate fitness schemes, and that doesn't even include Fletcher and Adam
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Post by enuntio on Mar 16, 2018 14:54:50 GMT
From his press conference: Mark Hughes says he will demand a certain level of application from his players, and suggests that he will make changes from the previous regime. "I work in a certain way and I train at certain levels of intensity which I'm looking for from the players and I've seen that in the past few days. "Feedback from people in and around the club is that maybe the intensity wasn’t that way before, but that’s the way I work and hopefully that can hold us in good stead." The man who's last team now has two players on separate fitness schemes, and that doesn't even include Fletcher and Adam Perhaps he's seen the error of his ways,
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 15:00:06 GMT
The man who's last team now has two players on separate fitness schemes, and that doesn't even include Fletcher and Adam Perhaps he's seen the error of his ways, To be fair no one complained about our intensity in the first 3 seasons, lack of pace maybe but that's slightly different.....
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 16, 2018 15:06:45 GMT
Apparently took training with the team yesterday as well, ooh get him.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 15:11:57 GMT
Perhaps he's seen the error of his ways, To be fair no one complained about our intensity in the first 3 seasons, lack of pace maybe but that's slightly different..... We weren't a particularly high pressing side though, we still sat deep too often. It just helped that we were excellent on the break.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Mar 16, 2018 15:14:30 GMT
A few of his comments I’ve just heard on SSN in his press conference are just laughable “Training intensity” “If I have the tools i can do the job”🤔 Very telling last line good spot .nothjng to breach his confidentiality agreement but a little swipe at “if we got rid of Hughes earlier “ coming out of the club which I itself is a marked change from best ever squad bollocks
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Post by thegift on Mar 16, 2018 16:00:15 GMT
Apparently took training with the team yesterday as well, ooh get him. Makes a change
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Post by theplantpotter on Mar 16, 2018 16:03:55 GMT
From his press conference: Mark Hughes says he will demand a certain level of application from his players, and suggests that he will make changes from the previous regime. "I work in a certain way and I train at certain levels of intensity which I'm looking for from the players and I've seen that in the past few days. "Feedback from people in and around the club is that maybe the intensity wasn’t that way before, but that’s the way I work and hopefully that can hold us in good stead." He must have taken this from Lambert's famous book of quotes
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Post by numpty40 on Mar 16, 2018 16:05:49 GMT
I can't understand this blind panic from some posters on here regarding Hughes taking control of a relegation rival. I'd have thought they'd have been delighted.
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Post by theplantpotter on Mar 16, 2018 16:08:01 GMT
A few of his comments I’ve just heard on SSN in his press conference are just laughable “Training intensity” “If I have the tools i can do the job”🤔 The biggest Tool was him
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 16, 2018 16:10:28 GMT
A few of his comments I’ve just heard on SSN in his press conference are just laughable “Training intensity” “If I have the tools i can do the job”🤔 The biggest Tool was him Like Bunny Just said on Twitter he bought the tools
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Post by loosestools on Mar 16, 2018 16:21:19 GMT
Have you ever heard such bollocks in all your life🙄 Yes, when he was our Manager.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 16, 2018 17:29:25 GMT
Like Bunny Just said on Twitter he bought the tools Did he though? The tit for tat is just getting underway. As a club the powers that be have started to shift the blame for our mess on Hughes whilst Hughes himself hasn't wasted too much time in hitting back with this comment and the "I tried to sign half of them" comment. Let's hope that somehow we can both survive so we can watch it all unravel next season.
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Post by loosestools on Mar 16, 2018 19:27:45 GMT
It sort of makes sense, Soton are OK in the goalkeeping department, their defence is OK and they have some decent midfielders, what they lack is goals, however, on paper they have some good attackers but can't score to save their lives. Can Hughes get a tune out of Long, Boufal and Gabbiodini? Not a tough ask really, he has got more firepower than he had with us (mainly his own doing) so he could keep them up. Bastard.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 16, 2018 20:57:31 GMT
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Post by wuzza on Mar 16, 2018 21:02:38 GMT
Has he had a chance to re-organise their defence yet??? Certainly hope so 🙂
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Post by thegift on Mar 16, 2018 21:11:15 GMT
Savage loooooool
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Post by geoff321 on Mar 16, 2018 21:44:43 GMT
Anyone who thinks Paul Lambert is better at organising a defence than Mark Hughes may want to look at these stats:
Hughes first 4 seasons at Stoke, GD -7, +3, -14, -15.
Lambert at Villa, GD -22, -22, -26.
It's true that PL has reduced the goals against since joining Stoke but you would have to ask what was going on at Villa during his time there.
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