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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 13:36:40 GMT
Player we have ever had at falling, slipping, tripping over??
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Apr 1, 2018 13:41:28 GMT
Player we have ever had at falling, slipping, tripping over?? No. |
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Post by Gary Hackett on Apr 1, 2018 13:57:15 GMT
Shit striker, decent wide man.
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Post by Dr Hesham on Apr 1, 2018 14:20:22 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City.
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Post by thisfootballclub on Apr 1, 2018 14:21:01 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City. Sad but true. |
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Post by Gary Hackett on Apr 1, 2018 14:31:31 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City. Crouch is still better at 37. Needs to go with Crouch up top, Diouf on right and Bauer at RB for rest of season |
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Post by nonameface on Apr 1, 2018 14:34:49 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City. Crouch is still better at 37. Needs to go with Crouch up top, Diouf on right and Bauer at RB for rest of season As soon as Crouch comes on we lose control of the game and the opposition push 5-10 metres further forward. I never want him on the pitch again. |
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Post by jarhead on Apr 1, 2018 15:09:38 GMT
Atrocious footballer, how he gets game time god only knows.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 15:11:53 GMT
Free transfer.
What a legacy Peter.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 1, 2018 15:12:02 GMT
Atrocious footballer, how he gets game time god only knows. The competition is Crouch & Berahino. That’s your answer. I’d go Choupo Moting upfront if for for the rest of the season. |
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Post by jarhead on Apr 1, 2018 15:12:48 GMT
Thanks.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Apr 1, 2018 15:16:07 GMT
Free transfer. What a legacy Peter. To be fair we were prepared to break our transfer record to sign him and he had a good record in a good league. He’s been ok overall. I think the hype fooled some of us (me) into thinking he’d be brilliant but he’s basically a rich man’s Cameron Jerome. He’s also not a lone striker as long as I’ve got a hole in my arse. He looks 100% spent now and nowhere near the required standard. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 1, 2018 15:17:26 GMT
Yet again the decision not to invest in a striker in Jan looks worse by the day when Mame Diouf is our best option up top
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 15:23:10 GMT
Free transfer. What a legacy Peter. To be fair we were prepared to break our transfer record to sign him and he had a good record in a good league. He’s been ok overall. I think the hype fooled some of us (me) into thinking he’d be brilliant but he’s basically a rich man’s Cameron Jerome. He’s also not a lone striker as long as I’ve got a hole in my arse. He looks 100% spent now and nowhere near the required standard. Like many said, we should have invested heavily in January. The fact we were prepared to break our record on him then ended up getting him for free is quite apt and in line with how our club has been run over the last few seasons. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 15:25:23 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City. Thats why we will go down, hes fucking useless but the best of a bunch of useless fuckers. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 15:54:11 GMT
he is mega wank. he is the best we have.
that's why going down
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 16:38:25 GMT
Player we have ever had at falling, slipping, tripping over?? No. No. Regis was far better at it. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 16:55:19 GMT
Absolutely awful. Along with Ramadan they should move on to find there level...... Bromley perhaps
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Post by kiwistokie on Apr 1, 2018 22:06:19 GMT
So the real problem maybe that there were no funds for a real class striker or that the club manager Scholes and lack of talent spotter Fartwright are a major part of this problem.. Hughes may have given up with asking for players knowing that he was only going to get donkeys.
We have all been wishing and hoping that the next transfer was the one that bought in players that were needed not just those that were cheap.
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Post by mrcoke on Apr 1, 2018 23:46:40 GMT
Hughes chased him for over a season before he got him.
He is fast, full of energy, and Duracell powered; he's not a bad header, but his first touch is dreadful and shooting pretty poor. In summary he is not good enough for the Prem.
Hughes moved him to wing back where he was reasonable but not good enough for the Prem. there either.
One quality he had as a striker was a poacher instinct; he regularly got into scoring positions (often to mess up), but his spell as a WB seems to have spoilt that because I haven't seen any of it since he has moved back to striker. Had he been persisted with up front by Hughes I'm sure he would have got >10 goals in a season.
I have posted repeatedly on here: would you expect a top class golfer, tennis player, batsman to be any good after taking a year out of top class competitive sport? The answer has to be no, you lose your edge and may never recover it. It can be recovered as Federer has shown. But we have witnessed a string of players at Stoke who have spent a season or more on the sidelines and they have "lost it", and I would suspect will never recover their best form. It may be a year of sitting on the bench like Bony, Wimmer, Berahino, at their previous club, or a long period out due to injury like Bojan, Wingie, or Afellay. I doubt Diouf will ever get back to being an even average Prem striker, having missed most of a season from the role.
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Post by Gods on Apr 1, 2018 23:53:03 GMT
Free transfer. What a legacy Peter. To be fair we were prepared to break our transfer record to sign him and he had a good record in a good league. He’s been ok overall. I think the hype fooled some of us (me) into thinking he’d be brilliant but he’s basically a rich man’s Cameron Jerome. He’s also not a lone striker as long as I’ve got a hole in my arse. He looks 100% spent now and nowhere near the required standard. Who are you talking about  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 7:11:02 GMT
Free transfer. What a legacy Peter. To be fair we were prepared to break our transfer record to sign him and he had a good record in a good league. He’s been ok overall. I think the hype fooled some of us (me) into thinking he’d be brilliant but he’s basically a rich man’s Cameron Jerome. He’s also not a lone striker as long as I’ve got a hole in my arse. He looks 100% spent now and nowhere near the required standard. I said exactly the same when he signed - an upgrade on Jerome but ultimately, peas from the same pod. Nothing I've seen since has convinced me otherwise. He's a great bloke, a 100-per-center no doubt - but he's a very poor footballer. It's become painful to watch him lately. But you can see people's argument when it comes to 'who is our best striker?'. They are all shit, in their own way. |
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Post by stokie1954 on Apr 2, 2018 13:07:56 GMT
I've seen some poor players over the years in a Stoke shirt and Diouf is right up there with the worst. Relying on him as our main striker is one of the reasons we are going down. Should have fucked him off ages ago!.
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Post by ursemboys on Apr 2, 2018 13:18:21 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City. he is no where near the best striker at stoke ,the guy couldn't strike a match |
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Post by itsmorethanagame on Apr 2, 2018 13:24:20 GMT
A decent squad player who is adaptable and gets on with the job. Not got enough quality to be a main, first choice striker in premier league.
The fact that he is still our best and only real option as a striker even when not fully fit (which he clearly isn't) is damning of our transfer dealings over the last couple of years.
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 2, 2018 13:25:54 GMT
Thorney was brilliant at falling over, thing is he usually scored while he was doing it
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 13:26:27 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City. Crouch is still better at 37. Needs to go with Crouch up top, Diouf on right and Bauer at RB for rest of season He's quicker than Berahino 😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 13:28:50 GMT
Thorney was brilliant at falling over, thing is he usually scored while he was doing it Oh man we could do with him now 😠 |
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 2, 2018 13:39:18 GMT
He is not a perfect striker, but he is the BEST striker in Stoke City. Crouch is still better at 37. Needs to go with Crouch up top, Diouf on right and Bauer at RB for rest of season I think you're close to the answer here. Might not be enough, but at least we then will have a plan when going forward, aim it at Crouchy!  |
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Post by gingerninja on Apr 2, 2018 13:42:46 GMT
What is the injury news on him?. If he's injured we have Hobson's choice as to who plays up front against Tottenham?
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