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Post by FullerMagic on Apr 17, 2018 21:08:48 GMT
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Post by huuuuuth on Apr 17, 2018 21:25:36 GMT
Obviously promised we were pushing on when he signed. Same as Arnie was told when he re-signed.
Don't get me wrong, I really hope he's hurting, as players have a huge responsibility to play their taters off when they're being paid a shit load of money, but when players like Wimmer and Choupo are being brought in then there's no way on earth that those lofty ambitions are going to come to fruition.
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Post by thegift on Apr 17, 2018 21:34:31 GMT
Fair comment
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Post by thevoid on Apr 17, 2018 21:38:24 GMT
Didn't Arnie or his brother make a similar comment?
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Post by vahl on Apr 17, 2018 21:45:19 GMT
I chose Stoke because the coach who called me said they were going to make a good team and try in the future to play more in the front of the table. This hasn’t happened.
It does make you wonder how Sparky arrived at Kevin Wimmer from Xherdan Shaqiri.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Apr 17, 2018 21:48:40 GMT
Still, I don’t know what the fuss is about.
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Post by Sfance on Apr 17, 2018 21:52:31 GMT
A line that will live in infamy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 21:58:04 GMT
Did he say that in England or Switzerland?
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Post by poethebald on Apr 17, 2018 22:02:23 GMT
The Sentinel ask difficult and searching questions of the club hierarchy? Not in this or any other lifetime.😂
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Post by Dr Hesham on Apr 17, 2018 22:05:06 GMT
Someone said here 1 year ago, Shaqiri suggested Wimmer for Hughes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 22:08:45 GMT
Absolutely correct. I feel sorry for him having to play in this shower of shite team.
He was sold a dream of ambition, which was then dismantled the next season in favour of 'safe' football and hoofing it to Crouch.
The fans deserved more, and so did he.
How I long for the team that was 5 points from the Champions league with 7 games left.
We didn't even need to add that much that summer. A centre half, a right back and a disciplined defensive midfielder would've been fantastic.
Imagine,
Butland
New RB Shawcross Indi Pieters
New DM Allen
Shaqiri Bojan Arnautovic
Joselu/New ST
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Post by poethebald on Apr 17, 2018 22:19:13 GMT
Absolutely correct. I feel sorry for him having to play in this shower of shite team. He was sold a dream of ambition, which was then dismantled the next season in favour of 'safe' football and hoofing it to Crouch. The fans deserved more, and so did he. How I long for the team that was 5 points from the Champions league with 7 games left. We didn't even need to add that much that summer. A centre half, a right back and a disciplined defensive midfielder would've been fantastic. Imagine, Butland New RB Shawcross Indi Pieters New DM Allen Shaqiri Bojan Arnautovic Joselu/New ST But massive dividends to board members and being self sufficient were far more important. |
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Post by jezzascfc on Apr 17, 2018 22:26:50 GMT
Absolutely correct. I feel sorry for him having to play in this shower of shite team. He was sold a dream of ambition, which was then dismantled the next season in favour of 'safe' football and hoofing it to Crouch. The fans deserved more, and so did he. How I long for the team that was 5 points from the Champions league with 7 games left. We didn't even need to add that much that summer. A centre half, a right back and a disciplined defensive midfielder would've been fantastic. Imagine, Butland Bauer Shawcross Indi Pieters Badou Allen Shaqiri Bojan Arnautovic Sturridge (if ever fit) Amended for you - when all fit and firing that is a top ten team. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 22:56:03 GMT
Absolutely correct. I feel sorry for him having to play in this shower of shite team. He was sold a dream of ambition, which was then dismantled the next season in favour of 'safe' football and hoofing it to Crouch. The fans deserved more, and so did he. How I long for the team that was 5 points from the Champions league with 7 games left. We didn't even need to add that much that summer. A centre half, a right back and a disciplined defensive midfielder would've been fantastic. Imagine, Butland Bauer Shawcross Indi Pieters Badou Allen Shaqiri Bojan Arnautovic Sturridge (if ever fit) Amended for you - when all fit and firing that is a top ten team. In this season it would be a squad in 7th if fit and firing. Even with the current squad, this year's league is so poor that i'd have been a bit annoyed with anything below 9th/10th. |
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Post by iglugluk on Apr 17, 2018 23:03:09 GMT
Didn't Arnie or his brother make a similar comment? Apparently Arnie is a traitorous snake and anything he says is merely intended to satisfy his mercenary money agenda. Everything we hear from within the club confirms that the truth is far from that simple. |
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Post by Gods on Apr 17, 2018 23:13:08 GMT
It's news to me that we had any "Sports Directors".
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Apr 17, 2018 23:42:19 GMT
He wasn't the only one with visions of sugar-plums dancing in his head. Admittedly, I've been resigned to the fact that this season's awful outcome is up there with death and taxes as far as its inevitability goes, but to still see that certainty become even more settled still sucks a big fat one.
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Post by StokieBoy31 on Apr 18, 2018 0:15:40 GMT
Tony and Cartwright need to leave ASAP!
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Post by Stokyo on Apr 18, 2018 0:25:57 GMT
Did he say that in England or Switzerland? Fenton |
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 18, 2018 0:33:49 GMT
Absolutely correct. I feel sorry for him having to play in this shower of shite team. He was sold a dream of ambition, which was then dismantled the next season in favour of 'safe' football and hoofing it to Crouch. The fans deserved more, and so did he. How I long for the team that was 5 points from the Champions league with 7 games left. We didn't even need to add that much that summer. A centre half, a right back and a disciplined defensive midfielder would've been fantastic. Imagine, Butland New RB Shawcross Indi Pieters New DM Allen Shaqiri Bojan Arnautovic Joselu/New ST Joselu! Jesus Christ I wouldn’t have him back next season in the Championship, never mind Champions League |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2018 0:57:39 GMT
Absolutely correct. I feel sorry for him having to play in this shower of shite team. He was sold a dream of ambition, which was then dismantled the next season in favour of 'safe' football and hoofing it to Crouch. The fans deserved more, and so did he. How I long for the team that was 5 points from the Champions league with 7 games left. We didn't even need to add that much that summer. A centre half, a right back and a disciplined defensive midfielder would've been fantastic. Imagine, Butland New RB Shawcross Indi Pieters New DM Allen Shaqiri Bojan Arnautovic Joselu/New ST Joselu! Jesus Christ I wouldn’t have him back next season in the Championship, never mind Champions League He's been shite at Newcastle but i thought he had some decent games for us. Certainly deserved a bit more game time. Included a new ST in the XI but not as needed as the other 3. |
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 18, 2018 1:25:50 GMT
Joselu! Jesus Christ I wouldn’t have him back next season in the Championship, never mind Champions League He's been shite at Newcastle but i thought he had some decent games for us. Certainly deserved a bit more game time. Included a new ST in the XI but not as needed as the other 3. Great technique in striking the ball but hopelessly shrinking and powder puff for English football (or any other top level for that matter). Still, we’ll always have Clattenburg  |
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Post by moz on Apr 18, 2018 5:31:39 GMT
Honest and true words but it seems Shaq's interviews are his way of listing why he's going to leave no matter we stay up or go down. Honestly, can't blame him.
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Post by sufolkstokie on Apr 18, 2018 5:57:17 GMT
Another confirmation that it is not just down to Hughes but the whole damn board
It is ok for people to ask Scholes et al to go but that doesn't solve it
Coates should (but wont) come out and say this is how it is
I am ok with a Championship level and living within our means if that is what it is
But the I don't know what the fuss is about and we have the best team we have ever had are farcical statements
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Post by Veritas on Apr 18, 2018 6:26:08 GMT
Absolutely correct. I feel sorry for him having to play in this shower of shite team. He was sold a dream of ambition, which was then dismantled the next season in favour of 'safe' football and hoofing it to Crouch. The fans deserved more, and so did he. How I long for the team that was 5 points from the Champions league with 7 games left. We didn't even need to add that much that summer. A centre half, a right back and a disciplined defensive midfielder would've been fantastic. Imagine, Butland New RB Shawcross Indi Pieters New DM Allen Shaqiri Bojan Arnautovic Joselu/New ST So basically if in the summer we had signed Bauer and Badou we would have been fine? Don't disagree they add to the team and their arrival in January was too late but for me Bojan and Joselu would not have been good enough so two more signings were needed along with keeping Arnie. |
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Post by henry on Apr 18, 2018 6:47:13 GMT
Pity all this anger, disappointment and desperation wasn’t shown earlier in the season.
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Post by Olgrligm on Apr 18, 2018 7:58:46 GMT
Who are the sports directors? It sounds like a weird translation. Does he mean the manager and coaches, or Cartwright, or possibly Scholes? It's very odd.
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Post by pez75 on Apr 18, 2018 8:11:45 GMT
Who are the sports directors? It sounds like a weird translation. Does he mean the manager and coaches, or Cartwright, or possibly Scholes? It's very odd. He is having a pop at the hierarchy without singling anyone out, but I doubt he means the coaching staff. He will have been given promises by one of the men in suits if not all of them, but as he still plays for Stoke he cannot name names. |
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Post by metalhead on Apr 18, 2018 8:50:33 GMT
Didn't Arnie or his brother make a similar comment? Apparently Arnie is a traitorous snake and anything he says is merely intended to satisfy his mercenary money agenda. Everything we hear from within the club confirms that the truth is far from that simple. I have little time for Daniel Arnautovic, but it seems to me, both him and Marko were on the money on this shit. I still hate Arnie after the irons thing and what not, but fuck me, history will judge..... and he'll be proven right, especially when we're 12th in the Championship this time next season. |
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Post by metalhead on Apr 18, 2018 8:51:03 GMT
Tony and Cartwright need to leave ASAP! I keep saying this pal, and you lot don't seem to listen. Mark my words..... they're going nowhere. |
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