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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 19, 2018 20:50:38 GMT
I was a huge fan of Paul Gallagher during the Boskamp season. He scored some wonderful goals that were probably the difference between a reasonable season and a relegation battle.
But after yesterday I’ve found he is completely dead to me now.
Are there any other examples of a former Stoke hero or at least respected player acting the twat against us after leaving to the extent that he totally blotted out any goodwill?
Ade twatting Hoefkens is possibly another example, though the way he left had already soured things a bit.
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Post by heworksardtho on Aug 19, 2018 21:00:23 GMT
TBH I’m only interested in players who play now for stoke , ex players I don’t think about
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Post by Absolution on Aug 19, 2018 21:02:44 GMT
Finding Gallagher was still playing was a bigger shocker than finding he'd turned into a thug.
I remember Kav sending Bjarni up in the air when he returned with Cardiff which was disappointing because they were my two favourite players. It didn't really stop me liking Kav though.
Generally, once they've been a Stoke hero for me, they stay a Stoke hero. I can't find it in me to remotely dislike Arnie. I'll always cherish the memories of him in the red and white and wish he was still here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 21:04:45 GMT
Gallagher was an absolute disgrace yesterday, fucking cowardly elbow that was.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 19, 2018 21:06:03 GMT
Finding Gallagher was still playing was a bigger shocker than finding he'd turned into a thug. I remember Kav sending Bjarni up in the air when he returned with Cardiff which was disappointing because they were my two favourite players. It didn't really stop me liking Kav though. Generally though, once they've been a Stoke hero for me, they stay a Stoke hero. I can't find it in me to remotely dislike Arnie. I'll always cherish the memories of him in the red and white and wish he was still here. Yeah it’s weird, I think Arnie acted the twat and will boo until I’m hacking up blood if we play West Ham any time soon but I can’t help but look back fondly on what he did while he was with us. Kav is a difficult one. There’s some revisionism now about him supposedly not wanting to go but at the time he was sounding off in the press about how Cardiff were better than us. |
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Post by Veritas on Aug 19, 2018 21:07:56 GMT
Gallagher was an absolute disgrace yesterday, fucking cowardly elbow that was. Dead right back on the day if he had done something like that Smithy would have taken him out within five minutes and have received a talking to by the ref. |
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Post by Absolution on Aug 19, 2018 21:13:29 GMT
Finding Gallagher was still playing was a bigger shocker than finding he'd turned into a thug. I remember Kav sending Bjarni up in the air when he returned with Cardiff which was disappointing because they were my two favourite players. It didn't really stop me liking Kav though. Generally though, once they've been a Stoke hero for me, they stay a Stoke hero. I can't find it in me to remotely dislike Arnie. I'll always cherish the memories of him in the red and white and wish he was still here. Yeah it’s weird, I think Arnie acted the twat and will boo until I’m hacking up blood if we play West Ham any time soon but I can’t help but look back fondly on what he did while he was with us. Kav is a difficult one. There’s some revisionism now about him supposedly not wanting to go but at the time he was sounding off in the press about how Cardiff were better than us. I'm not too sure it was revisionism over Kav. My uncle was working for the club at the time, and said Kav was in tears when he left. As for sounding off, my recollection was that it was just one quote. Maybe I twisted it in my own head, but at the time when he said Cardiff were more ambitious, I actually thought he'd done us a favour by humiliating the Stoke board. I was a bit miffed that Stoke supporters turned against him for it because I'm fairly sure they all agreed with him in reality. It just didn't go down well with it being a Cardiff player saying it. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 19, 2018 21:17:25 GMT
Yeah it’s weird, I think Arnie acted the twat and will boo until I’m hacking up blood if we play West Ham any time soon but I can’t help but look back fondly on what he did while he was with us. Kav is a difficult one. There’s some revisionism now about him supposedly not wanting to go but at the time he was sounding off in the press about how Cardiff were better than us. I'm not too sure it was revisionism over Kav. My uncle was working for the club at the time, and said Kav was in tears when he left. As for sounding off, my recollection was that it was just one quote. Maybe I twisted it in my own head, but at the time when he said Cardiff were more ambitious, I actually thought he'd done us a favour by humiliating the Stoke board. I was a bit miffed that Stoke supporters turned against him for it because I'm fairly sure they all agreed with him in reality. It just didn't go down well with it being a Cardiff player saying it. There was the quote when he left, then a few more before the play off games. |
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Post by Absolution on Aug 19, 2018 21:27:26 GMT
I'm not too sure it was revisionism over Kav. My uncle was working for the club at the time, and said Kav was in tears when he left. As for sounding off, my recollection was that it was just one quote. Maybe I twisted it in my own head, but at the time when he said Cardiff were more ambitious, I actually thought he'd done us a favour by humiliating the Stoke board. I was a bit miffed that Stoke supporters turned against him for it because I'm fairly sure they all agreed with him in reality. It just didn't go down well with it being a Cardiff player saying it. There was the quote when he left, then a few more before the play off games. Honestly can't remember them. Maybe by then he was just retaliating against comments from Stoke supporters, or more likely playing up to his new Welsh fans who'd have loved him for it. Frankly though, remembering Jimmy's first goal at Cardiff in the play off, Kav should have kept his legs shut rather than his gob. He must have felt crushed that night. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 19, 2018 21:30:49 GMT
There was the quote when he left, then a few more before the play off games. Honestly can't remember them. Maybe by then he was just retaliating against comments from Stoke supporters, or more likely playing up to his new Welsh fans who'd have loved him for it. Frankly though, remembering Jimmy's first goal at Cardiff in the play off, Kav should have kept his legs shut rather than his gob. He must have felt crushed that night. Yeah, definitely feasible that he was so stung by the reception he'd got earlier in the season and lashed out, would be understandable. |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Aug 19, 2018 21:39:55 GMT
I was a huge fan of Paul Gallagher during the Boskamp season. He scored some wonderful goals that were probably the difference between a reasonable season and a relegation battle. But after yesterday I’ve found he is completely dead to me now. Are there any other examples of a former Stoke hero or at least respected player acting the twat against us after leaving to the extent that he totally blotted out any goodwill? Ade twatting Hoefkens is possibly another example, though the way he left had already soured things a bit. He elbowed Allen. What else did he do that was so bad. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 19, 2018 21:52:33 GMT
I was a huge fan of Paul Gallagher during the Boskamp season. He scored some wonderful goals that were probably the difference between a reasonable season and a relegation battle. But after yesterday I’ve found he is completely dead to me now. Are there any other examples of a former Stoke hero or at least respected player acting the twat against us after leaving to the extent that he totally blotted out any goodwill? Ade twatting Hoefkens is possibly another example, though the way he left had already soured things a bit. He elbowed Allen. What else did he do that was so bad. After the elbow he seemed to want to carry it on. He was jostling Allo and antagonising him during a break in play. |
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Post by kjpt140v on Aug 19, 2018 23:43:16 GMT
Graham Shaw, I remember him coming back with Preston and giving the V to the Boothen Enders.
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Post by lstokie on Aug 20, 2018 0:10:27 GMT
I was a huge fan of Paul Gallagher during the Boskamp season. He scored some wonderful goals that were probably the difference between a reasonable season and a relegation battle. But after yesterday I’ve found he is completely dead to me now. Are there any other examples of a former Stoke hero or at least respected player acting the twat against us after leaving to the extent that he totally blotted out any goodwill? Ade twatting Hoefkens is possibly another example, though the way he left had already soured things a bit. He elbowed Allen. What else did he do that was so bad. Watch the Crouch goal and focus on Gallagher, its one of the most pathetic attempts at a dive I've ever seen. |
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Post by boothenender on Aug 20, 2018 0:59:55 GMT
Pay back is a bitch.
Joe will return the favour at home, but Joe will get sent off.
Gallagher's sly assault on Joe was a sending off.
He should be reported to the FA and heavily fined for that underhanded and deliberate assault.
Gallagher was an important player for Stoke back in the day.
He has lost all respect that i had for him.
PNE missed him when he was subbed.
A sending off would very probably have seen a different result from 2-2 to PNE 2-4 Stoke.
Refers still hate us.
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Post by onionman on Aug 20, 2018 1:25:28 GMT
Not defending the elbow incident, but I was actually more put off by his posing about before the penalty, which I presume is some kind of trademark routine.
Thought it made him look like a ridiculously poor man's Ronaldo. A Ronaldo found next to a dented tin of tuna in the damaged goods trolley in Lidl.
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 20, 2018 2:02:32 GMT
Not defending the elbow incident, but I was actually more put off by his posing about before the penalty, which I presume is some kind of trademark routine. Thought it made him look like a ridiculously poor man's Ronaldo. A Ronaldo found next to a dented tin of tuna in the damaged goods trolley in Lidl. Or more it made him look like Paul Gallagher compared to Ronaldo😁😁 |
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Post by Davef on Aug 20, 2018 11:28:47 GMT
Graham Shaw, I remember him coming back with Preston and giving the V to the Boothen Enders. I'm pretty sure I remember Shawry giving the V's to the Boothen End when he was a Stoke player as well.  |
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Post by werrington on Aug 20, 2018 11:41:21 GMT
Graham Shaw, I remember him coming back with Preston and giving the V to the Boothen Enders. I'm pretty sure I remember Shawry giving the V's to the Boothen End when he was a Stoke player as well. Wasn’t that Laris Siggurdsson ? |
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Aug 20, 2018 11:42:34 GMT
I'm pretty sure I remember Shawry giving the V's to the Boothen End when he was a Stoke player as well. Wasn’t that Laris Siggurdsson ? Larus did it when he was still playing for us ! |
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Post by werrington on Aug 20, 2018 11:45:04 GMT
Wasn’t that Laris Siggurdsson ? Larus did it when he was still playing for us ! Yeah mate that’s what I meant 😊 |
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Aug 20, 2018 11:47:12 GMT
Larus did it when he was still playing for us ! Yeah mate that’s what I meant 😊 Yeah I just reread it 😁 |
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