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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 21:37:22 GMT
I can't think of a single fucking one, literally not one.
Pre-Season: Wank results playing wank football and the only benefit is you could validate it by saying they're new to the 4-3-3 and they can use the games to get used to the system. That'd be all well and good except he then dropped the system after a single fucking game, so all of that was for naught.
Signings: Where to start here, I won't bother going through them all one by one; but a few major points.
-Not only have we managed to shift absolutely none of our deadwood, we have signed up McClean to a fucking 4 year contract so we can enjoy having him knocking about being unable to control a football till the age of about 40.
-Our midfield two, which was our weakest point last season and probably the chief reason we were relegated, hasn't changed at all.
-We have a limited amount of loan signings we can make and we wasted one of the fuckers on Cuco fucking Martina, a third fucking right back.
-Not a single one of our players has come off of a good season, Etebo was relegated, McClean was relegated, Afobe barely played, Federici hasn't in years, Ince did more or less nothing for a calendar year and William's biggest contribution seemed to be fighting his own fucking fans. They're all shitting themselves, they have no confidence and half of them are wank players.
Football: Changes formation every week, doesn't even know how he wants to play so our transfer policy has reflected it in signing a bunch of players which aren't what we need and can't play together. We are hoofing it up and playing direct, which would be fine if we had a single fucking player capable of winning a header, you can't play the way he is and not start Crouch. Crucially the style, formation and more or less everything is utterly unclear, Lambert joined midway through a transfer window, had none of his own players and had us set up a lot better then this for fucks sake.
Quite crucially Rowett has had an easy job, spent the most money in the league, kept all of the players we wanted to bar Shaqiri and somehow he doesn't know something as basic as what our best formation even is, let alone have us play in a way that looks cohesive for even a second.
If this isn't sorted by the end of October the board need to live up to their promise and act quickly, Rowett will need to go and we can't wait till the end of the season to consolidate ourselves to failure. If we got someone in before mid November they could have time to evaluate the squad, start to implement their own changes in January and hopefully get us in reasonable form leading in to the next summer so we can come out of the blocks immediately next year.
Crucially I want us to get a manager who sets teams up in an attacking way, and wants to play football, I'd rather atleast see us lose trying to play then see us lose like this, it's embarrassing.
I've always tried to be positive and I have lost count of the number of times I have criticised Sheikhmomo and the like for being 'knicker wetters' but they were right, we are rotten and things have to change and it needs to happen soon.
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Post by Pricey on Aug 22, 2018 21:45:03 GMT
The only positive so far is that I haven't been to any matches yet.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 21:46:55 GMT
Having Cartwright controlling signings is about as suitable a role as having Bobby Madley dogsit for you, I didn't go into the hierarchy of the club because Sheikh covered that already, I just think the manager deserves a good hearty portion of the blame himself as what he is serving up is pretty grim.
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Post by stokesupporter on Aug 22, 2018 21:48:26 GMT
Two lucky draws!
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Post by adamsson on Aug 22, 2018 21:48:34 GMT
The only positive so far is that I haven't been to any matches yet. A wise move |
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Post by supacoopa101 on Aug 22, 2018 21:49:00 GMT
Berahino?
I'm clutching here btw
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Post by Clayton Wood on Aug 22, 2018 21:49:51 GMT
There aren't 400 million people around the world watching this shit.
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Aug 22, 2018 21:51:45 GMT
I can't think of a single fucking one, literally not one. Pre-Season: Wank results playing wank football and the only benefit is you could validate it by saying they're new to the 4-3-3 and they can use the games to get used to the system. That'd be all well and good except he then dropped the system after a single fucking game, so all of that was for naught. Signings: Where to start here, I won't bother going through them all one by one; but a few major points. -Not only have we managed to shift absolutely none of our deadwood, we have signed up McClean to a fucking 4 year contract so we can enjoy having him knocking about being unable to control a football till the age of about 40. -Our midfield two, which was our weakest point last season and probably the chief reason we were relegated, hasn't changed at all. -We have a limited amount of loan signings we can make and we wasted one of the fuckers on Cuco fucking Martina, a third fucking right back. -Not a single one of our players has come off of a good season, Etebo was relegated, McClean was relegated, Afobe barely played, Federici hasn't in years, Ince did more or less nothing for a calendar year and William's biggest contribution seemed to be fighting his own fucking fans. They're all shitting themselves, they have no confidence and half of them are wank players. Football: Changes formation every week, doesn't even know how he wants to play so our transfer policy has reflected it in signing a bunch of players which aren't what we need and can't play together. We are hoofing it up and playing direct, which would be fine if we had a single fucking player capable of winning a header, you can't play the way he is and not start Crouch. Crucially the style, formation and more or less everything is utterly unclear, Lambert joined midway through a transfer window, had none of his own players and had us set up a lot better then this for fucks sake. Quite crucially Rowett has had an easy job, spent the most money in the league, kept all of the players we wanted to bar Shaqiri and somehow he doesn't know something as basic as what our best formation even is, let alone have us play in a way that looks cohesive for even a second. If this isn't sorted by the end of October the board need to live up to their promise and act quickly, Rowett will need to go and we can't wait till the end of the season to consolidate ourselves to failure. If we got someone in before mid November they could have time to evaluate the squad, start to implement their own changes in January and hopefully get us in reasonable form leading in to the next summer so we can come out of the blocks immediately next year. Crucially I want us to get a manager who sets teams up in an attacking way, and wants to play football, I'd rather atleast see us lose trying to play then see us lose like this, it's embarrassing. I've always tried to be positive and I have lost count of the number of times I have criticised Sheikhmomo and the like for being 'knicker wetters' but they were right, we are rotten and things have to change and it needs to happen soon. I agree with everything you say. I think the manager has got everything, absolutely everything wrong. Even the set pieces are the worst I've seen in my whole life watching stoke |
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Post by rorystowel on Aug 22, 2018 21:53:54 GMT
One positive for me is Jack Butland’s glut of Hail Mary passes to our strikers and wingers. These have been so effective I’m surprised that no other team is trying the same tactic.
I also love our new tactic of playing the ball backwards at every opportunity, giving Jack and our centre backs even more opportunity to hit random long balls.
Thirdly, Rowett’s masterplan, the “invisible midfield” has been expertly implemented by the dynamic duo of Fletcher and Allen.
Bring back Lambert.
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Post by Pricey on Aug 22, 2018 21:59:17 GMT
The only positive so far is that I haven't been to any matches yet. A wise move Not really up to me because I live so far away but I'm actually intending on being there for a few. Having second thoughts after seeing two of our matches so far. I'm not spending £100 and an entire day committing to people who are incompetent and don't seem to care. Rotten to the core. |
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Post by rorystowel on Aug 22, 2018 22:01:04 GMT
Not really up to me because I live so far away but I'm actually intending on being there for a few. Having second thoughts after seeing two of our matches so far. I'm not spending £100 and an entire day committing to people who are incompetent and don't seem to care. Rotten to the core. Think yourself lucky mate. I bought my son a season ticket for his birthday and he keeps asking me what he did to deserve this punishment? |
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Post by whatsashig on Aug 22, 2018 22:05:23 GMT
It’s been pretty sunny, apart from tonight where it was that rain that gets you a bit wet🤷♂️
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Post by rondogmcmuffin on Aug 22, 2018 22:06:52 GMT
The scum lost to Brighton. About all I've enjoyed so far.
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Post by houstonsteve on Aug 22, 2018 22:10:32 GMT
I am hoping that I can cancel my subscription to the awful online streaming. Clive Clarkes commentary matches my doomish mental state (in football only) and my imagination is good enough to visualize balls pinging off allens shins so that a CB on a death wish can launch himself into a late tackle on a final warning. I can do that all that for free. That would be a positive.
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Post by tony1234 on Aug 22, 2018 22:10:54 GMT
Only positive:
Its so bad, so quickly and in such a frighteningly bad way, there must be big action taken.
There isn't a shred of doubt that it stinks. No arguments on whether its steak & chips, or beans on toast we are seeing. This is a plate of cold, rotting offal.
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Post by Pricey on Aug 22, 2018 22:10:58 GMT
Not really up to me because I live so far away but I'm actually intending on being there for a few. Having second thoughts after seeing two of our matches so far. I'm not spending £100 and an entire day committing to people who are incompetent and don't seem to care. Rotten to the core. Think yourself lucky mate. I bought my son a season ticket for his birthday and he keeps asking me what he did to deserve this punishment? To be honest I don't think it's much better watching from home. I actually feel sick tonight. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 22:59:19 GMT
We have some smashing advertising hoardings, as good as any in the prem and a stand with a solid tile roof.
What's that....football.....that went out with the mud.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 23:01:06 GMT
30 mins vs Brentford, 10 mins vs Preston, 30 mins vs. Wigan
We need to stop letting in ridiculously shite goals, it kills us off mentally every time. that 2 in 3 minutes tonight visibly took us from on top in the game to not mounting another meaningful attack for the next 60 mins.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Aug 22, 2018 23:03:01 GMT
We have two points we don’t deserve to have. We should be level with QPR.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 23:03:40 GMT
There are no positives at all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 23:05:11 GMT
30 mins vs Brentford, 10 mins vs Preston, 30 mins vs. Wigan We need to stop letting in ridiculously shite goals, it kills us off mentally every time. that 2 in 3 minutes tonight visibly took us from on top in the game to not mounting another meaningful attack for the next 60 mins. Bunch of wasters. When I first started watching them in 1909 the ball were hard and the goalie had no.globes. the teenagers had full beards too. 22 I was then |
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Post by mcw on Aug 22, 2018 23:27:33 GMT
We haven’t been mathematically relegated yet😄
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Post by owdestokie2 on Aug 22, 2018 23:34:32 GMT
I can pay by card for my pies in the Q Railing (or whatever it is) lower tier
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Post by stokiemarc on Aug 23, 2018 4:57:36 GMT
Biggest positive this season is that it doesn't take as long to queue to go for a piss at half time.
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