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Post by greyman on Nov 6, 2018 6:41:47 GMT
Leaving abusive phone messages for Ryan Shawcross. Cheering on his players to feign injury to get Stoke players sent off. Squaring up to Bojan. Leaking stories to the press about Berahino after his transfer. Hes an utter cunt. Did a good job and I'm glad he did, but now he's just another manager. I wouldn't boo him, or applaud him. In order: We don't know exactly how that phone call played out do we? Sparky claims Pulis called Ryan a loser. Pulis claimed he phoned and said "Ryan, you've never been like that, you can still be a loser while being a winner". Both sound a little contrived tbh. Don't forget Ryan was also being loyal to Sparky at that time. Oh come off it. You telling me our players are whiter than white? Never dive? Never cheat? Behave yourself mate. Pulis like most managers will use every shit house tactic in the book to win a match. We were dumb enough to repeatedly fall for his tricks. Not sure he really squared up to Bojan. Sounds like words were exchanged as opposed to anything else. The only one that I actually agree was a really nasty thing to do. However Bera didn't act brilliantly at West Brom. I suspect Tony was just taking one last opportunity to stick a knife deep in. It was a cunt move but meh, Bera was daft to get a drugs ban. Neither are innocent mate. As for calling him a cunt? He's still our second most successful manager on paper mate. Remember to tell your kids that our second most successful manager is a cunt. I already have. And he is.
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Post by Pugsley on Nov 6, 2018 7:20:20 GMT
We never competed with the big boys until Hughes arrived. What? Just being on the same pitch doesn't constitute competing in my book. Bar the odd game he rolled over and let them tickle our stomachs.
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Post by upthefud on Nov 6, 2018 8:36:35 GMT
What? Just being on the same pitch doesn't constitute competing in my book. Bar the odd game he rolled over and let them tickle our stomachs. Beating Arsenal constantly, beating Spurs, beating Liverpool, beating Man City... nah, never competed. Or are you saying that Hughes 9th places had us conpeting with them for honours?
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Post by RF10 on Nov 6, 2018 8:41:56 GMT
What? Just being on the same pitch doesn't constitute competing in my book. Bar the odd game he rolled over and let them tickle our stomachs. That has to be the biggest load of crap posted on here for a long time. Including the Mcclean thread.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Nov 6, 2018 20:47:08 GMT
In order: We don't know exactly how that phone call played out do we? Sparky claims Pulis called Ryan a loser. Pulis claimed he phoned and said "Ryan, you've never been like that, you can still be a loser while being a winner". Both sound a little contrived tbh. Don't forget Ryan was also being loyal to Sparky at that time. Oh come off it. You telling me our players are whiter than white? Never dive? Never cheat? Behave yourself mate. Pulis like most managers will use every shit house tactic in the book to win a match. We were dumb enough to repeatedly fall for his tricks. Not sure he really squared up to Bojan. Sounds like words were exchanged as opposed to anything else. The only one that I actually agree was a really nasty thing to do. However Bera didn't act brilliantly at West Brom. I suspect Tony was just taking one last opportunity to stick a knife deep in. It was a cunt move but meh, Bera was daft to get a drugs ban. Neither are innocent mate. As for calling him a cunt? He's still our second most successful manager on paper mate. Remember to tell your kids that our second most successful manager is a cunt. I already have. And he is. Metal agree on the abuse it’s daft but interesting conundrum. Is he really second most successful Hughes actually delivered three higher placed finishes than he did waddington delivered a cup , Europe and a top 5 finish but it’s argusble Hughes delivered more albeit over a shorter period and from a better base .
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Post by Absolution on Nov 6, 2018 21:22:44 GMT
Unless someone does something insane, Waddington will always be the benchmark, our best ever manager. In my lifetime, I think you could make a case for Pulis, Hughes or Durban to be the nearest challenger. Pulis for promotion and a cup final but with a large budget. Hughes for the three consecutive 9th place finishes which I believe is a record for Stoke as far as consecutive finishes are concerned. Durban for taking a wreck of a team and quickly turning them into a promotion outfit and stabilising in the top division with no money to work with. In some respects, how they are judged is down to when they left. Hughes stayed too long. Durban left too soon. Pulis was probably sacked at just the right time for his record to remain intact and for the club to move on effectively at that time. Hughes is wrongly reviled in my opinion and Durban too easily overlooked. Pulis divides opinion, but what manager doesn’t in this internet age? Who’d get my vote? Who else? It’s got to be Loooouuuuuu!
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