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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jan 19, 2019 11:25:38 GMT
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 19, 2019 12:55:13 GMT
I say without exaggeration that was the greatest Stoke team of my 55 yrs as a Stokie. From John Farmer to BJR every one of them fought for the club without exception.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 13:13:37 GMT
That game was on my birthday as well - great days !
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Post by shangamuzo on Jan 19, 2019 13:16:51 GMT
I say without exaggeration that was the greatest Stoke team of my 55 yrs as a Stokie. From John Farmer to BJR every one of them fought for the club without exception. And the greatest win that 5-0 stuffing of Arsenal. |
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Post by kustokie on Jan 19, 2019 13:22:28 GMT
I say without exaggeration that was the greatest Stoke team of my 55 yrs as a Stokie. From John Farmer to BJR every one of them fought for the club without exception. And the greatest win that 5-0 stuffing of Arsenal. The only game that comes close in the modern era is the 6-1 thrashing of Liverpool in Gerard’s farewell appearance! Great times! |
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Post by pavel on Jan 19, 2019 13:36:28 GMT
Biggest mistake by Waddo was going for Shilton, Farmer was easily good enough. Should have signed a striker.
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Post by Dresden_scfc on Jan 19, 2019 13:38:30 GMT
If that happens today bovril will be everywhere when colin wagg celebrates
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Post by harrysburrow on Jan 19, 2019 13:53:01 GMT
Biggest mistake by Waddo was going for Shilton, Farmer was easily good enough. Should have signed a striker. John Farmer was an excellent keeper - massively underrated. 👍 |
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Post by southcoaststokie on Jan 19, 2019 14:03:08 GMT
I say without exaggeration that was the greatest Stoke team of my 55 yrs as a Stokie. From John Farmer to BJR every one of them fought for the club without exception. I was there that day, great team that should have won the league. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jan 19, 2019 14:57:34 GMT
Biggest mistake by Waddo was going for Shilton, Farmer was easily good enough. Should have signed a striker. 100% in agreement. He was shafted twice by Waddo. Once when Banks was bought, which wasn’t a bad thing because in 1967 Farmer was still a raw keeper. He spent 5 years under Banksie and stepped up to the plate when Banks retired in 72-73. But for some bizarre reason two seasons later Waddo paid a record fee for for Shilton. In Denis Smiths auto biography he says that this was a big mistake. |
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Post by hudsondays on Jan 19, 2019 17:07:45 GMT
Wonderful times. Remember singing my heart out on the train back to London. Was that the season we were top of the league at one stage, or the following one?
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Post by AlliG on Jan 19, 2019 20:47:26 GMT
Biggest mistake by Waddo was going for Shilton, Farmer was easily good enough. Should have signed a striker. He was certainly good enough, however, that was never really the problem. The big problem was that he seemed to be very unlucky with injuries. When Banks was injured in 1969, he lasted about 20 minutes of the game at Everton before Denis ended up in goal and we had to go out and loan Harry Dowd until Banks was fit again. When Banksie had his car crash, John was injured at the time, which is why we ended up signing Mike McDonald. In 1973/74 he had 3 different injury absences from the team and he was only 27/28 when he was forced to retire due to a persistent thigh injury. I just don't think Waddo had the confidence that he would play 42 games a season on a regular basis. With hindsight I think we should have spent £40-£50k on the best understudy for Farmer we could find (someone who could have comfortably slotted in when John was injured) and £250-£300k on a striker. |
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