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Post by rickyfullerbeer on May 9, 2019 20:52:15 GMT
He's had an underwhelming season to say the least, but I'm going to try and take a more positive stance on this one. Strikers are absolutely, 100% confidence players. The service he's had hasn't been very good at all this season, granted he has missed some sitters along the way. Maybe in a system alongside a Vokes/Gregory strike partner, an attacking midfielder playing in the hole and full backs who have a license to get forward and put a decent ball in, he'll start netting and get his confidence up. He was still our top scorer this season, although I guess someone had to be.. Adobe and Vokes that will scare the shit out of defences all over the league, slow and slower. 'Adobe' isn't slow
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Post by crapslinger on May 9, 2019 21:02:59 GMT
Adobe and Vokes that will scare the shit out of defences all over the league, slow and slower. 'Adobe' isn't slow Which version ?
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Post by wakeypotter on May 9, 2019 21:09:07 GMT
We’ve just paid £12.5 million for him in January so why would he not stay🤔 Because he’s a lazy shit footballer
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Post by wakeypotter on May 9, 2019 21:15:24 GMT
Me and Mr Jones agree 'again', this guy is right up my street. What an appointment this guy is 😁 It's most definatly a confidence issue imo brought on through lack of good quality service as I've said myself, watch benny kafobe go next season when the chances are coming thick and fast I’m sure your on a different planet mate 🌍
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Post by crapslinger on May 9, 2019 21:25:05 GMT
Me and Mr Jones agree 'again', this guy is right up my street. What an appointment this guy is 😁 It's most definatly a confidence issue imo brought on through lack of good quality service as I've said myself, watch benny kafobe go next season when the chances are coming thick and fast I’m sure your on a different planet mate 🌍 He's one of the clangers or is he a monkey dust victim.
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Post by Gary Hackett on May 10, 2019 0:14:09 GMT
Bit shocked by this one, I have to say. I'd accepted the call on Bojan months ago. But can't say a pool of Vokes, Afobe, Gregory and Campbell immediately strikes me as sufficient. Hence why I was so against the Gregory signing. If people think that pool of strikers will fire us to the Premiership then they are on another planet.
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Post by supersimonstainrod on May 10, 2019 1:54:53 GMT
Adobe and Vokes that will scare the shit out of defences all over the league, slow and slower. 'Adobe' isn't slow He might not be slow but you couldn't describe him as a flash player either....
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Post by berahinosgoals on May 10, 2019 5:07:41 GMT
Me and Mr Jones agree 'again', this guy is right up my street. What an appointment this guy is 😁 It's most definatly a confidence issue imo brought on through lack of good quality service as I've said myself, watch benny kafobe go next season when the chances are coming thick and fast I’m sure your on a different planet mate 🌍 Nah, im just not a miserable, doom, gloom, defeatest merchant. Stoke could sign Ronaldo and some would complain because of his wages, it's a stokie mentality, a deeply rooted defeatest attitude that people find comfort residing in. Only happy when they're moaning & defeated 😊 I prefer to be optimistic. I genuinely believe Jones will sort this mess out and afobe 'will' get regular chances to score 'and' score them as his confidence will be up as we will be a better team... after signing the likes of Gregory from millwall and a few other good, solid professionals. All the defeatest merchants are going to do is kick and scream all through the summer then moan like fuck if we're not 5 points clear at the top after 5 games as they take comfort in stoke not winning every game.. and then probably start singing for the guy that's done nowt for 3 years (and some) even when he's sitting on the bench of some no Mark club in a no Mark league.... but as long as they're happy I suppose. Then when we start winning they'll be lapping up the "we'll be with you" , I think that song should be permanently deleted from stokes repitoire as it's nothing but 'cringe' these days and a total opposite of reality 😁. Miserable bastards make me happy though, it makes me realise that I'm not a sad miserable bastard, thats why I like this place, it's full of miserable defeated sorts, it makes me sleep better 😁
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Post by berahinosgoals on May 10, 2019 5:32:39 GMT
I’m sure your on a different planet mate 🌍 He's one of the clangers or is he a monkey dust victim. As long as you're happy, 'crapslinger', you carry on muck spreading 😉
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Post by Trouserdog on May 10, 2019 5:52:24 GMT
Christ. This really is some news to come home to.
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Post by ColonelMustard on May 10, 2019 6:15:36 GMT
Have we finally learnt something from Spurs? Announcing who is not wanted is a sure fire way of getting less than they are worth. The opposite is also true.
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Post by shrewspotter on May 10, 2019 6:18:21 GMT
no, he’s many things but slow ain’t one
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Post by shipshape on May 10, 2019 6:27:37 GMT
I’m sure your on a different planet mate 🌍 Nah, im just not a miserable, doom, gloom, defeatest merchant. Stoke could sign Ronaldo and some would complain because of his wages, it's a stokie mentality, a deeply rooted defeatest attitude that people find comfort residing in. Only happy when they're moaning & defeated 😊 I prefer to be optimistic. I genuinely believe Jones will sort this mess out and afobe 'will' get regular chances to score 'and' score them as his confidence will be up as we will be a better team... after signing the likes of Gregory from millwall and a few other good, solid professionals. All the defeatest merchants are going to do is kick and scream all through the summer then moan like fuck if we're not 5 points clear at the top after 5 games as they take comfort in stoke not winning every game.. and then probably start singing for the guy that's done nowt for 3 years (and some) even when he's sitting on the bench of some no Mark club in a no Mark league.... but as long as they're happy I suppose. Then when we start winning they'll be lapping up the "we'll be with you" , I think that song should be permanently deleted from stokes repitoire as it's nothing but 'cringe' these days and a total opposite of reality 😁. Miserable bastards make me happy though, it makes me realise that I'm not a sad miserable bastard, thats why I like this place, it's full of miserable defeated sorts, it makes me sleep better 😁 Calling Afobe out for being useless and lazy, is not defeatist. It's a statement of fact. Like saying today is Friday.
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Post by wakeypotter on May 10, 2019 6:40:35 GMT
I’m sure your on a different planet mate 🌍 He's one of the clangers or is he a monkey dust victim. He comes out with that much crap I think he’s both of the above.
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Post by potterpaul on May 10, 2019 9:45:35 GMT
Christ. This really is some news to come home to. Now, now negativity will derail us
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Post by thestatusquo on May 10, 2019 10:09:20 GMT
He might not be slow but you couldn't describe him as a flash player either.... I see what you did there 🤪
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Post by dreamtheater on May 10, 2019 10:11:35 GMT
Parachuted into a crap football team and a totally crap football club
Now badly owned and shockingly badly run
not a good start true - but I would give him another season
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Post by Sfance on May 10, 2019 10:14:27 GMT
You can’t derail something that’s already off the tracks. We’ve been lying down next to the tracks for a good couple of years now, gradually rusting away. The problem is that the Fat Controller hasn’t noticed.
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Post by lordb on May 10, 2019 11:18:15 GMT
Parachuted into a crap football team and a totally crap football club Now badly owned and shockingly badly run not a good start true - but I would give him another season am I right in thinking you haven't seen him play much?
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2019 12:51:44 GMT
Parachuted into a crap football team and a totally crap football club Now badly owned and shockingly badly run not a good start true - but I would give him another season am I right in thinking you haven't seen him play much? None of us have to be fair...I've seen him fall over a lot and walk about on the pitch...that's about all
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Post by elystokie on May 10, 2019 13:20:15 GMT
am I right in thinking you haven't seen him play much? None of us have to be fair...I've seen him fall over a lot and walk about on the pitch...that's about all If he is staying let's hope he ditches the slippers and wears some studs next season, his constant falling over was amusing at first but the novelty soon wore off.
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Post by Trouserdog on May 10, 2019 17:23:56 GMT
Christ. This really is some news to come home to. Now, now negativity will derail us There's a clause that allows Afobe-related negativity.
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Post by Pugsley on May 10, 2019 17:27:00 GMT
None of us have to be fair...I've seen him fall over a lot and walk about on the pitch...that's about all If he is staying let's hope he ditches the slippers and wears some studs next season, his constant falling over was amusing at first but the novelty soon wore off. Diouf MkII, but worse.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on May 10, 2019 20:35:12 GMT
Nah, im just not a miserable, doom, gloom, defeatest merchant. Stoke could sign Ronaldo and some would complain because of his wages, it's a stokie mentality, a deeply rooted defeatest attitude that people find comfort residing in. Only happy when they're moaning & defeated 😊 I prefer to be optimistic. I genuinely believe Jones will sort this mess out and afobe 'will' get regular chances to score 'and' score them as his confidence will be up as we will be a better team... after signing the likes of Gregory from millwall and a few other good, solid professionals. All the defeatest merchants are going to do is kick and scream all through the summer then moan like fuck if we're not 5 points clear at the top after 5 games as they take comfort in stoke not winning every game.. and then probably start singing for the guy that's done nowt for 3 years (and some) even when he's sitting on the bench of some no Mark club in a no Mark league.... but as long as they're happy I suppose. Then when we start winning they'll be lapping up the "we'll be with you" , I think that song should be permanently deleted from stokes repitoire as it's nothing but 'cringe' these days and a total opposite of reality 😁. Miserable bastards make me happy though, it makes me realise that I'm not a sad miserable bastard, thats why I like this place, it's full of miserable defeated sorts, it makes me sleep better 😁 Calling Afobe out for being useless and lazy, is not defeatist. It's a statement of fact. Like saying today is Friday. Subjective opinion isn’t a fact, that’s a fact!
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Post by crapslinger on May 10, 2019 20:47:46 GMT
Calling Afobe out for being useless and lazy, is not defeatist. It's a statement of fact. Like saying today is Friday. Subjective opinion isn’t a fact, that’s a fact! He's a bit shit for £12m fact.
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Post by tony1234 on May 10, 2019 20:54:33 GMT
He's a 3m-5m player. He had the record of a 3m-5m player over the past 8-9 seasons, but we paid a price based on 1 season. Silly silly Stoke. But then again, typical Stoke. Run by clowns.
Jordan Rhodes scored bag loads for 4 seasons. At his peak, that was a 10m championship player. Mitrovic and Gayle had done it at a higher level, so I can get it if its 10m+ for them. But Afobe - hes on a similar level to Nakki Wells with a good year in his locker and several mediocre ones. He cost Burnely 5m. Waghorn similar. He cost Derby 5m.
So why was Afobe not 5m? Answer: Cartwright. Again.
12m should have got us Austin, Gayle, Gray....
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on May 10, 2019 21:00:34 GMT
He's a 3m-5m player. He had the record of a 3m-5m player over the past 8-9 seasons, but we paid a price based on 1 season. Silly silly Stoke. But then again, typical Stoke. Run by clowns. Jordan Rhodes scored bag loads for 4 seasons. At his peak, that was a 10m championship player. Mitrovic and Gayle had done it at a higher level, so I can get it if its 10m+ for them. But Afobe - hes on a similar level to Nakki Wells with a good year in his locker and several mediocre ones. He cost Burnely 5m. Waghorn similar. He cost Derby 5m. So why was Afobe not 5m? Answer: Cartwright. Again. 12m should have got us Austin, Gayle, Gray.... Does make this, "we have players watched 12 to 15 times (or something like that)" sound bollocks!!!
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Post by tony1234 on May 10, 2019 22:11:16 GMT
He's a 3m-5m player. He had the record of a 3m-5m player over the past 8-9 seasons, but we paid a price based on 1 season. Silly silly Stoke. But then again, typical Stoke. Run by clowns. Jordan Rhodes scored bag loads for 4 seasons. At his peak, that was a 10m championship player. Mitrovic and Gayle had done it at a higher level, so I can get it if its 10m+ for them. But Afobe - hes on a similar level to Nakki Wells with a good year in his locker and several mediocre ones. He cost Burnely 5m. Waghorn similar. He cost Derby 5m. So why was Afobe not 5m? Answer: Cartwright. Again. 12m should have got us Austin, Gayle, Gray.... Does make this, "we have players watched 12 to 15 times (or something like that)" sound bollocks!!! Yep, in recent times, Stoke's management really have said things that suggested they think fans are as thick as them.
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Post by royalewithcheese on May 10, 2019 22:11:20 GMT
Of course he'll stay.
Who is going to spend millions on him and invest millions more on his wages?
Anybody scouting us over the past dozen games must have thought he'd won a raffle.
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Post by str8outtahampton on May 11, 2019 6:38:46 GMT
Of course he'll stay. Who is going to spend millions on him and invest millions more on his wages? Anybody scouting us over the past dozen games must have thought he'd won a raffle. I wonder if selling clubs have a special and heavily inflated "Stoke price"? It honestly does seem on occasion that we are like the posh attractive (but very gullible) woman in the "I saw you coming" sketches (Enfield/Whitehouse). I might live with that if we were either posh or attractive.
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