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Post by ipswichiam on Sept 18, 2019 18:06:33 GMT
1) Promote a manager from League One who'd done well with his former club - He immediately declares he's going to replicate that success with you.
2) Bottom of the league after 7 games, playing (what you think at the time) is not bad football. You're just unlucky, or the tactics are crap, or the players are like headless chickens. Look desperately for someone to blame. Pick a player you think is the biggest pile of wank and slate him on the website.
3) Start looking warily at League One in early September
4) Try playing a season's worth of different formations in five games. Each one doesn't work.
5) Manager keeps coming out with "We're just not getting the breaks". Followed by "We're nearly a decent side, we just need a positive result". He gets public backing from the chairman/owner.
6) Hear stories of said manager being 'a wrong 'un'. The local paper publishes an interview with your Number one keeper, who has made a lot of uncharacteristic errors lately and been binned for it. He hints at troubles in training, nothing concrete, but enough to leave you feeling he's probably right.
7) Nothing improves. You sneak a flukey win at Swansea, who played most of the match in your 18 yard box. Manager immediately goes on a local media offensive. He was right all along. This'll be the start of something big.
Please don't give up. I can see a few candidates out there who would turn this around, and none of them are Pulis. If I was picking, I'd go with David Wagner (out of a job, keen to get back after his crisis of confidence at 'udders, plays good football), Alex Neil at Preston (ex-scum but always seems to get teams playing for him) or Lee Johnson (very ambitious, you've got the money he'd want to improve things, he's been knocking on the door of promotion for a few seasons now, but has had to sell before he can buy).
Don't make the same daft mistakes we made. I'm happy with Paul Lambert. Sure, he didn't do much with you, but he's given us our club back.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2019 18:09:26 GMT
Wagner is at Schalke.
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Post by ipswichiam on Sept 18, 2019 18:17:30 GMT
Is he? Oh.
Mick McCarthy's good at keeping teams up on a shoestring if you don't fancy paying much. Mind you, the football's pony.....
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Post by strangerthingshappen on Sept 18, 2019 18:19:56 GMT
Wagner is a WANGER !!!! short and sweet !!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2019 18:29:44 GMT
Don’t think we’re at Ipswich level just yet.
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Post by dutchstokie on Sept 18, 2019 18:35:03 GMT
1) Promote a manager from League One who'd done well with his former club - He immediately declares he's going to replicate that success with you. 2) Bottom of the league after 7 games, playing (what you think at the time) is not bad football. You're just unlucky, or the tactics are crap, or the players are like headless chickens. Look desperately for someone to blame. Pick a player you think is the biggest pile of wank and slate him on the website. 3) Start looking warily at League One in early September 4) Try playing a season's worth of different formations in five games. Each one doesn't work. 5) Manager keeps coming out with "We're just not getting the breaks". Followed by "We're nearly a decent side, we just need a positive result". He gets public backing from the chairman/owner. 6) Hear stories of said manager being 'a wrong 'un'. The local paper publishes an interview with your Number one keeper, who has made a lot of uncharacteristic errors lately and been binned for it. He hints at troubles in training, nothing concrete, but enough to leave you feeling he's probably right. 7) Nothing improves. You sneak a flukey win at Swansea, who played most of the match in your 18 yard box. Manager immediately goes on a local media offensive. He was right all along. This'll be the start of something big. Please don't give up. I can see a few candidates out there who would turn this around, and none of them are Pulis. If I was picking, I'd go with David Wagner (out of a job, keen to get back after his crisis of confidence at 'udders, plays good football), Alex Neil at Preston (ex-scum but always seems to get teams playing for him) or Lee Johnson (very ambitious, you've got the money he'd want to improve things, he's been knocking on the door of promotion for a few seasons now, but has had to sell before he can buy). Don't make the same daft mistakes we made. I'm happy with Paul Lambert. Sure, he didn't do much with you, but he's given us our club back. How is the owner doing for you guys-Marcus Evans? Is he investing in you boys? ( One of the secret multi-millionaires in the UK if anyone’s interested) |
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Post by leicspotter on Sept 18, 2019 18:38:49 GMT
I seem to recall Ipswich fans telling me that the club was skint and relying on youth players, hence Lambert was being cut plenty of slack, even though relegation was a "given"
We are, not yet at least, in quite such a parlous state...but only time will tell
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Post by ipswichiam on Sept 18, 2019 18:38:52 GMT
He sticks to FFP like it's the Bible, but then you look at Bolton and think "There but for the grace of God...."
I think he's more hands-on now. Lambert shamed him in the summer, apparently told him "this is your club, work for it, take pride in it". He's saved us from the sharks, now we're hoping he can build a better raft....
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Post by somersetstokie on Sept 18, 2019 18:44:22 GMT
I seem to recall Ipswich fans telling me that the club was skint and relying on youth players, hence Lambert was being cut plenty of slack, even though relegation was a "given" We are, not yet at least, in quite such a parlous state...but only time will tell I wish we relied on Youth players.  |
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Post by ipswichiam on Sept 18, 2019 18:44:58 GMT
I seem to recall Ipswich fans telling me that the club was skint and relying on youth players, hence Lambert was being cut plenty of slack, even though relegation was a "given" We are, not yet at least, in quite such a parlous state...but only time will tell Our owner is worth £800 million. He just chose not to invest it in the team. We're costing him £9 million a year just to stay afloat. I seem to recall a Stoke fan, after the 1-1 draw at PR last season, telling me Jones would 'piss this league next season, like he did with Luton in League 1'. He also reckoned you were in for Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tammy Abraham on loan. Bless us fans eh? |
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Post by ipswichiam on Sept 18, 2019 18:46:32 GMT
Don’t think we’re at Ipswich level just yet. Nah, granted you're not actually relegated just yet........ |
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Post by leicspotter on Sept 18, 2019 18:48:13 GMT
I seem to recall Ipswich fans telling me that the club was skint and relying on youth players, hence Lambert was being cut plenty of slack, even though relegation was a "given" We are, not yet at least, in quite such a parlous state...but only time will tell Our owner is worth £800 million. He just chose not to invest it in the team. We're costing him £9 million a year just to stay afloat. I seem to recall a Stoke fan, after the 1-1 draw at PR last season, telling me Jones would 'piss this league next season, like he did with Luton in League 1'. He also reckoned you were in for Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tammy Abraham on loan.
Bless us fans eh? Strong ale in Suffolk  |
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Post by blackpoolred on Sept 18, 2019 18:49:22 GMT
Think Alex Neil would be a cracking shout. His side is always hard to beat, always seems to know what they are doing, attack with purpose and defend with purpose and all done with what looks like fairly mediocre players. Would prefer to give him a shot than Pulis. I think we are going to find just like we have a problem with top players coming here, we may also have the same difficulty with sought-after managers. That and we have the most bizarre board when it comes to replacing managers. We have a thread with the top 16 managers we are voting for and you can guarantee we will get some obscure absolute nobody or has been that is not on that list - I am thinking quite possibly the 1st woman manager - so long as she is British of course  |
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Post by ipswichiam on Sept 18, 2019 18:59:01 GMT
Our owner is worth £800 million. He just chose not to invest it in the team. We're costing him £9 million a year just to stay afloat. I seem to recall a Stoke fan, after the 1-1 draw at PR last season, telling me Jones would 'piss this league next season, like he did with Luton in League 1'. He also reckoned you were in for Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tammy Abraham on loan.
Bless us fans eh? Strong ale in Suffolk Stoke was my first away game in 2003(talking of ale). I naively thought, given the success of The Power and Jackpot Lewis, all your pubs'd have a dartboard, so I took my arrows. First pub we found when we got off the train was like a seventies nightclub. I timidly asked the landlord if he'd got a dartboard and, far from the friendly "Aye son, an' look, there's Adrian and Phil 'aving a quick practice", he looked at me like I'd just said "Nice Alsatian that. How much for me to shag it?". We left most of our pints after that..... |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Sept 18, 2019 19:13:55 GMT
Strong ale in Suffolk Stoke was my first away game in 2003(talking of ale). I naively thought, given the success of The Power and Jackpot Lewis, all your pubs'd have a dartboard, so I took my arrows. First pub we found when we got off the train was like a seventies nightclub. I timidly asked the landlord if he'd got a dartboard and, far from the friendly "Aye son, an' look, there's Adrian and Phil 'aving a quick practice", he looked at me like I'd just said "Nice Alsatian that. How much for me to shag it?". We left most of our pints after that..... Was that the night match when Stoke won 3-2 and we went top of the league on a September night? |
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Post by ipswichiam on Sept 18, 2019 19:21:05 GMT
Stoke was my first away game in 2003(talking of ale). I naively thought, given the success of The Power and Jackpot Lewis, all your pubs'd have a dartboard, so I took my arrows. First pub we found when we got off the train was like a seventies nightclub. I timidly asked the landlord if he'd got a dartboard and, far from the friendly "Aye son, an' look, there's Adrian and Phil 'aving a quick practice", he looked at me like I'd just said "Nice Alsatian that. How much for me to shag it?". We left most of our pints after that..... Was that the night match when Stoke won 3-2 and we went top of the league on a September night? Yes. Think you were 2-0 up and Fuller scored the winner. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Sept 18, 2019 19:21:56 GMT
Neil would be a really good appointment but he turned down the Baggies last season to stay there. Don't see why he'd come here.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Sept 18, 2019 19:23:43 GMT
Was that the night match when Stoke won 3-2 and we went top of the league on a September night? Yes. Think you were 2-0 up and Fuller scored the winner. Weren’t you near the top as well around that time?The reason I remember it so well is my oldest daughter passed her driving test that day and then at night we went top of the league beating you😄👍 Edit that game was 2004 |
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Post by dreamtheater on Sept 18, 2019 20:00:03 GMT
we are now so shyte -other teams fans are now genuinely pitying us
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Post by robrigo on Sept 18, 2019 20:06:44 GMT
I seem to recall Ipswich fans telling me that the club was skint and relying on youth players, hence Lambert was being cut plenty of slack, even though relegation was a "given" We are, not yet at least, in quite such a parlous state...but only time will tell Our owner is worth £800 million. He just chose not to invest it in the team. We're costing him £9 million a year just to stay afloat. I seem to recall a Stoke fan, after the 1-1 draw at PR last season, telling me Jones would 'piss this league next season, like he did with Luton in League 1'. He also reckoned you were in for Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tammy Abraham on loan. Bless us fans eh? That particular Stoke fan won’t post on here. The posters on this forum to a man and woman are far too sensible, far too reasoned, and far too knowledgable to suggest that. 😄 |
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Post by walrus on Sept 18, 2019 21:22:09 GMT
Was that the night match when Stoke won 3-2 and we went top of the league on a September night? Yes. Think you were 2-0 up and Fuller scored the winner. We didn’t sign Fuller till 2006 so not that night. What I wouldn’t give to have Ric in his prime in the side now... EDIT - Just looked it up, Ade Akinbiyi scored the winner. |
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Post by s7oke on Sept 18, 2019 21:39:51 GMT
Yea and Wayne Thomas got s brace I think 🤔
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Post by RF10 on Sept 18, 2019 21:49:18 GMT
Yes. Think you were 2-0 up and Fuller scored the winner. We didn’t sign Fuller till 2006 so not that night. What I wouldn’t give to have Ric in his prime in the side now... EDIT - Just looked it up, Ade Akinbiyi scored the winner. If Fuller didn't have the injuries he had he would have been a phenomenal player most people talk about with plenty of medals. From a selfish point of view I'm glad he did as we would never have witnessed The Great Man. |
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Post by potter25 on Sept 18, 2019 22:04:30 GMT
Yes. Think you were 2-0 up and Fuller scored the winner. We didn’t sign Fuller till 2006 so not that night. What I wouldn’t give to have Ric in his prime in the side now... EDIT - Just looked it up, Ade Akinbiyi scored the winner. If memory serves me right didn’t we have a man sent off that night as well just before Ade got the winner? Also remember a young Darren Bent playing for them that night and he was v impressive |
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Post by potter25 on Sept 18, 2019 22:07:36 GMT
We didn’t sign Fuller till 2006 so not that night. What I wouldn’t give to have Ric in his prime in the side now... EDIT - Just looked it up, Ade Akinbiyi scored the winner. If memory serves me right didn’t we have a man sent off that night as well just before Ade got the winner? Also remember a young Darren Bent playing for them that night and he was v impressive Just looked it up the one and only John Halls was sent off... by one M.Dean of the Wirral 😂 |
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Post by gutreaction on Sept 18, 2019 22:26:39 GMT
Lee Johnson lives just down the road.
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Post by Somebody_Told_Me on Sept 19, 2019 6:57:36 GMT
1) Promote a manager from League One who'd done well with his former club - He immediately declares he's going to replicate that success with you. 2) Bottom of the league after 7 games, playing (what you think at the time) is not bad football. You're just unlucky, or the tactics are crap, or the players are like headless chickens. Look desperately for someone to blame. Pick a player you think is the biggest pile of wank and slate him on the website. 3) Start looking warily at League One in early September 4) Try playing a season's worth of different formations in five games. Each one doesn't work. 5) Manager keeps coming out with "We're just not getting the breaks". Followed by "We're nearly a decent side, we just need a positive result". He gets public backing from the chairman/owner. 6) Hear stories of said manager being 'a wrong 'un'. The local paper publishes an interview with your Number one keeper, who has made a lot of uncharacteristic errors lately and been binned for it. He hints at troubles in training, nothing concrete, but enough to leave you feeling he's probably right. 7) Nothing improves. You sneak a flukey win at Swansea, who played most of the match in your 18 yard box. Manager immediately goes on a local media offensive. He was right all along. This'll be the start of something big. Please don't give up. I can see a few candidates out there who would turn this around, and none of them are Pulis. If I was picking, I'd go with David Wagner (out of a job, keen to get back after his crisis of confidence at 'udders, plays good football), Alex Neil at Preston (ex-scum but always seems to get teams playing for him) or Lee Johnson (very ambitious, you've got the money he'd want to improve things, he's been knocking on the door of promotion for a few seasons now, but has had to sell before he can buy). Don't make the same daft mistakes we made. I'm happy with Paul Lambert. Sure, he didn't do much with you, but he's given us our club back. Glad Lambert is doing well for you, I was pissed off when we appointed him so save us the Prem, but turned out he was very likeable and could/should have pulled it off. He was unlucky, pens, shithouse players etc., And even more unlucky to get sacked, he should been given 10 games in the Championship. Perhaps we shold come back in for him. What would you say about that? |
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Post by realstokebloke on Sept 19, 2019 7:29:15 GMT
1) Promote a manager from League One who'd done well with his former club - He immediately declares he's going to replicate that success with you. 2) Bottom of the league after 7 games, playing (what you think at the time) is not bad football. You're just unlucky, or the tactics are crap, or the players are like headless chickens. Look desperately for someone to blame. Pick a player you think is the biggest pile of wank and slate him on the website. 3) Start looking warily at League One in early September 4) Try playing a season's worth of different formations in five games. Each one doesn't work. 5) Manager keeps coming out with "We're just not getting the breaks". Followed by "We're nearly a decent side, we just need a positive result". He gets public backing from the chairman/owner. 6) Hear stories of said manager being 'a wrong 'un'. The local paper publishes an interview with your Number one keeper, who has made a lot of uncharacteristic errors lately and been binned for it. He hints at troubles in training, nothing concrete, but enough to leave you feeling he's probably right. 7) Nothing improves. You sneak a flukey win at Swansea, who played most of the match in your 18 yard box. Manager immediately goes on a local media offensive. He was right all along. This'll be the start of something big. Please don't give up. I can see a few candidates out there who would turn this around, and none of them are Pulis. If I was picking, I'd go with David Wagner (out of a job, keen to get back after his crisis of confidence at 'udders, plays good football), Alex Neil at Preston (ex-scum but always seems to get teams playing for him) or Lee Johnson (very ambitious, you've got the money he'd want to improve things, he's been knocking on the door of promotion for a few seasons now, but has had to sell before he can buy). Don't make the same daft mistakes we made. I'm happy with Paul Lambert. Sure, he didn't do much with you, but he's given us our club back. Glad Lambert is doing well for you, I was pissed off when we appointed him so save us the Prem, but turned out he was very likeable and could/should have pulled it off. He was unlucky, pens, shithouse players etc., And even more unlucky to get sacked, he should been given 10 games in the Championship. Perhaps we shold come back in for him. What would you say about that?
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Post by realstokebloke on Sept 19, 2019 7:33:51 GMT
Neil would be a really good appointment but he turned down the Baggies last season to stay there. Don't see why he'd come here.
I was given a, usually, very, very reliable tip (while he was still down in the betting 'pack') that he was definitely going - to the point that he had even told the players.
For what they have, PNE are flying and a good chunk of it is down to AN. |
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Post by berahinosgoals on Sept 19, 2019 7:51:10 GMT
Can't see any parallels between the quality of players. Our players shit over yours last season from a great height. sorry, but we arnt a relegation squad, We are finding our bearings and when we do we will shoot up the league. If we had 11 on the pitch last game we would have won the game without getting out of second gear.
We havnt won in London for yonks but you watch this weekend.
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