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Post by elystokie on Oct 7, 2019 10:53:46 GMT
Anyone got the inside track on where we're at with injuries?
Is Powell fully recovered now?
How far off is Ryan?
I've seen that McClean is reported as being injured but I haven't seen anything saying what the injury is, has anyone?
A major plus has to be Badou recovering from his ankle injury so quickly, I feared the worst there.
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 7, 2019 16:23:18 GMT
I suspect that as far as SCFC goes there is an apparent total news blackout. Complete secrecy about team selection, managerial candidates, stadium plans, catering checks, club takeovers, training spies etc. I'm not even sure anymore who is officially in charge of anything, let alone press releases and fitness bulletins. I think Ryan Shawcross may be suffering from a broken leg but don't quote on me that. Ryan Woods however.... god knows, if he is even still at the club.
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Post by elystokie on Oct 7, 2019 16:36:45 GMT
I suspect that as far as SCFC goes there is an apparent total news blackout. Complete secrecy about team selection, managerial candidates, stadium plans, catering checks, club takeovers, training spies etc. I'm not even sure anymore who is officially in charge of anything, let alone press releases and fitness bulletins. I think Ryan Shawcross may be suffering from a broken leg but don't quote on me that. Ryan Woods however.... god knows, if he is even still at the club. Is he with Mame Diouf maybe? |
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 7, 2019 17:57:26 GMT
Perhaps there are secret isolation cells for solitary confinement at Clayton Woods. Inmates include those who are on the naughty step to the guys that Jones has effectively excommunicated, like Davies.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Oct 7, 2019 21:50:12 GMT
Whoever Vokes fell on in Saturday’s goal celebration... 🤣
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Post by redandwhitetundra on Oct 7, 2019 22:28:49 GMT
Every player has been told a different story so they can narrow down "the leak".
Rumour has it that McLean's injury is a damaged ego.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 23:06:10 GMT
Jimmy Mac and Ince have serious injuries.
Anything other than that would have seen them playing against Swansea. They will be first on the sheet next match.
Some people never learn.
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Post by jeycov on Oct 8, 2019 7:31:55 GMT
He's been included in the current Ireland squad this week
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Post by elystokie on Oct 8, 2019 7:51:49 GMT
He's been included in the current Ireland squad this week I don't know if that's a good thing because there's a chance he had no injury and NJ has finally seen sense or if it's a bad thing because he actually had an injury but has recovered :/ |
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Post by nott1 on Oct 8, 2019 8:03:37 GMT
I suspect that as far as SCFC goes there is an apparent total news blackout. Complete secrecy about team selection, managerial candidates, stadium plans, catering checks, club takeovers, training spies etc. I'm not even sure anymore who is officially in charge of anything, let alone press releases and fitness bulletins. I think Ryan Shawcross may be suffering from a broken leg but don't quote on me that. Ryan Woods however.... god knows, if he is even still at the club. Do we actually employ a publicity officer? If so he/she needs sacking and if not we need one! |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Oct 8, 2019 11:33:58 GMT
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Oct 8, 2019 11:40:37 GMT
I suspect that as far as SCFC goes there is an apparent total news blackout. Complete secrecy about team selection, managerial candidates, stadium plans, catering checks, club takeovers, training spies etc. I'm not even sure anymore who is officially in charge of anything, let alone press releases and fitness bulletins. I think Ryan Shawcross may be suffering from a broken leg but don't quote on me that. Ryan Woods however.... god knows, if he is even still at the club. Weren't our team selections being leaked a few weeks back? |
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 8, 2019 12:08:37 GMT
Yes they were. Apparently by a squad member who took exception to his continued ommision from the team. Believed to be Ryan Woods but who knows. Anyway things have been tightened up and debate regarding the whole question of team selection is now discouraged. There was a story that squad members and staff were fed different stories or pieces of information to see if the culprit could be narrowed down because of the connection to which bit of news actually got leaked. Secrecy now about EVERYTHING is apparently the rule at SCFC.
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Oct 8, 2019 13:14:48 GMT
Yes they were. Apparently by a squad member who took exception to his continued ommision from the team. Believed to be Ryan Woods but who knows. Anyway things have been tightened up and debate regarding the whole question of team selection is now discouraged. There was a story that squad members and staff were fed different stories or pieces of information to see if the culprit could be narrowed down because of the connection to which bit of news actually got leaked. Secrecy now about EVERYTHING is apparently the rule at SCFC.
Where was this story from exactly?
And since when did any club (not just ours) go around telling people the team for the next game days ahead of time? Secrecy re: your team for that day is kinda standard with most clubs mate.
Also pretty standard for clubs not to go around making it public who their potential managerial candidates are when the current manager is still actually at the club and hasn't even lost his job yet!
Really don't see what your issue is? Seems to be a lot of huffing and puffing about nothing really
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 8, 2019 15:26:42 GMT
Probably as a result of exasperation.
As I am generally happy with the level of gossip and info that comes out on the pages of the Oatcake MB I don't tend to go looking for news reports elsewhere, especially if the news is likely to be fake. I perhaps look at the BBC and that's it. So any rumours or reports of goings on at Stoke will probably come from posters on here.
I believe it to be fact that there was a major issue with advanced leakage of teams and tactics and Jones was far from happy about it. I also believe that the culprit or culprits were identified by narrowing down the field of suspects by a process of elimination. The truth about recent goings on has not been widely reported, so fans tend to make up their own reality and fill in any blanks.
The consequence is a high level of gossip, innuendo and suggestion on the MB and I am just going with the flow. So I don't personally know where these reports originated and I certainly didn't initiate them, and their inclusion in my post was intended to be a generalisation of perceived issues and not necessarily a representation of fact.
Any connection to real places or events, current or past, were unintentional and the author does not admit responsibility for any perceived misreporting of recent incidents or any lack of factual evidence supporting claims that might have been made.
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 8, 2019 15:30:59 GMT
Also readers should make up their own minds about the veracity of posts on here. Most comments, mine included, are light hearted in nature and should not always be taken as having a basis in fact. I would never claim to be ITK as with some posters.
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