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Post by SamB_SCFC on Nov 12, 2019 8:58:40 GMT
I must admit I haven't warmed to him as a person since the infamous shushing incident. It was just so needless at the time, the stick that the team and Rowett had been getting at the time had been justified given the amount of money spent and how poor the football had been and he had been one of the players who had actually escaped personal criticism up to that point due to his injury hit start to the season. It made him look arrogant and entitled, like he expects us to blindly cheer and hero worship them regardless of the shite they turn out.
I still get the feeling that he's a bit of a cock but at the end of the day it's the performances on the pitch that count and this season he's been one of the very few that have consistently stepped up. It's always been clear that he has ability and he's managed to find more consistency this season, possibly now he's been able to shake off his injury that hampered him when he first joined. He's definitely one of the key players that O'Neill needs to base his side around and if he keeps his form up he could yet go on to have a very good Stoke career.
As others have said, Arnie looked like a cock when he first signed and sulked a lot and had some truly atrocious games like Hull away near the start of his first season where he was an embarrassment. But he pulled his finger out, got focused and settled into the club and by the end he was our absolute star man. Hopefully Clucas can have a similar career trajectory. At this lower level he has the ability to be a star.
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