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Post by boltonstokie on Apr 1, 2020 15:58:47 GMT
£2m quid transfer fee and didn’t even give him a medical!
Random bit of news, but still ridiculous.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 1, 2020 15:59:24 GMT
Source?
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Post by bolders on Apr 1, 2020 17:26:25 GMT
We were desperate to bulk out the squad. He, Soares and Davies seemed like good editions to the squad at the time
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Post by boltonstokie on Apr 1, 2020 17:28:11 GMT
My housemate is part of under the cosh podcast team. Tongy was the latest guest. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 1, 2020 17:29:37 GMT
My housemate is part of under the cosh podcast team. Tongy was the latest guest. Ah cool, does he say it on there or was it just a private thing? |
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Post by Pedropotter on Apr 1, 2020 17:29:42 GMT
Shame that didnt happen with Demba Ba.
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 1, 2020 17:39:47 GMT
Did he do anything good for us? Really can't remember.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2020 17:56:23 GMT
Did he do anything good for us? Really can't remember. Yeah. He got injured and couldn't play. |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Apr 1, 2020 17:58:48 GMT
£2m quid transfer fee and didn’t even give him a medical! Random bit of news, but still ridiculous. Common knowledge that one. Players didn't want to sign for us and his arrival was so last minute, we didn't have time to complete a medical before completing his signing. |
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Post by chigstoke on Apr 1, 2020 18:00:14 GMT
Shame that didnt happen with Demba Ba. You know how it would've gone with Stoke. We'd sign him, and the first moment he touched the ball his knee would have exploded into a gazillion pieces. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Apr 1, 2020 18:01:52 GMT
Surely the lack of a medical effects the insurance on a player?
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Post by Pedropotter on Apr 1, 2020 18:08:47 GMT
Shame that didnt happen with Demba Ba. You know how it would've gone with Stoke. We'd sign him, and the first moment he touched the ball his knee would have exploded into a gazillion pieces. Ain't that the truth mate. |
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Post by scfc75 on Apr 1, 2020 18:26:57 GMT
294 glorious Premier League minutes.
Stoke and Vale legend.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2020 18:36:49 GMT
Did he reveal the secret to his never ending contract renewals?
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Post by boltonstokie on Apr 1, 2020 19:50:37 GMT
My housemate is part of under the cosh podcast team. Tongy was the latest guest. Ah cool, does he say it on there or was it just a private thing? Yeah he openly talks about it. |
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Post by boltonstokie on Apr 1, 2020 19:52:11 GMT
Did he reveal the secret to his never ending contract renewals? Ha yes he does mention it. Good old Tone gave him another year for no reason. He certainly hadn’t expected it! 🙄 |
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 1, 2020 21:45:45 GMT
Did he reveal the secret to his never ending contract renewals? Ha yes he does mention it. Good old Tone gave him another year for no reason. He certainly hadn’t expected it! 🙄 Naah he's a good kiddy Nige |
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Post by JoeinOz on Apr 1, 2020 23:22:54 GMT
I didn't think Tongy was too bad.
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Post by expectedtoulouse on Apr 1, 2020 23:48:14 GMT
I’ve never understood the dislike of him amongst Stoke fans, other than him joining Vale a few years later.
He was a top end Championship player for Sheffield Utd and provided us some much needed craft in midfield when he arrived. It wasn’t his fault that Pulis chose a physical approach which meant that he was often overlooked for superior bruisers who were technically inferior and when he did get on the pitch, it was largely out of position on the wing.
Whilst the physical approach clearly worked at home, had he been used more frequently in centre mid away from home we might have had more success in retaining possession and moving up the pitch.
Much like Tuncay, the timing of his move here was unfortunate. Both were good players and played well when given the opportunity, but weren’t the players which the manager wanted at the time, despite signing them himself.
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Post by metalhead on Apr 2, 2020 3:10:38 GMT
I didn't think Tongy was too bad. With you on this one. I thought he was a decent signing. A very good Championship player with most of the attributes to be a half decent Premiership player. Pulis didn't fancy him, for reasons only he knows. Don't care about the Vale thing. He owed us nothing. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 4:12:35 GMT
I didn't realise he played for Port Vale and pretty irrelevant as far as am concerned.
Don't remember much about him playing for us apart from v FC Thun I think and a few Prem games. He was excellent for Sheff Utd.
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Post by JoeinOz on Apr 2, 2020 4:40:52 GMT
Greenhoff played for Port Vale. Stan managed them. Does anyone hold it against them?
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Post by tijuanabrass on Apr 2, 2020 7:43:26 GMT
Greenhoff played for Port Vale. Stan managed them. Does anyone hold it against them? I never bought either of them a pint again. |
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Post by BristolMick on Apr 2, 2020 7:45:20 GMT
Greenhoff played for Port Vale. Stan managed them. Does anyone hold it against them? Hating the Vale doesn’t make anyone feel better about SCFC or life in general and what’s more doesn’t even wind the Vale fans up as much as not thinking or knowing anything about them at all. BM |
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Post by heworksardtho on Apr 2, 2020 14:58:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 18:33:19 GMT
Greenhoff played for Port Vale. Stan managed them. Does anyone hold it against them? Greenhoff leaving Toronto for Burslem was a strange choice. I bet his wife holds it against him. |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Apr 2, 2020 20:16:35 GMT
I didn't realise he'd played so few games for us or that he was with us for so long. I thought he was decent when I saw him.
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Post by onionman on Apr 2, 2020 22:11:55 GMT
Ironic that they didn’t even do a few tests on his tongue.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 2, 2020 22:25:41 GMT
He’s not particularly hated is he?
Just associated with some questionable contract extensions that show why you need more than one bloke doing things.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 2:34:11 GMT
Greenhoff played for Port Vale. Stan managed them. Does anyone hold it against them? Hating the Vale doesn’t make anyone feel better about SCFC or life in general and what’s more doesn’t even wind the Vale fans up as much as not thinking or knowing anything about them at all. BM The fact that hating vale serves no useful purpose really makes me fucking hate vale. |
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