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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2020 21:18:47 GMT
I never knew this I must admit.
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Post by AlbertTatlock on Apr 22, 2020 21:20:52 GMT
Yeah it would have been different - we'd be bankrupt. Gouranga.  |
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Post by lordb on Apr 22, 2020 21:22:25 GMT
Steve Coppell turned it down as well although that might have been earlier
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Post by mickstupp on Apr 22, 2020 21:25:20 GMT
Harry would have been a great appointment two years earlier (summer 89)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2020 21:48:55 GMT
I'm glad he didn't come.
He may have done a better job than Lou Macari, but the facts are, that Macari gave me my best moments supporting this football club and some of the best moments if my life.
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 22, 2020 22:05:01 GMT
I'm glad he didn't come. He may have done a better job than Lou Macari, but the facts are, that Macari gave me my best moments supporting this football club and some of the best moments if my life. kin hell how much better a job could he have done than Lou?? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2020 22:07:11 GMT
I'm glad he didn't come. He may have done a better job than Lou Macari, but the facts are, that Macari gave me my best moments supporting this football club and some of the best moments if my life. kin hell how much better a job could he have done than Lou?? I did say "may". I suppose the only way he could have done, would have been to get us up to the top division? |
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Apr 22, 2020 22:48:00 GMT
Aaaah, turned out we were totally fine with Lou!!!  |
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Post by PotterLog on Apr 22, 2020 22:59:26 GMT
kin hell how much better a job could he have done than Lou?? I did say "may". I suppose the only way he could have done, would have been to get us up to the top division? Technically speaking, yes. But to get us to within a Garry bastard Parker bastard goal of the 2nd div play-off final with our resources should be seen as a pretty herculean effort on the part of Lou anyway. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2020 23:13:34 GMT
I'm glad he didn't come. He may have done a better job than Lou Macari, but the facts are, that Macari gave me my best moments supporting this football club and some of the best moments if my life. kin hell how much better a job could he have done than Lou?? Got us promoted ? I know harsh Our last 9 away games under Lou we took 1 point and scored once, a 0-0 at Tranmere and our only goal was an og at Southend. Our home form was excellent though. Bolton who came up with us romped the league and didn't exactly spend money. They left us behind under Rioch |
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Post by Bagwash on Apr 22, 2020 23:45:14 GMT
I am so glad it was Lou.
Some of my best times watching Stoke were when Lou was manager.
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Post by JoeinOz on Apr 23, 2020 2:57:37 GMT
It worked out fine. Macari was ideal and exactly what we needed.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Apr 23, 2020 4:42:32 GMT
The Redknapp interest was well known at the time. Typical good Coates appointment was Lou, i.e. lucky and fortunate.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 5:41:29 GMT
The Redknapp interest was well known at the time. Typical good Coates appointment was Lou, i.e. lucky and fortunate. The interest was but the fact that we interviewed him passed me by..... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 7:18:21 GMT
I did say "may". I suppose the only way he could have done, would have been to get us up to the top division? Technically speaking, yes. But to get us to within a Garry bastard Parker bastard goal of the 2nd div play-off final with our resources should be seen as a pretty herculean effort on the part of Lou anyway. Don't. It still hurts today. That night is THE most upset and pissed off I've ever been due to football. |
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Post by werrington on Apr 23, 2020 7:31:29 GMT
I'm glad he didn't come. He may have done a better job than Lou Macari, but the facts are, that Macari gave me my best moments supporting this football club and some of the best moments if my life. I think that was called “being young” 😊 |
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Post by heworksardtho on Apr 23, 2020 7:36:35 GMT
Loves a good deal does harry , charges £20 grand for 30min work to put his face to a charity
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Post by mickstupp on Apr 23, 2020 8:32:18 GMT
The manager who Coates offered the job to originally was Mel Machin
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 9:07:23 GMT
I'm glad he didn't come. He may have done a better job than Lou Macari, but the facts are, that Macari gave me my best moments supporting this football club and some of the best moments if my life. I think that was called “being young” 😊 You're not wrong mate. We have had better times since in a footballing sense when you look at it, but Lou's stint coincided with me being in my late teens and early 20's when me and my mates didn't have any other cares in the world other than getting smashed and travelling all over the country watching Stoke, and it was the first time any of us had seen us being anything like successful |
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Post by sheds1862 on Apr 23, 2020 9:15:51 GMT
Steve Coppell turned it down as well although that might have been earlier And George Burley at a later date 🤔 |
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Post by Northy on Apr 23, 2020 9:34:01 GMT
I did say "may". I suppose the only way he could have done, would have been to get us up to the top division? Technically speaking, yes. But to get us to within a Garry bastard Parker bastard goal of the 2nd div play-off final with our resources should be seen as a pretty herculean effort on the part of Lou anyway. Or a Graham potter virtual open goal miss, and was Razor the other chance at their place ? |
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Post by lagwafis on Apr 23, 2020 9:36:10 GMT
kin hell how much better a job could he have done than Lou?? Got us promoted ? I know harsh Our last 9 away games under Lou we took 1 point and scored once, a 0-0 at Tranmere and our only goal was an og at Southend. Our home form was excellent though. Bolton who came up with us romped the league and didn't exactly spend money. They left us behind under Rioch Selling Stein and losing Lou for 12 months while Bolton kept hold of McGinlay, McAteer, Alan Thompson etc. was also a big factor. We still managed to finish above them in 93/94 but the disruption of Joe Jordan coming in and the lack of goals (it took Regis until April before he reached what Stein had in October) set us back 18 months or so. I think the club also placed a lot of faith in Carruthers becoming Stein's natural successor which didn't work out well! |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Apr 23, 2020 9:37:37 GMT
No Lou = No Nello!  |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Apr 23, 2020 9:40:34 GMT
Technically speaking, yes. But to get us to within a Garry bastard Parker bastard goal of the 2nd div play-off final with our resources should be seen as a pretty herculean effort on the part of Lou anyway. Or a Graham potter virtual open goal miss, and was Razor the other chance at their place ? Potter missed two glorious chances! In the second leg, after the match, on the pitch, I saw someone punch a police horse! Looking at the post's above, was it you @vincentvega |
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Post by mickstupp on Apr 23, 2020 10:02:15 GMT
Technically speaking, yes. But to get us to within a Garry bastard Parker bastard goal of the 2nd div play-off final with our resources should be seen as a pretty herculean effort on the part of Lou anyway. Or a Graham potter virtual open goal miss, and was Razor the other chance at their place ? Simon Sturridge |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 10:52:00 GMT
Got us promoted ? I know harsh Our last 9 away games under Lou we took 1 point and scored once, a 0-0 at Tranmere and our only goal was an og at Southend. Our home form was excellent though. Bolton who came up with us romped the league and didn't exactly spend money. They left us behind under Rioch Selling Stein and losing Lou for 12 months while Bolton kept hold of McGinlay, McAteer, Alan Thompson etc. was also a big factor. We still managed to finish above them in 93/94 but the disruption of Joe Jordan coming in and the lack of goals (it took Regis until April before he reached what Stein had in October) set us back 18 months or so. I think the club also placed a lot of faith in Carruthers becoming Stein's natural successor which didn't work out well! True but I felt we were looking like a team that was going to seriously struggle the next season. |
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Post by lordb on Apr 23, 2020 11:26:04 GMT
Technically speaking, yes. But to get us to within a Garry bastard Parker bastard goal of the 2nd div play-off final with our resources should be seen as a pretty herculean effort on the part of Lou anyway. Or a Graham potter virtual open goal miss, and was Razor the other chance at their place ? Potter's miss was astonishing We had a blatant penalty not given too |
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Apr 23, 2020 11:44:30 GMT
Or a Graham potter virtual open goal miss, and was Razor the other chance at their place ? Potter's miss was astonishing We had a blatant penalty not given too We should have been out of sight after the first leg. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 11:46:27 GMT
Steve Coppell turned it down as well although that might have been earlier And George Burley at a later date 🤔 And Peter Beardsley after Lou left |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 12:41:22 GMT
Or a Graham potter virtual open goal miss, and was Razor the other chance at their place ? Potter missed two glorious chances! In the second leg, after the match, on the pitch, I saw someone punch a police horse! Looking at the post's above, was it you @vincentvega No mate, not my style. I would have been trudging back to the boozer to cry in my pint. |
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