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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 10:25:33 GMT
Even if you disregard all his achievements in football, what a great man and what a credit to our city.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 10:51:30 GMT
One of my fave posts on here was someone who naned his son Lewis after Macari... Still makes me laugh My cat is called Louie (secret nod to Macari without my wife knowing) but didn’t do the full Luigi . It reminded me of that OFAH sketch where Trigger was talking re who Del Boy was to name his baby after.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 11:29:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 11:37:51 GMT
One of my fave posts on here was someone who naned his son Lewis after Macari... Still makes me laugh My cat is called Louie (secret nod to Macari without my wife knowing) but didn’t do the full Luigi . A Norwich mate of mine called his dog Rosario after Robert Rosario.. who does that? To be fair was more to do with his after match pulling power with the ladies he explained than his on field exploits he claimed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 12:40:40 GMT
Started watching Stoke under Lou. I really think he added a lot of supporters during those years in the lower leagues. Nothing but fond memories of those times and he is a true gentleman. His managerial career should have lasted longer perhaps? Didn't help himself on that front. Great title winning team, never gave up, relegation fodder when he left second time but many great nights.
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Post by lordb on Dec 8, 2020 12:43:29 GMT
Started watching Stoke under Lou. I really think he added a lot of supporters during those years in the lower leagues. Nothing but fond memories of those times and he is a true gentleman. His managerial career should have lasted longer perhaps? Didn't help himself on that front. Great title winning team, never gave up, relegation fodder when he left second time but many great nights. Relegation fodder? We were mid table and that after making play offs with miniscule budget Chic Bates/Jez Money turned us into relegation fodder
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 12:47:12 GMT
1 goal in 8 away games and 8 defeats. Sounds like a slippery slope to me. Ant Moxey's fault that Lou passed on 3 quality players but wrong to criticise after what he achieved
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Post by lordb on Dec 8, 2020 12:50:53 GMT
1 goal in 8 away games and 8 defeats. Sounds like a slippery slope to me. Ant Moxey's fault that Lou passed on 3 quality players but wrong to criticise after what he achieved The idea that Macari would have taken us down is preposterous Back his judgement over Moxeys all day To be fair would back Scholes 😮 over Moxey Easily the worst employee the club has ever had
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 12:58:00 GMT
1 goal in 8 away games and 8 defeats. Sounds like a slippery slope to me. Ant Moxey's fault that Lou passed on 3 quality players but wrong to criticise after what he achieved The idea that Macari would have taken us down is preposterous Back his judgement over Moxeys all day To be fair would back Scholes 😮 over Moxey Easily the worst employee the club has ever had Never said we would go down but heading that way. We were utterly atrocious away. In 8 games we managed an own goal and going one way with that form, into a bottom of the table fight. Were all kinds of shenanigans going on and was money to spend. Bolton managed ok . Moxey bent over backwards to finance some players and nonsense to blame him without knowing the facts.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Dec 8, 2020 17:10:19 GMT
Never looked in any danger of relegation in 96/97. Clearly it was a comedown from the previous season and away form wasn't great but at home we were generally ok. Even with the Sheron sale I have no doubt that we would have been ok the following season had Lou been in charge.
Lord has nailed it re: Moxey...maybe Scholes isn't that bad after all
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Post by swampySCFC on Dec 8, 2020 23:23:46 GMT
If you're between 40 and 55 he's got to be your favourite manager - took us from our lowest ebb and so nearly got us to the promised land. You might respect Tony Pulis but you just have to love Lou. I think thats spot on
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Post by maninasuitcase on Dec 8, 2020 23:40:48 GMT
MBE- Mr Boothen End
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Post by c00kie on Dec 11, 2020 14:43:55 GMT
There's an interview about his recent award here:
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Post by Dutchpeter on Dec 12, 2020 2:32:30 GMT
If you're between 40 and 55 he's got to be your favourite manager - took us from our lowest ebb and so nearly got us to the promised land. You might respect Tony Pulis but you just have to love Lou. Yes, without a doubt. I was 18 when I saw Stoke play Bradford City on Lou’s Debut. All I had seen effectively was decline, some of which was pathetic. I think Lou built a team that mirrored the punters who watched them, in so much it was a full on, hard working, totally committed team who never knew when they were beaten. The support then was like being a Mod or rocker, it was like being in a youth cult. The support still being mainly young working class males. It was a United support that those now, who are used to social media will never know. The Victoria Ground, due to the terraces was like a village, and you were always bumping into people you knew home and away. I found the new place a little anonymous. I think that there were so many young supporters coming of age that converged with Lou’s team, along with the general youth culture of the time, it was just a heady mix.
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Post by mickstupp on Dec 12, 2020 10:48:01 GMT
1 goal in 8 away games and 8 defeats. Sounds like a slippery slope to me. Ant Moxey's fault that Lou passed on 3 quality players but wrong to criticise after what he achieved Who were the three players? Mendonca was one of them I’m guessing?
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Post by silsdenstokie on Dec 12, 2020 11:29:13 GMT
1 goal in 8 away games and 8 defeats. Sounds like a slippery slope to me. Ant Moxey's fault that Lou passed on 3 quality players but wrong to criticise after what he achieved Who were the three players? Mendonca was one of them I’m guessing? Yeah the Mendonca one is the only one I recall. And is that fact or fiction that he passed up on him? Seem to recall he was heavily into his legal case with Celtic at the time so it is possible that he could have taken his eye off the ball a little
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Post by Dutchpeter on Dec 12, 2020 11:56:44 GMT
Who were the three players? Mendonca was one of them I’m guessing? Yeah the Mendonca one is the only one I recall. And is that fact or fiction that he passed up on him? Seem to recall he was heavily into his legal case with Celtic at the time so it is possible that he could have taken his eye off the ball a little I never quite believed that we were in for Mendonca at the time. £750,000 was phenomenal money for Stoke back in 1997. I just thought it was Moxey created spin.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Dec 12, 2020 12:04:02 GMT
Yeah the Mendonca one is the only one I recall. And is that fact or fiction that he passed up on him? Seem to recall he was heavily into his legal case with Celtic at the time so it is possible that he could have taken his eye off the ball a little I never quite believed that we were in for Mendonca at the time. £750,000 was phenomenal money for Stoke back in 1997. I just thought it was Moxey created spin. Yeah we hadn't sold Sheron at that point so we weren't exactly awash with cash
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Post by Trouserdog on Dec 12, 2020 12:47:59 GMT
The idea that Macari would have taken us down is preposterous Back his judgement over Moxeys all day To be fair would back Scholes 😮 over Moxey Easily the worst employee the club has ever had Never said we would go down but heading that way. We were utterly atrocious away. In 8 games we managed an own goal and going one way with that form, into a bottom of the table fight. Were all kinds of shenanigans going on and was money to spend. Bolton managed ok . Moxey bent over backwards to finance some players and nonsense to blame him without knowing the facts. Home form was still good though, but yes, we did have a poor end to his last season here. However, although it's impossible to know for sure, I don't think Lou would ever have taken us down. Maintaining a play-off challenge would have been beyond him (or anyone) but we had some good players in that side (Kavanagh, Keen, Sigurdsson, Griffin) and he always seemed to get the best out of the bad ones. He had lost a bit of sparkle after his Celtic experience, no doubt, but there's no way he'd have delivered a season as bad as Bates and Kamara managed between them. I think we'd have probably bummed around in mid-table but we weren't relegation fodder at all until the season after he went.
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 12, 2020 13:26:14 GMT
Never said we would go down but heading that way. We were utterly atrocious away. In 8 games we managed an own goal and going one way with that form, into a bottom of the table fight. Were all kinds of shenanigans going on and was money to spend. Bolton managed ok . Moxey bent over backwards to finance some players and nonsense to blame him without knowing the facts. Home form was still good though, but yes, we did have a poor end to his last season here. However, although it's impossible to know for sure, I don't think Lou would ever have taken us down. Maintaining a play-off challenge would have been beyond him (or anyone) but we had some good players in that side (Kavanagh, Keen, Sigurdsson, Griffin) and he always seemed to get the best out of the bad ones. He had lost a bit of sparkle after his Celtic experience, no doubt, but there's no way he'd have delivered a season as bad as Bates and Kamara managed between them. I think we'd have probably bummed around in mid-table but we weren't relegation fodder at all until the season after he went. I got sick to bloody death of Lou repeatedly saying we have to run work tackle and play at 100mph. It seemed he said it because he lacked ideas. But when Bates took over with a softer approach the consequences proved Lou right.
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Post by RF10 on Dec 12, 2020 13:31:34 GMT
Of all the adopted Stokies he has to be easily one of the best and most influential people.
Understand it if people dont want to talk about it but does anyone have any personal experience of the Macari Center and what it has done for them or the people they know?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 18:05:00 GMT
Yeah the Mendonca one is the only one I recall. And is that fact or fiction that he passed up on him? Seem to recall he was heavily into his legal case with Celtic at the time so it is possible that he could have taken his eye off the ball a little I never quite believed that we were in for Mendonca at the time. £750,000 was phenomenal money for Stoke back in 1997. I just thought it was Moxey created spin. The Mendonca bid was accepted. About 2 hours before the window shut, wasn't a straight cash deal. Steve Stone was a player we were very close to signing for 55 k
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Post by butlerstbob on Dec 18, 2020 18:23:40 GMT
If you're between 40 and 55 he's got to be your favourite manager - took us from our lowest ebb and so nearly got us to the promised land. You might respect Tony Pulis but you just have to love Lou. great summary, Give me 10 years of the Lou era over 10 years in the premiership all day long! Every game seemed mental, home or away! They were good Times!!
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Post by Dutchpeter on Dec 18, 2020 18:37:32 GMT
I never quite believed that we were in for Mendonca at the time. £750,000 was phenomenal money for Stoke back in 1997. I just thought it was Moxey created spin. The Mendonca bid was accepted. About 2 hours before the window shut, wasn't a straight cash deal. Steve Stone was a player we were very close to signing for 55 k I’m very surprised by that. We were poor as church mice. Steve Stone would have been perfect for that fee. Mendonca might have had a bigger initial impact than Peter Thorne, on reflection/hindsight.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 18:44:26 GMT
The Mendonca bid was accepted. About 2 hours before the window shut, wasn't a straight cash deal. Steve Stone was a player we were very close to signing for 55 k I’m very surprised by that. We were poor as church mice. Steve Stone would have been perfect for that fee. Mendonca might have had a bigger initial impact than Peter Thorne, on reflection/hindsight. As mentioned before I witnessed the whole transfer deadline day first hand that afternoon, Macari was not popular to say the least. Stone couldnt get a game at Forest, eventually due to injuries he did and what a player he was. We pissed about with a young Andy Cole chasing Steve Claridge who was never going to sign for us, Cole went to Bristol City in the end after scoring v us on loan at Fulham
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Post by pretzel on Dec 18, 2020 19:04:53 GMT
Lou was marvellous
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Post by butlerstbob on Dec 18, 2020 19:26:56 GMT
I am sure that was Neil Baldwin...🤔
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Post by ursemboys on Dec 18, 2020 19:32:10 GMT
If you're between 40 and 55 he's got to be your favourite manager - took us from our lowest ebb and so nearly got us to the promised land. You might respect Tony Pulis but you just have to love Lou. great summary, Give me 10 years of the Lou era over 10 years in the premiership all day long! Every game seemed mental, home or away! They were good Times!! Agree, I couldn't wait till Saturday home or away, I was lucky I knew someone in the ticket office so had no problem with tickets for away matches, used get to Wednesday and the excitement took over, Thursday and Fridays where like a week in two days
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Post by hardcastle on Dec 18, 2020 19:34:29 GMT
Yeah, l remember us being very interested in Clive Mendonca, but we couldn't possibly have been able to afford £750,000 back then, could we? We were scratching around for spare change round the back of the sofa, weren't we, trying to find the money for this new stadium.
(Wow £14.7 million for a new stadium sounds nothing nowadays, does it - Mark Hughes since paid more than that on a player - twice !)
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Post by butlerstbob on Dec 18, 2020 19:57:46 GMT
great summary, Give me 10 years of the Lou era over 10 years in the premiership all day long! Every game seemed mental, home or away! They were good Times!! Agree, I couldn't wait till Saturday home or away, I was lucky I knew someone in the ticket office so had no problem with tickets for away matches, used get to Wednesday and the excitement took over, Thursday and Fridays where like a week in two days We used to organise our next up and coming game whilst pissed after the last match, tickets travel and meeting point(pub) as there was no mobile phones😁 in them days. It was like clockwork and never failed... Great days👍
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