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Post by bingbang on Mar 1, 2021 14:29:46 GMT
Studio guest on Monday night football tonight. Be interesting to see if has any views on his time at Stoke.
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 1, 2021 14:30:51 GMT
"We prepared well . . . ."
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Post by shakermaker on Mar 1, 2021 14:37:29 GMT
Studio guest on Monday night football tonight. Be interesting to see if has any views on his time at Stoke. A lucrative non-disclosure agreement means he'll probably skim over the issues without getting into the details.
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Post by BuzzB on Mar 1, 2021 14:39:25 GMT
Doing the rounds eh, he was studio guest on BBC yesterday for the Palace game.
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Post by Davef on Mar 1, 2021 14:40:12 GMT
Is there a club whose fans are more obsessed with former managers than Stoke?
Four running threads on ex-managers (and that's not counting the Cotterill one), two of them not even worth a second of your thoughts.
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Post by theoptimist on Mar 1, 2021 14:46:41 GMT
He was on the Beebs Fulham v Palarse borefest yesterday. Managed to get a line in about "no such thing as 9th place mediocrity/careful what you wish for".
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 1, 2021 14:47:29 GMT
Studio guest on Monday night football tonight. Be interesting to see if has any views on his time at Stoke. Can you explain the rational behind the signings of Imbula, Berahino and Wimmer please Mark.
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Post by wearestoke80 on Mar 1, 2021 16:40:31 GMT
Is there a club whose fans are more obsessed with former managers than Stoke? Four running threads on ex-managers (and that's not counting the Cotterill one), two of them not even worth a second of your thoughts. Lambert and Jones ?
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Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Mar 1, 2021 16:43:41 GMT
Easy to blame the managers, but the board are culpable too, and most of us realise that.
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Post by J-Roar on Mar 1, 2021 17:10:57 GMT
Studio guest on Monday night football tonight. Be interesting to see if has any views on his time at Stoke. Why the fuck would the ex Southampton manager and ex Everton player Mark Hughes even mention a mid table championship club? Do you think he or the rest of the country give a flying fuck about his views on a club he left years ago? Do you think he'll talk about Fulham, Man City and Blackburn? Can't we fucking move on?
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Post by a on Mar 1, 2021 17:12:56 GMT
Studio guest on Monday night football tonight. Be interesting to see if has any views on his time at Stoke. Last time I saw him on tv he was mentioned with Stoke and said “yea, thanks for bringing that up/thanks for reminding me” or words to that effect. Needless to say he doesn’t enjoy talking about us I don’t think
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 1, 2021 17:15:26 GMT
Studio guest on Monday night football tonight. Be interesting to see if has any views on his time at Stoke. Last time I saw him on tv he was mentioned with Stoke and said “yea, thanks for bringing that up/thanks for reminding me” or words to that effect. Needless to say he doesn’t enjoy talking about us I don’t think I would imagine it’s embarrassment for the shitload of money he wasted and we’re still recovering from now😡
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Post by a on Mar 1, 2021 17:16:49 GMT
Last time I saw him on tv he was mentioned with Stoke and said “yea, thanks for bringing that up/thanks for reminding me” or words to that effect. Needless to say he doesn’t enjoy talking about us I don’t think I would imagine it’s embarrassment for the shitload of money he wasted and we’re still recovering from now😡 Undoubtedly so. Shame really because he brought us the best football and finishes in recent times but ultimately lost the plot and hasn’t done anything of note since really
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Mar 1, 2021 17:23:42 GMT
He was on the Beebs Fulham v Palarse borefest yesterday. Managed to get a line in about "no such thing as 9th place mediocrity/careful what you wish for". There really wasn’t anything mediocre about at least two of those 9th placed finishes. Without doubt they contained the best football I have seen Stoke play in near 40 years following the club. His head had already started going by the third and performances really dipped in the second half of that season. Yes he fully deserved the sack IMO a good 12 months before it happened but I really think some Stoke fans totally discount the good stuff. How long before we see our team playing stuff like that again? Maybe not in my lifetime.
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Mar 1, 2021 17:25:23 GMT
I would imagine it’s embarrassment for the shitload of money he wasted and we’re still recovering from now😡 Undoubtedly so. Shame really because he brought us the best football and finishes in recent times but ultimately lost the plot and hasn’t done anything of note since really Glad someone else can see past the bitterness of how it all went so wrong.
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 1, 2021 17:30:59 GMT
Studio guest on Monday night football tonight. Be interesting to see if has any views on his time at Stoke. Why the fuck would the ex Southampton manager and ex Everton player Mark Hughes even mention a mid table championship club? Do you think he or the rest of the country give a flying fuck about his views on a club he left years ago? Do you think he'll talk about Fulham, Man City and Blackburn? Can't we fucking move on? Seems not his shit expensive flops have set us back 15 years .
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Mar 1, 2021 17:35:30 GMT
Why the fuck would the ex Southampton manager and ex Everton player Mark Hughes even mention a mid table championship club? Do you think he or the rest of the country give a flying fuck about his views on a club he left years ago? Do you think he'll talk about Fulham, Man City and Blackburn? Can't we fucking move on? Seems not his shit expensive flops have set us back 15 years . Shouldn’t be a new experience, name me a Stoke manager that has spent well post Waldo?
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Mar 1, 2021 17:35:46 GMT
Why the fuck would the ex Southampton manager and ex Everton player Mark Hughes even mention a mid table championship club? Do you think he or the rest of the country give a flying fuck about his views on a club he left years ago? Do you think he'll talk about Fulham, Man City and Blackburn? Can't we fucking move on? Seems not his shit expensive flops have set us back 15 years . Shouldn’t be a new experience, name me a Stoke manager that has spent well post Waddo?
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 1, 2021 17:47:24 GMT
Seems not his shit expensive flops have set us back 15 years . Shouldn’t be a new experience, name me a Stoke manager that has spent well post Waldo? Waddo
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 1, 2021 17:59:30 GMT
He was on the Beebs Fulham v Palarse borefest yesterday. Managed to get a line in about "no such thing as 9th place mediocrity/careful what you wish for". There really wasn’t anything mediocre about at least two of those 9th placed finishes. Without doubt they contained the best football I have seen Stoke play in near 40 years following the club. His head had already started going by the third and performances really dipped in the second half of that season. Yes he fully deserved the sack IMO a good 12 months before it happened but I really think some Stoke fans totally discount the good stuff. How long before we see our team playing stuff like that again? Maybe not in my lifetime. He didn't accomplish anything like Pulis did at Stoke fact.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Mar 1, 2021 18:02:41 GMT
Easy to blame the managers, but the board are culpable too, and most of us realise that. It all needs a rethink really, not an easy task, just getting the manager right is a big enough task, hopefully it gets sorted for the better soon. A clear out over the summer could be just what we need.
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Post by dave1 on Mar 1, 2021 18:02:55 GMT
There really wasn’t anything mediocre about at least two of those 9th placed finishes. Without doubt they contained the best football I have seen Stoke play in near 40 years following the club. His head had already started going by the third and performances really dipped in the second half of that season. Yes he fully deserved the sack IMO a good 12 months before it happened but I really think some Stoke fans totally discount the good stuff. How long before we see our team playing stuff like that again? Maybe not in my lifetime. He didn't accomplish anything like Pulis did at Stoke fact. How anyone could compare hughes achievements to TP is beyond me. TP is streets ahead! Hughes is the reason why we are where we are!
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Mar 1, 2021 18:21:56 GMT
There really wasn’t anything mediocre about at least two of those 9th placed finishes. Without doubt they contained the best football I have seen Stoke play in near 40 years following the club. His head had already started going by the third and performances really dipped in the second half of that season. Yes he fully deserved the sack IMO a good 12 months before it happened but I really think some Stoke fans totally discount the good stuff. How long before we see our team playing stuff like that again? Maybe not in my lifetime. He didn't accomplish anything like Pulis did at Stoke fact. Truth is Pulis didn’t achieve anything of note either and Hughes’s lack of achievement was much more pleasing on the eye than Pulis’s. Hughes finished 9th in the Prem three times, Pulis came second in the Championship and second in the FA cup. Nobody gives a shit who came second or 9th it’s winning that counts. Personally I don’t want to set any Stoke manager such unlikely targets, just entertain me FFS.
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Post by dave1 on Mar 1, 2021 18:26:11 GMT
He didn't accomplish anything like Pulis did at Stoke fact. Truth is Pulis didn’t achieve anything of note either and Hughes’s lack of achievement was much more pleasing on the eye than Pulis’s. Hughes finished 9th in the Prem three times, Pulis came second in the Championship and second in the FA cup. Nobody gives a shit who came second or 9th it’s winning that counts. Personally I don’t want to set any Stoke manager such unlikely targets, just entertain me FFS. I agree that nobody cares about being runner up in the FA Cup or 9th place finishes but disagree that TP didn't achieve anything!
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 1, 2021 18:33:13 GMT
He didn't accomplish anything like Pulis did at Stoke fact. Truth is Pulis didn’t achieve anything of note either and Hughes’s lack of achievement was much more pleasing on the eye than Pulis’s. Hughes finished 9th in the Prem three times, Pulis came second in the Championship and second in the FA cup. Nobody gives a shit who came second or 9th it’s winning that counts. Personally I don’t want to set any Stoke manager such unlikely targets, just entertain me FFS. Promotion to the PL, our first FA Cup Final a European adventure is not achieving anything wow just fcuking wow
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Post by Gods on Mar 1, 2021 18:35:58 GMT
He was on the Beebs Fulham v Palarse borefest yesterday. Managed to get a line in about "no such thing as 9th place mediocrity/careful what you wish for". There really wasn’t anything mediocre about at least two of those 9th placed finishes. Without doubt they contained the best football I have seen Stoke play in near 40 years following the club. His head had already started going by the third and performances really dipped in the second half of that season. Yes he fully deserved the sack IMO a good 12 months before it happened but I really think some Stoke fans totally discount the good stuff. How long before we see our team playing stuff like that again? Maybe not in my lifetime. Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 1, 2021 18:37:40 GMT
Truth is Pulis didn’t achieve anything of note either and Hughes’s lack of achievement was much more pleasing on the eye than Pulis’s. Hughes finished 9th in the Prem three times, Pulis came second in the Championship and second in the FA cup. Nobody gives a shit who came second or 9th it’s winning that counts. Personally I don’t want to set any Stoke manager such unlikely targets, just entertain me FFS. I agree that nobody cares about being runner up in the FA Cup or 9th place finishes but disagree that TP didn't achieve anything! Indeed. He achieved lowest and second lowest goals scored in all 4 divisions in consecutive seasons if I remember right, no mean feat..
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Post by dave1 on Mar 1, 2021 18:39:44 GMT
I agree that nobody cares about being runner up in the FA Cup or 9th place finishes but disagree that TP didn't achieve anything! Indeed. He achieved lowest and second lowest goals scored in all 4 divisions in consecutive seasons if I remember right, no mean feat.. What's your point???
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Mar 1, 2021 18:40:45 GMT
Truth is Pulis didn’t achieve anything of note either and Hughes’s lack of achievement was much more pleasing on the eye than Pulis’s. Hughes finished 9th in the Prem three times, Pulis came second in the Championship and second in the FA cup. Nobody gives a shit who came second or 9th it’s winning that counts. Personally I don’t want to set any Stoke manager such unlikely targets, just entertain me FFS. I agree that nobody cares about being runner up in the FA Cup or 9th place finishes but disagree that TP didn't achieve anything! He didn’t and never has. You tell me what he achieved? Promotion with the joint record lowest points tally for automatic promotion? Thrashed Bolton which wouldn’t really raise an eyebrow were it not in a semi at Wembley. At the end of the day Pulis was manager for about 10 years and the vast majority of our performances during that time were awful to watch, Hughes for about 5 years with a slightly higher proportion of enjoyable games. Personally I enjoyed a far higher proportion of the games under Lou and he actually won things albeit at a much lower level.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 1, 2021 18:43:37 GMT
Indeed. He achieved lowest and second lowest goals scored in all 4 divisions in consecutive seasons if I remember right, no mean feat.. What's your point??? That we scored very few goals and for a lot of the time it was boring as shit, was it that obscure? Think he spent a fortune while achieving it too.
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