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Post by marylandstoke on Aug 30, 2022 21:36:13 GMT
Speaks a good game and very confident too. Excited for tomorrow's game, probably the most I've been in a while. Big statement win hopefully. Is it fair to say you're now a fully fledged stokie?  |
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Post by swampySCFC on Aug 30, 2022 21:43:46 GMT
Fair play. Lets hope he can win a few
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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 30, 2022 21:45:43 GMT
You really wouldn’t fuck with him would you?
That scowl is permanent.
I like him. Hopefully I still feel that way in twelve months.
If you close your eyes and try it’s almost like Lou came back. Hopefully that’s a good omen.
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Post by pavel on Aug 30, 2022 21:50:22 GMT
Impressive first interview, thoughtful, insightful and clear.
Positivity!
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Post by SuperRickyFuller on Aug 30, 2022 21:58:04 GMT
He certainly won’t tolerate that idiot Dave Lee at the end for long that’s for sure He's a complete numpty is Dave Lee, I don't get why he's invited considering he asks some right bollocks questions. Didn't Jones get really shitty with him after he asked a daft question? Might've dreamt that but seem to recall myself thinking at the time that Jones was bang on with his response. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 30, 2022 22:08:52 GMT
He certainly won’t tolerate that idiot Dave Lee at the end for long that’s for sure He's a complete numpty is Dave Lee, I don't get why he's invited considering he asks some right bollocks questions. Didn't Jones get really shitty with him after he asked a daft question? Might've dreamt that but seem to recall myself thinking at the time that Jones was bang on with his response. He’s utterly clueless mate and then throw in the Vale moron who just usually repeats Ange’s questions most weeks as well🙄 |
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Post by owdestokie2 on Aug 30, 2022 22:13:02 GMT
In another post I said that I was underwhelmed at the potential recruitment of AN but if it came off he would get a fair crack of the whip before making comment.
Fast forward he’s now our manager.
Today I listened carefully to his Swansea press conference….Impressed!!
Tin hat on only as a means of comparison. Different words and phrases as TP and to a certain degree MON. The basics. whatever it takes to win he’ll endeavour to adopt and apply. Success will be measured by us winning and we’re all in it together.
With the advantage of Tymon/Clarke/Powell returning in the not to distant and Souttar (match fit) early in the New Year we could be on roll
I’m looking forward to the next few months……..this could be the beginning of a new era 🙏🏻
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Post by blackpoolred on Aug 30, 2022 22:24:06 GMT
Think this will be the first time in quite a few years that we have a team that takes to the field where everybody knows what is expected of them, he is very hands-on and will be in the thick of it on the training ground too, which, for me, will be a good thing with this squad of players. Liked his interview and comes across as a man who will give heart, nerve and sinew for the club, not my first choice but could have been a lot worse given our previous choices. At the moment I think there is a hint of universal approval or at least not an air of total deflation or a WTF have the owners done this time moment. Let's get behind him and COYMP - that said, If he does not bring a GK in before the window closes then he needs to go  |
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Post by nottsover60 on Aug 30, 2022 22:26:50 GMT
Picking a formation that suits the players. That feels refreshing! Will you say the same when he picks three centre backs and wing backs? |
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Post by owdestokie2 on Aug 30, 2022 22:35:24 GMT
Picking a formation that suits the players. That feels refreshing! Will you say the same when he picks three centre backs and wing backs? I suppose he will if we win |
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 30, 2022 22:44:51 GMT
Liking what i'm hearing so far but talk is cheap. He just has to deliver. Rowett talked a good talk when he arrived in the summer, but he could not live up to it. His signings were shocking, blew £50 m, and lousy performances and results. Jones was OTT in many of his statements. He obviously has management talent as he has proven at Luton, with players he can manage, but he could not manage the Stoke squad. In his first post match interview after his initial victory at Barnsley 9th November "a hundred years ago", MON said "one of the differences was playing players in their proper position". MON will be successful again somewhere but, we can't wait for ever till he gets it right. Successful managers are successful very quickly, you can't take years rebuilding. The whole of a squad is a year older every year, which, unless you have a young squad, inevitably means a number of players "lose it" every year and you always starting from scratch again each season, which MON was. But this guy sounds a lot more convincing to me. There is a lot more urgency in his attitude. I'm excited again, after a long time. |
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Post by canadianmoose on Aug 30, 2022 22:51:25 GMT
If he plays 5 at the back and actually gets a unit that can move the ball quickly, create chances and score goals then it’s fine.
What we had with MON was like watching the minnows vs Germany. About as entertaining as well!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2022 23:06:40 GMT
Speaks well, but they all do when they first come in. More optimistic about this Scottish bloke than the last one we employed as manager though I'll be honest  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2022 23:08:34 GMT
Liking what i'm hearing so far but talk is cheap. He just has to deliver. Rowett talked a good talk when he arrived in the summer, but he could not live up to it. His signings were shocking, blew £50 m, and lousy performances and results. Jones was OTT in many of his statements. He obviously has management talent as he has proven at Luton, with players he can manage, but he could not manage the Stoke squad. In his first post match interview after his initial victory at Barnsley 9th November "a hundred years ago", MON said "one of the differences was playing players in their proper position". MON will be successful again somewhere but, we can't wait for ever till he gets it right. Successful managers are successful very quickly, you can't take years rebuilding. The whole of a squad is a year older every year, which, unless you have a young squad, inevitably means a number of players "lose it" every year and you always starting from scratch again each season, which MON was. But this guy sounds a lot more convincing to me. There is a lot more urgency in his attitude. I'm excited again, after a long time. "Successful managers are successful very quickly" Not strictly true to be fair. Alex Ferguson and Jurgen Klopp spring to mind. |
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Post by Dresden_scfc on Aug 30, 2022 23:19:21 GMT
Picking a formation that suits the players. That feels refreshing! Will you say the same when he picks three centre backs and wing backs? Well I'd be surprised if he did do that seen as there's no wingbacks to actually pick at the moment. If he can get the right players into do it and he can make system work then that's fine. |
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Post by GrahamHyde on Aug 31, 2022 0:03:55 GMT
Cautious optimism.
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Post by onefatcopper on Aug 31, 2022 0:06:57 GMT
What we've needed for a long time.....someone who knows what hes doing. I like that he plays to players strengths and can play in different ways....plans A B & C I think hes more than talk A huge (very early) test of this will be the defence he plays tomorrow. He’s been playing 3 CBs with Sunderland. Round pegs for round holes ! The trouble comes when he deals with our current hexagonal pegs. |
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Post by cousindupree on Aug 31, 2022 6:45:52 GMT
He's a complete numpty is Dave Lee, I don't get why he's invited considering he asks some right bollocks questions. Didn't Jones get really shitty with him after he asked a daft question? Might've dreamt that but seem to recall myself thinking at the time that Jones was bang on with his response. He’s utterly clueless mate and then throw in the Vale moron who just usually repeats Ange’s questions most weeks as well🙄 Ha ha yes good old George Andrews, I cringe every time he asks a question! I am hoping Neil morphs into Gordon Strachan when answering Andrew's banal questions. Could make the dreadful press conferences more interesting. We have heard fine words from previous managers before, so lets see how his tactics are and his man management capabilities and going forward its his ability to recruit well. Can't say i immediately warmed to him but that irrelevant. |
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Post by pistol on Aug 31, 2022 6:50:35 GMT
George Andrews answers the question himself in the course of asking it
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Post by Fred Ferret on Aug 31, 2022 7:41:53 GMT
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 31, 2022 8:21:50 GMT
Rowett talked a good talk when he arrived in the summer, but he could not live up to it. His signings were shocking, blew £50 m, and lousy performances and results. Jones was OTT in many of his statements. He obviously has management talent as he has proven at Luton, with players he can manage, but he could not manage the Stoke squad. In his first post match interview after his initial victory at Barnsley 9th November "a hundred years ago", MON said "one of the differences was playing players in their proper position". MON will be successful again somewhere but, we can't wait for ever till he gets it right. Successful managers are successful very quickly, you can't take years rebuilding. The whole of a squad is a year older every year, which, unless you have a young squad, inevitably means a number of players "lose it" every year and you always starting from scratch again each season, which MON was. But this guy sounds a lot more convincing to me. There is a lot more urgency in his attitude. I'm excited again, after a long time. "Successful managers are successful very quickly" Not strictly true to be fair. Alex Ferguson and Jurgen Klopp spring to mind. Fair comment, but top of the Premier league was not what I had in mind. i was more thinking of managers getting clubs promoted. However, Ferguson was appointed manager on 6th November 1986 when they were next to bottom and they finished the season 11th, better than MON achieved at Stoke in the Championship in his first season. The following season ManU finished in second place, nine points behind Liverpool, but they had closed a massive gap. Klopp was appointed at Liverpool 8th October 2015. In his first season they got to the League Cup Final and European Cup Final losing both, but not a bad start eh? I would suggest both managers made significant sustained improvement to their clubs in the first season in charge. But of course a story like Ferguson was nearly sacked after a few games makes a good read. |
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Aug 31, 2022 8:43:11 GMT
Like him already and if he delivers everything he is saying I will love the bloke. Come on Alex get our club back where it needs to be and you'll be a hero.
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 31, 2022 9:32:14 GMT
Be mentioned I’m not totally convinced by his so far, but was a good direct and honest press conference.
I did particularly enjoy him slapping down the last question.
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