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Post by gawa on Sept 9, 2022 13:34:00 GMT
Gives Alex Neil a bit more time on the training ground familiarising himself with the squad.
Hopefully we will have Sterling, Gayle and Kilkenny back in the frame. Harry Clarke can't be too far off either.
While I'm annoyed the games been cancelled and think it should have went ahead. I can't help but think it will only benefit the squad and work in our favour.
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Post by somersetstokie on Sept 9, 2022 13:38:17 GMT
Probably the first Saturday for ages when we've not lost a match!
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Sept 9, 2022 13:38:50 GMT
Anything that avoids us having to put out that shit show of a team again has got to be a bonus. It's gone from one of my can do games to an unknown but I'll live with that.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Sept 9, 2022 13:52:19 GMT
Gives Alex Neil a bit more time on the training ground familiarising himself with the squad. Hopefully we will have Sterling, Gayle and Kilkenny back in the frame. Harry Clarke can't be too far off either. While I'm annoyed the games been cancelled and think it should have went ahead. I can't help but think it will only benefit the squad and work in our favour. Agreed. There will always be downsides to a postponed Championship match as there are so many games to fit in. But AN will certainly feel the benefit of a few more consecutive days training with the players before the next match. And the fewer games missed by the best of our injured players has to be a good thing. Hopefully our next game will show the players in a more positive light than what we saw against Reading. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Sept 9, 2022 14:00:01 GMT
It’s a massive boost on the injury front and longer for Neil to work with the players to get his ideas across
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Post by TinkerT on Sept 9, 2022 14:01:26 GMT
Luton might have lost a few by the Time it's re arranged so mad nath won't come here and play us off the park. Maybe the players will actually look like footballers too with a bit more miles in the legs
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Post by independent on Sept 9, 2022 14:03:19 GMT
Gives Alex Neil a bit more time on the training ground familiarising himself with the squad. Hopefully we will have Sterling, Gayle and Kilkenny back in the frame. Harry Clarke can't be too far off either. While I'm annoyed the games been cancelled and think it should have went ahead. I can't help but think it will only benefit the squad and work in our favour. Agreed. There will always be downsides to a postponed Championship match as there are so many games to fit in. But AN will certainly feel the benefit of a few more consecutive days training with the players before the next match. And the fewer games missed by the best of our injured players has to be a good thing. Hopefully our next game will show the players in a more positive light than what we saw against Reading. with next weeks games also more than likely to be off, he should be able to get well organised and even more players back. He can try a few things out against Hull on tuesday and then have at least a week and maybe more to prepare. The international break will give him even more time. Maybe our preseason should start on Wednesday or Thursday. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Sept 9, 2022 14:10:34 GMT
Agreed. There will always be downsides to a postponed Championship match as there are so many games to fit in. But AN will certainly feel the benefit of a few more consecutive days training with the players before the next match. And the fewer games missed by the best of our injured players has to be a good thing. Hopefully our next game will show the players in a more positive light than what we saw against Reading. with next weeks games also more than likely to be off, he should be able to get well organised and even more players back. He can try a few things out against Hull on tuesday and then have at least a week and maybe more to prepare. The international break will give him even more time. Maybe our preseason should start on Wednesday or Thursday. Was thinking the same about preseason...get em running and get em fitter Alex. |
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Post by SamB_SCFC on Sept 9, 2022 14:24:59 GMT
From a wanting to go to the match perspective, it's really annoying and will probably be rescheduled for a weekday evening when I'm working. Definitely a poor decision to postpone all the football this weekend.
However, from a Stoke City perspective it's probably a good thing. We're in poor form and the squad is a mess with a new manager who has been thrown into the deep end with precious little time to get his ideas across. A gap allows us more time to mentally reset and shake off the bad vibes. Injured key players have more time to get fit. And the manager has more time to work with the squad and get his ideas across. I was expecting a bad result this weekend so we might have dodged a bullet football wise.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Sept 9, 2022 14:54:53 GMT
From a wanting to go to the match perspective, it's really annoying and will probably be rescheduled for a weekday evening when I'm working. Definitely a poor decision to postpone all the football this weekend. However, from a Stoke City perspective it's probably a good thing. We're in poor form and the squad is a mess with a new manager who has been thrown into the deep end with precious little time to get his ideas across. A gap allows us more time to mentally reset and shake off the bad vibes. Injured key players have more time to get fit. And the manager has more time to work with the squad and get his ideas across. I was expecting a bad result this weekend so we might have dodged a bullet football wise. I am sure we will win tomorrow's rearranged fixture by 4 clear goals AT LEAST- so it is clearly a win win for AN!  |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 9, 2022 15:01:23 GMT
Gives Alex Neil a bit more time on the training ground familiarising himself with the squad. Hopefully we will have Sterling, Gayle and Kilkenny back in the frame. Harry Clarke can't be too far off either. While I'm annoyed the games been cancelled and think it should have went ahead. I can't help but think it will only benefit the squad and work in our favour. Yep, agree with all of that |
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Post by pushon on Sept 9, 2022 15:05:05 GMT
From a wanting to go to the match perspective, it's really annoying and will probably be rescheduled for a weekday evening when I'm working. Definitely a poor decision to postpone all the football this weekend. However, from a Stoke City perspective it's probably a good thing. We're in poor form and the squad is a mess with a new manager who has been thrown into the deep end with precious little time to get his ideas across. A gap allows us more time to mentally reset and shake off the bad vibes. Injured key players have more time to get fit. And the manager has more time to work with the squad and get his ideas across. I was expecting a bad result this weekend so we might have dodged a bullet football wise. I am sure we will win tomorrow's rearranged fixture by 4 clear goals AT LEAST- so it is clearly a win win for AN! That's the spirit👍 We're gonna win the league...We're gonna win the league 👏 |
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Post by hughjarse on Sept 9, 2022 15:31:06 GMT
Probably the first Saturday for ages when we've not lost a match! The first Saturday we've not lost since.......last Saturday |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2022 15:58:16 GMT
No positives. Life should go on.
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Post by leicspotter on Sept 9, 2022 16:54:07 GMT
Positive for me. I couldn't make tomorrow  |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Sept 9, 2022 17:18:35 GMT
Also gives other sides time to get players fit.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Sept 9, 2022 17:22:14 GMT
There are absolutely zero positives to a football free weekend! Hopefully a full two days of test cricket ensues
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Post by meirman61 on Sept 9, 2022 17:44:18 GMT
Probably the first Saturday for ages when we've not lost a match! The first Saturday we've not lost since.......last Saturday We played Sunday. |
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Post by Olgrligm on Sept 9, 2022 18:04:13 GMT
I was going to miss the game, so it's excellent news.
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Post by hughjarse on Sept 9, 2022 18:15:49 GMT
The first Saturday we've not lost since.......last Saturday We played Sunday. Hence the fact we didn't lose on Saturday |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2022 18:31:15 GMT
I haven't got to watch us.
After last week's debacle I'm quite happy about the fact we aren't playing, I am pissed off that all football has been culled though.
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Post by s7oke on Sept 9, 2022 18:36:40 GMT
Everyone won’t be moaning about everything
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Post by zommbee on Sept 9, 2022 18:38:56 GMT
Probably the first Saturday for ages when we've not lost a match! We won the last time we played on a Saturday, less than two weeks ago. |
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Post by iglugluk on Sept 9, 2022 19:11:27 GMT
Gives Alex Neil a bit more time on the training ground familiarising himself with the squad. Hopefully we will have Sterling, Gayle and Kilkenny back in the frame. Harry Clarke can't be too far off either. While I'm annoyed the games been cancelled and think it should have went ahead. I can't help but think it will only benefit the squad and work in our favour. Agreed..Neil needs all the time he can get so his boys can get their act together. As said above, life should indeed go on but let's face it, it was never going to work like that and all the royalists wouldn't allow it to be any other way. So take the opportunity that's become available Stoke! |
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Post by Gods on Sept 9, 2022 19:34:06 GMT
Probably the first Saturday for ages when we've not lost a match! We won the last time we played on a Saturday, less than two weeks ago. People are so literal on here! It was a joke, and a pretty good one in all fairness |
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Post by zommbee on Sept 9, 2022 19:56:16 GMT
We won the last time we played on a Saturday, less than two weeks ago. People are so literal on here! It was a joke, and a pretty good one in all fairness People are so easily amused on here! It was a joke? |
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Post by spiderpuss on Sept 9, 2022 20:53:31 GMT
Hopefully is only a massive positive for us. Plenty of AN training sessions and getting the best out of what he has. We will see at QPR etc.
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Post by owdestokie2 on Sept 9, 2022 21:18:04 GMT
Gives Alex Neil a bit more time on the training ground familiarising himself with the squad. Hopefully we will have Sterling, Gayle and Kilkenny back in the frame. Harry Clarke can't be too far off either. While I'm annoyed the games been cancelled and think it should have went ahead. I can't help but think it will only benefit the squad and work in our favour. 1st para only. The downside being that the longer the postponements continue Powell won’t get 1st team minutes |
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Post by BristolMick on Sept 9, 2022 21:50:59 GMT
Luton might have lost a few by the Time it's re arranged so mad nath won't come here and play us off the park. Maybe the players will actually look like footballers too with a bit more miles in the legs Mad Nath will be BHA manager by then. BM |
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Post by BuzzB on Sept 9, 2022 22:47:53 GMT
No positives.
Another Saturday game lost along with the two so far moved to a Sunday at midday.
With work etc, Saturday games are a chance for me and the son and heir to let the hair down so to speak. Football should be 3pm Saturdays, the end.
Its the day out, fans across the country pay for and make travel arrangements from afar, do the suits care? Not one jot.
If it was across the board a government decision including all sport then fair enough. The Premier League and EFL need to get their act together.
If midweek fixtures go ahead then surely next weekends can be bought forward to Thursday / Friday evenings with little disruption. The weekend then belongs to Her Majesty and rightly so.
Sort it suits.
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