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Post by Milkie on Feb 18, 2023 17:37:15 GMT
Don’t get me wrong, I spend 90 mins checking my phone, I feel angry for 10 minutes, check the Oatcake and then move on. This is new, for 50 years a Stoke defeat has ruined my weekend , this level of indifference is firmly on the calamity that the club has become over the last 6 years. They have one hell of a job winning back previously fiercely loyal fans, I almost feel sorry for PC, could well see his legacy as his beloved SCFC back in league 1 , some decisive brave decisions required
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Post by xnfourt on Feb 18, 2023 17:38:11 GMT
Back in pub in Blackpool.
Happy now..
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 18, 2023 17:38:53 GMT
What are you gonna do with the rest of your day? I'm off for a walk to the library and to fill out some tax forms, so my day's on an upward trend from the game.  |
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Post by wuzza on Feb 18, 2023 17:41:51 GMT
Don’t get me wrong, I spend 90 mins checking my phone, I feel angry for 10 minutes, check the Oatcake and then move on. This is new, for 50 years a Stoke defeat has ruined my weekend , this level of indifference is firmly on the calamity that the club has become over the last 6 years. They have one hell of a job winning back previously fiercely loyal fans, I almost feel sorry for PC, could well see his legacy as his beloved SCFC back in league 1 , some decisive brave decisions required Sums it up. I expected nothing and resolved not to keep up to date with the ‘action’. However habits of a lifetime kick in - so I kept checking only to get exactly what I expected. |
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Post by prestwichpotter on Feb 18, 2023 17:45:51 GMT
I have a 20 minute rant on the way from the game, vent my spleen on here for a bit then look forward to the next game.
It gets easier as I get older…..
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Feb 18, 2023 17:49:03 GMT
I think as you get older you realize you have less remaining days to be in a good mood so just go with it. Let the anger go and move on. Life is still pretty good, Stoke isn't playing in the MLS.
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Post by palerider on Feb 18, 2023 17:55:55 GMT
Life’s to short used to take me to Wednesday to get over a loss ,now having a beer with the family not giving a fuck
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Post by prudhoesnose on Feb 18, 2023 17:56:16 GMT
As a kid, I’d cry at a defeat. Then teens - thirties I’d get angry. Now I genuinely find it funny.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Feb 18, 2023 17:58:38 GMT
Stoke losing always ruins my Saturday BUT as you get older you realise that in the bigger scheme of things it’s a game of football
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Feb 18, 2023 18:01:10 GMT
As a kid, I’d cry at a defeat. Then teens - thirties I’d get angry. Now I genuinely find it funny. Doesn't bother me as much as it used too but fuck me it's far from funny. |
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Post by stokie1947 on Feb 18, 2023 18:04:14 GMT
we are crap just accept it i am past caring anymore
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Post by prudhoesnose on Feb 18, 2023 18:14:15 GMT
As a kid, I’d cry at a defeat. Then teens - thirties I’d get angry. Now I genuinely find it funny. Doesn't bother me as much as it used too but fuck me it's far from funny. Need to laugh at the absolute shameful shambles we’ve become |
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Post by SuperRickyFuller on Feb 18, 2023 18:15:37 GMT
Quick shrug of the shoulders then continue to go about my day. It's all they deserve at the minute.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Feb 18, 2023 18:17:08 GMT
Doesn't bother me as much as it used too but fuck me it's far from funny. Need to laugh at the absolute shameful shambles we’ve become Again far from funny mate although I wish I could laugh it off to be honest. |
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Post by Linx on Feb 18, 2023 18:36:03 GMT
Yep. I’m inured to disappointment. Mind you, I’ve had over fifty years to adjust.
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Post by dirtygary69 on Feb 18, 2023 18:39:19 GMT
I agree. It’s also not worth getting angry about this week. We should’ve won easily and didn’t. We’ll win at Swansea and all will be well again.
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Post by blooter on Feb 18, 2023 18:50:03 GMT
I've been totally indifferent for the last 3 years. Don't go to away matches anymore. Have a dodgy firestick that shows all the games and can't even be bothered to watch them on that. Much prefer to take the dog for a walk to the pub. So used to losing it doesn't even hurt now.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Feb 18, 2023 19:32:35 GMT
When the players dont give a shit, I can see why some Stoke fans feel likewise.
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 18, 2023 20:15:17 GMT
Need to laugh at the absolute shameful shambles we’ve become Again far from funny mate although I wish I could laugh it off to be honest. Games where we let in a clownshow goal and didn't muster a decent shot left me laughing, was the only way I could handle it. Today wasn't one of those for me. |
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Post by thevoid on Feb 18, 2023 22:58:38 GMT
Got in about 10 past three, checked the score, didn't bother putting it on and did something else.
We came from behind to win the other week at Bristol so that's us done for a year or two
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Post by st3mark on Feb 18, 2023 23:04:03 GMT
Still bothers me but I really wish it didn't.
Ruins my whole weekend.
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Post by swampySCFC on Feb 19, 2023 0:02:08 GMT
Doesnt seem that long ago that Crouchy was equalising at Castle or Arnie was scoring our 4th at Everton. Now we are losing to the bottom club in the league. Most clubs that get relegated from the top league make a fist of it. We've done fuck all thats positive
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Post by dadger on Feb 19, 2023 5:51:20 GMT
Been watching since 1977 and I genuinely don’t give a fuck no more , these players don’t give a fuck about the club .
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Post by westlandstokie on Feb 19, 2023 7:24:22 GMT
Don’t get me wrong, I spend 90 mins checking my phone, I feel angry for 10 minutes, check the Oatcake and then move on. This is new, for 50 years a Stoke defeat has ruined my weekend , this level of indifference is firmly on the calamity that the club has become over the last 6 years. They have one hell of a job winning back previously fiercely loyal fans, I almost feel sorry for PC, could well see his legacy as his beloved SCFC back in league 1 , some decisive brave decisions required You could have written this about me mate…50 years for me too but I honestly have never felt so disconnected from a set of players and the Club. Perhaps it’s an age thing but it really doesn’t ruin my weekend anymore. I was in London yesterday and I checked my phone twice to check the score…shrugged my shoulders and got on with my day. Let’s see how JC and Co sell us the idea of early bird season tickets this year…I’m on the fence. |
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Post by stonescfc on Feb 19, 2023 7:50:04 GMT
Me and my 13 year old lad have season tickets (have had them since he was really too young to watch and was more interested in the bag of fruit pastilles I was feeding him). He’s started playing men's league hockey and it clashes most Saturdays. I always give him the option on what he wants to do and he's now choosing hockey (which I actually feel thankful for). I take him and watch him run his heart out battling against blokes 3 times his size (more often than not lose), we then have a pint and a coke and good laugh and get fish and chips on the way home. I’ll check my phone and see Stoke have lost again (useless wankers i’ll mutter). We used to live for the match. All week wed be looking at who we have got on Saturday, talk about who's injured and who should play. We used to look forward to going to the pub before the game and waiting for the team to be released on twitter. Now he's not bothered, he can see how shit it is and with the diversity of what else is on offer we're losing a generation of supporters.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2023 7:56:37 GMT
I think I might start living in denial and be happier by sitting down on the sofa at 3 on a Saturday, donning my scarf and shirt and rerunning a game from 8,9,10 years ago (that we win and is entertaining of course, might throw a defeat in for realism ) and then be cheerful for the rest of the day.
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Post by prudhoesnose on Feb 19, 2023 8:30:35 GMT
Again far from funny mate although I wish I could laugh it off to be honest. Games where we let in a clownshow goal and didn't muster a decent shot left me laughing, was the only way I could handle it. Today wasn't one of those for me. Reading away this season was a particular highlight for me. Still laugh when I think of Flint’s OG… Hilariously bad. |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Feb 19, 2023 12:41:14 GMT
I was at that stage a few weeks back but I was totally fucked off last night about it and Im not much happier today
I can handle losing to Burnley or Sheff Utd, but a Blackpool team that havent won since October ffs
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Post by skemstokie on Feb 19, 2023 12:55:53 GMT
I have a 20 minute rant on the way from the game, vent my spleen on here for a bit then look forward to the next game. It gets easier as I get older….. I agree,not living in the potteries area and also with being retired (no monday morning ribbing) makes life much easier,my take on Stoke is if we can stay up we should be able to strengthen in sustainable way next window, a along way to go but we made it from the third tier to the Prem so nothing is off the table. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2023 13:05:31 GMT
I could understand Saturday , if we were just plain skint , like a lot of clubs.
If we had no access to any money , and a youth set up , bad beyond belief , producing not a single decent player.
Yet with the richest owners in the championship and the most envied youth set up in the championship , churning out nathan collins, harry souttar , connor taylor , nathan lowe , emre tezgel , we STILL manage to keep losing to two bob teams with none of these advantages , every other week.
We have turned failure into an art form.
It is all so unnecessary .
So very sad.
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