Are we going to let this clown buy players.

[Kingswaystokie]

Must admit it looks like it, God help us.

[kidcrewbob]

He should be sacked by 6.30 today - in any other club he would

[bayernoatcake]

Nothing he does bodes well does it?

The owners have to go first.

[silsdenstokie]

Cant say Im confident for next season at all

[Roger Everyone]

Hopefully not, he is piss poor

[silsdenstokie]

Massively outperformed by Neil Warnock and Tony Mowbray

[theonlooker]

You reap what you sow.

[Caerwrangonpotter]

May 8, 2023 15:58:30 GMT kidcrewbob said:

He should be sacked by 6.30 today - in any other club he would

It would completely against what the club has done before & how the club is run but overall AN would have no complaints if we was dismissed

[potterfox1011]

May 8, 2023 15:58:30 GMT kidcrewbob said:

He should be sacked by 6.30 today - in any other club he would

the man has talked a good game all season,truth is there is not one player on show who would be missed and we are in a worse mess than we were at the end of last season.

[chigstoke]

God its all gone staggeringly downhill after March.

If we have a shit window, we're in massive, massive trouble. It's gone from a bit of excitement for me to 'Do I want him to take the window?'

Big decisions need to be made.

[kidcrewbob]

Pocket billiard expert - complete charlatan

[iglugluk]

You know it!

[slash]

we stayed up, which is more than i thought would happen. after AN gets a summer, if we're still shite then we can talk about sacking him.

[kidcrewbob]

We just cannot take the chance of this idiot having the summer and starting badly again - he’s done nothing to warrant such trust - fuck right off

[peterthornesboots]

I was not convinced by AN's appointment in the first instance, but you have to get behind him and give him time.

However, he has done nothing to convince me that he is the right man to lead us forward.

The overall performance levels and results have been awful. We had one little purple patch of form, but that is it.

[stokeypenn89]

Lowest points total since relegation and just in comparison, last season was our highest points total.

This manager has made us a worse team and our incompetent board pretty much told him to not worry about his job this season as he can rebuild and spend money in the summer.

The owners should of demanded an improvement this season to put us in a better position in the summer.

[figo85]

AN is going nowhere. It’s not even up for debate.

[cvillestokie]

Wouldn’t shock me if we did the same as last year.

Let a manager who doesn’t deserve another campaign blow through pre-season and change the entire squad then sack that manager a week before the end of the window.

[Deleted]

He hasn't got any wingers I suppose, the squad is absolute dog dirt too.

It's not his fault we have a back two of Jags and Fox, it's not his fault Tymon can't play in a back four, it's not his fault we have no wingers, it's not his fault we don't really have strikers.

I do think he's capable of getting a team to press and my instinct is he is going to want us to sign some pacey and athletic players (something we have cried out for since about 2014...)

Ultimately, not much point sacking him now, I wouldn't be shocked if we're 16th this time next year though frankly and until we get a DOF or someone permanent in the hierarchy with a wider vision for the football going forward it's unlikely to change.

[boothenender]

I would not let the wanker get on the bus back home.
Let all of them at Watford.
Fuck em all off.

[loosestools]

He couldn't motivate me to have a shit. Its all a big con, when will Jonny Boy wise up?

[xchpotter]

Can see him getting a reduced budget to allow some room to manoeuvre for a new bloke as/when he is sacked. Have to say I’m massively surprised and disappointed at how poor he’s been notwithstanding the spineless losers he’s got to work with as players.

[telfordstokie]

Very Stoke that we nicked Sunderland’s manager and his cheapo replacement got them into the playoffs while we finished 10 places below them.

[ivorstokie]

May 8, 2023 15:59:06 GMT bayernoatcake said:

Nothing he does bodes well does it?

The owners have to go first.

And is going to take over? AN has to go for me. Worst home record for 40 odd years, finishing with four straight home defeats, some appalling performances along the way. I’m 77 years old, have supported Stoke since I was a kid, but I’ve just about run out of patience. Get rid of AN now, none of this ‘give him a good pre-season, see how his recruitment goes bollocks’, just roll the dice again, maybe we’ll get lucky next time. But don’t keep saying get rid of the owners, they don’t pick the team, have a say in how they play etc.

[marwood]

incredibly, made a bad team worse

[bayernoatcake]

May 8, 2023 16:09:51 GMT ivorstokie said:

May 8, 2023 15:59:06 GMT bayernoatcake said:

Nothing he does bodes well does it?

The owners have to go first.

And is going to take over? AN has to go for me. Worst home record for 40 odd years, finishing with four straight home defeats, some appalling performances along the way. I’m 77 years old, have supported Stoke since I was a kid, but I’ve just about run out of patience. Get rid of AN now, none of this ‘give him a good pre-season, see how his recruitment goes bollocks’, just roll the dice again, maybe we’ll get lucky next time. But don’t keep saying get rid of the owners, they don’t pick the team, have a say in how they play etc.

Because changing managers for us has been so good.

The owners and the owners only are the issue here. Nothing changes until they do.

[nott1]

I wouldn't let this clown buy me a lollipop!

[cymap]

I am for giving him the chance. I really don't want to take a chance on getting another manager that we won't know anything about and having that person start to try and analyse whats wrong and what is needed to put things right by watching videos of us and trying to do all that in the summer. AN knows these things and in my mind should have a chance to put things right.

[cvillestokie]

May 8, 2023 16:06:52 GMT @iwebbyyy said:

He hasn't got any wingers I suppose, the squad is absolute dog dirt too.

It's not his fault we have a back two of Jags and Fox, it's not his fault Tymon can't play in a back four, it's not his fault we have no wingers, it's not his fault we don't really have strikers.

I do think he's capable of getting a team to press and my instinct is he is going to want us to sign some pacey and athletic players (something we have cried out for since about 2014...)

Ultimately, not much point sacking him now, I wouldn't be shocked if we're 16th this time next year though frankly and until we get a DOF or someone permanent in the hierarchy with a wider vision for the football going forward it's unlikely to change.

“It's not his fault we have a back two of Jags and Fox, it's not his fault Tymon can't play in a back four, it's not his fault we have no wingers, it's not his fault we don't really have strikers.”

He sold Souttar and replaced him with a crock. He loaned out DWP and replaced him with a player he had even less interest in playing. He got rid of Delap and failed to replace him.

That was his window.

[s7oke]

May 8, 2023 16:06:52 GMT @iwebbyyy said:

He hasn't got any wingers I suppose, the squad is absolute dog dirt too.

It's not his fault we have a back two of Jags and Fox, it's not his fault Tymon can't play in a back four, it's not his fault we have no wingers, it's not his fault we don't really have strikers.

I do think he's capable of getting a team to press and my instinct is he is going to want us to sign some pacey and athletic players (something we have cried out for since about 2014...)

Ultimately, not much point sacking him now, I wouldn't be shocked if we're 16th this time next year though frankly and until we get a DOF or someone permanent in the hierarchy with a wider vision for the football going forward it's unlikely to change.

It’s his fault that he’s tactically inept though