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Post by wakefieldstokie on Dec 12, 2023 18:04:38 GMT
No one involved at high level at Stoke is doing a good job right now
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Post by thornestein on Dec 12, 2023 18:09:15 GMT
just March been March as normal You seriously can’t defend the state of the squad with gaps in key positions. i agree about the spine of the team tbh , but i see potential in some of his signings , the poor ones were the england based players
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Post by baconburger on Dec 12, 2023 18:09:40 GMT
Which one's in particular are you talking about? I’m talking about the huge gaps we still have down the spine of the team. Offers were made for several higher profile CF’s and CB’s we weren’t willing to pay the fees. Do you think they set their own parameters on player valuations?
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Post by satoshi on Dec 12, 2023 18:13:36 GMT
Best squad we’ve had since relegation Shirley?
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Post by bertiestan on Dec 12, 2023 18:16:42 GMT
Best squad we’ve had since relegation Shirley? Without a doubt
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Post by satoshi on Dec 12, 2023 18:20:53 GMT
We find out tonight if the players downed tools under Alex, or if they all miraculously reverted to Sunday league standard overnight.
Remember how good Vidigal was?
The right manager sorts this team.
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Post by fullmetaljacket on Dec 12, 2023 18:23:44 GMT
We are in a much better place squad wise now than when AN took charge.
Now we have people in the squad who can go 1v1 and beat a man.
Still work to do on a squad and this team should be capable of a top 10 finish.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Dec 12, 2023 22:24:38 GMT
We are in a much better place squad wise now than when AN took charge. Now we have people in the squad who can go 1v1 and beat a man. Still work to do on a squad and this team should be capable of a top 10 finish. For the sake of balance I 100% disagree , I think this is the worst Stoke squad I’ve seen in 60 years
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Post by Trouserdog on Dec 12, 2023 22:35:45 GMT
Best squad we’ve had since relegation Shirley? The squad gets worse every year.
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Post by Ron on Dec 12, 2023 22:47:22 GMT
I’d get rid of this fraud immediately. Culpable for utterly abhorrent recruitment of an unbalanced disjointed squad. 9 players of real quality would have been better value than 18 dreadful signings bar burger imo.
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Dec 12, 2023 22:50:05 GMT
If people like this Dublin get sacked, they just get paid up what they would have been anyway without having to work.
Keep them working but proper work. Have them litter picking
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Dec 12, 2023 22:50:19 GMT
We missed key positions in the summer, some of the young players might do well in a better side but players from last seasons squad, Brown Tymon Smallbone all way better than their replacements, the summer was pretty poor and we are in a mess at the moment, no real goal threat and no spine explains our league position
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Post by peterthornesboots on Dec 12, 2023 22:53:38 GMT
The biggest mistake in our summer recruitment was the lack of goals throughout the squad.
Where did we think the goals were coming from? An unproven Ryan Mmaee or a very limited Big Wes? Vidigal has never been a consistent goal scorer and neither has Leris.
Looking at this squad now, it is little surprise that we have only scored 12 goals from open play this season.
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Post by theporcelainpele on Dec 12, 2023 22:55:39 GMT
The forward line that he’s assembled is one of the worst I’ve ever seen down there in 35 years of support. When we were shite and got relegated from this league in 98 at least we had Thorne to watch. None of these current idiots are fit to lace his boots.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Dec 12, 2023 22:58:53 GMT
The forward line that he’s assembled is one of the worst I’ve ever seen down there in 35 years of support. When we were shite and got relegated from this league in 98 at least we had Thorne to watch. None of these current idiots are fit to lace his boots. .a worst forward line i've seen in 55 years
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Post by mcw on Dec 12, 2023 23:50:18 GMT
We are in a much better place squad wise now than when AN took charge. Now we have people in the squad who can go 1v1 and beat a man. Still work to do on a squad and this team should be capable of a top 10 finish. I’m pretty god damn sure I have yet to see one of our attacking players go 1v1 and actually get past a man this season. Probably because the ball generally cycles from centre back to full back, back to centre back and then lumped long. Even if it does get to one of the 2 players supposedly playing wide left/right of a front three, it generally goes back again. No pace,guile or skill in our forward line at all.
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Post by harlequin on Dec 13, 2023 1:15:46 GMT
I’d get rid of this fraud immediately. Culpable for utterly abhorrent recruitment of an unbalanced disjointed squad. 9 players of real quality would have been better value than 18 dreadful signings bar burger imo.
I think thats a little harsh, from his interviews he's clearly got a process. Let's see how the team do with a different manager.
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samuel32
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Post by samuel32 on Dec 23, 2023 17:40:23 GMT
Our recruits have been a complete disappointment. As the head of recruitment he has a lot of answering to do. So many years in the Championship and we still can't sign a player that makes a difference
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Post by thepottypotter on Dec 23, 2023 17:41:56 GMT
Needs firing
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Post by Waggy on Dec 23, 2023 17:45:23 GMT
Jared out
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Post by DC1863 on Dec 23, 2023 17:57:48 GMT
I think he probably should be judged on the January window more than the summer.
The signs aren't great right now, but he only joined at the end of June and had a matter of weeks to identify a whole new squad.
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Post by DentySCFC on Dec 23, 2023 18:07:52 GMT
Mmaee, Vidigal, Leris, Wesley all gash.
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Post by peterthornesboots on Dec 23, 2023 18:09:41 GMT
Our recruitment looks worse and worse with every week.
Take today as an example.
- No first choice goalkeeper (although fair play to Bonham for making that save at the death). - A right-footed midfielder playing left back. - Three attackers who look completely bereft of all creativity and seem to have no goal scoring prowess whatsoever. - A very uncreative central midfield trio which only livened up slightly when Jun-Ho was introduced. - Our most effective attacking player was a right back who we threw on to play right wing.
Jared and his supercomputer have some questions to answer guys ...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2023 18:11:50 GMT
Confused. So our worst players were Dublin’s fault and our brightest sparks were also his fault?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2023 18:14:57 GMT
Also every time someone references Google or computer with him as some sort of jibe it makes us look like Neanderthals.
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Post by samuel32 on Dec 23, 2023 18:16:37 GMT
I think he probably should be judged on the January window more than the summer. The signs aren't great right now, but he only joined at the end of June and had a matter of weeks to identify a whole new squad. Neil's signings, although poor have been the only ones to be able to compete at this level and play consistently. His ones have exclusively shite. He's a fraud. I worry that the glamour of being owned by a massive betting company has attracted a bunch of frauds to a club that just needs actually real, imaginative talented people.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 23, 2023 18:16:45 GMT
Burger was easily the best player on the pitch today.
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Post by peterthornesboots on Dec 23, 2023 18:16:48 GMT
Confused. So our worst players were Dublin’s fault and our brightest sparks were also his fault? Do we have any bright sparks? 😅😂 Apart from Burger, Junior, McNally, and maybe Jun-Ho I am genuinely struggling to think of any of our summer signings that have genuinely moved us forward (or look like they have the potential to) compared to what we had on the books in the last couple of years.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 23, 2023 18:16:56 GMT
I’d get rid of this fraud immediately. Culpable for utterly abhorrent recruitment of an unbalanced disjointed squad. 9 players of real quality would have been better value than 18 dreadful signings bar burger imo. Not sure we would of had enough players to fill the subs bench if we only brought 9 new players in.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Dec 23, 2023 18:22:52 GMT
Confused. So our worst players were Dublin’s fault and our brightest sparks were also his fault? Do we have any bright sparks? 😅😂 Apart from Burger, Junior, McNally, and maybe Jun-Ho I am genuinely struggling to think of any of our summer signings that have genuinely moved us forward (or look like they have the potential to) compared to what we had on the books in the last couple of years. Id have added Travis to that lot prior to him being recalled. Thats about it mind
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