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Post by gingerninja on Sept 26, 2023 14:40:09 GMT
It is not just a left footed CB we are short of, we have no naturally left footed LB, hence why we are shoe horning Johnson in there🤔
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2023 14:45:06 GMT
Ooh, he's even having a pop at the fans now as well. Tick Tock. What did he say? Banging on about nobody moaning when DJ played LWB against Huddersfield, but because we were shite on Sunday it's become a problem. It was one of the tweets in the OP but it seems to have mysteriously disappeared now 😕
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Post by PotterLog on Sept 26, 2023 14:45:08 GMT
Is it even that much of a big deal? Shawcross and Huth were both right footed and I think most other partnerships I've seen are right footed (think Ferdinand/Vidic and Terry/Cahill or whoever). I know it's nice from a balance perspective but it's hardly where the team collapses. Where it gets made worse is when you employ a three where the left sided centre back has to use their left foot more often than not. We got promoted and stayed up with two right footed centre halves and Griff at left back He’s talking out his fucking arse I've said this before but to be fair there's a difference between left-footed and left-sided. Huth was right-footed but played as a left-sided CB most of his career. And most left-sided attackers are right-footed nowadays (and vice versa)
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Post by GarySCFC on Sept 26, 2023 14:45:40 GMT
We are so under cooked fitness wise, any wonder we have injuries all of the time.
But him having a pop about playing johnson at LB is the beginning of the end for AN. It all looked so rosy on that mini run we had last season. He has well and truly been found out to be the bluffer ive always thought he is.
Rinse and repeat again.....
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Post by satoshi on Sept 26, 2023 14:47:33 GMT
He’s a goner
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 26, 2023 14:54:39 GMT
Banging on about nobody moaning when DJ played LWB against Huddersfield, but because we were shite on Sunday it's become a problem. It was one of the tweets in the OP but it seems to have mysteriously disappeared now 😕 Oh okay, I wouldn't call it having a go at the fans but he is wrong, plenty had a moan about the set up, people don't seem to like three at the back regardless of personnel chosen to play it.
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Post by vidigal7 on Sept 26, 2023 14:54:46 GMT
Ooh, he's even having a pop at the fans now as well. Tick Tock. Me thinks he reads this board. If you do Alex, bin your shit formations. 4-2-3-1 this is the way. It's enough to make Pep guardiola have a nervous breakdown if things arnt going smoothly. First mistake any manager of scfc can make. Stoke fans don't spit dummies, it's far far more personal than that haha. I do pity anybody taking the stoke job to be honest
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Post by st3mark on Sept 26, 2023 14:58:02 GMT
"We want to win the game, they will too" Wise words from our gaffer there I actually don't even believe him. We haven't looked like we've wanted to win quite a few games so far.
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Post by brutus on Sept 26, 2023 14:58:09 GMT
I noticed on Sundays post match interview that his hair stubble is getting whiter by the game. He’s on the brink and knows it. All we currently have to our name is injury after injury, a run of poor losses and a plethora of very daunting fixtures coming up. I honestly can’t see him lasting until November! FFS HAHAHAHA
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Post by vidigal7 on Sept 26, 2023 14:59:19 GMT
He's had shite luck on that front, it has to be said
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Post by mrnovember on Sept 26, 2023 15:05:00 GMT
As much as I want him gone, you've got to feel for him in as much as we could get to November and what you would assume or hope to be his plan A front three have played what, two games together? Vidigal Mmaee Campbell.
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Post by satoshi on Sept 26, 2023 15:11:44 GMT
If he can work out what the fuck happened in March and replicate it he’s sorted. But he can’t.
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Post by pez75 on Sept 26, 2023 15:16:23 GMT
Banging on about nobody moaning when DJ played LWB against Huddersfield, but because we were shite on Sunday it's become a problem. It was one of the tweets in the OP but it seems to have mysteriously disappeared now 😕 Oh okay, I wouldn't call it having a go at the fans but he is wrong, plenty had a moan about the set up, people don't seem to like three at the back regardless of personnel chosen to play it. His petty comments on sunday were similar - not a full frontal attack but clearly showing his arse. As we know from experience its the start of a slippery slope!
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Post by ceejays on Sept 26, 2023 15:16:44 GMT
He's had shite luck on that front, it has to be said Even on that front he made reference to his signings not being injury prone which at the time I took as a dig at Powell always being injured. And that hasn’t changed at Stockport either . Seems his words are coming back to haunt him . But sometimes someone steps up . An opportunity arises . Lowe ? And now it’s time dad I say for Gayle to stop being a fanny
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Sept 26, 2023 15:17:19 GMT
If he can work out what the fuck happened in March and replicate it he’s sorted. But he can’t. Broken clock syndrome. Even the wankest of sides at some point in a season pull a few results outta the bag. The time just happened to be correct in March. And had me renewing my bloody season ticket 😠 🤬
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Post by sportsman on Sept 26, 2023 15:18:23 GMT
I'm guessing a back 5 against Bournemouth was always going be on the cards anyway. Scrape a draw, try get through on penalties. This way we can play a back 5 because of injuries to key players. That's how I'm thinking it.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Sept 26, 2023 15:21:58 GMT
If he can work out what the fuck happened in March and replicate it he’s sorted. But he can’t. I genuinely don't get why he hasn't tried to do that. It looked like that was the plan and now he seems to have just dumped it because of the Stevens situation. What is it about managers that they just refuse to use what had made them successful here? Rowett got Derby into the play-offs with Vydra as a number 10 - laughed off the idea of playing with one here. Jones raved on about the diamond, signed basically nobody who could play it, then ditched it for something even worse. O'Neil worked wonders at NI with a 4-3-3, worked wonders when he first arrived with a 4-2-3-1, became obsessed with a back three system that rarely if ever looked as good as either. Neil is doing the same now too. It's like the fucking Shining or something.
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Post by vidigal7 on Sept 26, 2023 15:24:51 GMT
He's had shite luck on that front, it has to be said Even on that front he made reference to his signings not being injury prone which at the time I took as a dig at Powell always being injured. And that hasn’t changed at Stockport either . Seems his words are coming back to haunt him . But sometimes someone steps up . An opportunity arises . Lowe ? And now it’s time dad I say for Gayle to stop being a fanny Gayle is shot I believe, I'm not even sure he's bothered, if he's sharp in training he doesn't continue to miss glaring opportunities like he has. It's only a matter of time now the scfc hyenas are circling. What a load of shit
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Post by theporcelainpele on Sept 26, 2023 15:30:08 GMT
I noticed on Sundays post match interview that his hair stubble is getting whiter by the game. He’s on the brink and knows it. All we currently have to our name is injury after injury, a run of poor losses and a plethora of very daunting fixtures coming up. I honestly can’t see him lasting until November! FFS HAHAHAHA So nothing that I’ve put is true? Keep happy clapping us into the abyss lad, and take your constructive HAHAHAHAHAs with you. Idiot. Edit, don’t even bother replying. Having a quick look at your recent posts shows that you have a very low IQ and the football knowledge of an ant. Stick to your hahaha, lols and F**k offs, it suits your Neanderthal image.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 26, 2023 15:37:42 GMT
Oh okay, I wouldn't call it having a go at the fans but he is wrong, plenty had a moan about the set up, people don't seem to like three at the back regardless of personnel chosen to play it. His petty comments on sunday were similar - not a full frontal attack but clearly showing his arse. As we know from experience its the start of a slippery slope! I'm not sure I've seen his comments from Sunday either tbh, if it's similar as today I'd guess there's there's nothing to it.
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Post by pez75 on Sept 26, 2023 15:50:04 GMT
His petty comments on sunday were similar - not a full frontal attack but clearly showing his arse. As we know from experience its the start of a slippery slope! I'm not sure I've seen his comments from Sunday either tbh, if it's similar as today I'd guess there's there's nothing to it. He commented on the fans reaction, effectively saying they are entitled to do what they want, then added when we win its promotion time, when we lose its doom & gloom. Some truth in it but its a dig either way, and especially patronising after 4 defeats and a draw in our last 5 league games!
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 26, 2023 15:52:23 GMT
I'm not sure I've seen his comments from Sunday either tbh, if it's similar as today I'd guess there's there's nothing to it. He commented on the fans reaction, effectively saying they are entitled to do what they want, then added when we win its promotion time, when we lose its doom & gloom. Some truth in it but its a dig either way, and especially patronising after 4 defeats and a draw in our last 5 league games! I don't think that's a dig either, as you say, he's right. Just seems to me just pointing out that fans can flip game to game.
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Post by FullerMagic on Sept 26, 2023 16:03:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2023 16:05:44 GMT
Pete Smith was suggesting here (about 7 mins in) that we missed out on one of our top centre-half targets, who was a big brute of a centre-back, a young man-mountain who turned down a larger offer from Stoke to sign for someone else and we didn't have time then to properly move to a Plan B. If it's the one who seems to fit that we were linked with and fits that profile - the Bosnian Barisic who signed for Basel instead, he doesn't seem to be left-footed either. But suppose it could be someone else entirely. Surely not him… “Emin Bayram (born 2 April 2003) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo.”
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Post by FullerMagic on Sept 26, 2023 16:11:56 GMT
Pete Smith was suggesting here (about 7 mins in) that we missed out on one of our top centre-half targets, who was a big brute of a centre-back, a young man-mountain who turned down a larger offer from Stoke to sign for someone else and we didn't have time then to properly move to a Plan B. If it's the one who seems to fit that we were linked with and fits that profile - the Bosnian Barisic who signed for Basel instead, he doesn't seem to be left-footed either. But suppose it could be someone else entirely. Surely not him… “Emin Bayram (born 2 April 2003) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo.” Yeah, don't think it's him. He mentions him as well, but he's not the one he's referring to as the brick shithouse type I'd say that Barisic fits the bill, but could be someone whose name hasn't leaked
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Post by jay1610 on Sept 26, 2023 16:27:27 GMT
Being difficult and having sly digs at the supporters is only hastening his tumble towards the exit door.
Gone after a thrashing by Sunderland.
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Post by PotterLog on Sept 26, 2023 16:32:28 GMT
Being difficult and having sly digs at the supporters is only hastening his tumble towards the exit door. Gone after a thrashing by Sunderland. There’d be a perverse serendipity to that
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Post by FullerMagic on Sept 26, 2023 16:32:50 GMT
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-alex-neil-8783054....a young man mountain international was their top target, but he moved to another club in Europe. He said: "I’m not stupid. I've been doing this for a long time. We play out from the back and the one thing you always want for the back is balance. I understand when we go to Ipswich and Ipswich are not stupid, they show Ben Wilmot onto his left foot and then we struggle to get across the half-way line. I understand it more than anybody else. "The simple fact is I've got to deal with where we are and what we've got. There's no point in crying over it. Of course we looked for a left centre-back."
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Post by theonlooker on Sept 26, 2023 16:34:44 GMT
Sorry Alex, you had the opportunity to bring in 17 footballers. If you and your two mates couldn't find a left sided centre half then that's your stupid fault.
Shut up and get on with it.
I'll give you a clue though, the answer isn't to play all three of the right footers in a back 5 with a box to box midfielder as a wing back.
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Post by jhtstokie on Sept 26, 2023 16:37:14 GMT
I don’t think he’s had a pop at the fans myself, he’s been asked a question and he’s answered it.
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