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Post by Goonie on Feb 14, 2024 15:21:48 GMT
It always fuckin annoys me so much that Bennett calls the six towns the five towns!! It actually puts me off reading his books. I mean he must have fucking known. It's like that film 8 Mile. It's actually 7 mile in real life. Why??? Poetic licence my arse. Rant over. (It's not like me to rant on here lol π
) Remarkably Stoke City FC featured large in Victorian Literature: Arnold Bennett's seminal work on Stoke City's innovative lone striker formation - "Goalhanger". Charles Dickens' masterwork on the building if SCFCs first stadium - "Bleak House" And of course Jules Verne's highly prophetic work "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Not to mention his summation of being a Stoke fan: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
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Post by Stretfordpotterer on Feb 14, 2024 15:37:01 GMT
The atmosphere tonight will be similar to that of a waiting room of men before their prostate exam..... Depends on who's doing the exam π€ In this example i suspect the person doing the examination is a man, probably large, hands like shovels.......and absolutely not a medical professional.
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Feb 14, 2024 15:39:37 GMT
Remarkably Stoke City FC featured large in Victorian Literature: Arnold Bennett's seminal work on Stoke City's innovative lone striker formation - "Goalhanger". Charles Dickens' masterwork on the building if SCFCs first stadium - "Bleak House" And of course Jules Verne's highly prophetic work "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Not to mention his summation of being a Stoke fan: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" Isn't that from that novel about Dublin and Martin? 'A Tale of Two Titties'?
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Post by march4 on Feb 14, 2024 15:42:52 GMT
Iβm dreading tonight. It doesnβt look promising.
The fans will eventually turn on someone if there is no improvement.
On Saturday, the players got it with both barrels.
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Post by banksy1art on Feb 14, 2024 15:47:53 GMT
It will be a hardcore raucous crowd. Positive or negative dependent on the outcome and performance but I think it will start as a supportive crowd
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Post by thepottypotter on Feb 14, 2024 15:55:43 GMT
I am 90% sure we will lose and there will be a sh1tstorm at the final whistle with fans turning even more than at the weekend.
As its a midweek game, it won't be at the levels of 97/98 after the 7-0 loss to Brum, but building in that direction. The longer that RM and Schumacher stay in the club, the worse it will get. But I hope and pray I am wrong.
10% chance of a win. If we do, pressure eased temporarily but we will still have a huge sh1thole to claw ourselves out of in the remaining games to ensure safety.
Either outcome - this season has been a complete failure compared with expecations in the summer. Even if we stay up, Tricky and Slick have to go give how badly they have mismanaged recruitment this year. Can't have this again in the summer!
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Post by J-Roar on Feb 14, 2024 15:56:19 GMT
The atmosphere tonight will be similar to that of a waiting room of men before their prostate exam..... Depends on who's doing the exam π€ Vanessa Feltz anyone?
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 14, 2024 15:57:39 GMT
βI do not think the five towns will ever be describedβ¦ It was ugliness on a scale so vast as to be sublimeβ¦ Dante lived too soon.β Bennett must have foreseen this season then. It always fuckin annoys me so much that Bennett calls the six towns the five towns!! It actually puts me off reading his books. I mean he must have fucking known. It's like that film 8 Mile. It's actually 7 mile in real life. Why??? Poetic licence my arse. Rant over. (It's not like me to rant on here lol π
) He just thought it sounded better. It was only the loose basis for his story, it's not supposed to be a documentary work
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Post by Gabrielzakuaniandjuliet on Feb 14, 2024 15:59:22 GMT
I think it will really depend on the performance in the first couple of minutes. Crowd will respond to a decent start. After that, first goal is key. If we get the first one I actually think we could put a few goals past someone with this approach and some confidence. 4-1 Stoke.. Not betting any money on it though π
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Post by skip on Feb 14, 2024 15:59:39 GMT
It will be a hardcore raucous crowd. Positive or negative dependent on the outcome and performance but I think it will start as a supportive crowd Gutted I can't make this one. The crowd need to be well up for it. And if it goes wrong? Chuck some eggs in the general direction of the directors at the end.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 14, 2024 16:06:58 GMT
It will be a hardcore raucous crowd. Positive or negative dependent on the outcome and performance but I think it will start as a supportive crowd Gutted I can't make this one. The crowd need to be well up for it. And if it goes wrong? Chuck some eggs in the general direction of the directors at the end. That was yesterday...keep up
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Post by loosestools on Feb 14, 2024 16:10:17 GMT
Apathy and acceptance of our fate. I'm too punch drunk to react in any other way.
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Post by thepottypotter on Feb 14, 2024 16:11:01 GMT
Apathy and acceptance of our fate. I'm too punch drunk to react in any other way. A bottle of Jack Daniels is the only way I have been able to get through the last few Stoke games.
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Feb 14, 2024 16:31:11 GMT
Depends on who's doing the exam π€ Vanessa Feltz anyone? Prefer Joseph Fritzl ( only name I could think of that sounds like Feltz)
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Post by davethebass on Feb 14, 2024 16:41:55 GMT
It always fuckin annoys me so much that Bennett calls the six towns the five towns!! It actually puts me off reading his books. I mean he must have fucking known. It's like that film 8 Mile. It's actually 7 mile in real life. Why??? Poetic licence my arse. Rant over. (It's not like me to rant on here lol π
) He just thought it sounded better. It was only the loose basis for his story, it's not supposed to be a documentary work Lol I know really. Just winds me up for some reason.....like I think the whole world must think we've only got 5 towns! Lol I've actually read a documentary work from that era funnily enough, and its amazing, it's out of print, not sure they even printed that many, its not famous, but Hanley museum have put it online.... the author's name slips my mind.... I'll try find it....it's autobiographical, it starts with the author working in the drying house in a pot bank as a little kid...it's his job light the stove in there in the morning, and the only way he can do that is by stealing a hot coal from the bottle oven, and if the kiln man catches him he gets a clout, which is ridiculous, talk about time and motion. Crazy times
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Post by mrnovember on Feb 14, 2024 16:44:10 GMT
Get the lasers on, it'll be rayt.
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Post by skip on Feb 14, 2024 16:48:44 GMT
Gutted I can't make this one. The crowd need to be well up for it. And if it goes wrong? Chuck some eggs in the general direction of the directors at the end. That was yesterday...keep up Shit. What was the score?
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 14, 2024 16:51:43 GMT
Get the lasers on, it'll be rayt. And fire them at the players? Must admit it would add to the entertainment watching Vidigal running round trying not to get vaporised
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Post by felonious on Feb 14, 2024 17:05:44 GMT
The atmosphere tonight will be similar to that of a waiting room of men before their prostate exam..... Depends on who's doing the exam π€ Peter Fox
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 14, 2024 18:27:38 GMT
That was yesterday...keep up Shit. What was the score? Light show hasn't finished yet
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Feb 14, 2024 18:31:46 GMT
Shit. What was the score? Light show hasn't finished yet I thought your Feltz radar had gone off then Jesus and it had brought you to this thread.
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Post by Eggybread on Feb 14, 2024 18:38:03 GMT
Just keep with them for 90 minutes, and then do/shout what's necessary good or bad.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 14, 2024 18:40:17 GMT
Light show hasn't finished yet I thought your Feltz radar had gone off then Jesus and it had brought you to this thread. Was hoping for Valentines she'd have posted some revealing pics dressed as a Swiss milk maid or a cinema usherette, all oily on her fan page but sadly not yet.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Feb 14, 2024 18:42:33 GMT
I thought your Feltz radar had gone off then Jesus and it had brought you to this thread. Was hoping for Valentines she'd have posted some revealing pics dressed as a Swiss milk maid or a cinema usherette, all oily on her fan page but sadly not yet. There is time yet my friend and what I will say is that there is probably more chance of it happening than us getting three points later. Just hold on.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 14, 2024 18:46:23 GMT
Was hoping for Valentines she'd have posted some revealing pics dressed as a Swiss milk maid or a cinema usherette, all oily on her fan page but sadly not yet. There is time yet my friend and what I will say is that there is probably more chance of it happening than us getting three points later. Just hold on. π If only pundits on TV talked sense like this
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Feb 14, 2024 18:53:00 GMT
There is time yet my friend and what I will say is that there is probably more chance of it happening than us getting three points later. Just hold on. π If only pundits on TV talked sense like this I'm waiting for that Sohail on Radio Stoke to get the boot mate and I'm applying. Fear not there will be sound notes of Feltzy thrown in throughout the matches.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 14, 2024 19:02:36 GMT
π If only pundits on TV talked sense like this I'm waiting for that Sohail on Radio Stoke to get the boot mate and I'm applying. Fear not there will be sound notes of Feltzy thrown in throughout the matches. The stand is filling up more than Feltz at an all you can eat Chinese buffet That kind of thing
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Feb 14, 2024 19:06:30 GMT
I'm waiting for that Sohail on Radio Stoke to get the boot mate and I'm applying. Fear not there will be sound notes of Feltzy thrown in throughout the matches. The stand is filling up more than Feltz at an all you can eat Chinese buffet That kind of thing That kind of thing mate yes and for when we are getting hammered it would be something like, 'the stands are emptying quicker than Feltz's dinnerplate at a Chinese buffet.'
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Post by liathroid on Feb 14, 2024 19:21:50 GMT
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Post by lordb on Feb 14, 2024 22:33:40 GMT
Atmosphere was excellent from the start Especially good second half as we could all see hard they working to keep that clean sheet
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