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Post by gawa on Mar 1, 2024 0:41:14 GMT
In similar fashion to the famous Villa game. "Good God almighty! What in the blue hell is happening here? Stoke City are down 1-0 at halftime, and it's looking like Middlesbrough has them on the ropes! But wait, what's this? Is that... It can't be! It is! It's Tony Pulis! The legendary ex-manager of Stoke City, making his way down the tunnel with a swagger that would make Stone Cold Steve Austin proud! And what's that on his head? By gawd, it's a cap with tins of beer attached to the sides! He's cracking them open and chugging them down like a man possessed! Stone Cold would be proud of that beer bash! But wait, there's more! Pulis isn't just here to drink beer, folks. He's here to lead Stoke City back from the brink! He's tagged in by current manager Steve Schumacker, and the crowd is going wild! Pulis is rallying the troops, giving them the pep talk of a lifetime! And here they come, charging back onto the pitch with a fire in their eyes that can't be extinguished! And would you look at that! Stoke City is like a whole new team out there! They're pressing forward with relentless aggression, and Middlesbrough just can't handle it! Goal! Stoke City equalize, and the crowd erupts in jubilation! But they're not done yet, folks. They're hungry for more, and Pulis is leading the charge! And there it is! The final whistle blows, and Stoke City has pulled off the impossible! They've come back from 1-0 down at halftime to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! Tony Pulis, with his beer-soaked cap and never-say-die attitude, has inspired his team to a shock comeback win! Stone Cold Steve Austin himself would raise a glass to that performance! What a night for Stoke City, what a night for football!" "BAH GAWD! Pulis has just whipped his towl off and hit Ryan Mmaee with a steel chair!"
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Post by march4 on Mar 1, 2024 9:03:20 GMT
If TP did come back and saved us from relegation, it would be one of his miracles.
As a keen TP supporter, I think he should carry on enjoying his retirement. That precious time with grandchildren is too wonderful to miss.
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 1, 2024 9:45:40 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024
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Post by theonlooker on Mar 1, 2024 9:53:42 GMT
If there is any truth in the Heath rumours, and I really wouldn't be surprised if there were, then these owners really, REALLY need to go.
Christ alive.
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Post by mamathestriker on Mar 1, 2024 9:57:30 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024 On the flip side, could the chance to rescue us, earn a few quid and basically do enough so people want a statue built of you be too hard to resist. I know he's had a few jobs since he left but it has always felt like his soft spot is Stoke. Another chance to work with Peter, no Tony Scholes, a former ex player who he loved as Technical Director? Who knows? One thing though, if it's a route we do go down, the players wouldn't know what's going to hit them!
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Post by suck_the_mop. on Mar 1, 2024 9:58:06 GMT
I wish pulis would just come out and say i am retired and never going to manage again.. stop all this nonsense and quieten down the pulis calls on here for good, it's like a reoccurring nightmare on here every time we're struggling (which is alot at the moment admitted)...
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Post by werrington on Mar 1, 2024 10:01:31 GMT
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Post by suck_the_mop. on Mar 1, 2024 10:03:27 GMT
I wish pulis would just come out and say i am retired and never going to manage again.. stop all this nonsense and quieten down the pulis calls on here for good, it's like a reoccurring nightmare on here every time we're struggling (which is alot at the moment admitted)... He has He might of but he needs to make it a bit clearer tht he has no intention of coming back.
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Post by GlennA on Mar 1, 2024 10:05:33 GMT
He might of but he needs to make it a bit clearer tht he has no intention of coming back. He’s Tony Pulis not Frank Sinatra.
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Post by senojbor on Mar 1, 2024 10:09:04 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up John Coates obviously has never wanted Pulis back. He had plenty of times to re-appoint him if he wanted to as it's his decision solely to choose a manager. It isn't going to happen now.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 1, 2024 10:12:38 GMT
If there is any truth in the Heath rumours, and I really wouldn't be surprised if there were, then these owners really, REALLY need to go. Christ alive. Even the staunchest of Coates backers couldn't defend that decision, could they?
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Post by andromeda on Mar 1, 2024 10:14:12 GMT
Can’t see it happening but if it did, it just reeks of Alan Durban and that worked out really well in 1998.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 1, 2024 10:14:12 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024 The only one I can think of is Steve Bruce. I reckon he'd jump at the chance but it fucking stinks of Lambert.
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Post by anchorman on Mar 1, 2024 10:17:54 GMT
www.hitc.com/en-gb/2024/02/29/stoke-city-ready-to-make-change-legendary-boss-targeted-for-return/HITC understands Stoke City are doing work on potential replacements for Steven Schumacher, and former legendary boss Tony Pulis is a target. HITC understands that Schumacher – who was only appointed in December – is on the brink of losing his job at the Bet365 Stadium. Stoke’s owner the Coates Family have a long-standing relationship with Pulis following his ten years at the club – over two different spells. However, HITC understands that Pulis is not ready to consider coming out of retirement at this stage. It would be laughable if the extent of JC’s footballing knowledge truly was “oh, I’m in trouble, let’s call that guy that my Dad likes”. And even more infuriating “Let’s call the guy I should have picked the phone up to 6 years ago”….rather than a washed out guy having a cuppa in his parents kitchen in Glasgow! That went well!
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 1, 2024 10:23:11 GMT
It would be laughable if the extent of JC’s footballing knowledge truly was “oh, I’m in trouble, let’s call that guy that my Dad likes”. And even more infuriating “Let’s call the guy I should have picked the phone up to 6 years ago”….rather than a washed out guy having a cuppa in his parents kitchen in Glasgow! That went well! Pulis had not long been sacked from West Brom after a win % of just 29%, he was taking them down before he got ousted. He was not the man to call to keep us up, he was finished as a premier league manager.
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 1, 2024 10:24:57 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024 The only one I can think of is Steve Bruce. I reckon he'd jump at the chance but it fucking stinks of Lambert. Yeah, could see it. But even his last spell, at West Brom, was awful. Point a game culminating in the axe leaving them rock bottom after 13 games in October. I can well believe Schuey is a game away from the sack, and they're really scrambling around to see who's out there, but if they do it, they're going to get absolute pelters whoever they go for.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 1, 2024 10:27:04 GMT
The only one I can think of is Steve Bruce. I reckon he'd jump at the chance but it fucking stinks of Lambert. Yeah, could see it. But even his last spell, at West Brom, was awful. Point a game culminating in the axe leaving them rock bottom after 13 games in October. I can well believe Schuey is a game away from the sack, and they're really scrambling around to see who's out there, but if they do it, they're going to get absolute pelters whoever they go for. Oh yeah I wouldn't want him anywhere near but I just have a feeling in my waters that's who it would be. Unless they tempt Big Sam with a massive survival package
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Post by Cyprusdelilah on Mar 1, 2024 10:37:31 GMT
What’s laughable is that the closest we get to playing in Europe or The Premier team is a pre season tour in Europe and a friendly against a BIG Prem team…..League 1 here we come and some brainless simpleton's are chastising a guy (and chatting absolute shit) who saved us from League 1, got us to the Prem, kept us there comfortably, amazing cup run’s, gave us spine tingling moments, a cup final etc…..We won’t witness anything close to it for a very very long time. (I sincerely hope I’m wrong) Delap's throw-ins. 😊😊
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 1, 2024 10:38:09 GMT
Yeah, could see it. But even his last spell, at West Brom, was awful. Point a game culminating in the axe leaving them rock bottom after 13 games in October. I can well believe Schuey is a game away from the sack, and they're really scrambling around to see who's out there, but if they do it, they're going to get absolute pelters whoever they go for. Oh yeah I wouldn't want him anywhere near but I just have a feeling in my waters that's who it would be. Unless they tempt Big Sam with a massive survival package Can just imagine the kind of crazy package he'd be asking for - and it'd be totally out of proportion with his recent record over the last 4 years which is the sum total of 19 pts from 25 games at WBA and 1 pt from 4 games at Leeds in 2 spectacular firefighting fails And that'd probably hurt us with FFP without necessarily improving our survival chances. It's a bit of an unsolvable puzzle with no good answers, but boards often go with action rather than inaction!
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Post by Gary Hackett on Mar 1, 2024 10:40:18 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024 I don't think Pulis meant his heart wasn't in managing anymore he meant his heart wasn't in the Sheff Wed job because he realised after a couple of weeks he couldn't work in that specific set up there. He'd jump at the chance to come back here as the saviour but I don't think he'll get the call as there'd be too much humble pie for the Coates to swallow.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 1, 2024 10:40:33 GMT
There is nobody that can come in at this late stage and change anything. Just won't happen.
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Post by chigstoke on Mar 1, 2024 10:47:29 GMT
I would bet good money that Pulis comes back if we sack Schuey. Their potentially suicidal thinking will be
Club legend
"Loves" the club, it's in his "DNA" supposedly...
They'll think it'll get the fans onside, when it's more likely to do the opposite
All it'll make us do is fully realise what a behind the times fuckwit we have running the club in John. And then we'll probably still go down anyway and that'll be Coates and pulis reputation left in tatters. And a nice serving of humble pie to boot for bringing him back.
It still amazes me mind, that we actually have fans who legitimately want the bloke back, it's staggering.
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Post by spoton on Mar 1, 2024 10:48:51 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024 he you are then try STEVE ROUND
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Mar 1, 2024 11:03:51 GMT
All the managers around the world,& the best that JC can come up with,are Pulis & Heath,that's why JC needs to stand back before he takes us into Div 2,or God forbid,even lower.
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Post by anchorman on Mar 1, 2024 11:04:39 GMT
And even more infuriating “Let’s call the guy I should have picked the phone up to 6 years ago”….rather than a washed out guy having a cuppa in his parents kitchen in Glasgow! That went well! Pulis had not long been sacked from West Brom after a win % of just 29%, he was taking them down before he got ousted. He was not the man to call to keep us up, he was finished as a premier league manager. He would have kept us up…by the skin of our teeth but he would have.
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Mar 1, 2024 11:05:22 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024 Getting a bit fed up of "Football League World" who suddenly seem to be on our case. Never seen or heard of them before, but every f**ing day they pop up via Google News giving us a kicking about something. Either that or posting speculative crap like this. Are they really considering TP/AH or is it just clickbait? Probably run by an Arsenal fan
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 1, 2024 11:05:44 GMT
If John Coates sacks Schumacher 4 weeks after publicly stating that Schumacher was the reason to be optimistic about the future, his position as chairman becomes untenable for me.
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 1, 2024 11:05:55 GMT
The last thing we want is Pulis coming back if his heart's not in it. He admitted in that talksport interview he'd discovered he'd lost his hunger during that Sheff Wednesday spell - and that was 4 years ago. Since then, he's gone through several more pairs of slippers. Suppose he could be tempted if we offer him £500k if we stay up, but doubt it'd end well. If we lose tomorrow, the Schuey Out clamour will be very intense and hard to resist , but I still haven't really heard a realistic name who would improve our survival chances and would come. The Adrian Heath mention does sum it up footballleagueworld.co.uk/experienced-duo-emerge-as-stoke-city-targets-as-pressure-builds-on-steven-schumacher/This picture is pretty surreal in 2024 I don't think Pulis meant his heart wasn't in managing anymore he meant his heart wasn't in the Sheff Wed job because he realised after a couple of weeks he couldn't work in that specific set up there. He'd jump at the chance to come back here as the saviour but I don't think he'll get the call as there'd be too much humble pie for the Coates to swallow. I think it was a bit wider than that, Gary. Maybe his arm could be twisted with a big bonus, but if he's mentally checked out, probably wouldn't go well. "I had that 12 weeks at Wednesday and I'd decided even earlier than that I'd made the wrong move" "It wasn't Wednesday's fault. It was my fault and I wasn't 100% committed to doing what I needed to to get them moving" "It just wasn't inside me, what I'd had before, that fire in your belly. I didn't have it with me. I came back, spoke to Deb, and said 'I think I've lost that little bit of fire' - and if you lose that you lose what's necessary" “No, I’m not (for turning),” he said. “We were down on the beach yesterday (with his family) and it’s just wonderful. I love my sport, I went to Twickenham on Saturday, I watch football as much as I can and golf. I’ve had my go and it’s been absolutely fantastic and I appreciate everything football has done for me.”
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Post by boskampsflaps on Mar 1, 2024 11:08:42 GMT
uk.linkedin.com/in/graeme-bailey-3a268325Not suggesting it's true, but Bailey has never struck me as one of the worst offenders for clickbaity stuff and he's been around since the very early days of the internet. Although don't suppose you've got to be be Mystic Meg to foresee we may be forced into acting if things go badly on Saturday, and the likely field of candidates is about as inviting as a plate of sprouts Regardless of who they reach for, there is just too much noise in the background about this for it not to be true. I've got no doubt that Schumacher is just one game away from the sack at this point. As early as Saturday night if we get beat. Adrian Heath is just certifiable bollocks at this point, but he absolutely fits into a Championship 'Lambert' and everything that John would reach for in a panic riddled crisis. The noise is because we're doing crap and people are taking a punt, I could write 50 articles on who stoke might sign as their next manager but it would all be bollocks, plenty of noise with zero substance. Or do you really think Ainsworth has been considered? 😂
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Post by theonlooker on Mar 1, 2024 11:18:03 GMT
Regardless of who they reach for, there is just too much noise in the background about this for it not to be true. I've got no doubt that Schumacher is just one game away from the sack at this point. As early as Saturday night if we get beat. Adrian Heath is just certifiable bollocks at this point, but he absolutely fits into a Championship 'Lambert' and everything that John would reach for in a panic riddled crisis. The noise is because we're doing crap and people are taking a punt, I could write 50 articles on who stoke might sign as their next manager but it would all be bollocks, plenty of noise with zero substance. Or do you really think Ainsworth has been considered? 😂 So you don't think the club are looking for imminent replacements for Schumacher?
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