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Post by skiptomylou on Feb 17, 2024 17:15:49 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward.
Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison
They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners.
We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors.
Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2!
It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1.
Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 17, 2024 17:20:41 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Explain how we do that? |
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Post by liathroid on Feb 17, 2024 17:22:05 GMT
Ashley wants profits
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Post by iglugluk on Feb 17, 2024 17:22:44 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Explain how we do that? John puts himself on a final warning and subjects himself to an Improving Performance procedure?  |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 17, 2024 17:24:12 GMT
John puts himself on a final warning and subjects himself to an Improving Performance procedure? Hope he gives himself an earful tonight |
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Post by skiptomylou on Feb 17, 2024 17:29:36 GMT
I'm not advocating storming the ground for a 2nd time.
Id enjoy watching it though.
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Post by wazbagsbro on Feb 17, 2024 17:30:49 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Just tell Portsmouth, Derby, Sheff Wed, Coventry, West Brom, ect how easy it is to find new owners who will pump millions of their own cash into a club with no pay off. I was there in the 1990s desperate to get Peter Coates out of our club but no one can say he hasn’t tried to make us successful since his money situation has improved. I agree something fundamental needs changing but to loose the families backing would be a disaster. Sheff Wed are a huge club compared to Stoke, we aren’t that special as an investment. |
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Post by skiptomylou on Feb 17, 2024 17:39:43 GMT
The same Coventry and WBA who are miles ahead of us currently, the same Portsmouth with an FA cup in there trophy cabinet, the same Sheff Wed who are hot on our tails and the Derby who'll pass us by on our way down??
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Post by danceswithclams on Feb 17, 2024 17:43:36 GMT
Every second 'The Family' remain in charge of this club is another mile on the clock in our march to insurmountable oblivion.
The sooner people realise this, the sooner we can put a stop to the rot.
Coates Out.
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Post by redstriper on Feb 17, 2024 17:44:06 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. I doubt that John, a lifelong supporter of the club, is enjoying this any more than you are. He deserves better than childish abuse. Grow up and show some respect. |
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Post by wazbagsbro on Feb 17, 2024 17:45:15 GMT
The same Coventry and WBA who are miles ahead of us currently, the same Portsmouth with an FA cup in there trophy cabinet, the same Sheff Wed who are hot on our tails and the Derby who'll pass us by on our way down?? Mate, look at their finances. I’ve just said we need fundamental changes but to think we will get better owners is fucking retarded. |
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Post by wazbagsbro on Feb 17, 2024 17:45:29 GMT
The same Coventry and WBA who are miles ahead of us currently, the same Portsmouth with an FA cup in there trophy cabinet, the same Sheff Wed who are hot on our tails and the Derby who'll pass us by on our way down?? Mate, look at their finances. I’ve just said we need fundamental changes but to think we will get better owners is fucking retarded. |
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Post by chad on Feb 17, 2024 17:45:31 GMT
Ridiculous Thread yet again
Unless of course someone knows a rich Arab with more brains than money
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Post by danceswithclams on Feb 17, 2024 17:48:15 GMT
The same Coventry and WBA who are miles ahead of us currently, the same Portsmouth with an FA cup in there trophy cabinet, the same Sheff Wed who are hot on our tails and the Derby who'll pass us by on our way down?? Mate, look at their finances. I’ve just said we need fundamental changes but to think we will get better owners is fucking retarded. Why is it? |
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Post by peterthornesboots on Feb 17, 2024 17:53:37 GMT
I do not want the owners replaced, I just want them to make better decisions.
Jon Coates is a Stoke City fan, he wants the best for this football club, and the family have invested significant sums of money into what is probably a financial black hole (as most football clubs are).
However, it we suffer two relegations in the space of six years then it would be (nearly) unforgivable. If a foreign owner had overseen this decline then people would be up in arms.
We need to hope that we can eek enough points out of the season to secure survival and that Schumacher is the right man to oversee another summer reset.
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Post by skiptomylou on Feb 17, 2024 18:11:12 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. I doubt that John, a lifelong supporter of the club, is enjoying this any more than you are. He deserves better than childish abuse. Grow up and show some respect. How about he starts earning his "respect" Other than being privileged "child" born into a rich family. What are his qualifications to run a football club? He's had 6 seasons and every one had been an utter disgrace. If he was to bid for a football club, we he'd fail the so called fit and proper criteria! |
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Post by sportsman on Feb 17, 2024 18:12:41 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Go bye byes you wazzack. Posts like this do my head in . |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 17, 2024 18:13:35 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Anyone who thinks Mike Ashley is or would be a better owner for stoke than the Coates needs to give their head a wobble...then when they've done that slam the fridge door on it u til they see the stupidity of their view. |
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Post by skiptomylou on Feb 17, 2024 18:14:17 GMT
The same Coventry and WBA who are miles ahead of us currently, the same Portsmouth with an FA cup in there trophy cabinet, the same Sheff Wed who are hot on our tails and the Derby who'll pass us by on our way down?? Mate, look at their finances. I’ve just said we need fundamental changes but to think we will get better owners is fucking retarded. Are we debt free? If we're in debt after 10 years of 10 pots of gold, who's to blame? |
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Post by danceswithclams on Feb 17, 2024 18:14:46 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Go bye byes you wazzack. Posts like this do my head in . What's he said that's incorrect? How people can't see that 'The Family' are the biggest problem beats me. They need removing before it's too late and we end up perennial lower league fodder like fucking Tranmere or Rochdale (or the pissing Vale). Coates Out. |
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Post by thornestein on Feb 17, 2024 18:14:52 GMT
as much as i think they’re doing a terrible job , i don’t think we will get better
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Post by skiptomylou on Feb 17, 2024 18:18:26 GMT
as much as i think they’re doing a terrible job , i don’t think we will get better I don't want better mate, I want competent. |
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Post by jokker on Feb 17, 2024 18:21:34 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. At least his IQ is 2 bigger than yours. |
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Post by blackpoolred on Feb 17, 2024 18:28:13 GMT
For me Coates has one last roll of the dice to play - we are hurtling toward relegation again with his latest British punt, who looks out of his depth, has zero experience in this league and virtually no experience as a manager.
His last chance would be to bring in high profile foreign manager, if nothing else just to prove, that here in 2024, we do not have owners who are xenophobic prehistoric dinosaurs.
If we were then to survive the club would then need to purchase 11 abacuses pre season, marked left-back, right-back, central defence and so on, if none of the notches have been moved on the abacus marked left-back - then that would send out a report to tricky that we need to purchase 2 of them before a ball is kicked.
No problem with them bringing in 19 players and them being a bit more miss than hit, but when 8 of those 19 are forwards and only 1 is a left-back(in his mid-thirties and hardly played a game for 2 years) then questions are going to be asked around peoples sanity and organisation - our new manager should have been banging down the door for a left-back in this window, the fact that we did not get one means, to me, we have another clueless manager - to go with the clueless people who run our club.
In short bring in a foreign manager now, learn to count and create a balanced squad pre-season - is his last hope
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Post by march4 on Feb 17, 2024 18:29:13 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Oh dear! |
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Post by skiptomylou on Feb 17, 2024 18:29:48 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. At least his IQ is 2 bigger than yours. I'll take that as a compliment, an IQ of 2 less than a multi millionaire with a successful business chain where you probably buy your Sunday best! |
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Post by mamathestriker on Feb 17, 2024 18:31:28 GMT
I do not want the owners replaced, I just want them to make better decisions. Jon Coates is a Stoke City fan, he wants the best for this football club, and the family have invested significant sums of money into what is probably a financial black hole (as most football clubs are). However, it we suffer two relegations in the space of six years then it would be (nearly) unforgivable. If a foreign owner had overseen this decline then people would be up in arms. We need to hope that we can eek enough points out of the season to secure survival and that Schumacher is the right man to oversee another summer reset. I'm still not sure Jon Coates is this big Stoke fan we think...he was a Man Utd box holder for years! I agree though, new owners? Nah. Better decisions? Yes. |
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 17, 2024 18:32:22 GMT
as much as i think they’re doing a terrible job , i don’t think we will get better So we literally can't get better than "terrible" then? That's it for us, for the foreseeable future? |
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Post by chad on Feb 17, 2024 18:32:46 GMT
For me Coates has one last roll of the dice to play - we are hurtling toward relegation again with his latest British punt, who looks out of his depth, has zero experience in this league and virtually no experience as a manager. His last chance would be to bring in high profile foreign manager, if nothing else just to prove, that here in 2024, we do not have owners who are xenophobic prehistoric dinosaurs. If we were then to survive the club would then need to purchase 11 abacuses pre season, marked left-back, right-back, central defence and so on, if none of the notches have been moved on the abacus marked left-back - then that would send out a report to tricky that we need to purchase 2 of them before a ball is kicked. No problem with them bringing in 19 players and them being a bit more miss than hit, but when 8 of those 19 are forwards and only 1 is a left-back(in his mid-thirties and hardly played a game for 2 years) then questions are going to be asked around peoples sanity and organisation - our new manager should have been banging down the door for a left-back in this window, the fact that we did not get one means, to me, we have another clueless manager - to go with the clueless people who run our club. In short bring in a foreign manager now, learn to count and create a balanced squad pre-season - is his last hope Seriously. You think we could tempt a “ high profile “ foreign manager to come in now Any idea who ??????? |
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Post by redstriper on Feb 17, 2024 18:33:34 GMT
I doubt that John, a lifelong supporter of the club, is enjoying this any more than you are. He deserves better than childish abuse. Grow up and show some respect. How about he starts earning his "respect" Other than being privileged "child" born into a rich family. What are his qualifications to run a football club? He's had 6 seasons and every one had been an utter disgrace. If he was to bid for a football club, we he'd fail the so called fit and proper criteria! He has my respect for trying to do the right thing for his home town. Whereas you are earning zero respect for your ill informed childish abusive rants that are totally devoid of insight or intelligence. |
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