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Post by philb on Aug 25, 2023 16:57:31 GMT
i think there might still be moves on the cards for Laurent,and Tymon,by this time next week,even though Laurent as been made captain a decent offer and i think he will be gone, Where has this Laurent thing come from? Surely we won’t let our Captain go just like that. There hasn’t been any rumours of interest in him so why would we let him go. I just don’t get the thinking 🤷♂️
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Post by philb on Aug 21, 2023 13:16:20 GMT
To be fair most grounds look half empty in the Championship on tv as like some have said the front rows are usually less full and are the ones you can see all the time on tv. Our crowds so far have been good considering.
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Post by philb on Aug 21, 2023 13:14:22 GMT
Could it possibly just be Daniel Johnson showing up for training If it was him he's training on his own. Didn't look like him at all. Picture???
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Post by philb on Aug 21, 2023 13:12:53 GMT
PNE 22222
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Post by philb on Aug 21, 2023 13:08:05 GMT
Powell? What the hells he got to do with things 🤷♂️
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Thompson
Aug 19, 2023 21:27:13 GMT
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Post by philb on Aug 19, 2023 21:27:13 GMT
I’m not his biggest fan but it’s hard to justify that statement when he started today and we won 🤷♂️ And the performance was average at best. We were very lucky today and the 3 points totally masked a whole heap of problems that on any other day will resurface and cause us problems. But they didn’t. We drew or lost those types of games last season. Yes it wasn’t a great performance but you take 3 points every day when you’ve been poor, and there were far worse performances from other players today than Thompson.
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Thompson
Aug 19, 2023 21:18:06 GMT
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Post by philb on Aug 19, 2023 21:18:06 GMT
He's a very good player and does his job really well, very much similar to Whelan no frills but great at his job. What horse shit. If he's starting games for us then we really are in a mess. I've never heard so much nonsense, he's a league 1 player at best. I’m not his biggest fan but it’s hard to justify that statement when he started today and we won 🤷♂️
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Post by philb on Aug 19, 2023 21:11:02 GMT
Pretty alarming how these are racking up already. Only 4 games played, including cup, and we have 12 yellow cards. Some of the cards have been a complete joke and i certainly question the standard of refereeing so far. It could become an issue when the card tally mounts up and we starting getting players banned. www.skysports.com/stoke-city-statsTo be fair I’d be surprised if it’s not the same for most teams with them all racking up a fair few yellows so far.
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Post by philb on Aug 19, 2023 21:07:20 GMT
Thought he was poor today. Wasn’t his usual marauding self and looked reluctant to really push himself when on the ball. Although did look like he had some sort of injury with how he was moving in the second half so maybe that was the problem.
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Post by philb on Aug 16, 2023 13:47:39 GMT
22800
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Post by philb on Aug 12, 2023 17:57:25 GMT
Did we miss Campbell against Rotherham and West Brom? No and I doubt he’d have made the difference today.
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Post by philb on Aug 11, 2023 10:39:34 GMT
Apparently having second thoughts now…
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:52:52 GMT
Change it to our motto at least 🤣
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:52:24 GMT
Possibly the worst thread title ever to appear on this board. 🤣
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:39:19 GMT
OH NO YOU DONT 😂 Tell me. Why do you need to know !? Because I’m a football fan who’s interested in what the people running it do with my club. It’s also interesting to see how much profit we’ve made on him. It’s all relative to supporting a club and seeing how things work etc.
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:36:56 GMT
Nobody’s getting touchy mate, just interested as to how much he’s gone for 👍 No your right. Not everyone. But the reasons are obvious. I want to know what the touchy ones get so annoyed about. Would be even more interested to see what they would spend the money on ! 👍 It’s not a matter of that. It’s just interesting to see how much we’ve made on the player etc.
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:33:19 GMT
i hate undisclosed fees, we need to know the fee! NO YOU DON’T 🙄 YES WE DO
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:24:36 GMT
Loads of deals are undisclosed, means nothing. Just means if we did get a good fee other clubs can’t take the piss when selling to us. If it wasn’t a very good fee it stops the moaning fuckers on here saying to much. Never understand why people get so touchy over finances on here. It’s not your money. You can’t spend it ! Just trust the guys running the show 👍 Nobody’s getting touchy mate, just interested as to how much he’s gone for 👍
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:22:51 GMT
All the best to him and I look forward to seeing him miscontrol the ball on a regular basis in the Prem 😆
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:19:20 GMT
What is the idea behind the ‘undisclosed fee’ business generally? Dodgy dealing probably. Don’t know why it’s allowed tbh.
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:17:54 GMT
Good luck Jason. A great lad and one who can always say he played in the Premiership. He goes with my best wishes. Now, let the rebuild continue... Who is this Jason that you talk of? 🤣
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:16:57 GMT
If it was a decent fee I’d assume it would be disclosed. Hope it wasn’t peanuts. Loads of deals are undisclosed, means nothing. Yes but you’d think if it was a decent fee Stoke would disclose it to show the fans that they mean business etc.
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:15:20 GMT
Yes. Undisclosed fee usually means fuck all. Hope that’s not the case. We will have made a profit on him, maybe not much, be we won't have sold to a prem club for a loss. Anything less than £3m for a player like him is not good business in todays market. Hope it’s at least that.
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:09:48 GMT
After his comments about Brown post match last Saturday we must have somebody coming in imminently for the club to sanction the move or the money offered was ridiculous? You'd imagine it's the former because I really can't see it being the latter! If it was a decent fee I’d assume it would be disclosed. Hope it wasn’t peanuts.
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:08:53 GMT
Need a signing now to placate the fans 🤣
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 10:06:47 GMT
Well done, Stoke! Correct decision to sell. That depends on how much we got. Yes. Undisclosed fee usually means fuck all. Hope that’s not the case.
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Post by philb on Aug 10, 2023 9:28:26 GMT
Now why would Brown even wanna go to Luton? He'll only find himself back in this Championship next year. Not unless Luton is offering real good cash ... (say, anything between 4-7 million pounds). Luton is just fishing. They suspect AN needs to move on players, so they've gambling that they can snag Brown on the cheap. If really desperate, I'd prefer if AN moves on Gayle and Campbell to balance the books. He would want to go because they will treble his money for a year. I seriously doubt a small club like Luton, even though they’re in the Prem will be chucking stupid contracts about and paying silly wages. I don’t know what Brown is on at Stoke but I doubt they’ll triple his wages, maybe not even double them.
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Post by philb on Aug 9, 2023 11:41:05 GMT
Based on the fact that it is a standout skill? There are plenty of footballers in this league with good work rates. The vast majority of footballers are very fit. A very select few are known for their intense work rate. It’s not simply a case of the manager saying “I need you to run more” and his replacement just accept it. The vast majority of footballers have excellent fitness levels but not that many are as determined. Jacob Brown works incredibly hard granted, but how does you or anyone else know that the new players aren’t as fit or determined as Brown? The answer is clearly that we don’t, so the assumption that they can’t or won’t, which the poster I responded to was clearly saying, is based on a lack of knowledge, which is the definition of ignorance. I’ve certainly already seen plenty of work rate off the ball from Vidigal for starters, so there’s one of the new players that seems up to it.
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Post by philb on Aug 5, 2023 21:58:34 GMT
Gawd the Bet365 did look empty. Official gate was 22K but was the stadium even half full? So,are you saying that you thought there were less than 15,000 in there today? 😏
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Post by philb on Aug 5, 2023 21:54:59 GMT
Up the Vale 🤣🤣🤣
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