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Post by Pugsley on Apr 29, 2023 20:08:42 GMT
Naturally I have a obsessed ex boyfriend interest in this, but do any of you think Neil will get sacked? Feels like your chairman/club made a real play for him and waved a lot of cash under his nose on a 3 year deal. Are they likely to pull the trigger, or will he get the summer window? No he won't get sacked. They'll back him, we'll bring in a lorry load of shit footballers who couldn't care less and we'll have the exact same season as this one. Zero.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 29, 2023 18:25:04 GMT
After the last 4 home performances🤔 Our tactic seems to be to launch it diagonally to either wing back and hope for the best. The summer will be massive and I’d personally get rid of the majority of players and start from scratch I can honestly see him walking soon, he’s walked into the biggest turd of turds with our current idiot son in charge. Not a cat in hells chance he’ll succeed as it’s an entire team he needs in a matter of weeks. Club is a joke He's joined us for money so he won't be walking away.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 26, 2023 15:35:25 GMT
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 26, 2023 11:45:11 GMT
Fuck him off November if we don't look like getting in the playoffs at least.
He just has to deliver a team that can compete and not capitulate, can win at home and look a serious promotion threat. Anything else is failure.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 24, 2023 21:51:10 GMT
Sacking an interim manager, ..bizarre. Give it a few weeks, they may get down to the kit-man. Giving him the job in the first place was even more bizarre.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 24, 2023 21:28:50 GMT
Let's hope so the corrupt fuckers. And they won't get the kind of money for Mount they might have expected 12 months ago. Loftus Cheek deserves a fresh start somewhere else. Mount is such an overrated player. I don’t see how he’d improve any of the top 4/5 teams. The one of the home grown talent I rate is Gallagher. Good player. Funny how people see things differently. Gallagher looks totally out of place in the Chelsea team but looked good in a bang average Palace team. Mount, I think, is a good footballer. Needs to play.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 19, 2023 11:22:20 GMT
Surely though it's not in the club's interests to ban reporters from the city's main radio station (or newspaper in the case of the Sentinel). That will only create an 'us and them' situation, and both media would go to town on the club's dire performances and rile up supporter discontent even more. In the Premier League, weren't the club obligated to take questions from the media? Don't know if that applies to the EPL too. You mention Fergie and for sure, the Premier League should never have allowed him to ban press or refuse to speak to the BBC. So long as questions aren't aggressive, I think it's reasonable asking leading questions such as: "After the highs of results against Blackburn and Coventry, how do you explain performances over these past three games?" "There were some players out there tonight staking a claim for a place in the first team. How do you rate their chances after that performance?" And seriously what would you expect him to say in answer to those questions?….Do you honestly think he would then throw players under the bus? He’d be an appalling manager or even worse man manager if he replies to that question with “they now have no more chances as they were shit” I mean cmon They have plenty of media training, he needn't throw anyone under a bus. Journalists should ask questions that reflect views of the fanbase. Those two questions above are perfectly reasonable and certainly reflects my feelings about last night, although they could be worded less aggressively.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 19, 2023 8:31:57 GMT
I get back in the car very very angry after what can only be described as utterly woeful performance to hear cutting edge journalism at its best😡It’s probably one of the worst performances I’ve witnessed in many a year from a set of uninterested/unmotivated players and management and all our intrepid friend can come out with is that question😳 The manager needed challenging as to why yet again the performance was so bad at home against a team that were utter dross.Everyone of those players tonight( with the exception of Taylor) should donate their match fee/wages to charity and I also include the management who were equally as bad. So so bad😡 Did he say he was?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 17, 2023 13:08:18 GMT
Our home form is Won 6, Drawn 5, Lost 10. Only bottom placed Wigan have won fewer home games. It's been some stunt that's for sure. Fair play to everyone involved, but lets not do it again. Anyone else old enough to remember 'Yes, but can they do it on a cold rainy Tuesday night in Stoke?'? Just turning 3 of those 10 into wins would have us in for a strong chance of the playoffs. Another season thrown away.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 17, 2023 13:05:52 GMT
Bet Lee Blakeman is relieved? Even though he seems to of been more respectful in recent interviews. Darryl Clarke interviews were full on cringe worthy for his patronising remarks towards Lee. Sounds like from the radio reports I hear each week after attending Stoke, the vale owners have shout themselves in the foot, trying to keep to a very small budget. As much as I’d love Nathan Jones to go there and bury the club, he would think Vale is too far beneath him. To be fair, the Vale job is beneath ANY respecting football manager.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 14, 2023 17:52:18 GMT
No one can have any clue what could happen. Normally you can and like with MON at the start of this season, it was pretty obvious it was going to be shit. But the reality here is we don't know who half of the squad will be. We don't know how AN will use them. There's just nothing to go on to make any form of solid prediction. Like you say predictions are difficult. I do however EXPECT us to be in the top six.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 12, 2023 11:02:24 GMT
Bar a little success at MK Dons early in his managerial career Ince's record is abysmal.
He's a poor manager getting jobs on off his playing reputation. I'd be apoplectic if we appointed him as manager.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 7, 2023 19:16:10 GMT
Baker is playing like a man who doesn't want to be here. Needs to be sold if we can find a buyer. Celina is a show pony. Looks like he has something, but there's no end product. Story of his career. I don't get it
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 30, 2023 9:17:58 GMT
Completely agree. If they continue making bad decisions then we will be playing them again, like we did before under their tenure-ship. What scenario or who would you prefer instead of the Coates family owning the club then? Where have I said I don't want them as owners? I just want them to do better and not relegate us AGAIN to the third tier despite being amongst the richest owners in world football.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 29, 2023 17:31:05 GMT
Anyone who doesn't question the owners of any club when their actions have led to a decline in its fortunes is plain daft. The Coates family have made catastrophic decisions in the last 6 years that have seen us nearly relegated to the third tier AGAIN under their leadership. The reason they are propping the club up with their wealth is directly down to their actions and inactions. I am happy that we're locally owned, have access to great resource and not run by shysters and chancers but they need to change. They also gave us 10 years in the Premiership after some bleak years under Icelandic ownership. I dare say that had it not been for the Coates families personal generosity towards the club, we’d be playing the likes of Vale, Burton or Crewe twice a season. I understand mistakes have been made but they were all made with the best intentions. You can’t question that. Completely agree. If they continue making bad decisions then we will be playing them again, like we did before under there tenure-ship.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 29, 2023 17:27:57 GMT
Anyone who doesn't question the owners of any club when their actions have led to a decline in its fortunes is plain daft. The Coates family have made catastrophic decisions in the last 6 years that have seen us nearly relegated to the third tier AGAIN under their leadership. The reason they are propping the club up with their wealth is directly down to their actions and inactions. I am happy that we're locally owned, have access to great resource and not run by shysters and chancers but they need to change. Do you think that other clubs do not make mistakes for example in appointing managers as well as many other bad decisions? Southampton appointed Nathan Jones after he was at Stoke. Manchester City have breached FFP on over 100 occasions. We all know what happened to Chelsea. There are numerous examples of bad owners. We are extremely fortunate. If anyone can't see that I think they must be delusional. We must be envied by most football supporters. I'm happy that other clubs make bad decisions as it makes our job easier. We should be making better decisions. We're nearly relegated after spending a near unprecedented amount in the Championship. What's that all about? Bad luck?
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 29, 2023 17:23:53 GMT
A staged managed meeting. Strategically timed to coincide with the feel good factor currently around the club . Aimed probably at season ticket sales . Of course they had sight of the questions beforehand. Perhaps not all of them but John Coates always gives the game away in that regard. I don’t think he can think on his feet . AN and Tricky Ricky certainly can. It’s a meeting where the panel don’t really get asked any challenging or thought provoking questions. They don’t have to be in rich language . A far better meeting would be to stick a supporter in front of AN a few times a season rather than Angela’s softly softly approach. So AN there was a watershed match after which things went pear shaped. One of the many reasons for our fall from grace. The semi final of the league cup versus Liverpool. Going to penalties step forward ( or more accurately flop to the right ) a certain Jack Butland. The sky panel on the night commented with a fair degree of mirth as to Butland diving to the right. He subsequently faced 5 or 6 ( maybe more) penalties as a Stoke player. Each time falling to the right - sometimes before the ball had been kicked. Clearly no homework was done on opposition penalty takers. Clearly not practiced in training. Yet roll forward a year or so and as a Crystal Palace keeper the first penalty he faced ( v Brighton) he dived to his left and saved !! So AN do we do our homework now ? Do we practice in training. And it’s not just the keeper situation. Here is a list of our horrific record of taking penalties. Now that to me is the type of question that has more relevance. I’ve plenty more. I'm not sure what you mean. Did you want someone to ask a question about the methods of a manager four times removed? No wonder the questions are 'stage managed' if that's the best we can come up with.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 28, 2023 8:39:49 GMT
Read this story on the BBC, horrific rise and fall from grace, we might not like everything our owners have done over the past 6-7 years, but crikey some of this 'new' money from abroad is steeped in risk and endangerment of the clubs involved Football teams are just playthings to these people www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65042578 Anyone who questions the Coates families tenure as Stoke owners should look at what happens when someone who as you say is taking on a club as a plaything, the Coates family are by far the best option for Stoke to progress,they are local.they are charitable,they support the club and the local area. Anyone who doesn't question the owners of any club when their actions have led to a decline in its fortunes is plain daft. The Coates family have made catastrophic decisions in the last 6 years that have seen us nearly relegated to the third tier AGAIN under their leadership. The reason they are propping the club up with their wealth is directly down to their actions and inactions. I am happy that we're locally owned, have access to great resource and not run by shysters and chancers but they need to change.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 27, 2023 19:43:37 GMT
Foregone conclusion that France will win this. Ireland will make a mistake at the back and have got zero creativity to score a goal. Their only hope is a setpiece.
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Joselu
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 27, 2023 13:44:52 GMT
And neither of them particularly Choupo or Turtle neck as Crouchie called him gave a shit or raised sweat for Stoke in our fight for survival. Pair of tossers! Who did? Charlie fucking Adam? Embarrassing post.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 24, 2023 8:27:37 GMT
That’s all well and good so long as there are credible options to replace him. We have no other strikers. The cupboard is bare. He plays because he’s the best we’ve got. Rashford up top would work fine and would provide a far more fluid front line. We would have lost that game last night without Harry Kane. He was immense.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 20, 2023 9:29:04 GMT
We'll get Pearson if Bournemouth stay up. Not sure we will if they go down. No chance of Tuanzebe. Smallbone - don't see why not if the manager wants him. Sterling - see Smallbone. A problem may be, that if Bmouth stay up, then Pearson will still be on Prem wages if he stays-put. True. We might be able to pay him more in the Championship than they could.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 20, 2023 9:08:27 GMT
We'll get Pearson if Bournemouth stay up. Not sure we will if they go down.
No chance of Tuanzebe.
Smallbone - don't see why not if the manager wants him.
Sterling - see Smallbone.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 20, 2023 8:55:27 GMT
And played well, and looked like we actually have a plan and an identity, for the first time in a long time. Yep, but way to early to tell whether we're on the up or another false dawn. We're just as likely to lose a few to some absolute dross. Saying that, AN is beginning to win me over. Summer will be key.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 20, 2023 8:45:56 GMT
Have we won a few games?
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 16, 2023 18:44:45 GMT
It's difficult to pick a side without a couple I really don't think should be in there. Ramsdale should be the number 1. Trippier the right back. Bellingham and Rice in midfield. Saka and Rashford in the attacking unit. Past that you can question them all and you can question Rice from the above too tbh. Both Walker and James are better players than Trippier who is in to cover both flanks.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 15, 2023 22:48:07 GMT
This is the same stupid twat when at West Brazil said he wouldn't compromise his footballing philosophy and got them relegated. He's a monumental pipe. H Why compromise something that got you the success in the first place? I don't really understand why we're reacting to his complete nonsense. Manager being a sore loser shocker. Every club has one.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 15, 2023 12:20:19 GMT
Imagine matchday when traffic is high and fans wanting to see the statue close up for photos etc... bonkers idea, health and safety nightmare. It’s not in a good place now, mate. Looks like an afterthought. I agree.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 14, 2023 18:55:16 GMT
But not a very safe location when people come to view it or lay flowers etc. True, but that is a rare occurrence and the vast majority see it when driving past. Imagine matchday when traffic is high and fans wanting to see the statue close up for photos etc... bonkers idea, health and safety nightmare.
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 7, 2023 19:04:33 GMT
Wilder will be gone before end of March.
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