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Post by pulismaskreplica on Aug 8, 2019 20:23:24 GMT
10th
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Aug 3, 2019 8:45:57 GMT
10th at best - really underwhelmed with everything Stoke. Not looking forward to another season of frustration and wouldn’t be surprised if we lose against QPR today. Although lots of changes to the squad I don’t think it’s good or strong enough to make the top 6.
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Apr 30, 2019 19:10:38 GMT
My dad had a 7” floppy (fnar fnar) - ‘Stan Matthews’ by Keele Row. I can’t imagine many survive though! Yeah I’ve got one of these - listened to it once when I was a kid - very odd pretend posh singing on it about ‘our stan’
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Apr 30, 2019 13:55:12 GMT
Good to see the club scouring the world for the best candidates just like Bet365 would do....
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Feb 10, 2019 21:58:38 GMT
I did all 10 episodes on iplayer too. Really enjoyed the series and especially like the character Angel (cool guy). Never watched SoA so viewed this without any prior knowledge as to what the whole thing was about You've really got to do Sons my mate! If you think Mayans is good... Its a bit like someone who liked the new Star Wars movies and somehow never caught the originals. Sons of Anarchy, 7 seasons all great but the second season in particular is the equivalent of the Empire Strikes Back😎😎 Haha I’ll certainly give SoA a watch then - cheers 👍
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Feb 10, 2019 21:35:28 GMT
Done all ten episodes off BBC Iplayer. Very slow start, really seems to go nowhere around eps 4, 5 and 6. Boy though does it pick up in the last 3 episodes though. Really strong end and what a cliffhanger. Well worth sticking it. Thing is the Iplayer episodes were all in HD but I think the BBC2 weekly showings are all in SD so def Iplayer is better option. I did all 10 episodes on iplayer too. Really enjoyed the series and especially like the character Angel (cool guy). Never watched SoA so viewed this without any prior knowledge as to what the whole thing was about
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Jan 1, 2019 15:08:28 GMT
Happy New Year
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Dec 30, 2018 15:48:21 GMT
No point changing manager when the management structure of the club remains the same. Stoke City needs a radical overhaul in how it runs itself from top to bottom.
Putting any different manager into this club is the exact same thing as Rowett playing any different striker in the same constrained isolated formation - it’s futile and hapless.
Our club is like a stage production at the theatre with the ‘Football Manager’ being the same character within the same script that although he can be played by different ‘actors/football managers’ he is ultimately part of the same preordained story that ends in the same outcome.
Metaphorically we need a new ‘theatre director’ and ‘scriptwriter’ to create something new and original that will have triumphant characters who will be a hit at the box office and create a new box office smash.
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Dec 26, 2018 16:45:04 GMT
Depressing stuff - what are we??
We’re in the Championship for a few seasons at least
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Nov 28, 2018 22:01:25 GMT
Superb stuff - get in!!
Let this be the platform now to push into the top 6
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Nov 2, 2018 15:30:34 GMT
0-1 0-2
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Oct 25, 2018 11:10:33 GMT
1-0 2-0
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Oct 21, 2018 13:59:47 GMT
1-0 3-1
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Oct 18, 2018 18:41:42 GMT
0-1 1-2
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Oct 3, 2018 12:18:39 GMT
2-0 3-1
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 30, 2018 20:26:26 GMT
0-1 1-2
The Trotters do the Potters
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 11:18:55 GMT
I'm not for one minute defending the currently appalling mess that we seem to be in but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Before the season started, retaining the services of Butland, Ryan, Bruno, Eric, Bauer, and Joe Allen was high on everyone's agenda as the solid base for a good punt at promotion. Nine matches in and the collective wisdom is that we can't get shot of them quick enough and its all the manager's fault. Doesn't seem quite fair to me. Ek Take your point but personally I’d have been happier with transfer fees for Butland, BMI and Allen to reinvest in the team. I was actually disappointed we kept them all
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 11:07:45 GMT
1-0 3-1
Fuck it - we’re shit and I’m going to predict defeat every game from now on in. The law of averages should see me rocket up the prediction table
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 10:59:51 GMT
Let’s say all of the above is true - do you honestly trust the board to get a ‘good manager’? No They should have looked further than the British isles. Potter and Bielsa were names a lot of us posted on here last season. With bielsa some of us on here were suggesting him two years ago. We could have got bielsa last season and he should have kept us up. Lambert and then Rowett. Fucking hell It’s devastating isn’t it - I’m so fucking annoyed and have lost all faith and confidence in the people running the club
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 10:53:50 GMT
A lot of nonsense on here..give Rowett until Christmas, its not his fault etc... Of course it is his fault. People on here telking about structural issues at the club. Fuck off. Rowett is the best backed manager in the league. Yes there seems to be issues in the process of identifying transfer targets, but apart from chester he got the players he wanted. The organisation on the pitch has got worse. The defending has got worse. We are struggling more than we did in the premier league. A decent manager would have us in the top six, there is more then enough quality in the squad. Rowett has to go now, we need a good manager and coaching staff, get back to basics. The players are not playing for this manager Let’s say all of the above is true - do you honestly trust the board to get a ‘good manager’?
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 10:31:31 GMT
Is there any point changing the manager again when the same issues remain. Scholes and Cartwright are still at the club along with the ‘process’. Butland, Shawcross, BMI and Pieters are still here and are a massive reason why we are so shoddy defensively - Rowett is the 3rd manager that is having the same issues getting a cohesive unit out of this bunch who collectively fail us time and time again.
Changing the manager is not solving the problem
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 9:24:14 GMT
Butland, Shawcross, BMI and Bauer were all given new contracts either before or just as Rowett arrived. He may well have given his ‘blessing’ to this but what choice did he have anyway. As a fan I have seen with my own eyes where the weakness in this Stoke squad is. The common denominator over the last few years is our back line. Organisation a la Lambert still conceded goals but stopped anything going forward. We can certainly do that but why carry on with the usual suspects that continually let us down Again though, it doesn't add up that he's being 'told' to pick, say, Shawcross and that's why he was playing every week, but Bauer isn't in the team because it's supposedly a reaction against being told to pick him? Why would he bend to one and not the other? Easier to make a statement by dropping a bloke who’s been at the club 5 mins rather than ‘Mr Stoke City’ don’t you think? The alternative is to keep the back 5 and just keep sacking managers as we continually get relegated
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 9:03:47 GMT
Maybe he has though and not picking him is part of a bigger issue. I can’t get my head round how the back 5 are totally and utterly inept. Do you really believe that any other group of defenders could be this poor even when they’ve had numerous opportunity under 3 different managers?? I’m not with you sorry. If he has had to pick him why, even, hasn’t he? I think there’s a complete lack of organisation and at least two of the back four need dropping, but it’s again as much a failure of management as individuals. Butland, Shawcross, BMI and Bauer were all given new contracts either before or just as Rowett arrived. He may well have given his ‘blessing’ to this but what choice did he have anyway. As a fan I have seen with my own eyes where the weakness in this Stoke squad is. The common denominator over the last few years is our back line. Organisation a la Lambert still conceded goals but stopped anything going forward. We can certainly do that but why carry on with the usual suspects that continually let us down
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 8:56:50 GMT
The trouble is if Rowett goes now, the next manager will come in and will want time to assess the players, which means another 6 or so games before it is realised that Shawcross and BMI are utter dogshit. I don't like Rowett but can't see much wrong in calling out the crap that is festering within our club. If your boss publically humiliated you at work, would you think: "Cheers boss, I better get my finger out"? Well they’ve been just as ‘effective’ when the boss has given them respect so I don’t think it makes much difference either way
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 8:53:55 GMT
What good has protecting and sticking by this defence done us the past few seasons? I’m glad Rowett has called a spade a spade and isn’t fannying around the issue. I do think that he’s had to pick Butland, Shawcross and BMI due to board decisions But hasn’t had to pick Bauer? How does that one work? Maybe he has though and not picking him is part of a bigger issue. I can’t get my head round how the back 5 are totally and utterly inept. Do you really believe that any other group of defenders could be this poor even when they’ve had numerous opportunity under 3 different managers??
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 23, 2018 8:49:01 GMT
What good has protecting and sticking by this defence done us the past few seasons? I’m glad Rowett has called a spade a spade and isn’t fannying around the issue. I do think that he’s had to pick Butland, Shawcross and BMI due to board decisions
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 22, 2018 20:08:06 GMT
Despite today I'm not convinced it's time for a change yet but it would surely be a dereliction of duty by the board not to realise a decision might need taking soon if it really doesn't work out with Gary. Let's just suppose, after their disastrous failure not just to replace Sparky in time but to have a credible replacement lined up, they've actually learned their lesson and there's a rolling shortlist - who's on it? I'm not the biggest McCarthy fan but you know what you're getting. Don't see Big Sam or a manager of his quality coming near while we're a visibly toxic club. Moyes would be high on my list, thought he did ok at Wet Sham. This board don’t do forward/succession planning so your hypothesis is a non starter. If we are lucky the board will look at available managers the day they sack Rowett - that’s how on the ball and on the pulse they are
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 19, 2018 16:14:08 GMT
0-0 1-1
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 16, 2018 7:55:40 GMT
0-1 1-2
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Sept 15, 2018 7:36:08 GMT
It’s no surprise really is it. We’ve all got eyes and have seen these jokers the past couple of seasons consistently playing toss. The only way we can tighten up it seems is by using the ‘Lambert method’ of totally negating any kind of attack in order to preserve our fragile defence.
If anyone wasn’t totally convinced before (I’m pretty sure we all were as fans) - there’s no excuse now that we need a revamp in our whole back 5
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