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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Apr 6, 2019 10:03:33 GMT
Of course Danny Rose should keep playing if he wants. Footballers are well-paid het it's a short-life career span. People saying he should retire now to make a stand, why should he? He'll miss out on millions for what?
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Mar 28, 2019 8:48:42 GMT
I hope this summer he finally leaves
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 22, 2019 14:57:39 GMT
90 minutes applause????????
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 17, 2019 10:43:20 GMT
Sorry to see him go when he does. He must be taking a dump on the training ground to not be considered above some of the shit that starts ahead of him
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Etebo
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 13, 2019 8:59:24 GMT
He's another jobbing foreigner stopping an academy player progressing. Nah it's Adam and Fletcher types doing that. And not sure what 'foreigner' is supposed to mean
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 10, 2019 12:01:38 GMT
has anyone ever considered that maybe our players aren't good enough to just play it forward and score?
football seems easy until you get given 20-25 players with different limitations.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 8, 2019 11:32:11 GMT
Relegation caused through “signing shit players not capable of winning football matches and not wanting to play for Stoke”. Some truth in that but a slightly strange statement to put on a Bojan thread from someone inspired to choose as his user name berahinosgoals. In terms of talent, attitude, loyalty and commitment to Stoke City Bojan possesses everything which Berahino lacks. The absence of “Berahino’s goals” and his couldn’t care less attitude contributed massively to our demise. No strikers will score goals if you don't give them chances, what's bojans excuse for the past 3 years at 3 different clubs for making zero impact? Wether you like him or not Berahino has been one of the better performers this season when played. I'd like to see him tried alongside vokes. If it works you have to just let the guy paying his fines, fuller was no choir boy. "Ric is Ric" was a popular quote. Bojan has had a few personal things going on. We anyway it's wrong this idea that there championship requires a team a full of grafters, look at wolves and fulham last season. When we had a wobble in the premier league people always wanted is to drop the good technical players, even though they just like now are the matchwinners
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 8, 2019 11:29:15 GMT
He can't do anything with these players. Shutting up shop is not that easy with such a bunch of misfits Gary managed too and we have just spent a further 13m on a defender and a focal point. We stopped conceding as many because the whole team basically became the defence. Which for a team backed to time of £50m and expected to win promotion is not.ideal
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 7, 2019 8:05:13 GMT
He can't do anything with these players. Shutting up shop is not that easy with such a bunch of misfits
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 7, 2019 7:58:33 GMT
Your number 10 is not usually a defender. good teams defend from the front, we arn't good enough to have 10 +1 luxury player against wba, as sad as it sounds. Bojan's boys will never get it though. If we go toe to toe against wba they will outscore us 3 to 1 And this sort of mentality contributed to us going down a division
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 3, 2019 15:12:49 GMT
He doesn't get the chances other players have. One bad game and he's bombed out, One ok game and he is rewarded by being dropped.
certain others are bad and no one says anything
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 3, 2019 15:10:48 GMT
It wasn't a terrible performance. And if people want to go watch this Stoke team away from home it's their fault they don't deserve refunds I take it you don't work in Customer Care! Supporting a football club is different if we were any other business we would have gone bust but we aren't
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 2, 2019 18:47:38 GMT
You would think 4-4-2 is a guaranteed winning formation the way some go on.
It's not fancy trying to play other formations we are now in 2019 the game has moved on.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Feb 2, 2019 18:45:50 GMT
It wasn't a terrible performance.
And if people want to go watch this Stoke team away from home it's their fault they don't deserve refunds
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Jan 16, 2019 15:03:07 GMT
The reality is we need new players. Really hard to do much with this squad
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Jan 16, 2019 8:59:12 GMT
be great if he could manage more than 45 minutes without looking fucked against an average league one side
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Jan 13, 2019 17:23:01 GMT
Even if he isn't one of our worst players we have barely managed a point per game whilst he's been here. £10-15m and he can leave
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 28, 2018 20:15:24 GMT
This is what you get with a Caribbean fullback. He loves to play at home in a safe environment, away from home like today he shows up cold, not caring and just nightmarishly poor. Should be a rotation player, not a starter. You can say the opposite for Edwards. Shouldn't start at home, only away. The problem is we haven't that "starter" for Edwards to work with and learn from. We thought we did in Bauer who was great in the PL but he's disappeared like a mafia hit by Rowetts henchmen and this whole sideshow is coming back to bite us as a poor decision to completely ostracize him not even attempting to use him again. The amount of revisiting Pieters should let the most ardent Stoke fan realize players can turn it around but ostracizing them to not even being a part of the club leaves mental notes to others. Mind you between Martina and Edwards from what we know, one is on less money an academy player and has a future in the squad. The other could leave in a weeks time and I wouldn't give a rats ass. Sorry what
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 21, 2018 10:41:23 GMT
I think it's a decent enough decision. Overall it would be better to give clubs the choice of a replay, both can agree to not have one for example. Not many lower league clubs make the 5th round anyway, Premier League clubs don't need the replays and neither do Championship ones. But a few do Jon and quite rightly see it as a lifeline from replay and TV coverage revenue. Isn’t this partly what the FA Cup is all about? Ask Exeter who have played Man Utd a couple of times this century. I am really surprised there has been no reaction from the lower league clubs tbh. Your idea of giving the clubs a choice would not work because it would need both clubs in agreement and that would never happen if a PL team was involved. As I said earlier, for this to be remotely fair then a compensation scheme must be available for lower league teams in the 5th round if the score is level after the 1st game or the revenue loss would be astronomical for a small club earning a replay at Old Trafford. I’m very surprised there is such little opposition to it on here as well. Tbf Exeter played Man United in the 3rd Round. The point about the choice is if two Premier League teams draw each other and don't want a replay there would be a choice of not having one. If one or both of the teams wanted a replay, A replay would take place (if needed) The problem is no lower league teams budget on the assumption they will make the 5th Round of the FA Cup. It's a added bonus, so in effect they are just losing out on money that there is only a small chance they would make in the first place anyway.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 19, 2018 13:25:21 GMT
I think it's a decent enough decision. Overall it would be better to give clubs the choice of a replay, both can agree to not have one for example.
Not many lower league clubs make the 5th round anyway, Premier League clubs don't need the replays and neither do Championship ones.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 19, 2018 13:24:30 GMT
Just the 5th round? So still replays for 4th and 6th rounds? Is that right?? Or am I being a daft tit? The 6th round scrapped them last season
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 19, 2018 11:49:20 GMT
I am wary about a trade deal with America because Trump's 'America First' means he thinks other countries are gaining unfairly at the expense of America. As much as he 'loves' Britain, he won't exempt them from this. And over time the 'chaos' can be averted or gone completely, but this is a country that doesn't react well to a little bit of disruption. And this is a country that is hardly doing great atm, any government project is chaos, transport is a mess, many public services need a lot more funds than they are currently getting. And this is all while we are still 'benefitting' from our membership of the EU. Can it really be about to get a whole lot worse? I worry, yes it can.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 19, 2018 10:57:39 GMT
What are these 'opportunities'? Not one who thinks leaving the EU is end of the world, but often this "we'll do wonderfully once we're out" is based on assumptions and other shit To be honest, I’m no ‘world trade expert’ but I do see, for example, a certain amount of friction preventing trade between EU members and the USA. I’ll accept that the Donald is causing friction everywhere but I’m confident our companies can overcome many of these ‘frictions’ on a one to one basis. But, rather than go through a whole list of potential opportunities for both exports & imports, I’ll post a link to a short Spectator article which only takes two or three minutes to read which suggests many more answers than I can do. Spectator Article - Why a no-deal Brexit is nothing to fearI’m not saying it can/will be easy but there is a whole world out there, outside the EU with which to form new trade deals or, perhaps, improve existing ones in agriculture, manufacturing, financial services, pharma, and so on and so on. Don’t overlook the fact that the EU itself is a member of the WTO so once we are a member in our own right we will be continuing to trade with the EU as well. Perhaps, in the short term in a reduced capacity as they ‘punish us’ but Britain (or, at least, the peoples of these isles) has been trading with Europe for thousands of years and will continue to do so for thousands of years too. I am wary about a trade deal with America because Trump's 'America First' means he thinks other countries are gaining unfairly at the expense of America. As much as he 'loves' Britain, he won't exempt them from this. And over time the 'chaos' can be averted or gone completely, but this is a country that doesn't react well to a little bit of disruption. And this is a country that is hardly doing great atm, any government project is chaos, transport is a mess, many public services need a lot more funds than they are currently getting.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 19, 2018 10:53:59 GMT
Hear hear !! I think this MP has got it spot on and is only saying what a lot of frustrated and furious Leave voters are thinking. Tell the arrogant and condescending EU what we want or they can get stuffed and they can forget our £39 billion ! I think it would certainly focus their attention somewhat. Imagine what we could achieve if the whole country got behind a “bollocks to EU” united approach. The EU would shit itself, instead we have more than enough whiny, doom mongering individuals who lack confidence in themselves and the country thinking the sun is going to stop shining. Will there be tough times?...yes. Can we get through them..yes, if we stick together. The person or thing to unite the country may actually end up being the EU itself if they keep pushing, which will be kind of ironic. We are a divided country. From Left to Right. From Rich to Poor. Nearly half of Scotland wants out. Northern Ireland. The North East is different to London. People experience what happens differently. A 10% loss on an investment for somebody is someone else losing their job and struggling to pay rent/mortgage. And they can't be helped by a cash starved local council. And given that nobody since us has got anywhere close to leaving the EU, At this point it's delusion to think we'll destroy the bloc on our own.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 18, 2018 17:00:17 GMT
Every option has some consequences opportunities. It's about picking the one with least most. I've corrected that for you. What are these 'opportunities'? Not one who thinks leaving the EU is end of the world, but often this "we'll do wonderfully once we're out" is based on assumptions and other shit
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 18, 2018 16:34:02 GMT
Could sort of understand the 'your area voted leave you should want out' stuff but think this is an issue too serious for this.
Realistically, if 62% of areas voted Leave that shouldn't mean 62% of MPs want Leave, the referendum result wasn't done constituency to constituency. And for many of the Leave areas, it's likely that the people voting in that seat for the GE probably backed Remain as a whole.
The issue is too complicated for 'we should want out'. If no deal was a disaster, or bad (As I think it will be) the blame will be put on politicians for not getting a deal.
Every option has some consequences. It's about picking the one with least.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 17, 2018 19:14:48 GMT
Weird thread this
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 17, 2018 13:48:13 GMT
I'm not a 'remoaner' but the idea Britain will 'break the EU shackles and join a free world' is bollocks. We can't become a rainy version of Singapore or whatever, we have entire regions that are poor. Britain was getting a good deal from the EU, Whatever you think of the organisation (And I am no fan of it) The reason say Ireland has a lot of power over us is because we're not just dealing with Ireland (a sovereign country, btw) we're dealing with the EU as a single bloc. As would happen when we try to threaten Germany over cars, Spain over holiday makers, etc. Those threats don't mean much. No need for threats. And the Referendum was about membership of the EU ( Ever Closer Union) not deals As I said not a big fan of the EU and I think it has flaws. Just don't like the 'we're British we'll be fine' mentality, it's actually possible a no-deal could be fairly shit for us.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 17, 2018 13:46:18 GMT
As would happen when we try to threaten Germany over cars, Spain over holiday makers, etc. Those threats don't mean much. If we 'crash out' of the EU with no deal (IE : Brexit) And the big German car companies can't sell their goods here, and Spanish beaches are no longer covered in deckchairs with Union Jack towels on them, you just wait & see how quickly a deal would be hammered out to make sure those things continued. Business will sort itself out, it always does, that's why the constant talk from Remoaners about all this is pointless. Brexit is about things of far, far greater importance. That's what I mean. I think the EU would suffer economically from a no-deal, but we'd be incredibly fortunate if Germany got desperate because it couldn't sell cars to one of its many major markets. And based on some british holidaymakers abroad we may struggle on the Spanish front.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 17, 2018 12:07:49 GMT
I'm not a 'remoaner' but the idea Britain will 'break the EU shackles and join a free world' is bollocks.
We can't become a rainy version of Singapore or whatever, we have entire regions that are poor.
Britain was getting a good deal from the EU, Whatever you think of the organisation (And I am no fan of it)
The reason say Ireland has a lot of power over us is because we're not just dealing with Ireland (a sovereign country, btw) we're dealing with the EU as a single bloc. As would happen when we try to threaten Germany over cars, Spain over holiday makers, etc. Those threats don't mean much.
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