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Post by TinkerT on Dec 10, 2023 17:42:26 GMT
I'd take Parker over eustace easily. We're slamming the job Alex has done but naming a bloke who's not even managed 2 seasons as the messiah like he's going solve all our problems, it's not like his football was even good at Birmingham either he's a defensive manager and we have totally the opposite players to how he plays. I'd try hold out for Steve Cooper but if not I'd take Parker (if he has to be a available manager)
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 10, 2023 14:44:48 GMT
If we act NOW the season is not dead. Look at Luton Rob Edwards did wonders similar Steve Cooper at Notts year before. It needs to be done sharpish though in able for the new manager to look at squad before January. Grab some bollocks stoke and become proactive and not reactive after the whole fanbase turns.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 10, 2023 9:19:10 GMT
MON was a great manager and a far better manager than AN. His only problem was keeping fans on side with his style of football especially when you have a bad spell. If the fans were all fully behind him regardless I would expect him to have taken us to the Prem and I have no doubt he would have. He had a lot of bad luck with injuries, a lot of pressure from fans and no kitty to easily find replacements. Like many managers here they fall because they play the British brand of football which on the whole is dog shit and the fans are sick of it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You have to laugh or you'll cry. Jesus christ this blokes on the same shit as big Alex.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 10, 2023 9:15:48 GMT
1. Laurent can fuck off 2. Wesley especially can fuck off 3. I'd rather have Vidigal than Neil 4. Gooch can fuck off 5. I'd rather have Mmaee than Neil 6. Both can fuck off Wesley and Lauren dear god they’re atrocious Was really hoping it would work out for Wesley but he looks unfit, can’t jump, can’t shoot and I’ve seen graveyards move quicker He can't even be arsed warm up before coming on big wes 🙈
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 20:29:47 GMT
They were even.worse than us in the PL. Didn't even get near our box apart from the goal and packed the box with corners and long throws. Why they sacked Moore ill never know cause they're still playing his football.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 19:54:05 GMT
Was it waggy? I heard he likes sniffing coffee mate as it's cheaper than buying in ground..
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 19:39:54 GMT
Refreshing to watch fast free flowing football. Villa one up.😁 Looking at how happy Villa fans were at the end. We can only dream 🙄😢 Mental isn't it when you watch how football CAN be played.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 17:56:15 GMT
I did warn people claiming what a signing he was 😂
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 17:39:06 GMT
Some of the signings are half-decent at worst, and might actually be perfectly respectable players at this level under this manager. I've seen nothing from Burger, Vidigal and Junho that makes me think they're wank. Mmaee has shown (glimpses of) quality in periods and Wesley is a player with a decent pedigree, but a geriatric Dwight Gayle has kept them out of the team far too often. Tchamadeu seems like a promising young kid but Neil is determined to pick a loanne we'll never own, or his personal favourite Lynden Gooch, over him. I hold out hope that a manager who is committed to playing progressive football could get a tune out of some of them. I actually think if we got a decent manager in with something about him we have a outside chance of reaching the play offs. We know the league is absolute dogshit but we have some good quality in our squad.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 17:19:07 GMT
Eustace this eustace that. Jesus christ he's not even completed two seasons as a manager and plays defensive football, the exact opposite we have the players for. I hate defensive managers but at least it’s a description. What sort of football was that today chickenshit? We might as well get pato in if we're hailing eustace as the messiah. He did great work with duff at Barnsley and for a bit at Swansea👀😉
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 17:11:00 GMT
I can see them keeping him in post, I can just feel it. Eustace would be my choice, played for us, good start to his managerial career so far, can't be much worse than what we have seen so far. Eustace this eustace that. Jesus christ he's not even completed two seasons as a manager and plays defensive football, the exact opposite we have the players for.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 9, 2023 14:38:40 GMT
It seems the flavour of the months a keeper floating around a squad who's nowhere near good enough or near enough to get games, man City Richard Wright and Scott Carson, man United tom Heaton and Lee grant. (Not sure at any other clubs as I don't pay attention to squads) it's absolute crazy the money football clubs piss up the wall.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 7, 2023 14:13:36 GMT
Thing is though he's right isn't he, non of them actually sound like a commentator, it's just box ticking woke bollocks. Fair play to him actually having the bollocks to stand up and actually say something cause everyone is scared with the way the woke brigade are these days.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 6, 2023 17:33:16 GMT
Jones had a very poor support structure and was expected to run the club top to bottom as our managers always have been. The club was in no way suitable in hindsight. The structure is better now I’d probably prefer a different figure to RM and for that role to have more clout but I still think there are more people with a voice that would help a less experienced coach concentrate and focus on where his abilities lay. It’s about learning from your mistakes instead of being traumatised by them. I mean this genuinely. If we could replace RM with Mark Harford I’d bring Jones in. I don’t think it’s coincidence he’s done well is when Mark Harford is supporting him. who the hells mark Harford? Don't you mean mick? I'd also think jones would get a tune from this squad.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 5, 2023 14:27:49 GMT
I keep asking the question on here and nobody replies because they can't answer it, what's eustace actually done to warrant being mentioned as our next boss? Alex's cv blows him out the water. I'm not convinced by him yet at all, albeit Rooney is doing well to make him look like Pep currently! Chances are though he ends up another middle of the road championship manager like Rowett & Neil. Birmingham have a bloody good squad so I'm not surprised they were doing well, just don't get all the jizzfest over him. Rooney is Rooney he's nowhere near good enough but gets jobs because of his name. Think we can do alot better than eustace.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 5, 2023 14:11:22 GMT
In terms of foreign options, it may be worth copying Sunderland's homework. But in trms of ones known to an English audience, maybe looking at: Beale Bruce Carsley Eustace Hasenhuttl Heckingbottom Jokanovic Lampard Lijnders Marsch Mowbray Muscat Parker Schumacher Smith Terry Tomasson Warnock plus: Rosenior (apparently on the cusp of signing a new long-term deal at Hull within days) Robins (signed a 4-yr deal at Cov a few months ago) Hoefkens (signed a 3-yr deal at Standard Liege a few months ago) Cooper (should he get axed from Forest shortly) Sanchez Flores (out of work since April after being chopped at Getafe) Carsley, Linjnders,Muscat, Hoefkens woudl all be good choices if it was May we are in a relegation battle so think its the wrong time for them Eustace I think I keep asking the question on here and nobody replies because they can't answer it, what's eustace actually done to warrant being mentioned as our next boss? Alex's cv blows him out the water.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 4, 2023 18:57:14 GMT
IMO sack Neil now and get John Eustace !! or …..potter but I cant see the latter happening What the hell has eustace done for the jizz fest over him on this board? Absolute mental.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 4, 2023 17:22:07 GMT
Interesting appointment. Despite all Wilder's major achievements at United, the fans are very divided on him, since they find it hard to forgive him for the way he left the club, with quite a toxic culture at his time of departure. Fans not impressed by the way he conducted himself. Maybe a vaguely similar to Pulis' relationship with fans at Stoke, the top 9 finish and the FA Cup final transformed it for TP of course, so feels like Wilder would have to do something similar there which is a big, big ask. He will have to turn this around and a couple of bad results will heap huge pressure on him. From working in Sheffield there seems more love for Heckingbottam than Wilder even now. Fans are not very enthralled about Wilder put it that way. They've invested nowt in the team since they went up and sold two of their best players, what do they expect, the owners not the fans? Trusty? Hamer? Archer? They've signed some good players but the players they've signed are championship players and they look like they resigned themselves to coming down, then they've sacked the manager because they aren't picking up points, strange decision.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 4, 2023 17:13:29 GMT
To be fair, so would I. He failed spectacularly but it wasn't for the lack of trying and you could see it made him genuinely ill he was that invested. He also never once made a poor reference to the fans and was genuinely humble. Contrast that to someone swinging the lead in Dubai... I have heard a quite shocking rumour as to why Nathan Jones is seemingly coming close to a new job and his prospective employers pulling out at the last minute. Come on then what's this rumour I will let you know if it's true.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 3, 2023 14:22:18 GMT
The fact Alex spent the break sunning it up abroad when we were up shit creek whilst our rivals were working hard on the training ground shows you the same attitude is alive and kicking at Stoke city football club. The only thing which has actually improved in recent years is the social media content/interaction.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 2, 2023 19:33:31 GMT
Of course MON would have done better. The real question is would Mad Nathan have done worse? I actually.think mad nath would get a tune out of this squad. Certainly wouldn't do any worse.
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Post by TinkerT on Dec 2, 2023 18:43:20 GMT
What the hell has eustace done to deserve even being mentioned as our next manager (apart from being a ex player)? Might aswell have Brian fucking small on the list as well. Alex Neil's cv blows eustace out the water. I wanted wilder when we got Neil and that hasn't changed for me. Unless if Cooper gets the chop at forest I'd go for him, dong exposed.
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 29, 2023 19:07:53 GMT
Could be worse, we could have onana. Jesus what a shit keeper 😂
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 29, 2023 18:52:34 GMT
Our only exciting player and we have some stoke fans questioning the bloke, absolute embarrassing. Jesus christ if it wasn't for vidi this season would be seriously depressing. He's been in the country playing a few months in one of the toughest leagues in the world in a new country yet big dave from chess is saying he's not good enough. Absolute laughable.
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 29, 2023 14:55:46 GMT
I think a lot of it is about culture and creating a team spirit with a strong spine. When you look at the likes of Ipswich Southampton Leeds West brom Leicester they all have a solid spine with a manager who has a defined way of playing and each player knows exactly what they're doing. Look at us we've got a spine like the dog and duck and a manager who's playing players not in form and players who can't create a sausage and then wonder why we can't score goals with players like gayle leading the line. All absolute shocking. I think Alex has actually done some good work getting rid of the dead wood but he's doing no help playing absolute shithouses like Johnson when you've got players twice as good as him warming the bench or not even in the squad. Sidibe has looked quality when he's played and can't even find himself a place on the bench.
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 28, 2023 19:25:58 GMT
2 more bits..if you look in summer 2021 under Benitez they slipped into austerity mode. Gray for a couple of million, Townsend and Rondon on a free. Think James left among other things, Sigurdsson unavailable etc. What did it for them, IMO the final was Janaury 2022. They failed FFP by £19.5m in the final analysis, over the period. In January 2022 they: 1) Sacked Benitez and his coaching team- £10.5m according to the accounts. Dunno if that includes Lampard cost or if that adds to the costs further. 2) Added Patterson and Mykolenko. £12m and £16m respectively (yea I know, amortisation). Plus wages for 5-6 months. 3) Added Van De Beek and El Ghazi loan. Wages covered in full, Van De Beek perhaps had a loan fee. 5-5.5 months. 4) Alli. No loan fee but they covered his wages in full for 5 months. I reckon that covered their overspend. Oh they sold Digne but that and a Richarlison sale at the price he went for and they would have definitively fallen within IMO. They got what they deserved. They knew breaching FFP was a risk. Blimey. I'd forgotten about Alfie Sigurdsson. Just googled him and he's had the sex charges case against him dropped through lack of evidence. Career ruined i guess. This and mendy sueing man City for wages lost, nothing will change though and it will always be trial by media in the country by the gutter press.
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 28, 2023 13:26:39 GMT
Think he retired when he played for us 😂
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 26, 2023 10:38:23 GMT
I've thought about giving Leris a try up top, let's face it he's shit everywhere else. I am really unsure about Leris. He has scored a couple of decent goals and athletically (speed, power, work rate, etc.) he is great. However, technically and on the ball he is really erratic. I am not sure that he is a winger. For me he looks more a wing back than anyone to play along the front line.
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 25, 2023 20:27:26 GMT
Weve had some shit in our time but claiming Powell is the "best" we've had since relegation is laughable. He was exactly the onset of this absolute shite mentality, rock up, walk around the pitch, play when you want or if you can be arsed.
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Post by TinkerT on Nov 25, 2023 19:27:02 GMT
Maybe some think it's harsh but it's the utter bollocks that football is turning into, we need good committed players and play football that Stoke fans enjoy watching, which is high tempo 100% effort with a bit of flair, also we bed to give our young players a decent chance. Ahh. I see a problem with “The Good, Committed players” bit and the High Tempo, Flair, Effort and Young Players but also. We have literally not see any of that Ona consistent basis for many years. We just don’t do any of those things well. Depends how you look at it, I'd say brown was a perfect stoke player yet he divided the fan base and look at where he's gone now compared to us. I'd also say leris was a stoke ish kind of player but think he's absolute terrible myself.
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