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Post by paulkoz on Jan 3, 2017 19:21:07 GMT
Every ones a manager these days.....You don't know what goes on behind the scenes, he has a decent infrastructure at the club all of which are consistently giving him advice....Then he has to make the tough choices we don't understand, and no reason he has to explain anything to do so would give the other team a heads up on what they have been training to do all week.....You want be a coach go get your badges it's not to expensive show your ability and who knows you could manage Stoke one day, then you can have 1000's of people bitching at you on a daily basis......Your only duty as a fan is to support your club through the good and the bad, and sing as loud as you can when your at the game.
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Post by paulkoz on Jan 3, 2017 19:06:02 GMT
Setting up to contain them....I see the idea, but I would of preferred a more attacking approach still going be behind the team.
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Post by paulkoz on Jan 3, 2017 18:56:06 GMT
That's it finshed with this premier league bolocks Had a cracking day left home 10 30 with my 27 and 23 year old boys Went on the club mini bus to watch the mighty Dereham town away at bury town fiver for the bus fiver to get in a few pints and bovril could even stand behind the goal with a pint in hand We lost 2-1 not a fair result but that's football on the bus back in time to watch the reserves at home nil nil half time when we get there finshed 6-4 Dereham couple morepints a extra strong bovril (I like gravy plus it don't spill if it don't pour easy All told tenner each plus cider and bovril plus 13 goals Me and the lads thought let's make a day of it off to are local bulmers 2 pound a pint then West Ham the shit step forward dean that's it Tomorrow phone calll sky gone been a Stoke fan for forty six years will die a stokie but I shall never watch another obvious corupt pile of steaming horse piss of a premier league again live or tv again What's the point in disrespecting the club on a forum whom all support the club.....and wonder why people are being arsey with you, it's like that childish thing people do in Facebook announcing that they are going leave a group or unfriend someone, it's silly your free make your own choices but we don't need hear it, see it depending on your perspective.
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MOTD
Dec 26, 2016 23:33:07 GMT
Post by paulkoz on Dec 26, 2016 23:33:07 GMT
What about watching online?
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 26, 2016 2:08:32 GMT
I got Pulis. I'll take that! You may take it but think he will disappointed cause so would Pulis.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 23, 2016 22:58:14 GMT
Surely darts have overtaken cricket these days....Especially for a potter we have a few very good darts players on the books. Frosty the Throwman. Second best nickname ever. What was the first?
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 23, 2016 22:57:16 GMT
I detest Fat Man Sam, he should never be given a management job. Not even managing an Aldi? I think the fruit and veg would be out of date with him being to busy trying sell interviews to a plant.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 23, 2016 22:51:09 GMT
I detest Fat Man Sam, he should never be given a management job.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 23, 2016 22:49:09 GMT
Surely darts have overtaken cricket these days....Especially for a potter we have a few very good darts players on the books.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 23, 2016 22:45:22 GMT
This is going sound daft but as a fan i=of FM games, I always play as Stoke with the attitude I wan't make the club as best as it can be.....So at the start of a window you will end up having a certain type of quality player that will sign for you, but after signing those players and getting good results during the window you may end up with one or two players who are clearly better than others you just signed......But what do you do? Sign those better players knowing the ones you just signed are not as good as a few who want come to the club now....Or do you make do, and hope they are good enough for what you wan't achieve for the season?
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 23, 2016 22:34:33 GMT
Personally I wouldn't sign him back, he wanted to leave them in the first place because he wanted to play for a club of bigger statue to Burnley.....And even realistically no club in Scotland is bigger than any in the premier in terms of the football they play.....It could only mean the easier way to Europe attracted him, which means he really doesn't want fight and put in full effort for a club, he wants an easy life and play in the best cup in Europe and if he was good enough for that league surely another top club would of signed him.....They didn't no doubt for many reasons, for me his attitude and ego are a major turn off, regardless of percieved ability you have to earn it with hard work, sweat, blood and tears....None of attributes he shows, he is a bone idle idiot who can play abit, but thats it.....Yes he should be able earn a living through football but no where near his gob thinks he should be.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 19, 2016 18:08:40 GMT
No charity company is a charity, it has a business brain behind it all still making profits taking a nice big wage for themselves and its legal and morel apparently, I am a volunteer day a week for the Royal British Legion in Liverpool. I dont get paid a penny or even claim my entitlement to travel expenses or Lunch You won't my friend, and think its wonderful you are taking time from your day to help those those more in need than you.....I'm talking about the corporate side of things, not those that spend there time or donate clothing and that kinda thing.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 19, 2016 14:32:38 GMT
No charity company is a charity, it has a business brain behind it all still making profits taking a nice big wage for themselves and its legal and morel apparently,
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 11, 2016 16:31:55 GMT
Nope....ICP stands for Insane Clown Possy, but was arguing with Juggalos(people who like to dress as clowns and listen to crap music) more specifically I was arguing with a band and its fans, I was very very drunk and called the band a bunch of 30+ saddos trying relive their youth, making videos of them smoking weed where its legal and pretending its not. So you got insane clown posse, 'juggalos', dope's legal, and the scene you describe sounds surreal ...... California? Ps I wouldna worry about the band. Sound like a right bunch of clowns lol Pps I'm 30+26=56, not that old I suppose, but nowadays I'd struggle to actually remember enough of my youth to relive it! If I remember rightly through my drunken haze, the band were from Kentucky but filming somewhere else on a boat if I remember rightly.......As the argument went I actually convinced some of the older ones whom were around my age(35) that I was right.....Alot of the younger ones kept saying FIFY I think, but still don't know what it means cause I've not looked it up.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 11, 2016 4:22:01 GMT
Read the words underneath. I did actually laugh out loud when I read it but don't you mean Sunday?
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 11, 2016 3:27:25 GMT
Hope all are ok that were effected by the blast, but we all wanna go to a barber shop in Turkey lol
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 11, 2016 2:53:31 GMT
Saturday is such a fickle day for me, we win I'm all smiles and wanna make the most of the day, but when we loose it makes feel like crap all day, I become a moody sod and want chuck my toys out of my pram so to speak......Why is it football has such a grip on your soul, even today I expected us to loose but hope for the best, I still have a face like Jack Dee.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 10, 2016 14:48:05 GMT
I'm pretty sure that company doesn't exist anymore, I remember watching a documentary about that lion and poked it until they got the roar they wanted....I am drunk so prolly misread the whole thing, also winding myself up arguing with a bunch of idiotic ICP fans that can't get their facts straight. Nope you didn't misread it, that's the lion I meant Sorry to hear they were poking it like that the twats. Ope yr hangover's not too bad mate, and hope the ICP fans didn't wind you up TOO much. ICP. Idiot's Crystal Palace? Nope....ICP stands for Insane Clown Possy, but was arguing with Juggalos(people who like to dress as clowns and listen to crap music) more specifically I was arguing with a band and its fans, I was very very drunk and called the band a bunch of 30+ saddos trying relive their youth, making videos of them smoking weed where its legal and pretending its not.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 10, 2016 5:12:37 GMT
Something we can't accurately predict.....I was thinking about making a post about how people think we should increase our reputation going forward.....Long gone have the days when Stoke in the premier league is a fad, we are now a club that wants to strive for more, on and off the pitch, were a club in transition but how do we go about it? We have alot of fickle fans sense our promotion, but realistically the fickle fans have a point, I've said on more than one occasion that when we signed Crouch I was drooling an England international in our side....He was never a waste a money and done more for our image than hiring a spin doctor, its a hard place to be in but we are now one of those sides looking to break through, and wondered how other fans think we should start breaking in.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 10, 2016 3:46:01 GMT
It means there'd be a roaring lion's face filling the screen before every match. More Hollywood passes? It's a worry though, it's already commercialised so much it's an embarrassment. I'm pretty sure that company doesn't exist anymore, I remember watching a documentary about that lion and poked it until they got the roar they wanted....I am drunk so prolly misread the whole thing, also winding myself up arguing with a bunch of idiotic ICP fans that can't get their facts straight.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 10, 2016 2:09:26 GMT
I also want to note, that it seems to me that no other manager for a long time has fallen for the people Stoke as Hughes as, he has gone out of his way to support local businesses and charities, we all know he hates the camera pointing at him, but behind the scenes he does a massive amount....I'm sure Pulis played his part as well, but at the time Pulis was pinching himself the whole time thinking "what the fuck are we doing here" and Hughes in his first season thinking and saying "I've got a much better footballing group here, than I thought previously" he noticed the potential from the start.....And results were never sparkys fault, we had really bad injuries to key players, and unless Hughes started to kick volleys at them all in training how is that his fault?......I'm not even sure the point I'm trying make anymore I'm drunk.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 10, 2016 1:01:49 GMT
The moment I heard he had Delilah as his ring tone......Nothing gives me more pleasure when the manager starts to become a fan of the club they manage, no previous history of the club, but totally getting into the ethos of the club.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 9, 2016 1:59:39 GMT
Setup oatcake as your home page, or add it in your bookmarks so you can just click to get back without having type a word in google, not had any issues with opening any links and I tend to read here more than I write.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 8, 2016 21:37:45 GMT
Got be honest, I've always thought good on him for not being a glory hunter.....I think some fans are still bitter about he didn't bail us out when we were in a right mess (although not to sure if I remember it right I was a kid when it all happened), but if he had he would of been quids in now however in saying that we may never have got to the premiership if he had.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 8, 2016 17:10:54 GMT
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 8, 2016 13:10:11 GMT
Who cares if they are arseholes? Well me for a start, don't get me wrong what they do in their personal life is none of my concern as long as its legal.....My point I'm trying make is football is a team game the unit is stronger than an individual.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 8, 2016 1:58:02 GMT
He deserves a red card....My issue is how does this help Stoke? I mean him getting banned after the match, a card in the match means we have more man power for us, its meant to be a punishment given in games to give the other team an advantage.....Doesn't give them time to train without a player they can't field in future matches ect, granted I know the ref didn't see it...Personally in these situations when a player is given a ban after the match, the next time the two teams play the offending team is forced to take a player off in the minute the foul was made, would discourage players having a pop when the refs busy watching something else.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 8, 2016 0:23:30 GMT
He maybe looking for work, but I doubt anyone will hire him....Maybe a lower league outside of England, but I highly doubt he will get punditry work either.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 8, 2016 0:21:16 GMT
Ed de Goey, Clive Clarke, Daryl Russell and Wayne Thomas... who looked more like Ed De Goey. Cracking trip to Prague, back in the day,crazy buy of Stoke Russian dolls. I would love to go back there , I bet the Shaqirii doll is the size of a thimble I only brought them like 2 weeks ago, no Sharqi in sight......Must admit we had an amazing time over there we went mostly to shoot guns, think were going go back next year or to Russia.
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Post by paulkoz on Dec 7, 2016 23:45:31 GMT
Curious to those whom brought the older ones if they still looked the same?
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