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Post by LGH87 on Apr 3, 2024 14:23:18 GMT
The last two editions of RAW have been bloody, brutal and very sweary.
The Attitude Era or something very similar is here again and I am all for it.
Wrestlemania 40 has the potential to be one of the best.
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Post by LGH87 on Apr 3, 2024 14:01:27 GMT
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Post by LGH87 on Apr 3, 2024 11:23:51 GMT
Nobody plays 2 forwards anymore, look at the Championship scoring charts. All the top scorers are wide forwards, who play in a 3. We need to start with a forward line of Million Mmaee Campbell/Haks/Vidigal With Bae at 10 behind them. So sorry Sir. What I was getting at is, it's easy to say lets play 2 up top but that either means playing 442 (which nobody plays anymore and we don't have the wingers for) or we play with wing backs in a 352 and everyone is in universal agreement that we should never play wingbacks.
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Post by LGH87 on Apr 3, 2024 10:01:40 GMT
Starting with two forwards will help…but we know it won’t happen. Nobody plays 2 forwards anymore, look at the Championship scoring charts. All the top scorers are wide forwards, who play in a 3. We need to start with a forward line of Million Mmaee Campbell/Haks/Vidigal With Bae at 10 behind them.
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Post by LGH87 on Apr 1, 2024 17:19:38 GMT
Haks deserves to start. As does Mmaee Problem with Haks is he’s decent enough until he gets anywhere near the box. Then his shot, pass or cross is nearly always shit.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 31, 2024 1:25:11 GMT
Iverson wasn't on your original list. If 6 of his 18 signings we should keep then that is 1 out of every 3 that he signed. As I reckon that we will need, by your reckoning, to finish up with 14 new players that we are happy with then we will only need to sign 42 players. I don't really see us doing that, but maybe you do. Because realistically I don’t think he’ll sign. The only terrible Dublin signing has been Leris really. So I think your maths is off. I actually like Leris. He has his limitations but he offers something nobody else in the squad does and that’s winning headers in the attacking third. He helps out with Hoevers deficiencies too. Yes we need better but Leris has a part to play for me.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 29, 2024 19:36:16 GMT
5 away wins from 5 away games for me this season.
Never known anything like it😂
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 14:18:57 GMT
What I'd pick
Iversen
Hoever McNally Rose Stevens
Baker Thompson
Manhoef Bae Campbell
Ennis
What Schuey will pick
Iversen
Rose McNally Wilmot
Hoever Baker Thompson Stevens
Laurent Bae
Ennis
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 13:53:32 GMT
Stevens is going to have to try to stay fit for 8 games then isn't he. I will never ever get over the fact we didn't sign a left back in January. Not really. Thompson can play there and do just as bad a job defensively as Gooch has been doing recently. Burger is back on Monday nice and refreshed. Thompson slots into Pearson's position and again, not much difference there for one game tomorrow. Which leaves us with a midfield 3 of Baker, Laurent and Cundle tomorrow . I honestly can't see us conceding less than 3 and goal difference is crucial.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 13:48:28 GMT
Stevens is going to have to try to stay fit for 8 games then isn't he.
I will never ever get over the fact we didn't sign a left back in January.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 13:44:23 GMT
haha those suggesting that we may be sizing up Morris for the Head Coach job should go back to his Crewe days and see how/why that ended.
Not a chance we're even considering him as a replacement for Schumacher.
It's nothing more than a all hands on deck, Morris will already have been helping out with the first team whilst handling the 21s too, it's now got to the point of the season where all focus is needed on the first team.
Literally what the article says. People trying to look for hidden agendas where there just isn't any all of the time.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 13:35:39 GMT
Wonder if we may finally see the return of Enda Stevens? Although whoever we put there will probably be mauled by Philogene. I fear for us tomorrow, they have the exact type of players we really struggle against.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 13:25:16 GMT
Aye I don't disagree with any of that mate. Was still a clusterfuck of epic proportions when he walked in, made worse only by himself though So I can see why he's saying it was the toughest job of his career but in the end he made a fucking pigs ear of it anyway. I'd trust me or you to build a more cohesive squad with £60m than that twat. Defo, a lot of players just stood out like sore thumbs when we come down, most of them are prem and international players now. We could've signed Watkins, Toney & Bowen and still had change out of what we paid for Afobe, Ince & McClean
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 12:18:27 GMT
Fractious dressing room, Butland and Allen given deals that kept them on their Prem wages whilst the rest took pay cuts. Plus many other factors. He's still a twat though that fucked it royally. Manager job to unify a dressing room imo, and if you can't unify it you have to make big calls, same as management in any business. He should of been able to build a squad from scratch with 60 million and win the championship, spent it on Afobe, Clucas ect. Aye I don't disagree with any of that mate. Was still a clusterfuck of epic proportions when he walked in, made worse only by himself though So I can see why he's saying it was the toughest job of his career but in the end he made a fucking pigs ear of it anyway. I'd trust me or you to build a more cohesive squad with £60m than that twat.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 11:45:05 GMT
Will never understand Rowett calling it the hardest job he ever had, had a unprecedented budget and he spent it on fucking tripe players, he made that job difficult for himself. Fractious dressing room, Butland and Allen given deals that kept them on their Prem wages whilst the rest took pay cuts. Plus many other factors. He's still a twat though that fucked it royally.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 11:30:59 GMT
It's certainly an interesting read. Quite a lot of it is telling the Athletic readers things which we, as Stoke fans, already know. I just add a couple of notes of caution. Quite a lot of it cites the views of anonymous "former senior employees" and "former players". We don't know who these people are, what role they had at the club, how long they were at Stoke for, how good they were at their job, why they left, why they have to remain anonymous and whether they have any personal agendas. I am always a little wary of articles which present such anonymous opinions as "fact". Second, the author(s) cite no evidence of having approached the owners for comment on any of the topics they cover, or responses to any of the assessments made of the owners by their anonymous interviewees. If that is so, it's poor journalism. Of course, when Stoke City Connect is set up, monitored by the new Regulator, it will be able to explore with the owners some of these issues, particularly the financial ones and the strategic direction of the Club. Bring it on ! By remaining anonymous they don't stand to gain anything by lying or misrepresenting. Why would they bother?
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 11:29:51 GMT
Fantastic article even if depressing. To sum it up in short for me it says.... The culture created by the owners inadvertently produces teams that lack any hunger or real desire to push themselves onto greater things. Its a cushy life for half arsed pros. We are totally stagnant and until someone somewhere in the club finally slams a metaphorical iron fist violently onto the table and says ENOUGH and totally overhauls the operation then we'll just slowly continue our painful decline all the way to league 2.. Exactly this and I hope to god they're scouring the world high and low for the best possible technical/sporting director.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 28, 2024 11:06:03 GMT
It's clear John Coates is far too close to the day to day football matters... lunch in the canteen with footballers doesn't sound right to me. Is he just one of the lads or the bloke who is running the club and expecting results? There is also an arrogance around throwing money at 'problems' and expecting things to magically change. Said it for years - we're lazy arsed. As for the rest, christ on a bike. All to obvious, everything is manifested on the pitch. It's been clear to a lot of us for a long time hasn't it mate. Hopefully this kind of article will wake the rest up and realise that the main issues stem from the very top. Nobody can deny that now, surely?
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 27, 2024 14:46:47 GMT
Been bought out by Interflora and last twice i've used them the flowers lasted 2 days max. Didn't realise that! Noted. Yeah, was really disappointed last time especially. The bouquet was lovely don't get me wrong but didn't last at all sadly.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 27, 2024 14:38:22 GMT
W 4 D 9 L 26
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 27, 2024 14:11:13 GMT
Parsley & Sage in Dresden Been bought out by Interflora and last twice i've used them the flowers lasted 2 days max.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 27, 2024 11:23:35 GMT
All white kit, with a large brown/orange kiln on the front of the shirt.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 21, 2024 14:07:59 GMT
I’d be shocked in Vidigal scored (or assisted) if he played every minute of the remaining games. Still, he's not wrong. A front three of Vidi, Mmaee and Million is probably the best one. I'd like us to play a 4231 with Junho as a 10 at AM, but I also think a midfield trio of Bae, Burger, Baker could work. Junho's got the work rate and technique to thrive as an 8 as well I think. There are not enough games left of the season until we see another good Laurent performance. Schumacher has already said Junho struggled positionally in the middle and that's why he's playing on the wing for now because it's easier for him to understand the instructions whilst playing wide. I fully agree and I think Schumacher will too that his future lies more centrally though.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 21, 2024 14:01:07 GMT
Interestingly the whole of the south stand is unselectable when trying to buy a new ST, so pricing structure for seats and safe standing must still be TBA.
EDIT: It appears the relocation will take place in due course hence not available now.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 21, 2024 12:33:02 GMT
Wordle 1,006 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 does this make me the ruler of the world?
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 20, 2024 16:48:07 GMT
Why are folk surprised when it’s the same every season on the last day🤷♂️ Honestly, it's things like this that convince me we live in a simulation. It's the same every season yet people act like it's the first time it's ever happened
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 20, 2024 15:43:41 GMT
I believe that human's back then worked / were open to another consciousness, or were more entwined with space and the universe or something. It's hard to explain what I mean but I just think for something like that to have been achieved, they must've been existing on a higher plane to what we do now. Have you been watching Dune? It's on my list! I tried to watch the first one when ill and I was too fucked to focus on it will certainly revisit it though because it's right up my street.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 20, 2024 13:29:47 GMT
Has it been mentioned in this thread that apparently the Hut looking shelters in the background of the video were erected for christmas and subsequently removed in January?
I saw it on Twitter but not seen anything to confirm this.
Would be another spanner in the works though if found to be true!
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 20, 2024 13:07:12 GMT
the pyramids were not built by egyptions 5000 years ago the science and technology behind the pyarmids of egypt is astounding plus how they link to pyramids elsewhere around the world so they build the pyramids and the next time humns build higher is 5000 years later with the eiffel tower. i dont buy it* *i also dont know who built them or believe it was aliens either. Once read a book by a fella called Graham Hancock about the Egyptian pyramids & how he believed they were 12,500 years old as at that time they would have lined up perfectly with Orion's Belt in the night sky, it was also the same time where the sphinx would be looking at the constellation of Leo, hence it being a lion. He then went on about how other pyramids in Cambodia & Latin America lined up with the stars from this same time, too. He reckons there was some mythical civillisation that lived on Easter Island and, due to the seas rising as the Ice Age ended, they set sail in different directions & spread their knowledge, hence these pyramids popping up in different corners of the world that, at that time, had no knowledge of each other. Great read & deffo belongs in this thread I would never have thought to give this a go, if I'd even stumbled across it on Netflix at all but I will definitely give the doc a watch, nice one TDC.
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Post by LGH87 on Mar 20, 2024 11:45:46 GMT
It's a term that nowadays is a manipulation tool. It might apply to certain things but on the whole it's the go to phrase for anything someone doesn't believe, but someone else might do. A lot of people simply throw it around without actually showing why they use it. When someone accuses someone of being a conspiracy theorist they never actually demonstrate what actually made them come to that conclusion. The biggest conspiracy theory in existence is religion. And George Carlin demonstrates it perfectly The world would be a lot more peaceful without religion, that's for sure.
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