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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 11:38:48 GMT
Bonham Tchamadeu McNally Clark Thompson Pearson Laurent Leris Junho Campbell Mmaee Everyone is picking Leris, but every time I've seen him he's been really poor. I don't see what he adds, he's trying to be more physical without actually being physical, and runs a lot but you never actually notice him on the field. Very strange player, I can't yet label his assets. I've picked him because he has a knack of scoring in away games. Vidigal has looked shite since his return and I actually like Campbell more playing off the left recently.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 11:18:29 GMT
Johnson will be back in on Saturday,....defends from the front does Daniel. Pearson will never be dropped for Sidibe. Vidigal/Haksabanavic/Lleris - all 3 can interchange week by week in my opinion - Vidigal has been very poor the last 3 games though. Something has definitely gone on with Tchamadeau. Johnson's banned.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 11:18:04 GMT
Can anyone remember the twitter handle for his brother, he was tweeting a lot about the deal on deadline day.
I'm going to message him, see if he will divulge what's going on. Didn't exactly seem shy beforehand so he might be willing to talk.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 11:01:06 GMT
Bonham
Tchamadeu McNally Clark Thompson
Pearson Laurent
Leris Junho Campbell
Mmaee
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 10:59:09 GMT
In. Several talented young players have recently joined, and I am holding out for the manager to stumble onto a lineup that better utilize the quality that we in glimses have witnessed. He arguably did that last night, then destroyed it with his subs.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 10:50:38 GMT
this is the exact type of thinking that see's us in the shit every 12-18 months. Nuno is another yesterday's man, what we need to do is actually go out and do some hard work in finding the next up and coming manager. Not another (never)has been whose best days are long gone. Didnt we try this with Nathan Jones? Weve tried proven managers (Rowett and Neil) and an up an comer in Jones There is something else wrong behind the scenes These managers have done well at previous clubs and Rowett and Jones did a fair job at Millwall and Luton Undoubtedly so, the club stinks but we shouldn't let the fact that Jones was a disaster dissuade us from trying again. The bloke is batshit crazy.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 10:39:48 GMT
this is the exact type of thinking that see's us in the shit every 12-18 months.
Nuno is another yesterday's man, what we need to do is actually go out and do some hard work in finding the next up and coming manager.
Not another (never)has been whose best days are long gone.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 10:30:40 GMT
Last night changed nothing - all about the ref. He should be given the rest of this season to establish some sort of forward momentum and consistency. Re-assess then. He's won 18 from 58 in the league. What makes you think he will be able to suddenly establish some sort of forward momentum and consistency? The ref was awful yes but we led the game 2-1 despite his wank decisions. What actually cost us the game was AN's fucking awful subs.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 10:13:06 GMT
It will be Dean Smith or Chris Wilder, you just fucking know it. Substituting the best player on the pitch was the final straw for me .But you just know after investing so much into Neil and his backroom team unless we are in the bottom 3 he's going nowhere. That's pretty much what I've been told also mate. But with the fans seemingly 90% gone, I don't see how the board can keep him much longer, regardless of how much they've invested in him. There's simply no way back. He's crap.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 10:02:39 GMT
Out-of-work BritsJohn Eustace Chris Wilder Dean Smith Scott Parker Maybe(?) attractable decent in-work Champ optionsMark Robins Steven Schumacher Well-known out of work non-BritsRalph Hassenhuttl Jesse Marsch Giovanni van Bronckhorst Punts based on their nameJohn Terry Frank Lampard Lee Carsley was said to be under consideration for Birmingham - so maybe he could be an option, but he seems to have been linked with better options. theathletic.com/4945536/2023/10/10/birmingham-tom-brady-rooney-eustace/Eustace’s departure was met with shock and surprise by the players, who were not warned in advance of Birmingham’s official statement and only found out about his departure by reading about it online. They have been given no hint as to what comes next either, and no indication from the club that the appointment of Rooney is on the cards. The 43-year-old was well-liked and held in high regard by the players, who enjoyed his training sessions. He was said to be especially popular among the younger members in the squad. England Under-21 manager Lee Carsley was under consideration to replace Eustace but Rooney is now the leading candidate to take over following his departure from D.C. United on Saturday. Can't think of any lower-league options. And aren't knowledgeable to know of any options in Portugal, Belgium, Holland etc? Any come to mind? It will be Dean Smith or Chris Wilder, you just fucking know it.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 9:49:36 GMT
Is there any underlying issues like injuries etc why it’s gone horribly wrong? It’s just surprising to see him struggle this much after being backed with the transfer funds. Certainly expected him to have you in and around the play offs, not lower mid table again. He's built a shit defence that he can't organise. Leaving our best defender out of the squad altogether despite chasing him for the whole summer and finally landing him on the deadline. He persists on playing his favourites who are crap or out of form. Only signed Travers on loan (who Bournemouth conned the Prem to recall early) leaving us with Jack Bonham as our no.1 for a prolonged period AGAIN. His in game management is fucking terrible. There's no discernible game plan, there's no fluidity to our play. We pass it backwards and sideways never looking to penetrate, everyone just plays it safe until they inevitably give it away. There's probably more but I'm winding myself up typing it out.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 8:12:20 GMT
Cheers FM! Just a shame it has to go on the Polls section and can't be shown here. Gets a bit lost on there.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 29, 2023 7:50:10 GMT
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 23:24:41 GMT
Total league record since appointment P 58 W 18 D 13 L 27 P 67 PPG 1.15 Relegation form, any way you spin it. He should be on bended knee to the family to give him a little more time, most boards would have fired him by now!! How the fuck has he still got a job. Even worse is that he’s under no pressure from the board at all and JC still thinks he’s the second coming of Christ.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 22:39:35 GMT
By we do you mean John Coates? I can understand that mentality because it's yet again another nail in his coffin. With every failure he's showing he has literally no gravitas in running a professional football club. It's been one failure after another since appointing Lambert to save our PL skin. He must be feeling the pressure of it all and if he isn't, he fucking well should be. Surely the family step in soon and relinquish his control of the club or at least the football decision making? They need to hold their hands up, admit they need help and appoint someone to run the club for them ASAP.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 22:25:59 GMT
Has to go. Atrocious appointment, but most at the time knew that anyway bar mumbling John. To think of the managers that were available too. He hasn’t a fucking clue. look at wba having appointed a proper manager Who was available when we appointed this clown. As was carrick, as was Maresca. John Coates is just as much to blame as Neil. Both need to go ASAP.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 21:41:00 GMT
He has to go tonight
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 14:45:35 GMT
if we lose tonight he is toast It will take a damn bit more than a defeat tonight to persuade JC enough is enough. I think we'd have be in the bottom 3 and desperate before he gets rid of AN. He's massively bought in to him and RM. This club will go nowhere whilst JC picks the managers. Until someone sits him down and makes him realise he's fucking wank at it, we're going fucking nowhere. The fact Carrick, Maresca & Corberan were available when we sacked MON and we moved heaven and earth to appoint this tantastic clown, makes me physically sick.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 13:13:26 GMT
The block button is the best feature this site ever created.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 12:36:15 GMT
This whole episode sums up how short sighted the Stoke hierarchy and fans are. There’s no looking passed the end of your nose. He had a few ok to good games and his name was being sung so let’s get a short term win to please people. Absolutely fucking pathetic. That’s because fans could see that he was going to be our first choice keeper until January at least due to circumstances and they were simply getting behind him. No one really rates him, the chanting is tongue in cheek and a bit of a piss take truth be told. It seems apparent to me, after spewing 24 hours of pure bile on this board prior to the Middlesbrough game, that you’ve simply been waiting for him to make an error. Yesterday changes nothing, he’s a bog standard second choice/squad filler Championship goalkeeper on a similar level to his peers at the other second tier clubs. There was absolutely no need to offer him another contract after he signed his extension in the summer. There is absolutely no reason for him to be at this club next season.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 28, 2023 8:33:22 GMT
Does anyone know if he did actually go to Dubai, or is it Chinese whispers?. I've a photo to prove it, was sat on the table next to my mate who lives out there.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 27, 2023 17:21:56 GMT
Would Eustace be seriously mentioned on here if he didn't used to play for us?
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 27, 2023 8:27:39 GMT
30 home games 16 defeats and 14 blanks . Shouldn’t you fall on your own sword ? Angela Smith really needs to highlight this home record at the QPR presser. Could anyone that knows her please request she does?
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 27, 2023 8:26:11 GMT
We've lost 16 of the 30 home league games he's been in charge of. We've failed to score in 14 of them. The fans are extremely entitled to moan mate. He's fucking lucky we aren't after his head on a stick. That is absolutely abysmal, how can anyone defend that? You can't unless you're deluded, brainwashed or a complete moron. The problem is, I think John Coates is a mix of all three
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 27, 2023 8:05:40 GMT
5 games unbeaten, with 9 points picked up against very good opposition. Couple of frustrating draws before the break, granted. First loss and people are calling for his head/ripping everything apart. It's no wonder players don't like playing here at times. 0 support, just moaning all the time. We've lost 16 of the 30 home league games he's been in charge of. We've failed to score in 14 of them. The fans are extremely entitled to moan mate. He's fucking lucky we aren't after his head on a stick.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 26, 2023 23:23:15 GMT
That starting 11 had no goals in it, I said it from the off and was bang on.
Bae is not a winger he’s a 10 and simply has to be played there.
Johnson should only be played in very specific games and even then he probably shouldn’t.
Gayle just needs to retire.
Hoever needs dropping asap.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 22, 2023 8:55:06 GMT
Question is with bet365bbehind us why arnt we Buy some lowly European teams buy the players we want loan them to stoke then loan our dross back at full wages and loan fees would soon create a healthy balance sheet Have you not seen the mess they've made of running us the last 7 years. Imagine if they had two clubs to take of......jeeeeeze (Jon Coates ruled it out in that meet the club meeting in the summer when asked about it)
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 21, 2023 12:01:30 GMT
PS5 users, would you recommend disc or digital? or doesn't it really matter? I've got the disc version but that's only because I've got a few physical copies for PS4 games, like RDR2 and No Mans Sky. Yeah since I posted I thought about it and the Disc Version seems the better way to go, I'd still want to play RDR2 because I'm barely in to it really. Plus you probably make the difference back by buying second hand games which wouldn't be possible with the digital version.
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 21, 2023 8:27:45 GMT
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Post by LGH87 on Nov 20, 2023 10:21:20 GMT
PS5 users, would you recommend disc or digital? or doesn't it really matter?
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