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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 12:50:04 GMT
You'd think the only chance we'd have for Whittaker is if he's got a reasonable release clause (and if he has, Schuey would know)
Otherwise, a 22yo with 3 and a half years left - having paid £1m for him, you've got to be thinking they'd be looking for £5m+.
Even then, his sights could be higher.
The Schuey link would be a pull, and the fact his dad is supposedly a big Stoke fan may be a very small thing in our favour, but it doesn't seem that realistic overall, does it?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 10:36:32 GMT
Plymouth being linked with a central midfielder. Replacement?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 10:16:53 GMT
re Schuey's "couple of attacking players"...wonder if he's including Cundle in that description?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 10:12:48 GMT
So we will have Cundle , Bae , Laurent , Baker , Johnson , Burgur who can all play as 8s , and we need max 3 so something has to gie. Meanwhile we need two forwards and a left back , nothing wrong with the player but does little for the squad balance Martin and Jared Ned a bloody miracle in the next 3 weeks to get this squad anywhere near avoiding a desperate survival battle . Rotherham , Birmingham , Wednesday QPR , Huddersfield games already looking like real survival determiners and two come before the window closes m.skybet.com/football/sky-bet-championship/outrights/1000538018/1 if you fancy it, Benji Rotherham 1/33 Huddersfield 8/13 Sheffield Wednesday 1/1 QPR 11/10 Birmingham 3/1 Plymouth 4/1 Swansea 16/1 Stoke 18/1Millwall 22/1 Blackburn 22/1 I think we'll be nowhere near it
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 9:47:54 GMT
Yep - hopefully with Schuey's mention of "a couple", it opens the possibility of a wide player in addition to the need for another number 9. Either of those 2 seem to fit the bill. Although maybe Tyrese could still add something there. So hopefully: Left-BackNo meaningful links yet - but must be pretty urgent over the next week Centre-BackNo real links, but may become even more of a priority with Rose and Clark having niggles MidfielderCundle Wide optionStrikerAl-Hamadi? Stansfield? It's a lot to ask, and seems unrealistic - but all bar the additional centre-back seem to have been signalled I’m sure I heard on Talk Sport yesterday that Al-Hamadi was not in the FA Cup squad and on the verge of a move to Blackburn……. I think he's currently playing in the Asian Cup for Iraq. Don't get the impression Blackburn will be paying any fees any time soon. They're skint.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 9:35:56 GMT
A pacy winger is an absolute must, we just haven’t got anyone who can go past a player on the outside. Hull are strongly linked with Benson and Kent, I’d be happy with either of those. Yep - hopefully with Schuey's mention of "a couple", it opens the possibility of a wide player in addition to the need for another number 9. Either of those 2 seem to fit the bill. Although maybe Tyrese could still add something there. So hopefully: Left-BackNo meaningful links yet - but must be pretty urgent over the next week Centre-BackNo real links, but may become even more of a priority with Rose and Clark having niggles MidfielderCundle Wide optionStrikerAl-Hamadi? Stansfield? It's a lot to ask, and seems unrealistic - but all bar the additional centre-back seem to have been signalled
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 8:20:30 GMT
Nixon claims Sunderland leading the Kieffer Moore chase. He probably would add something to most teams in the Champ - but he'd probably be reasonably expensive as a loan or perm + and is 32 in the summer), and is he the type that can press? Obviously on a different level to our version of a Big Lump in Wes though
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 7, 2024 8:07:27 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 21:15:45 GMT
At least Sunderland losing means our game up there on 4th round day can go ahead and there won't be a blank weekend.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 19:16:23 GMT
Sorry but I agree with the naysayers on today. We did better than expected but when Brighton went up a gear they beat us very easily and we barely touched the ball last 15 to 20 minutes. It’s criminal how far behind we are a team who should really be our peers. Thought Johnson was woeful too. Not judging Schumacher on it but not convinced the praise today is that merited. Don't think it's as much positivity as a reaction to unmerited negativity (been a bit surprised by the general reaction on twitter and elsewhere) Go through our XI (Rose, Johnson, McCarron, Wes etc) and is it any surprise we can't beat a team that've beaten Spurs, Marseille and Ajax in the last 4-5 weeks. Without looking amazing, I'm surprised there isn't more of a consensus that we did well for 70 minutes.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 18:51:21 GMT
Would we have been offering big contracts at that stage of the 'we're skint' MON era? Admittedly it would have been higher than the deal he signed when he joined, supposedly to remove the release clause (which looks a bit silly in hindsight) - but out of whack with the deals we're giving out now? thought I read 25k a week I'd be surprised if it was half that - but all of these speculative wage debates are total guesswork!
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 18:41:48 GMT
Played well again today. It’d be mad to let him go. £££££ Would we have been offering big contracts at that stage of the 'we're skint' MON era? Admittedly it would have been higher than the deal he signed when he joined, supposedly to remove the release clause (which looks a bit silly in hindsight) - but out of whack with the deals we're giving out now?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 18:31:18 GMT
For all the positive mood music, we still haven't scored a non-pen/OG home goal since October 21st.
Which takes some doing
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 18:18:35 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0h0x0ntre Baker, it's about 26:35 in that Rob Adcock says he's been told by someone he can go. I would be a bit surprised, but it seems a strange thing to say on air unless it's from someone he'd think would have some kind of idea?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 17:31:22 GMT
Rob Adcock on Radio Stoke says he's " been told by someone I trust that Lewis Baker is potentially available to leave" Does anyone want him though on or near his current wages? I doubt he'll be on loads though - as, despite us giving him a new deal, it was still done at our most frugal point of the MON era.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 17:27:36 GMT
Rob Adcock on Radio Stoke says he's " been told by someone I trust that Lewis Baker is potentially available to leave"
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 17:19:12 GMT
Don't really see how you can be angry/disheartened by that.
The arrow is definitely still pointing massively upwards. We did really well until the third goal went in
They are a very good team who've beaten lots of teams better than our squad filler.
Hard to argue that we don't need a centre-half and striker as well as the gaping hole down the left.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 15:59:49 GMT
Enjoyed that - thought we did very well overall.
All it takes is one second of Prem quality though.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 14:29:19 GMT
Bae and Haks are probably our most interesting 2 options to play around Wes if they're going to tuck in and be floaty number 10 types.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 14:07:18 GMT
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-vs-brighton-team-9018192Ki-Jana Hoever is expected to be in a back three alongside Ben Wilmot, making his first start since October, and Michael Rose. Mehdi Leris returns after completing concussion protocol and could start on the right of midfield, with Daniel Johnson on the left and Lewis Baker in the middle with captain Wouter Burger. Bae Junho and Sead Haksabanovic will support Wesley in attack.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 6, 2024 13:01:28 GMT
It was fitting that the final act of Owen Beck’s loan at Dundee was providing the assist for a 95th-minute equaliser against Kilmarnock.
Little has gone wrong for the Liverpool left-back since relocating to Scotland for what he thought was a season-long loan until he was recalled by his parent club at the start of this month.
Several Championship clubs — including Coventry City, Stoke City, Millwall and Hull City — along with a handful of League One teams enquired about taking him on loan for the second half of the season. Those approaches were rebuffed.
The plan is for Beck to remain at Anfield for the rest of the season and play a role in Jurgen Klopp’s squad.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 17:56:48 GMT
The lad has only started 13 league games this season (with 11 subs appearances) but appears to have been fit throughout. Why would the manager want to make his first permanent signing a player from his previous club who he didn't pick when everyone was fit? Doesn't make sense. pasoti.co.uk/threads/luke-cundle.125837/He's just starting out at 21, isn't he? Not many midfielders of that age have got his game time at this level, last season and this
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 15:53:53 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 15:47:30 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 15:41:31 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 15:01:52 GMT
Has it been confirmed anywhere whether he can play tomorrow? No mention in the official announcement. Yeah, he can play
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 15:00:08 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12930561/Leicester-Daniel-Iversen-join-Stoke-City-loan-Foxes-medical-Potters.htmlLeicester rejected an offer of around £4million from Crystal Palace last summer for Iversen and have been awaiting fresh offers for this window. Iversen's valuation had deterred other suitors late in the summer window and he has since been left on the periphery eager to get first team game time again and hopes that can happen under Steven Schumacher at Stoke. They are understood to have paid a small loan fee for Iversen who will have a year left on contract at Leicester at the end of this season. Iversen was due to train with Stoke today before they take a decision on what role he can play against Brighton.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 14:21:36 GMT
So after Iversen, what are we thinking, 2 more in, Cundle possibly and 1 other?. Given the Percy article and Shumacher press conference, you'd hope for: Cundle Left-back "There's a big gaping hole at left-back" Shumacher yesterday "Goalscorer is a priority" - Percy
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 14:12:28 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 5, 2024 14:06:57 GMT
Excellent
A proper goalkeeping stable at last!
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