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Post by stokecitydom on Nov 29, 2017 23:00:37 GMT
I’d honestly take anybody other than Hughes right now.
We are in desperate need of a change. Someone new needs to come in with fresh ideas and just give the whole place a lift.
Keep Hughes in charge and there’s only one way we are going & that’s down.
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Post by stokecitydom on Nov 25, 2017 16:52:11 GMT
HUGHES OUT!
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Post by stokecitydom on Oct 28, 2017 19:52:45 GMT
The Charlie Adam miss just sums him up. He Ran the length of the pitch in the last minute to support Adam.
Non stop running & a real team player.
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Post by stokecitydom on Oct 21, 2017 16:19:43 GMT
We went far too direct far too soon. 30 seconds of rank stupidity and a ridiculous and unnecessary introduction of a beanpole striker did for us today. It was a complete shambles at the end, with Shawcross plodding around upfront as well. Lost all shape & resorted to just panicking and hoofing it aimlessly.
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Post by stokecitydom on Oct 21, 2017 16:13:23 GMT
It's not like this bad spell is half a dozen games, it's nearly 2 years where we are on an obvious decline.
He doesn't know how to stop the rot.
He has to go.
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Post by stokecitydom on Oct 17, 2017 12:03:18 GMT
I'd go to 442 on Saturday.
Diouf & Berahino upfront (or Crouch & Diouf) Shaqiri & Choupo on the wings.
We don't have the personnel to play wing backs, it's just a complete shambles.
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Post by stokecitydom on Aug 19, 2017 20:41:49 GMT
I thought he was great considering he hasn't had much of a pre season.
Worked his socks off and was probably the only one who managed to buy us a coupl of seconds breather at times in that second half.
Thought he was a good outlet too & won his fair share of flick ons. Definitely a positive.
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PES 2018
Aug 9, 2017 22:02:25 GMT
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Post by stokecitydom on Aug 9, 2017 22:02:25 GMT
Anyone getting this? Played the beta & it seemed quite good. I prefer PES to FIFA, but I know it's not for everyone (people put off by the lack of licenses). Probably not, however have to say pes has improved over the past few releases. It will be FIFA again for me probably just for the multiplayer league we have at work and surprisingly the journey part 2 which I thought was going be bollocks and was the best thing about FIFA 17 after the multiplayer for me Yeah I joined a league for PES called Pro Evo Network, which is pretty good. Get assigned random players, then wheel and deal in the transfer market & play in a league. I'll probably get FIFA too though as I play clubs abit (although I don't think it's as good as it used to be.
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PES 2018
Aug 8, 2017 12:13:48 GMT
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Post by stokecitydom on Aug 8, 2017 12:13:48 GMT
Anyone getting this?
Played the beta & it seemed quite good.
I prefer PES to FIFA, but I know it's not for everyone (people put off by the lack of licenses).
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Post by stokecitydom on Jul 11, 2017 12:22:43 GMT
It will be one hell of an atmosphere if Arnautovic joins West Ham.
I've loved watching Arnautovic, but the way he is engineering a move is going to taint his stoke career.
This isn't going to end well.
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Post by stokecitydom on Jul 7, 2017 19:07:50 GMT
He's the one player in the squad who simply must not be sold.
Plain and simple.
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Post by stokecitydom on Jul 4, 2017 8:59:20 GMT
I cannot believe that it looks like we will be starting the season with Pieters at full back.
Number one priority for the window has to be a left back & the signing of Tyom doesn't appear to be a first team option just yet.
Pieters was so bad at times last season.
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Post by stokecitydom on May 14, 2017 10:13:14 GMT
With many posters on here, one rule applies to Imbula and a completely different set of rules apply to others.
Some people would rather see someone running around like a headless chicken, rather than someone who is competent on the ball and capable of doing something exciting.
It's absolutely depressing watching our midfield 3.
Whenever we took a beating people couldn't wait to blame Imbula. Since he's been thrown on the scrap heap we still get beat heavily.
Get a new manager in & let him get the best out of Imbula, because I can't stand another season of Whelan, Cameron, Allen or Adam.
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Post by stokecitydom on May 14, 2017 9:41:04 GMT
I've got two tickets to see Henning When tonight at the Buxton Opera House tonight
I don't think I'm going to be able to make it unfortunately.
Two tickets for £25
If anyone is interested, then either reply or send me a message and I'll get back in touch.
Cheers
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Post by stokecitydom on May 13, 2017 19:30:06 GMT
Hughes has to go.
The whole place needs freshening up. If Hughes stays, then we will be in a relegation scrap next season.
Let's bring back some of those who have been bombed out, give a new manager the summer to assess them and revamp the squad.
As fans we need something new as the whole thing is a chore.
Thank god this season is nearly over.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 23, 2017 9:19:35 GMT
The exclusion of these two is bewildering.
Imbula has his faults, but we are so utterly devoid of any quality in the middle of the park that he has to be atleast part of the plans.
We simply to not control the midfield. His ball retention and ability to move us up the pitch is something that we need. Rather than lumping the ball long.
I don't understand the Bony situation at all. We are pathetic upfront and he hasn't even had a sniff of a chance for half a season. It appears to be Hughes pride that is getting in the way. As Hughes must see how awful we are upfront. Obviously something has happened and he just refuses to select him in a squad, even if it costs him his job.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 15, 2017 18:54:26 GMT
He was lucky to stay on aslong as he did. He was lucky to even last until half time.
There was a spell of about 5 minutes in the first half where he was either knackered, or just decided to stroll around and not care. Midfielders were running off him and he just pretty much stood there and watched and didn't even bother to get back into any defensive position.
This spell of madness then finished with him trying to score from his own half, which itself was poor, as we couldn't keep the ball for longer than 10 seconds at that point.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 8, 2017 19:25:01 GMT
So when Arnautovic has a stinker like he did today or Shaqiri picks up a muscle injury, who can we depend on for abit of magic? It's a squad game and we seem to have the likes of Whelan & Crouch, and who should have been moved on atleast 1 season ago, rather than a couple of our players who have been cast aside prematurely. Well not Bojan unfortunately he was never the same player after his injury. I agree he hasn't been the same, but I'm convinced he would still add something to the squad.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 8, 2017 19:18:15 GMT
Would we be better with him? Open to debate. Are we any fucking better without him? Are we shit and this is evidence of the managers increasingly puddled mind. He truly doesn't know what the fuck he's doing. There are many bigger sticks to beat Hughes with than the bojan one who has done absolutely nothing to merit a place in our match day squad There are many bigger sticks to beat him with, but this is another questionable decision to add to the long list of crazy decisions. New manager is needed for pre season. Let him look at the likes of Bojan, Imbula, Joselu & Muniesa and see if he can get anything out of them. As I believe that they should be playing a part. Our regression this past 15 months has been frightening.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 8, 2017 19:14:53 GMT
Hughes seems to be trying to strip the team of any it of magic. Bojan has that ability to create something or find that pass. Imbula has the ability to drive past 3 or 4 men & do something. They both have their faults, but surely they cannot do any worse that what the rest are doing. Football is supposed to be entertainment. I really do not find it entertaining anymore and with the squad we have got we should be doing so much better. It's dross, predictable and boring. I'd get a new manager in at the end of the year, as I'm convinced a different manager would be able to get something out of the likes of Bojan, Imbula etc. I'd even bring Joselu back in, as he showed flashes of quality last season. yes Shaq and Arny have no magic!! So when Arnautovic has a stinker like he did today or Shaqiri picks up a muscle injury, who can we depend on for abit of magic? It's a squad game and we seem to have the likes of Whelan & Crouch, and who should have been moved on atleast 1 season ago, rather than a couple of our players who have been cast aside prematurely.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 8, 2017 19:02:19 GMT
If Imbula had put in the performance that Whelan did today, we would have a 15 page thread by now.
Whelan was awful, so far off the pace. Numerous times he dithered and gave it away. Haven't seen the goal again but it looked like he scuffed a clearance and then turned around too blame Bruno.
I did think we needed an extra body in midfield, just a shame that it had to be Whelan.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 8, 2017 18:57:00 GMT
Seriously ......no attacking threat no creativity etc etc I'm totally fucking baffled by his exclusion and loan away from the club Hughes seems to be trying to strip the team of any it of magic. Bojan has that ability to create something or find that pass. Imbula has the ability to drive past 3 or 4 men & do something. They both have their faults, but surely they cannot do any worse that what the rest are doing. Football is supposed to be entertainment. I really do not find it entertaining anymore and with the squad we have got we should be doing so much better. It's dross, predictable and boring. I'd get a new manager in at the end of the year, as I'm convinced a different manager would be able to get something out of the likes of Bojan, Imbula etc. I'd even bring Joselu back in, as he showed flashes of quality last season.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 5, 2017 20:57:53 GMT
He's nowhere near as lazy as many people on here make out. He has his faults (like all of our midfielders do) but he also has strengths that none of our current midfielders have. Mainly being the ability to carry the ball 40 yards up the pitch and transform us from defence to attack without having to lump a long and aimless ball. Get him in the team, fans get off his back abit & it may just be for the benefit of everyone. As I really am bored of watching us, I want abit of excitement and skill and seeing Imbula go on a mazing run might just bring abit of enjoyment and benefit the team in the process. The problem is he carries it 40 yards does not pass,loses the ball then strolls back,when you employ anyone in business or football you check there previous employment.Why did his previous teams want rid. Sometimes he does hold onto the ball for too long and lose possession, but all our midfielders lose possession. Whelan is the King of losing possession in threatening areas. Imbula is a scapegoat, I've seen him make a mistake and bust a gut to try and make up for an error. With regards to his previous employers, there's only Porto who wanted rid. All of the other clubs sold him to bigger clubs I believe, as they obviously saw him talents. Like I said previously, he has his faults but so do the rest of them. In my opinion Imbula gets a hard time mainly because of his price tag (which isn't his fault). I'd play Imbula with Allen and Cameron in the middle of the park. It's a mix of many attributes. Abit of aggression, atheletisism and most importantly, technical ability.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 5, 2017 19:05:03 GMT
He's nowhere near as lazy as many people on here make out.
He has his faults (like all of our midfielders do) but he also has strengths that none of our current midfielders have. Mainly being the ability to carry the ball 40 yards up the pitch and transform us from defence to attack without having to lump a long and aimless ball.
Get him in the team, fans get off his back abit & it may just be for the benefit of everyone. As I really am bored of watching us, I want abit of excitement and skill and seeing Imbula go on a mazing run might just bring abit of enjoyment and benefit the team in the process.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 1, 2017 14:28:38 GMT
Boom. Nowt you can do about that really. There is something you can do about it. Don't give the ball away sloppily on the edge of your own area. So poor.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 1, 2017 14:27:29 GMT
Great strike, but a prime example of why Glenn Whelan is just not good enough.
So sloppy and gave the ball away as he just panicks.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 1, 2017 14:24:17 GMT
Pieters has fluffed yet another header.
That's 3 already.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 18, 2017 13:25:23 GMT
Hughes hasn't got the player wrong, he's just got the game and result wrong.
It was the 2-2 home result, I'm pretty sure that Kante played on the right. This was before he started getting noticed.
I've just looked at the line up that day and they had drinkwater and Inler in the middle of the park that day.
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Imbula
Feb 27, 2017 8:52:41 GMT
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Post by stokecitydom on Feb 27, 2017 8:52:41 GMT
People criticise the defensive ability of Imbula, but it's not like we have been solid with Adam or Whelan in the team.
Imbula has been singled out by many on here. If he ever lets someone run away from him then there are 3 threads opened straight away, calling him lazy & useless etc. Adam (who I like) does this and nothing is mentioned.
It shows how poor our transfer policy has been, when we have really missed Geoff Cameron. We desperately need his athleticism and ball winning ability.
We need Imbula on the pitch, as he is one of only a few in our squad who can keep the ball and don't panic.
I'd play Cameron, Allen & Imbula in a 3 from now on.
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Post by stokecitydom on Feb 26, 2017 14:46:13 GMT
You just have to laugh how terrible Glenn Whelan is.
I really have no idea what he brings to the team.
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