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Post by wuzza on Apr 19, 2024 17:25:11 GMT
I know the money is fantastic but it must also be so great to be a footballer and know you have the capacity to bring a bit of joy to youngsters like this heroic (and wonderfully polite) lad. To roll out a cliche - it puts all the other football stuff into much needed perspective. Well done to all involved.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 13, 2024 16:22:24 GMT
Of the many words I could use to describe our current position ‘safe’ is certainly not one of them.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 13, 2024 13:32:27 GMT
Its only going one way today ain’t it 🙁
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Post by wuzza on Apr 13, 2024 13:08:54 GMT
Hope everyone who has gone has had a good time pre kick off.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 11, 2024 19:08:26 GMT
Can’t see anything but more grief from this one . They are crap but there is a bit of spirit about the place.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 10, 2024 22:18:44 GMT
It was just abysmal - further analysis is futile other than to observe changes in management seem to make difference at all at this club.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 10, 2024 18:23:30 GMT
Ironically in the city of ‘Hibernian’ Hearts are the bigger club. Although this probably depends on the support they draw in from the Lothians. Does'nt Edinburgh have 3 teams? Hibs Hearts Edinburgh City ( Bottom of Scottish League 1) as we speak. I think City are the latest version of what used to be Meadowbank Thistle. You can also add The Spartans in League 2 to the list.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 10, 2024 13:28:56 GMT
I’ve got family in Dundee - none of whom have the slightest interest in football - but from the time I spent there talking to locals I certainly got the impression Dundee were considered the grand old traditional club while Utd were more the ‘upstarts come good’. Always seemed to be more Utd supporters around though. As with all of Scotland there were a depressing number who just focused on the Glasgow clubs. Defo mate - Dundee is just about big enough for 2 teams but nae chance 4 and the number of buses leaving on match days watch the gruesome twosome is sole destroying. That's before you even get to the full kit Liverpool/ Man City/ etc wankers whose affiliation must come with their Sky Sports package. It’s everywhere up there - I used to work in Edinburgh , two doors down from the Celtic club shop and in the next street to the Rangers one 😕 Mind you on a positive note I’m told both have closed down in the past few years .
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Post by wuzza on Apr 10, 2024 13:04:21 GMT
Dundee and Dundee United is an interesting one - Dundee historically were the bigger team. Dundee Hibernian (means Ireland) nearly went out of business in the 1920s and changed their name to Dundee United in order to appeal to a larger catchment. They then dotted about the lower leagues until 1960 where Jerry Kerr got them up and established in Division 1. In comparison Dundee were only relegated twice from 1893 to 1975 and were promoted immediately the season after. They won the league in the 60s and then got to the semi finals of the European Cup under one Bill Shankly. United then grew through 70s, won the league in 82 and came close to winning the UEFA cup. Dundee by late 80s were on the slide and got relegated then yoyo'd from there and at the moment United are probably in the same cycle. Both have the same major honours: one league; 2 FA Cups and; 2 league cups. Dundee record attendance is 45k v Rangers in 1953 whereas United's is 28k v Barcelona but could have sold out multiple times over. Would say from a fanbase perspective Dundee are typically more city orientated whereas United are probably more the suburbs and Broughty Ferry as a generalization. I’ve got family in Dundee - none of whom have the slightest interest in football - but from the time I spent there talking to locals I certainly got the impression Dundee were considered the grand old traditional club while Utd were more the ‘upstarts come good’. Always seemed to be more Utd supporters around though. As with all of Scotland there were a depressing number who just focused on the Glasgow clubs.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 10, 2024 9:20:17 GMT
In Scotland the Glasgow and Edinburgh clubs rivalry is based on religious sectarianism bollox but Dundee clubs are not. How many, if any, English clubs have the same sectarian rivalry? It used to be though - Dundee Utd were Dundee Hibernian.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 10, 2024 6:26:48 GMT
How many cities have two clubs? Stoke Liverpool Manchester Birmingham Nottingham Glasgow Bristol Dundee Hibernian Falkirk Does London inner city have two clubs, I know Chelsea has, but is that a borough, and do they count? Ironically in the city of ‘Hibernian’ Hearts are the bigger club. Although this probably depends on the support they draw in from the Lothians.
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Post by wuzza on Apr 4, 2024 9:34:33 GMT
I doubt anyone has a clear idea of what a TD is required to do - especially as it probably varies from club to club. If the role is fundamentally orientated to stuff that happens on the pitch SJW seems as good a choice as anyone. He’s committed , down to earth , and a decent communicator. He’s also a bit of a comfort blanket for us to hold on to knowing that at least someone involved in day to day proceedings knows what ‘good’ looks like in terms of SCFC. Give it a go I say.
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Post by wuzza on Mar 16, 2024 17:56:04 GMT
They were half decent and therefore far too good for us.
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Post by wuzza on Mar 15, 2024 17:05:20 GMT
Oldest football rivalry I believe mate that one. Along with West Brom v Wolves Apparently back in the day there was no such rivalry - West Brom and Villa were the rivals. Wolves had to make do with their insignificant Staffordshire rivals ...... you know who.
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Post by wuzza on Mar 4, 2024 11:51:05 GMT
Well considering the club’s bullet ridden corpse is on the precipice of 3rd Div football it’s nice to know we dodged at least one of the buggers !
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Post by wuzza on Feb 28, 2024 19:46:20 GMT
This rallying call stuff would work at almost any other club ........ but this place ????? We live in hope.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 28, 2024 14:27:30 GMT
I think a few Italian teams of that era would want their say on the brutality claim !
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Post by wuzza on Feb 26, 2024 5:15:26 GMT
Clearly you seem to think that Stoke's history began in the Premiership. The Coates family delivered 10 of the best years supporting Stoke. Football is cyclical. We are in a lean patch. We will return to the Prem sooner or later. As we have done (top flight) throughout our entire history. We will fall backj again. As we have done throughout our history. How the fuck have you come to that conclusion?😂😂 Am I wrong that we’ve been in terminal decline for 7 years despite having some of the richest owners in the country? A major point is that the decline is not ‘terminal’ as long as the Coates family own the club - it probably would be with most of the other fly by night financiers that populate the EFL ownership ranks.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 25, 2024 11:32:59 GMT
It will be not untypical of this club to lose the only thing it has going for it - massive financial resources. Things are grim now but nowhere near as grim as they have the potential to become. Not a popular view with some but I’ve seen enough over the years to know that a sound financial footing is the absolute primary requirement for any sort of long term future. The wheel will turn even if it takes far longer than anyone expected.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 24, 2024 20:09:57 GMT
Like the "Lack of quality up front and at the Back" part throwing them all under the bus albeit he's obviously correct in his comment. We’ve just come out of a transfer window where he/they didn’t bother to bring in a defender. He then bemoans a “lack of quality” at the back. One of the many reasons we can have absolutely no complaints as and when we get relegated. The January window was mind boggling.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 24, 2024 17:44:25 GMT
Listening to him on the radio he always reminds of one of the thousands of scouse wannabe football managers who stand on the touch lines of park games up here shouting out technical gobbledygook. Totally unfair of course but I can’t get the image out of my mind
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Post by wuzza on Feb 22, 2024 12:52:06 GMT
Forgive my ignorance but what real influence will a ‘Technical Director’ have over what remains of this season ?
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Post by wuzza on Feb 19, 2024 19:00:52 GMT
Blimey the feeding frenzy has really got going here hasn’t it? Hope the club are approaching things with a bit more composure or we really are sunk. But the "feeding frenzy" is based on the suspicion that the club aren't approaching things with a bit more composure and we really are sunk, that's the whole point. This isn't people calling for the manager's head It sure as heck ain’t helping. And let’s be honest it based on a bit of speculation by some and wishful thinking for others.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 19, 2024 18:49:05 GMT
Blimey the feeding frenzy has really got going here hasn’t it? Hope the club are approaching things with a bit more composure or we really are sunk.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 18, 2024 16:56:51 GMT
I was quite suprised it was that recent.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 17, 2024 19:27:05 GMT
As the various managers pass through the revolving door I really try to spot any improvements - it’s bloody difficult to pinpoint them.
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Burger
Feb 16, 2024 7:52:22 GMT
Post by wuzza on Feb 16, 2024 7:52:22 GMT
Hadn’t realised how young he is. Mature and intelligent player. We really shouldn’t be losing anyone we don’t want to to another Championship club. A PL club would probably only be buying him with an eye to the future so it would be up to him if he wanted to take a bit part role at this stage of his career. If we get relegated then all bets are off.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 14, 2024 19:21:17 GMT
I’ve developed a niggling suspicion that SS might not know what his best / least bad team is.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 14, 2024 19:13:50 GMT
Can’t see that team scoring, can’t see us keeping a clean sheet ......I’m off down the pub.
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Post by wuzza on Feb 13, 2024 14:25:34 GMT
It defies belief. We are up to our collective necks in crap and all some people want to do is have a pop at someone who did nothing but good for this club. No one is really having a pop are they, just calling out the silliness of wanting him to come back every time our backs are up against the wall. It's dull and boring, it pollutes the message board and it probably won't stop until a certain age group who witnessed his era die out.[/quote Why John Coates wouldn’t have picked the phone up and asked for his advice numerous times in the past decade is unfathomable.
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