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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 13, 2016 19:18:31 GMT
If you are that interested in me matey then I suggest you visit the match thread where I predicted a comfortable victory earlier this week. Don't try to be a smart-arse sunshine. I'm pleased for you So can we put this Hughes is on meltdown to bed then?It was bollocks then and its still bollocks. See previous post reference your stalking partner
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 13, 2016 19:17:34 GMT
If you are that interested in me matey then I suggest you visit the match thread where I predicted a comfortable victory earlier this week. Don't try to be a smart-arse sunshine. But are you still astonished? Astonished ...because anybody who thinks three 3-0 defeats on the bounce is not worried.ok?
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 13, 2016 19:10:29 GMT
Mr Urananas is one such poster who seems to have gone "missing "tonight. How odd If you are that interested in me matey then I suggest you visit the match thread where I predicted a comfortable victory earlier this week. Don't try to be a smart-arse sunshine.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 13, 2016 18:59:56 GMT
I think he has a point given our injuries though. If Shawcross and co were fully fit, would be a different story, but with our current shortages at the back, a cup run would result in 1) Defeat at Wembley in LC, exit in future round of FA Cup and 2) Struggle to stay in the top ten. Whereas without the cups to worry about we now have 1 ) No silverware BUT 2) Realistic chance of finishing top 8 and beating last season's points tally. That's how I was thinking, with all the injuries we need this break and then we can push on for a possible Europa spot.We would never have won the FA Cup. That's the spirit.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 13, 2016 18:34:52 GMT
Actually think we will give them a bit of a thrashing. The stars are aligned and we will be in our famous all-white strip. Told you the white strip is magic
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 13, 2016 18:32:42 GMT
LMH can take them away now to Dubai and they can have a good break and get some of the injuries sorted out.We'd have been playing Spurs at WHL next weekend and probably losing and risking more injuries. Stupid post on two counts. 1. What sane SCFC supporter wants to be out of the FA Cup 2. We may not have been playing Spurs.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 11, 2016 13:13:58 GMT
Actually think we will give them a bit of a thrashing.
The stars are aligned and we will be in our famous all-white strip.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 9, 2016 20:32:42 GMT
What's that got to do with it? Just where we've come from and the years of lower league football. To say the season died (when we're in the premier league) makes me shake my head in disbelief. I can understand disappointment but not some of the stuff that's spouted on here. It's the way things are... Raised expectations Record signings (x2) He should have played his strongest team against Palace and geed the players up. Instead he threw in the towel and more or less gave the message out that he wasn't bothered about the FACup. To all intents and purposes the season expectations all fizzled out and then the capitulation of the following two games has seen a massive depression of feeling. If we lose Saturday it could turn into a horrible season.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 9, 2016 18:49:51 GMT
The season died?! Fuck me, how long have you been watching Stoke? What's that got to do with it?
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 9, 2016 18:43:36 GMT
The Liverpool episode was a real kick in the nuts and so you can forgive the FA Cup and The Shit away games. Saturday was simply pathetic though and highlighted a few problems that need fixing quickly. I have no idea from one week to the next who will play up front. Wollschied is a liability and although he's had a few decent games you just sense you are always a moment away from a fuck up. Saturday won't be easy but we need to get it sorted for the 2 home winnable games coming up. I am massively pissed off about the FA Cup. Palace had lost 5 on the bounce in the Prem. It felt like most of what remained of our season died that day. With regard to the League no one will really remember if we finish 12th or 14th. With you 100% on this.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 8, 2016 22:49:19 GMT
Let's be honest ...
It's a crap stadium.
Built on the cheap and it is certainly showing now.
Wonder if there is any discussion at all at board level of inprovements and expansion?
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 8, 2016 20:11:36 GMT
The shawcross injury had been coming for some time and we knew that an op was likely. Huth was the nearest thing to Ryan in terms of a commanding organiser at the back. Letting such an obvious replacement for Ryan go and not replacing him with like for like i.e. no nonsense stopper was a big error by Hughes. It seems he likes his CBs to 'get us playing from the back'. Call me old school but I like at least one of my CBs to be a no nonsense defender first. Lets not dress this up as hindsight Spot-on. It was a massive mistake to let Huth go. It was an even bigger mistake not to sign a centre-half in the window.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 8, 2016 19:26:14 GMT
Oh op don't let the poison dripping cunts get you down. Don't think you should be using that language on this messageboard. There could be children reading at this time of day.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 7, 2016 21:38:06 GMT
................all this guff about Pulis pisses me off, it reminds me of the prevalent "lets all slag off Tony Blair" shite! a guy wins 3 elections 2 of them landslides now you can't find anyone who admits to voting for him or liking him.......except for me and the Mrs that is!! Where is the good old Brit, backs to the wall atmosphere? Tony packed it and took it with him. He galvanized a team spirit that kept Stoke up without spending too much.Don't get me wrong he had his faults,But I thought he was harshly treated. MH can't get the better of him with his tippy tappers can he? home or away."too the rugby team 1-0"....."boring boring Arsenal" how selective some folks memories are lol Classic post
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 7, 2016 20:59:43 GMT
I think after three consecutive 3-0 defeats we should be thinking and talking about things closer to home.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 7, 2016 18:42:25 GMT
Three consecutive 3-0 defeats in the League, a League Cup exit and a FA Cup surrender would suggest that he is in some form of meltdown at the moment.
How anyone can argue differently is quite astonishing.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:47:29 GMT
Actually this thread is illegal.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:45:04 GMT
Paul tbh I almost added 'it can't all be down to Ryan's absence' = you're right, he's been massive this season especially and it does feel like we have to play out of our boots to compensate when he's out, and if we don't then today happens - but that was two perfectly sound CBs on the pitch today and sad to say this isn't a new injury for Ryan, Sparky's had the time to rehearse the rest in. I'm specially gutted for Ryan today, finally getting Woy to the Brit and he's out injured. He has the worst luck and never complains about it. Do you think Hughes has failed today then because he should have been able to have 'coached' Wollscheid and Muniesa more effectively? You could argue that Hughes failed today because he didn't bring in some centre-half cover during the last week of deadline.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:39:39 GMT
Stan Matthews was not that shabby either, Dennis Smith, Neil Franklin etc not sure what he is getting at here, Mark Stein also cut it in the Pre. long before we did. I do not have to be reminded of the quality of some of the players that have graced our red and white shirts. The 1972 squad were superb to watch. I was in Amsterdam to watch a Stoke team play some superb football but never in our history have we had twenty plus players in a squad where we have so many international players. You said quality not internationals.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:25:21 GMT
He chucked the towel in against Palace... That to me is unforgivable in Stoke's position. If you say so it must be true I suppose. . Though you'll probably do a complete U turn in two years time. I know a few clever people who've changed their opinion totally on far more important things than football.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:21:11 GMT
Whatever you say about it... One way or the other Sparky will be accountable. The players have their jobs to do .... they are not doing it at the moment. But it will always be the manager who pays the price or takes the flak ... rightly or wrongly. That's fair enough. But if that's the case, maybe these threads should be entitled ... Rate the RESULT v Everton (or whoever we've just played). Same thing though really if you think about it.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:15:15 GMT
I am seriously considering flushing this fanzine site down the toilet. It might help if the ages of posters were visible so we could perhaps make allowance for the silly comments. I'm beginning to think I keep seeing Robert Huth and Ryan Shawcross fly through the air in Supermen suits. The reality is that they were great gladiators in Stoke's early formative years but when they are absent we raise them to be ex halted as Gods. Ridiculous! Huth has done well at Leicester, ridiculously well but is not better than Shawcross and Wollshied. The truth is that Mark Hughes priority is to seriously consider how he going to improve the whole back four in our team. Stoke have the best quality players they have ever had in their history. It will take some time for them to reach a level that consistently represents their quality. It is disappointing when we play poorly but try and be a bit more patient with the lads. Trust in your manager and coaches because overall it has been a great time so far. I believe Europe is not too far away especially if we get behind our team. Hudson, Banks, Pejic, Hurst and Greenhoff may disagree with you.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:11:16 GMT
Sparky prioritised the match against Man Poo... he played an understrength team against Palace.. Are you disputing that?? I don't think he had a lot of choice based on the state of the players available. And the players "rested "for the Palace game didn't exactly look full of beans at Man U either. We look fucked both physically and mentally. He chucked the towel in against Palace... That to me is unforgivable in Stoke's position.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:07:31 GMT
I'd have made a couple of different choices b ut that's not my big beef. It's the lack of secure defensive routines, AGAIN, the inabiloity to stop the opposition playing, AGAIN - either it's not happening right on the training ground or it's not travelling from Clayton Woods to the Brit. Don't you think there seems to be a significant correlation in our prowess at the back and whether Ryan is available for selection? I don't think you can lay our inability to defend (specifically today) purely at the door of Sparky's methods on the training ground. Whatever you say about it... One way or the other Sparky will be accountable. The players have their jobs to do .... they are not doing it at the moment. But it will always be the manager who pays the price or takes the flak ... rightly or wrongly.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:02:32 GMT
That Hernandez youth seems quite decent (LIttle Pea) I always rated Hernandez but I don't think he can work up top on his own can he? At least not in this league. Of course he can.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 20:00:25 GMT
I have not laid into Sparky at all. I have given my opinions ...like several thousand will tonight. This time last week you were accusing him of deliberately throwing the FA CUP tie..at one point suggesting Coates had put him up to it !!! Sparky prioritised the match against Man Poo... he played an understrength team against Palace.. Are you disputing that??
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 19:03:42 GMT
We all know that you have got a massive anti-Pulis agenda ..... My views on Pulis have changed considerably.... is that a crime? I have realised that he did (has not) got the credit he deserves. Pulis built the foundation .... let's hope that Sparky can build on it. What's your problem?? No problem at all petal. Just seems a bit odd you'd do an about turn after two years..made even more baffling when you've being laying into the current manager after a recent poor run of form lasting six games at best. For the record. .I was a big fan of Pulis and even enjoyed a lot of the football.His last 18 months were rotten though and he became shit scared of his own shadow. Hope that helps I have not laid into Sparky at all. I have given my opinions ...like several thousand will tonight.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 18:58:46 GMT
Have a look at his history mate It's pathetic To be honest mate I'm not sure I can be arsed. Tonight has reached a new low on here.Christ I know it was bad today but some are really showing their true colours. And I was accused of being paranoid a few weeks back by suggesting there are folk who don't want Hughes here.Hasnt taken them long.Whod have thought less than two weeks ago we were a Liverpool missed penalty away from a cup final ! What concerns me is the almost 100% certainty that you turn one of my opinion post which are generally concerned about the recent game, Sparky's management etc into a anti Pulis fest. Very disturbing.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 18:52:34 GMT
Oh is this the clown that wanted Pulis out then two seasons and two 9th place finishes later decides he has changed his mind and he deserved another season? Have a look at his history mate It's pathetic You've been trawling through my posts ?? And you call me pathetic?
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Post by Titan Uranus on Feb 6, 2016 18:48:57 GMT
As pathetic as changing your username and rewriting your history ? Oh is this the clown that wanted Pulis out then two seasons and two 9th place finishes later decides he has changed his mind and he deserved another season? We all know that you have got a massive anti-Pulis agenda ..... My views on Pulis have changed considerably.... is that a crime? I have realised that he did (has not) got the credit he deserves. Pulis built the foundation .... let's hope that Sparky can build on it. What's your problem??
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