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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Mar 2, 2024 16:07:37 GMT
Did the drum turn up today. How's the atmosphere
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Mar 2, 2024 13:49:57 GMT
Is this the club we’ve now become Yep, our support is split. We should unite as 1 and show what our support can be like. Unfortunately we have to many who just want to do there own thing and not be part of a bigger support group. Out support was split over the last few seasons beyond any form of repair by the blockheads from block 19 singing and clapping at 100mph, and there pathetic IRA songs. The rest of the boothen refused to join in with them and the split was born. Gone are the days of one section leading and the rest following. Every body wants to be top dog now and do there own thing. United strength is stronger!
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Mar 1, 2024 19:03:10 GMT
I'm taking me drum with me tomorrow wether you like it or not.... What playlist do you have in mind please? With virtually no new songs coming forward why not bring back some classics...stir theel emotions, bring out our pride in our club. Greenhoff, Greenhoff, Greenhoff..to Amazing grace. Abdoulaye my Lord, Abdoulaye, Ricardo fuller city number 10, Sidibe. Mama sidibe, mama mama mama sidibe, Swing low, We are the boothen boys, Steino, there's only 1 Steino, Lou. Lou skip to ma Lou, Well be with you, Delilah, And I'm sure many more. Unite all ages of the support. Time to stir the juices, get the life back into the 365, remember our club history, be proud.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 28, 2024 10:14:34 GMT
I've been in shops, cafes pubs and the female staff have called me luv, sweet, darling, so far I've been able to carry on my life without having some kind of woke meltdown.
Yep, the world has gone mad...well not the whole world just the left side and media
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 27, 2024 6:47:12 GMT
If he's fit and looking decent in training, I would be tempted to put him in a 3 with Rose and Wilmot. He's a danger from set plays and a decent organiser, and would give us balance on that side with his left foot.. Another player who becomes better in our mind the less he plays
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 26, 2024 18:36:50 GMT
Just like Bae, there’s a great player in there. Hopefully just abit of time Not sure he'll be a great player, will need a lot of work to be comfortable with his right foot or defenders will soon work him out. Over to the scfc coaches and the lad himself if he wants to improve his game threat. Saying that he did at least look like he can put a pass through for the striker to run onto. A skill weve been void of for far to long.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 25, 2024 19:47:37 GMT
I actually feel sorry for the Coates family. They appoint managers in good faith they will be successful, they back them financially far greater than majority of championship teams,they don't stick their noses in and they give managers freedom to run football matters. It all goes wrong despite all this, they have to cough up to pay off the management team and the cycle starts again....they must be praying please let us finally pick a winner.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 25, 2024 14:46:41 GMT
If I was John Coates....I would be sat in darkened room praying that someone would give me a break and please can just 1 thing go right for stoke city..
He must be completely besides himself with stress, frustration and worry.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 24, 2024 20:51:40 GMT
Has SJW done his coaching badges? UEFA A and B I think bud Many are saying SS is not experienced enough for the job, don't see how appointing SJW as manager would ease those fears.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 24, 2024 17:56:41 GMT
I was at that final game against Leicester i even shed a tear , now , oh my , i feel like our club is falling into the darkest deepest abyss with no way out ,what do we do , where do we go , i feel like crying but i'm totally numb with the disbelief to what's happening to our beloved club , gonna have a beer and try and get some light relief on my birthday but somehow i won't stop thinking about it Bolton, Pompey. It looks like you can add Stoke to the list of Premier clubs who have fell down the divisions. Like you I'm in disbelief how we've got so many things wrong so often We've backed every manager with good money season after season bit it just doesn't work out.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 24, 2024 16:46:10 GMT
Mad Nath will be back at the 365 next season
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 24, 2024 16:42:46 GMT
Udders winning
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 24, 2024 15:59:56 GMT
Who do you replace him with though? the other options on the bench are even worse Gooch Gooch..... He was embarrassing last time he played full back, gave ghe winger so much room and time he lit a cigarette before he put his crosses in, 2 of which led to Blackburn goals.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 22, 2024 18:09:54 GMT
Think this could be a masterstroke... Fuckwit out Hero in. If this is part of a cull to sort out the toxicity at our Club then I'm all for it. Who knows? But at least JC is being proactive. Reckon SS might be feeling a tad better tonight?? I think your right about the cull of toxicity, a new man who wants the best for the club close to his heart, no history and cliques to hide behind. He'll we able to talk to all employees at all levels with no prejudice,no one worrying about what they say to him In case it comes back to bite them. He'll be able to build a picture of whose pulling in the right direction and who needs shifting out.. he might even give mmae a body check to show what a real forward is all about
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 22, 2024 13:01:51 GMT
SJW comes in with no baggage. Popular amongst staff still a relevant name to most players, he will be able to get around each department and find out what the issues are going on behind the scene and hopefully give a no nonsence report back to JC.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 21, 2024 14:52:02 GMT
Or will Klopp go there? Or DE Zerbi? If klopp went there after being manager of dortmund it would be like him becoming the man utd manager after leaving Liverpool. He's not gonna do that to the dortmund fans.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 21, 2024 14:47:28 GMT
If all he needs to do is bulk up a bit, would it not have been better having him pumping iron in the gym instead of going out on loan? No player at that age simply needs to bulk up. It is as much about smartening up as strengthening up which is why they need to be playing with and against experienced pros. Didn't he have a long term I jury relating to stomach area recently. If so bulking up probably wasn't an option as he recovered from that. It's probably put him back 12 months in regards to developing his strength over the last 12 months.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 21, 2024 8:48:30 GMT
Not sure he will get much game time if the present trend continues. MK Don's fans not overly impressed on first few games...too slow, lightweight etc. He was sub on the weekend and the other centre forward scored two goals on his full league debut in their win at Swindon. What I've seen I have to agree with them. Needs to build up some muscle to make it but he's a young lad and his skills are certainly good enough. And yet some here think he's ready for championship football, some even calling for a lowe tezgel front 2. Nooooooooooooo.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 21, 2024 8:44:00 GMT
And probably Taylor to be fair. Overall though I don't feel like we have enough success stories. You want lads banging in goals and coming back ready to play. It's probably the case with 99% of everyone else's loans as well but I can only base it on following Stoke. Look at liam delap, he's on his 3rd championship loan and only now beginning g To get a grip on what's needed to make it
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 20, 2024 11:16:22 GMT
Brown never came across to me as a player who would sulk. He never gave less than 100% whatever the circumstances. Also, he must have known that being a Prem player would mean that he would always be an also ran. I've got no bones to pick with Brown and I really hope he makes a shedload of dosh with the move. I still think we could have kept him with a great bonus at the end of the season when FFP isn't dragging us back. OS. Really, chance to double his pay and play in the Premier League. We couldn't have matched any part of that offer, it seems a pretty straightforward choice. I can hear the conversation now. RM..ook Jacob "you've been offered the chance to play at the highest level in English football, test yourself against some of the best defenders in the world" JB, "I can't believe this opportunity it will change my life" RM "don't be silly lad, you can stay here where the fans kinda like you but think we can do better. Stand with us, a mid table team as we fight relegation.. and now this is the big one....well give you a nice big bonus including family pass to waterworld, if and its a big if..if FFP pressures allow" what you say son. JB.." Taxi"
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 20, 2024 11:05:02 GMT
Usual case with Stoke fans. Our best players are always the ones that are not in the team. Then they play and we slag them off 100% correct, 6 weeks ago ryan lowe was the one we needed, he'll score, why isn't he getting more game time... now he's played a few games people can see he's slow, out of his depth and nowhere near ready for championship football.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 18, 2024 20:18:58 GMT
In my experience, work mates tolerate a lot but their comes a point when even they say... come on, this waster needs sorting out, Sorting out yes, ostracised no. It’s the managers job to manage the players at the club Maybe he's managed the issue by removing the problem player for greater good of the other 24 squad members. Maybe the captain went to ss and said look we've had enough, get mmae out he's disrupting the dressing room. He has a squad of players to manage not just 1 who doesn't want to be managed.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 18, 2024 18:34:48 GMT
There was nothing wrong with disciplining Mmaee, but was it really necessary to do so publicly? In my experience, that tends to deepen any conflict and sympathy among other employees multiplies. Who signed off on this? In my experience, work mates tolerate a lot but their comes a point when even they say... come on, this waster needs sorting out,
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 18, 2024 18:29:24 GMT
I am not sure where we go with this. All windows elsewhere are closed now, no mention of where we stand at present. Do we assume he is still training with the under 21's?. If so is he a good example to set the younger players?. He's an example of what happens to you if you can't act professionally in a professional football setup..
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 18, 2024 17:24:52 GMT
Mmaee might not have shown enough to warrant himself back into the fold alls we’ve seen is a basic responce from his agent. Putting up with players white attitudes is why we are where we are at the minute. This stems all true way back to when Hughes was manager and hasn’t been rectified since. The only thing I’d say is that Mmaee isn’t the first difficult player. Arni had a reputation before he joined us and I’m sure there’s others that have been difficult. We’re not in a situation where we can freeze players out when the alternatives are so poor. It’s all good having morals but not if we’re a weaker unit for it. Arnie didn't disrespect his teammates. His manager, his club, his fans, Having standards and morals is the right thing to hold onto. Bringing mmae back would make our dressing room morale weaker. SCFC do not pander to time wasters.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 18, 2024 16:26:01 GMT
I find it incredible of anyone who remembers the attitude of Jese, Berahino and how that affected not only the teams season, dressing room but other players as well such as choupo,
And yet they think bringing mmae back into the group is the best thing for our team and season. There's quite likely a large part of the squad are glad to see the back of a player who has no respect for them, training. The club, fans or manager. Bringing him back could well just about destroy the unity which is needed in a relegation battle..
If mmae, vidigal, haks and Campbell are in the bomb squad - leave them there. SCFC does not need mercenaries and their inflated egos.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 17, 2024 21:11:03 GMT
Reports of all these players in a bomb squad just reeks of a manager in way, way above his head and out of his depth. Footballers aren't robots and whilst we as fans live in a naive world where every footballer is desperate to play for their club, and are good little choir boys who don't say boo to a goose back down here in the real world you have footballers that need managing and coaching and some are complex and difficult characters. Good managers find a way to manage and get the best out of them. Other managers don't. Not really. But it does reek of a transfer team that didn't do its job properly in the summer and didn't check some of the past issues certain players have had at previous clubs. The blame lies at Ricky and Jared's door not shueys. The players also have a responsibility to be professional, turn up to training on time, and take training seriously. We have complex characters in our dressing room when we were relegated from prem league, their rotten attitude was allowed to ruin our dressing room and 7 yrs later were still trying to recover. Good on shuey for rooting them out and keeping them away from the first team. United strength is stronger.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 17, 2024 18:55:28 GMT
Strong British 11 today after bombing most of the bad eggs. (Leris I apologise, Burger and the other internationals putting a shift in.) I am sure most have heard about the bomb squad thinking they are too good for the club. Fuck them off, send them back, pay them off. Make them run Hills. I'll clap that fat fucker Campbell up Stanley Mathew's Way when he finally does one. I hope he's got a taxi waiting cuz he'll never manage to walk that far.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 17, 2024 18:13:35 GMT
A rich village idiot is not the way forward. Bollocks to the devil you know crap and I'm not having a coates family or bury ESC comparison They're multiple so called smaller clubs thriving in the Prem currently with intelligent owners. We're an attractive club with sustained potential. Ie 10 years in the Prem to potential investors. Mike Ashley has twice the brain cells than the current owner who's constantly making us worse and he has an IQ of 2! It's a matter of WHEN not IF we go down to L1. Let's remember what family took us down there for a 2nd time and what business took us back up. Anyone who thinks Mike Ashley is or would be a better owner for stoke than the Coates needs to give their head a wobble...then when they've done that slam the fridge door on it u til they see the stupidity of their view.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Feb 17, 2024 12:02:13 GMT
He hated Stoke. We beat Fulham twice in one season when Pulis was here and was far less than complimentary in interviews after both game. Didn’t he also hang Shawcross out to dry when he was England’s manager? By actually playing him? May be wrong but I thought capello gave shawcross his 1 cap v Sweden
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