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Post by mozzer on Aug 22, 2018 21:34:42 GMT
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Post by mozzer on Aug 19, 2018 13:44:45 GMT
Seen this situation 100s of times over the years following football, Unfortunately there is knob heads on both sides so neither side can complain that they hold the moral high ground in this Let's face some reality..... All the wannabes bouncing up and down with out stretched arms, they goad and rile the police whilst looking rather threatening towards the rank and file over the no mans land between the two factions.....just what exactly if they get within striking distance are they prepaired to do under all the glare of cctv and no possible route of escape, nothing, zero, nadder and all for what...they can't have a cigarette and cant wait an hour until they can do so All the police lining up rocking backwards and forwards in their stance, looking threatening over no mans land, weeks of training under their belt yet are still deliver their pava in anger and aching to deploy, they have lots of tactics to defuse the situation yet decide to carpet bomb the enemy, just stupidity on the leadership who were in charge of that situation. Both sides need to take a look at the video and when they do both sides will agree that the best options available were over looked by both sides in the dispute Nothing see here, loutish behaviour and over the top crowd control, 1-1 To both sides What is the best option though? There is no easy answer. I just don’t think talking works when you have 20-30 young lads who aren’t prepared to listen. I think some responsibility needs to be put on the clubs to get the ringleaders banned. I love my football and have never felt the urgency to get pissed up and start playing up. Oh I have many a time when I was younger, thing is I didn't take to the internet to complain about it afterwards when I got a belt up the ear from some over zealous copper, Saying that there was no internet in them days, nor mobile phones but you get the drift
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Post by mozzer on Aug 19, 2018 12:28:30 GMT
Seen this situation 100s of times over the years following football,
Unfortunately there is knob heads on both sides so neither side can complain that they hold the moral high ground in this
Let's face some reality.....
All the wannabes bouncing up and down with out stretched arms, they goad and rile the police whilst looking rather threatening towards the rank and file over the no mans land between the two factions.....just what exactly if they get within striking distance are they prepaired to do under all the glare of cctv and no possible route of escape, nothing, zero, nadder and all for what...they can't have a cigarette and cant wait an hour until they can do so
All the police lining up rocking backwards and forwards in their stance, looking threatening over no mans land, weeks of training under their belt yet are still deliver their pava in anger and aching to deploy, they have lots of tactics to defuse the situation yet decide to carpet bomb the enemy, just stupidity on the leadership who were in charge of that situation.
Both sides need to take a look at the video and when they do both sides will agree that the best options available were over looked by both sides in the dispute
Nothing see here, loutish behaviour and over the top crowd control, 1-1 To both sides
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Post by mozzer on Aug 19, 2018 12:04:45 GMT
[/b]Our defence which at the moment look shambolic with the exception of Williams, looked much stronger in the prem under Lambert and is the same with the exception of Zouma.[/b] Of course it looked stronger under Lambert, he took over the team after nearly two seasons of conceding 4 goals on a regular occurrence, his first job was to get the whole team helping the back four and defending as one..... hence we got relegated because we could not score enough goals due to everyone in the team being a defensive unit, it was shocking to watch and was as bad a football as under our previous managers, less the regular thumpings
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Post by mozzer on Aug 19, 2018 11:56:23 GMT
The same old message board weapons tuning up to take the moral high ground and who continually want to stubbornly bury their heads in the sand whilst Rome burns, This message board never fails to make me smile. You may not have long to wait to find out some home truths
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Post by mozzer on Aug 12, 2018 9:48:47 GMT
Not for long, unless the club start to keep to their promises
😉
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Afobe
Aug 6, 2018 10:46:47 GMT
Post by mozzer on Aug 6, 2018 10:46:47 GMT
Here is a transcript of emails from this morning with a colleague at our Lichfield branch who is a wolves Fan
Says it all really
him Hope you had a good weekend, was tempted to comment on your facebook re the football – was going to say at least Afobe scored!
Me If the ref hadn’t given us a penalty he would have never scored, he was f###### useless and will fit in with all the other half arsed forwards that we have, it took me 30 minutes to notice that he was even on the pitch…jeez he was dire
him Tbh he’s not a creative player, he relies on the service from around him. He scored some important goals last season but I didn’t want him back permanently. Things as they say can only get better…… Albion lost too and I think teams underestimate the Championship, will be an interesting season all round especially as Villa think they’ve got the right to walk it!
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Post by mozzer on Aug 1, 2018 8:07:30 GMT
Just looking at the Championship average attendances from last year, maybe we'll do well to crack the top 10 unless we have a great season from the word go. 13 teams averaged over 20,000 last year which is pretty impressive for a second tier league If we do really well, can see us averaging about 25000. But any kind of mixed season and we could be down to 21-2000 reasonably quickly? www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-championship-2017-2018/1/Spot on !!
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Post by mozzer on Jul 31, 2018 6:33:50 GMT
Pisser, when the press and bookies are negative about Stoke the oatcake sheep want to crucify the journalists for stereotypical lazy journalism and statistical analyisis gone wrong for the bookies
When the press give us a favourable outlook the sheep hang on every word and want to put their mortgage with the bookies
Without a further 4 or 5 top signings including a 12 to 15 goal a season striker.....
Mid table finish with the playoffs at best this year, still we beat Macclesfield
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Post by mozzer on Jul 18, 2018 12:04:09 GMT
Yeah Hughes you lying bastard, our transfer team and transfer policy is one of the best in the football pyramid you clown
Jog on Hughes, everything is hunky Dory here at Stoke you muppet
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Post by mozzer on Jul 11, 2018 10:24:39 GMT
Or Hughes. Different though. Phillips can spend much more time with Saido and work with him much more closely. Hughes couldn’t, he had a whole squad to manage. Or not as the results suggested
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Post by mozzer on May 6, 2018 14:30:02 GMT
Would of is a bit like gambling you dont really know the outcome But No I'm more than happy with the dreary, goal-free shite of the last two and half years of the hughes era you can take it? Which looked like it ACTUALLY DID take us down So yes, is the answer to my question then? You’d rather have just plodded on as we were? No prospect of anything getting better, existing just for the sake of existing? Each to their own. I'm sorry on this, I may have missed where we moved on as I thought the end result was that we got relegated to the division Pulis took us out of. So what's got better from where we were plodding on
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Post by mozzer on May 6, 2018 14:14:16 GMT
Would of is a bit like gambling you dont really know the outcome But No I'm more than happy with the dreary, goal-free shite of the last two and half years of the hughes era you can take it? Which looked like it ACTUALLY DID take us down
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Post by mozzer on May 6, 2018 14:07:56 GMT
Not the worst I’ve seen but why should they be allowed to throw bottles and grab females stewards without a reaction. I’ve never got why people feel they’ve got to get trollied when they go to the football. So you have watched the last two and half seasons sober I diff my cap sir, your pain barrier is sky high
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Post by mozzer on May 6, 2018 14:04:07 GMT
And then again...... Perhaps he knew what the new dream team transfer peolpe were capable of and decided that he couldn't work like that and stood by his principles Who knows 😉 Tony Pulis was DESPERATE to stay at Stoke City. I know this as a stone wall fact. He even compiled a dossier on how he was going to make it work. He was SACKED by the owners. Get over it. Ooohhhhh I'm well over it and so are the club now, everyone knows about the fabled dossier on the way forward and his transfer targets and tactics etc ect,the official story was that they wanted rid so as to appoint someone to take us to the next level. Well the official ending to the story is that they achieved their goal and have deffinately 100% officially delivered on that promise and taken us to the next level. Just hope every one who was bored under the Pulis reign now get to be more excited with the next level that we so convincingly have achieved, cause championship football is the only level we need to get used to with the dream team in charge of transfers and Lambo steering the ship with the Coates family taking the step back whilst Rome burns.
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Post by mozzer on May 6, 2018 12:03:12 GMT
And then again...... Perhaps he knew what the new dream team transfer peolpe were capable of and decided that he couldn't work like that and stood by his principles R Who knows 😉 It’s his fault they were brought in in the first place. Yeah his buys were just wrong and wasteful, palacios ECT. Still we managed to make that deal look like the sale of the century when you line it up alongside the whimmer, Berahino & imbula deals done by the pizza boys
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Post by mozzer on May 6, 2018 11:57:04 GMT
War chest, you can shelve that idea before you build yourself up for more disappointment
The tossers in charge couldn't open the war chest to keep us in the league back in January, Bauer was a great signing not sure still about can't spell his name in midfield.
We needed a goal scorer and we get told we were in for people but failed to get them, you would move heaven and earth to keep that cash coming in.
Now it's either Coates money or no money, I know where my monies going
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Post by mozzer on May 6, 2018 11:48:32 GMT
I think in decades to come, especially if the club continues to languish in the lower leagues, fans will increasingly become nostalgic about the Pulis years, waxing over the many unpleasant aspects. This entire decade will go down as a golden era, and fans will look back with rose tinted glasses. No rose tinted glasses here, the best years I enjoyed watching stoke, i didn't care how we played. I liked the fight,passion,atmosphere the image (everyone hated us). His time was up, had money to progess but didn't. I wanted him gone when he did,but for me the best manager we ever had. And then again...... Perhaps he knew what the new dream team transfer peolpe were capable of and decided that he couldn't work like that and stood by his principles Who knows 😉
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Post by mozzer on May 5, 2018 13:40:21 GMT
Fucking quality If I was an unwashed vale knob I would be all over stokes demise, it's what makes local rivalry tick
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Post by mozzer on May 5, 2018 13:38:07 GMT
He also criticised Shaqiri’s performances and attitude saying that having a go at your teammates achieves nothing. Also mentioned that he had put £5k on the draw. Really?! Doesn't he have a well-documented gambling addiction? Sad if true. Dear god
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Post by mozzer on May 5, 2018 13:35:03 GMT
All the words were empty All the promises were broken Every one was left feeling disappointed The season ended unceremoniously
So.............
Just where the fuck was Vales £600 airplane and banner
I knew that they couldn't be trusted.....or afford it
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Post by mozzer on May 3, 2018 7:52:05 GMT
Thankfully there's a massive difference between the supporters at the ground - which given the circumstances has been brilliant and have consistently put the team before their opinions - and some of the self appointed fonts of all knowledge on here - some of whom have done everything in their power to undermine the players, the manager(s), the owners, the backroom staff and pretty much everything that makes up the club in order to promote their own half arsed opinions. I don't think the OP is criticising the fans - just doing what we all should be doing. Putting aside our half arsed opinions and getting behind the team. Which, apart from a few dishonourable exceptions, is what will happen. And I'm not saying no-one has the right to an opinion and to express it. All I'm saying is that before expressing that opinion ask yourself what the impact will be - and that is one more voice not behind the team when they need it. However if you actually think expressing your opinion is more important as it will usher in a new dawn in the history of Stoke City football club you really are beyond help. Nah mate they have managed to push the boat out and shower themselves in that glory all by themselves over the last 2 years
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Post by mozzer on May 2, 2018 21:10:06 GMT
I'm not sure if it's apathy or nerves or just an expectation of relegation but I expected a lot more in terms of support in the last few games. We have a chance to stay up, it's a small one and still dependant on lot's of things outside of our control but come the first whistle on Saturday we need to try and make it as uncomfortable as possible for Palace. We'll never hit the heights of the 1st season support but let's bloody give it a go. It could be the last time for a while we're in the top flight let's give it a blast. Come on you rip roaring Potters! Until stoke go 0-1 down, then you will here a deafening silence followed by a barage of booing
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Post by mozzer on Apr 27, 2018 18:46:25 GMT
Stoke are understood to have installed pay reductions of around 30-40% into the contracts of their players if the club suffers relegation. There are already suggestions Shaqiri has a relegation release clause. Stoke have made clear they will not be selling all their prized assets in the summer, retaining the core of the current team, and money will be made available to ensure Lambert’s squad is competitive
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Post by mozzer on Apr 27, 2018 18:42:38 GMT
Hughes regards Saturday’s match against Bournemouth as one the biggest of his managerial career. “The consequences of going out of the Premier League are huge,” he said. “It has an impact on the fans, the surrounding area and businesses. A lot of work and finance is generated by having a Premier League football club within the city.”
Pity you didn't think that whilst at Stoke Hughesless
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Post by mozzer on Apr 23, 2018 13:50:23 GMT
I think we have to be very careful what we wish for here. The Coates family committed very significant funds to get us promoted and keep us there under Pulis. They did this because they are very committed Stoke fans who hurt when Stoke lose just as much as we do. The drive for self sufficiency was a mistake as was the decision to keep the faith with Hughes for as long as they did but this is partly because they are loyal and decent and one must remember he had delivered 3 top 9 finishes in consecutive seasons - a record , I think that , no other manager in the history of the club achieved. Whilst the decision to retain Hughes was a mistake , the decisions that he and his team made in relation to Berahino, Wimmer , Imbula etc cannot and should not be laid at the Coates famil door . The transition from Premier League to Championship is fraught with danger ( witness Sunderland and Hull ) as it requires a totally different financial structure and the consequent changing of virtually 50 per cent of the squad. I do not believe we are well positioned to come straight back up but equally believe that if a completely new shareholder group , operation management team and manager try and address this change we could be in serious trouble next season. Rather than slaughter Coates for well intentioned mistakes and protest ( taking a risk that they will simply say they have had enough ) lets get behind the entire Club , try and stabilise matters and reestablish ourselves in the Premier League. Anybody who thinks we are more likely to achieve this without the Coates family are simply deluded . Yeh, you are right but what people are missing is The ground & training ground are owned by the Coates family through their subsidiaries like stoke holdings etc The TV money came in to strengthen the team and make us a better TV subject to watch The Coates family decided on home improvements such as a corner, training ground, screens etc etc was TV money used for this or was this extra investment sourced by the family If so this investment will significantly improve the value of their stake in the club due to the value rising with the improvements so it is money that they could have invested with return from elsewhere The Coates family decided to pump money in to sponsor said ground and shirts.....go check how we did against the lowest priced deals in the prem by the way The Coates Family may possibly draw a dividend from the club which is swelled by the amount of revenue going in and the minus coming out Bet365 get global exposure through the club via the deal above yet we still give the Coates family the credit as if this is all one sided...even though only just enough investment was made to keep us in the league....until this year of course it all back fired you can see where all this is going can't you, you do realise that all this is not as it seems at face value We have to change, we have to see the owners make positive steps to not just be in it for their own ends, they are not some money dripping cash cow and we have to realise that but they also have to realise that owning the club does not give them the right to make decisions that interest Bet365 unequally to SCFC, there is no one out there who will give us what the Coates do but they have to up the game and show some element of balance. Firing the hangers on will be a start
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Post by mozzer on Apr 22, 2018 10:01:58 GMT
Here is the post and the location of his whereabouts are posted as Allianz arena
1⃣ year ago, I experienced a very special moment in my career, a really happy afternoon at the Allianz, where I scored my first goal in Germany. I wish my friends at 1. FSV Mainz 05 all the best for the end of the Bundesliga season, I'm sure you'll achieve your target again. 🙌🏻☺
Hoy justo hace 1️⃣ año de un momento muy especial en mi carrera, una tarde muy feliz en el Allianz donde marqué mi primer gol en Alemania. Amigos del 1. FSV Mainz 05, os deseo lo mejor en este final de Bundesliga, seguro que lográis de nuevo el objetivo. 🙌🏻☺️
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Post by mozzer on Apr 22, 2018 9:59:50 GMT
Maybe he's hoping to go back there. Self self self! I have to be honest that was my thoughts as I read it
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Post by mozzer on Apr 22, 2018 9:56:27 GMT
No we are relegated get used to it,
Operation clusterfuck meant that we were relegated at the final whistle at home against Everton, mathematically we were still in with a shout if we battled and scrapped our way out hence the reason why we were relegated.
A team devoid of passion, fight, and goals equals relegation
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Post by mozzer on Apr 22, 2018 9:48:27 GMT
As a club we have gone through what can only be described as two years of total dog shit football and performances, in that time the crowd have in the main stayed on side even when the sacking of Hughes was being allowed to linger by the club,
Through my time supporting the club the crowd have always been the sort to be vocivourous in demanding actions from the demonstrations of sack the board under the leadership of Bill Asprey along with our disaster of a season getting relegated with the record of lowest ever points, the demise of Alan Ball at wigan away to the storming of the board room when getting knobed by Birmingham, yet this time it seems that the crowd have just accepted it and allowed it to happen without any murmur of a protest.
Why is this, Have we gone soft as a crowd now that we are more of a family club and all the anger is off set with a more restrained way of showing displeasure like leaving early, have we accepted that we are not a premier league outfit and as such we need a relegation to get the club back in shape.
Why have we decided to go down without a whimper of letting people know who is to blame or blatant targeted chanting
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