sandford
Youth Player
Where's me fukin tea!!
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Post by sandford on Mar 1, 2008 13:46:45 GMT
Old book  ,anyone see the story in the mirror this morning,so true. |
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Post by mermaidsal on Mar 1, 2008 13:51:19 GMT
Just googled it, top man TP. I really do think he doesn't like doing all the PR stuff, he's only just getting any good at facing Nige every week.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 1, 2008 13:54:26 GMT
Tut, you could have posted a link, Sal.  |
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Post by mark71 on Mar 1, 2008 14:05:57 GMT
Here you go.
Coca Cola CHAMPIONSHIP Stoke out to end 23-year exile PULIS GETS A BLAST FROM MISSUS AFTER WINNING MANAGER OF THE MONTH QPR v Stoke City, tomorrow, k-o 1.15pm
By David Anderson 1/03/2008
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Sport picturesTony Pulis has compared himself to a dusty old book - and hopes he can have a fairy-tale ending with Stoke.
Pulis, who has guided the Potters to the top of the Championship, claims managers are like books because they fall into two categories - glossy and non-glossy.
"It's like going into a bookstore and the first thing you see are the glossy books and magazines, and people pick those up because they look good," said Pulis, who got his first FA coaching badge at 19.
"But when you open them and there's no story, there's no character, there's nothing.
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"You then look at the back of the store and find a dusty old book, which has a good story, good characters and is something you enjoy reading.
"I think football in this country has become a very glossy industry and there are a lot of managers out there who spend a hell of a lot of time working on their image and promoting themselves rather than going out and watching games and doing what I consider is the job.
"I've never been that type and I'm definitely non-glossy. I've never courted the media. Sky have asked me to come in on a Sunday, but that time is for my family."
Pulis, 50, is writing a great story for Stoke in his second spell at the club thanks to astute transfer deals and fans are dreaming of an end to their 23-year top-flight exile.
Typical of Pulis, he is not getting carried away - landing him in trouble with his missus after not telling her he had won February's Manager of the Month award.
"Debbie rang me and said 'why did you not tell me?'," he said. "But it wasn't one of those things where I thought, 'great, I've won it. I'm going to ring everyone up'. That's not my way. I don't do it that way."
A midweek loss to Preston ended Stoke's five-match winning run but Pulis is confident his side will not stumble.
Stoke face QPR tomorrow at Loftus Road and he said: "The players don't look tired or under pressure. I'd say they're excited and they can see the opportunity we have."
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Post by r10ryx on Mar 1, 2008 14:23:04 GMT
top man....
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 1, 2008 14:24:20 GMT
That is the shittest metaphor for anything I've ever heard in my life. Still, top man TP. |
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Post by Cupid Stunt on Mar 1, 2008 14:28:49 GMT
Boother surely it is a simile not a metaphor as Simile is saying something is like something i.e Pulis is LIKE a dusty old book.
A metaphor would be, Pulis IS a dusty old book.
Come on, did you not listen in your english lessons?
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 1, 2008 14:32:38 GMT
...Well, that's just pissed all over my bonfire... So much for taking a fucking English Degree, eh?  |
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Post by mermaidsal on Mar 1, 2008 14:40:29 GMT
Well, it's a naff simile too. But then would you really want a dusty old book to come up with a sharp glossy simile? Exactly. So, dusty old simile for dusty old book. Triffic Nige ;D
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Post by swampySCFC on Mar 1, 2008 17:35:12 GMT
No wonder hes so good if he got his first coaching badge at 19
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2008 17:45:01 GMT
Boother surely it is a simile not a metaphor as Simile is saying something is like something i.e Pulis is LIKE a dusty old book. A metaphor would be, Pulis IS a dusty old book. Come on, did you not listen in your english lessons? Not according to Joseph Priestley the 18th-century British theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works and is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen. He describes a metaphor as "a simile contracted to its smallest dimensions" - so in essence they are one and the same thing! |
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Post by Linx on Mar 1, 2008 20:47:38 GMT
What I like about TP is he's a hardworking tracksuit manager who couldn't give a toss about his image. What I love about Stoke ATM is that we've sailed against the worrying trend in English football (i.e. A local English businessman and died-in-the-wool fan has bought out foreign offshore investors and replaced a foreign manager with a British one who understands the game throughout).
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Post by daverichards on Mar 1, 2008 20:55:49 GMT
fair play to him
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,anyone see the story in the mirror this morning,so true.
