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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2008 11:53:04 GMT
I owe Pulis everything - Lawrence Stoke midfielder Liam Lawrence has thanked manager Tony Pulis after he was named the Championship's player of the month for February. Lawrence told BBC Radio Stoke: "I owe the manager everything. He brought me from Sunderland when I was having a bad time and has played me regularly.
"Now I'm happy to pay him back by scoring goals and playing well."
The 26-year-old has made 37 starts for the Potters so far this season, scoring 13 goals.
He joined Stoke in 2006 from Sunderland, a club where Lawrence achieved promotion to the Premier League.
However, Lawrence says that he sees many similarities between Stoke and the Black Cats side of 2005 but it would be a greater achievement should the Potters go up.
"Sunderland have got a massive fanbase, not necessarily a better fanbase but it's certainly bigger," he said.
"To go up with the resources we've had this season would be a tremendous achievement and a great thing for the city."
Much has been made of Stoke's rise to the automatic promotion places in the Championship, but two straight defeats has left them looking over their shoulders at the likes of Watford and West Brazil.
Lawrence says to now miss out on automatic promotion would be a huge disappointment.
"We've worked so hard to get into this position. The play-offs is a lottery so now we need to focus on getting that top-two finish."
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Mar 5, 2008 13:00:13 GMT
Brings a tear to the eye ... there's a lot of love in the room
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Post by Danstoke82 on Mar 5, 2008 13:23:21 GMT
No one can do it other than you and the ten other guys Liam. You say that you need to focus, well Im all for that, go get that automatic spot!
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Post by suttonstokie on Mar 5, 2008 18:23:31 GMT
I think we shud leave him on the bench for 1 game then fetch him on after 50mins because he needs a rest or something.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2008 19:25:16 GMT
can never get to the end of your posts pj cuz them tits distract me! got the general idea tho in the end!!!! nice one liam now go get thee sen a hat trick on satdee wut
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Post by nonameface on Mar 5, 2008 19:48:45 GMT
Yeah, the tits are always a distraction....you know the owner of them?
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