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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 12:57:55 GMT
What will your banner say? Sod all.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 12:58:51 GMT
Not at all, odds mean little. ...as does your inside information... Same information who told you last week Pulis was going this week, same information who told you we were looking at a 1st team coach role more than a manager. Keep believing those odds.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 24, 2013 12:58:53 GMT
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Post by thesandbankskid on May 24, 2013 12:59:55 GMT
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKYY SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKYY
He'll do a good job imo, he's a positive person. a lot of people will be eating their words imo.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 13:01:36 GMT
Interesting stuff Grapey. The hands-off style is something I've read about him a few times and would be quite a contrast from Pulis' hands-on management.
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Post by thestatusquo on May 24, 2013 13:02:35 GMT
SentinelMark Hughes is thought to have admirers high up at Stoke, but speculation about Roberto Martinez continues to intensify, particularly now he is considering his future at Wigan.
(Wonder if this is referring to Peter himself? - but with the younger decision-makers preferring someone else?) SentinelMark Hughes would not be a popular choice with the supporters
SentinelEarle:I'm tipping Hughes off a cliff
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Post by hollywood on May 24, 2013 13:08:27 GMT
I can't say I particularly like Hughes, but then I've always like Tony Pulis, and many don't.
As a manager though, I think apart from QPR, he's done well. I also think in terms of style, he's fairly direct, and like it or not, that suits what we have. It's a big rebuilding job regardless, but even bigger if we think we're going to suddenly change to ball playing centre halves etc. To an extent they will have to work a bit with what we have. Hughes style suits us more than the likes of DiMatteo, poyet, and Martinez, AND he has a better track record at this level (ignore DiMatteo's time a figurehead at Chelski).
I'm not saying he's ideal, but maybe a bit of a reality check for some people. Who do you think we can attract that is better.....
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Post by cartman123 on May 24, 2013 13:09:42 GMT
I can't say I particularly like Hughes, but then I've always like Tony Pulis, and many don't. As a manager though, I think apart from QPR, he's done well. I also think in terms of style, he's fairly direct, and like it or not, that suits what we have. It's a big rebuilding job regardless, but even bigger if we think we're going to suddenly change to ball playing centre halves etc. To an extent they will have to work a bit with what we have. Hughes style suits us more than the likes of DiMatteo, poyet, and Martinez, AND he has a better track record at this level (ignore DiMatteo's time a figurehead at Chelski). I'm not saying he's ideal, but maybe a bit of a reality check for some people. Who do you think we can attract that is better..... Considering the majority of fans have been bemoaning our style of play, don't you think they'll soon do the same with Hughes? A few losses and things will turn nasty. Mark my words.
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Post by Gary Hackett on May 24, 2013 13:12:23 GMT
The more I think about it the more I think he's probably the best qualified out of the available candidates. I think it's the fact he's Welsh and dour like our last manager puts me off.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 13:12:42 GMT
Where has this myth come from that Pulis and Hughes play the same way? They can both be direct and cautious but Hughes' stuff is Ajax 1973 compared to the stuff we're used to.
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Post by starkiller on May 24, 2013 13:14:10 GMT
Would prefer Di Matteo to Hughes.
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Post by stokeramblers on May 24, 2013 13:16:41 GMT
I can't say I particularly like Hughes, but then I've always like Tony Pulis, and many don't. As a manager though, I think apart from QPR, he's done well. I also think in terms of style, he's fairly direct, and like it or not, that suits what we have. It's a big rebuilding job regardless, but even bigger if we think we're going to suddenly change to ball playing centre halves etc. To an extent they will have to work a bit with what we have. Hughes style suits us more than the likes of DiMatteo, poyet, and Martinez, AND he has a better track record at this level (ignore DiMatteo's time a figurehead at Chelski). I'm not saying he's ideal, but maybe a bit of a reality check for some people. Who do you think we can attract that is better..... Considering the majority of fans have been bemoaning our style of play, don't you think they'll soon do the same with Hughes? A few losses and things will turn nasty. Mark my words. I won't even take a few losses. I've heard some people are going to make banners!
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Post by thesandbankskid on May 24, 2013 13:16:44 GMT
Where has this myth come from that Pulis and Hughes play the same way? They can both be direct and cautious but Hughes' stuff is Ajax 1973 compared to the stuff we're used to. It is so different i have heard that Football Manager 2014 will have updated the tactics option bar to.. Pulis Ball Contain Defensive Counter Attack Standard Attacking Overload No shit either.
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Post by boskampsflaps on May 24, 2013 13:23:00 GMT
"There is high intensity and possession play, that is the same as at Barcelona." Some of our players would have a heart attack with that in training, they wouldn't know what to do.
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Post by cartman123 on May 24, 2013 13:25:09 GMT
"There is high intensity and possession play, that is the same as at Barcelona." Some of our players would have a heart attack with that in training, they wouldn't know what to do. Don't think that's shocking though for footballers playing in Premiership?
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Post by boskampsflaps on May 24, 2013 13:26:55 GMT
"There is high intensity and possession play, that is the same as at Barcelona." Some of our players would have a heart attack with that in training, they wouldn't know what to do. Don't think that's shocking though for footballers playing in Premiership? It is for the players that have been at Stoke for 4/5 years +, they'll have forgotten what it is.
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Post by hollywood on May 24, 2013 13:27:12 GMT
Where has this myth come from that Pulis and Hughes play the same way? They can both be direct and cautious but Hughes' stuff is Ajax 1973 compared to the stuff we're used to. I agree. His teams are reasonably direct, but i think we'll get more pace in the side, some balance, and more positivity away. That's all I really want. The last thing I want is some flash-in-the-pan media darling (poyet, DiMatteo) coming in and thinking they are the latest exponent of tika taka. That would be DISASTROUS.
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Post by LDE76 on May 24, 2013 13:31:57 GMT
"There is high intensity and possession play, that is the same as at Barcelona." Some of our players would have a heart attack with that in training, they wouldn't know what to do. "Ok Jon, now, we're going to try a bit of one-touch."
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Post by Pedropotter on May 24, 2013 13:35:10 GMT
Mark Hughes can fuck off.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 13:46:20 GMT
FFS whoever it is just give the guy a fucking chance.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 13:47:26 GMT
FFS whoever is it is just give the guy a fucking chance. THIS (as long as it's Rafa)
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Post by thesandbankskid on May 24, 2013 13:47:38 GMT
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Post by snapper23 on May 24, 2013 13:47:43 GMT
FFS whoever it is just give the guy a fucking chance. Thank God for a voice of common sense!
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Post by likelyladgalizmo on May 24, 2013 13:49:09 GMT
Hughes spotted in Newcastle earlier today.
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Post by itsmorethanagame on May 24, 2013 13:59:21 GMT
I see, we sack Pulis for briefly flirting with relegation and finishing 13th. And we do this to take a new direction by employing the man who was sacked for being rock bottom in the same league, leaving his team stranded. And all this after spunking millions on players and wages.
I accepted a couple of months back that it was probably a good time to part our ways for Pulis. But on the basis of something new and fresh. Not to take the dregs of the league who should now be staring at a job in the championship.
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Post by keasie1863 on May 24, 2013 14:03:53 GMT
What will your banner say? "LOOK AT ME, I AM FULL OF SHIT"
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Post by Gods on May 24, 2013 22:24:15 GMT
Mark Hughes is #1 on Stoke's listMust admit I can't see past 'Sparky' Hughes as PC's 1st choice. He seems like a serious individual, has done the Prem job before for 4 different clubs and most importantly PC has previously hired a punchy Welshman in to the role and in business people always repeat what they feel has worked well before. Fat boy Cartwright, Scholesy and Coatesy's daughter may try to persuade him to go for someone with a sexier accent, a more exotic name and a sharper suit but in all honesty most people I know who are older than 70 can't be arsed to try and understand any foreigners
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 5:49:09 GMT
So Martinez seems to favour Everton. We're going to end up with Hughes, aren't we? This fills me with dread. If Hughes fails at Stoke it will be his final managerial appointment - every candidate comes with risk but I just can't see why we're taking such a big gamble. It strikes me that Hughes has lost whatever he used to have. It might be unfair, but he no longer seems to be a man hungry for success. Of all the articles linking Hughes with Stoke I've yet to see a fan of another club doing anything other than rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect.
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Post by Stoke711 on May 25, 2013 6:04:05 GMT
FFS whoever it is just give the guy a fucking chance. Definitely
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Post by PolPotter on May 25, 2013 7:38:52 GMT
They say he is a strange man and a flop. Hughes has not done anything as a manager to be considered for a club who want more than what Pulis gave. We would be better off with Pulis. I am not suprised that some of our supporters don't mind Hughes - we've got some strange f***ing supporters!!
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