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Post by TheWiseMaster on Mar 11, 2004 13:06:44 GMT
TP is desperately trying to convince Fulham to part with Mark Crossley again
Well you have to give TP credit for trying - he doesn't give up does he?
And Crossley wants to come back to Stoke - Sentinel
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Post by youthster on Mar 11, 2004 13:09:35 GMT
much as i like ed, this has to be welcome (also maybe the 'switch' talked about last week may then happen in the summer)...
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Post by dude on Mar 11, 2004 13:12:03 GMT
TP did say in the Summer he desperately wanted to come but it didn't make financial sense. Great character in the dressing room by all accounts as well. Would be great to have him back. Would be interesting if someone could find some of the quotes on the MB when he originally joined v Gills and didn't cover himself in glory. I think I went to see Ajax that weekend and read the Oatcake in the Easyjet cyber caf thingee. Crossley got a bit of a slating I remember ;D Easy to be clever with hindsight isn't it  |
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Post by SuperStokie on Mar 11, 2004 13:12:40 GMT
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Post by youthster on Mar 11, 2004 13:16:19 GMT
dude - was at that gills game, and i thought he did well really. seem to remember plenty of shouting at the defence and accurate long throwing, although he may have been at fault for their goal (can't really remember this)?
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Post by dude on Mar 11, 2004 13:20:10 GMT
When he signed TP got a fair bit on here and Crossley did make a bit of a hash for the goal.
Probably a bit harsh to name and shame as anyone can be clever after. I dont think any of us realised how good he was going to be.
I remember me and Sar watching the goals in a pub (very seedy) in the red light area. Her idea not mine to go. Tried to flog her but no takers ;D
Clarke scored that beaut.
Would be great to see him back.
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Post by TheWiseMaster on Mar 11, 2004 13:30:59 GMT
Sentinel suggests that he might come in as first choice ahead of De Goey
(Nb -story not on line yet)
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Post by penkvillepotter on Mar 11, 2004 13:40:09 GMT
As I'm no big EDG fan, I'd be made up with this. If it doesn't happen now I wouldn't be surprised if it happened in the summer from comments TP made the other night..
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Post by StokieSC on Mar 11, 2004 13:57:26 GMT
Sentinel suggests that he might come in as first choice ahead of De Goey Well you would hope that, De Goey is a brilliant shot stopper but his catching and kicking is something left to be desired...... Crossely will be a excellent signing, imagine the reception he will get on his return?! Magical |
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Post by A-teen_six_T3 on Mar 11, 2004 14:12:20 GMT
it would be great see him here, but i cant see it really, with the money hes on at fullham, but thats just my personal opinion. can you imagine that - crossley 1st choice keeper, de goey 2nd choice. that'l be great and with gerry at the back, and who knows maybe be keown. and if we get the money for lomas
ay, we'll have a great team, but cnat see it hapening myself
hope im wrong
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 11, 2004 14:26:01 GMT
I could see a loan for Crossley until the end of the season with a decision being made (about a new contract for Crossley and Taggart) in the summer depending upon which league we would be in!
This obviously depends upon Fulham having cover - as I don't think they are allowed to sign players even on loan until the window opens in the summer.
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Post by NorwichStokie on Mar 11, 2004 14:29:38 GMT
I remember the goal against Gillingham and some of the comments afterwards. Don't want to blow my own trumpet (I've got a girlfriend and I'm not double-jointed ;D), but I did say at the time that the goal was due to a wicked deflection and Crossley was going the right way to save it before it hit the stomach of the Gills player.
I'd love to see Crossley back. I've never felt so confident in a 'keepers ability in years. I felt that he played the biggest role of any single player in us escaping relegation last season.
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Post by dude on Mar 11, 2004 14:32:46 GMT
I think at the time Norwich no one could understand why we signed a keeper when it wasn't perhaps it seemed our main priority. Turned out to be a fantastic signing and as you said probably kept us up.
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Post by Vodkab1ock on Mar 11, 2004 16:43:37 GMT
in goal for stoke city Mark Crossley sub keeper Ed de Goey we'd all be creaming are selves!!!
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Post by TheWiseMaster on Mar 11, 2004 16:59:20 GMT
It is a loan deal, probably short term, with of course the option of a recall - if it goes through
Odd that the story hasn't gone on to the Sentinel website?
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Post by guti14 on Mar 11, 2004 20:40:24 GMT
It would be good to see Crossley back at the brit but i dont agree with him coming in as first choice in front of EDG and Cutler. He would only be a loan move and we would have no gurantee of him staying in the summer so why should he be playing in front of our players already here?
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Post by SuperStokie on Mar 11, 2004 20:59:57 GMT
I think if Cutler left and we had Crossley and Ed jostling for the first team spot, well, it says it all really.
Ed De Goey or Mark Crossley for the number one jersey.
Again, another sign of how much we have improved.
Jon
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Post by A-teen_six_T3 on Mar 11, 2004 21:53:45 GMT
who would you give it to, the number 1 jersy, me personaly Ed, not neccesarily meaning,m hes my 1st choice
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 11, 2004 22:03:15 GMT
Ed's a good shot stopper but, given a choice between the two, Crossley wins by a distance. Not just for his saves but for the way he organises the defence. And its a long time since any keeper had such a good rapport with the Stokies in the Boothen.
Some people have short memories if they can't remember just how good he was last season.
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Post by wardrobe monster on Mar 11, 2004 23:48:07 GMT
Its interesting to note that this story is still not on the sentinel website despite appearing on the back page today. However the other vale & crewe stories are on the web page. Obviously want stoke fans buying the paper rather than reading it for free on the web.
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Post by Hooky on Mar 12, 2004 6:47:15 GMT
From this Mornings The Scum (I can get it for free, thus removing any guilt from buying it to read the sport articles)
STOKE boss Tony Pulis is hoping to sign Fulham keeper Mark Crossley on loan for a third time.
No 1 Ed De Goey and No 2 Neil Cutler are both injured and miss tomorrow’s trip to Reading.
Pulis said: “Our goalkeeping situation is a real cause for concern.
“We are very keen on Crossley but he is still a Fulham player.”<br>
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Post by Chorley on Mar 12, 2004 11:09:36 GMT
As much as I like Crossley, I'm rather bloody delighted to have Ed in goal for us. I don't think he gets anywhere near the credit he deserves. Yeah - so he can't twat the ball an extra 10 yards down the pitch. Whoop-de-doo. Anybody remember the saves against West Brom? (Even though one of their possible 'goals' would have been chalked off for offside anyway!) I dare say that's the best save I've EVER seen....and there's a few good 'uns by Stoke 'keepers (as much as folk think we ain't been blessed in the 'keeping department in recent years)...
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Post by lurcherthelurker on Mar 12, 2004 11:15:06 GMT
Dont be such a fuckwit you monkey Its not an extra ten yards !!, he's lucky to reach the halfway line sometimes (thats with a following wind) Crossers could 'twat' it to the other penalty area at times, so straightaway puts us on the attack, rather than having to defend poorly taken goal kicks / drop kicks. He's not a bad shot stopper either. and comes out further than his six yard box. !! |
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Post by dude on Mar 12, 2004 11:37:27 GMT
In Ed we have a good keeper. You don't play in a World Cup 1/4 final if you're no good, particularly with the Dutch defending in front of you If Crossley was to come it would mean 2 real class keepers on our books. Would be great competition and as someone above said, shows how far we've come. Pitching one against the other isn't really necessary. I like em both a lot and would be delighted with either playing. Sure Ed's kicking is dodgy but have no probs with him at all. Probably been worth a good few points to us this term already. |
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Post by Chorley on Mar 12, 2004 12:12:50 GMT
Rex, "Fuckwit"? I know you are, you said you are, so what am I? (in a childlike-styleeee)  As for Crossers, balls to it. Let's save a bit o' cash by selling all our other players in our squad and watch us soar to promotion on the back of Crosser's sublime, superhuman kicking a la Pat Jennings! |
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Post by lurcherthelurker on Mar 12, 2004 12:15:47 GMT
Ade, are you going tomorrow?
if so, I'll let you buy me a drink ;D
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Post by Chorley on Mar 12, 2004 12:29:01 GMT
Reading holds bitter, bitter mammories for me, Rexxy Luv. Like, tryin' to get parked up near the ground...only to be diverted into Nuclear Holocaust Business Park Land some 8 day's trek away from the ground o'er roundabout and crossroad...(much like Milton Keynes, actually)... only to see a desperately inept performance by manager and team alike as the frost took hold and turned me into nothing more than a pissed-off snowman...in Reading - a place which would make The Outer Hebrides seem like some kind of party-central of Rio de Janeiro. For this alone - I am making a stand and come 3 o' clock tomorrow afternoon, I shall be extending my index finger and middle finger in the general direction of deepest, darkest Berkshire and muttering the immortal words, "Fuck That For A Game Of Soldiers". No, Rex, I'm not going to Reading.  |
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Post by stonetezza on Mar 12, 2004 13:41:11 GMT
Can't believe we'd have EDG and crossley on th ebooks at the same time except to get over a very short term problem.
Have them both competing for the jersey next year !! Don't think so.
Think wages
Think lots of noughts on the end
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Post by cmonstoke1983 on Mar 12, 2004 18:09:56 GMT
TP has got to try and sign him up!! He's managed to get us Ade and Gerry so surely he can't let us down by failing to bring Mark back to the Brit.
As good as EDG is, and he's made some fantastic saves in games i would feel more at ease with Mark in goal, EDG's kicking can be a bit suspect at times too.
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Post by apb1979 on Mar 12, 2004 18:26:57 GMT
I reckon irt will be the end of the season when we go and try sign Crossley.
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