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Post by bertiestan on Mar 31, 2015 5:50:01 GMT
At one point last night I was thinking about ex players who I liked but don't hear of anymore n he was one, cracking full back I thought, what are your opinions?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 5:54:22 GMT
Big headed git with little to back it up with. Come across as a right arsehole.
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Post by bertiestan on Mar 31, 2015 5:59:03 GMT
Big headed git with little to back it up with. Come across as a right arsehole. Was he mate, take it you had the misfortune of meeting him?
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Post by Waggy on Mar 31, 2015 6:25:26 GMT
I met him once at a ceremony and he wore a ghastly suit. I gave him my friend keiths business card from Greenwoods menswear and recommended a lovely one o saw in the window. Anyway cut a long story short he didn't really say much to me and i noticed when he left , the card was on his table. I tried to track him down to return it but never had any luck.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 6:58:17 GMT
Big headed git with little to back it up with. Come across as a right arsehole. Was he mate, take it you had the misfortune of meeting him? He nearly ran me over in the car park at the Brit in that dreadful yellow M3 he used to drive. I won't repeat what else went on after...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 7:14:27 GMT
Wasn't he implicated as the 'bad egg' in the dressing room around the time we were getting humped 0-7 at home by Birmingham?? Supposedly a trouble causing nuisance.
Shit hair, shit tan, pretty shit footballer would be his epitaph.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Mar 31, 2015 7:52:49 GMT
Flash hair, flash boots, gutless footballer. Looked ok under Lou, not one you wanted when the chips were down.
Didn't Thorney supposedly have him by the throat at half time of the fateful Man City game because he was furious at his lack of effort?
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Post by dutchpeter72 on Mar 31, 2015 8:25:23 GMT
Flash hair, flash boots, gutless footballer. Looked ok under Lou, not one you wanted when the chips were down. Didn't Thorney supposedly have him by the throat at half time of the fateful Man City game because he was furious at his lack of effort? Looked good at the Victoria Ground and a definite improvement on Ian Clarkson. Disappeared at the Brittania. I seem to recall that he scored for Burnley at the Brit.
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Post by Fenparkpotter on Mar 31, 2015 8:27:59 GMT
Flash hair, flash boots, gutless footballer. Looked ok under Lou, not one you wanted when the chips were down. Didn't Thorney supposedly have him by the throat at half time of the fateful Man City game because he was furious at his lack of effort? Looked good at the Victoria Ground and a definite improvement on Ian Clarkson. Disappeared at the Brittania. I seem to recall that he scored for Burnley at the Brit. A screamer too wasn't it? Seem to recall him milking it.
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Mar 31, 2015 8:31:12 GMT
Scored one of the very few goals he ever scored with an absolute screamer AGAINST us at the Brit in c1999 after he rejoined relegation threatened Burnley. I seem to recall Dean Crowe scored for us in a 1-4 defeat. Dark days indeed !!
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Post by bigcashprizes on Mar 31, 2015 8:33:51 GMT
He, along with a lot of others, took the piss in the Chic/Kamara/Durban season. Wasn't remotely trying half the time. Twat
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Post by dutchpeter72 on Mar 31, 2015 8:34:15 GMT
That second half of 98-99 in my opinion was worse than the whole of 84-85 or 90-91. It just felt like Stoke were going down the plug hole. It was an unlikely combination of Gary Megson then the Icelanders who stopped the rot.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Mar 31, 2015 8:40:41 GMT
That second half of 98-99 in my opinion was worse than the whole of 84-85 or 90-91. It just felt like Stoke were going down the plug hole. It was an unlikely combination of Gary Megson then the Icelanders who stopped the rot. Agreed. Worst season for me while I've been watching them.
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Post by Gods on Mar 31, 2015 8:42:36 GMT
For anyone under 35 here is the perma-tanned fullback in one of the voluminous home shirts that were 'de rigeur' in the late 90's
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Post by craig67 on Mar 31, 2015 8:47:46 GMT
He was shit.
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Post by bigcashprizes on Mar 31, 2015 8:48:03 GMT
That second half of 98-99 in my opinion was worse than the whole of 84-85 or 90-91. It just felt like Stoke were going down the plug hole. It was an unlikely combination of Gary Megson then the Icelanders who stopped the rot. Agreed. There seemed to be a heavy home defeat to some no-marks, followed by a pitch invasion every week. Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield and Colchester spring to mind
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Post by ukcstokie on Mar 31, 2015 9:17:25 GMT
For anyone under 35 here is the perma-tanned fullback in one of the voluminous home shirts that were 'de rigeur' in the late 90's Those sleeves do look as though they were made for Schwarzenegger big brother.
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Post by KevinWhimper on Mar 31, 2015 9:19:06 GMT
For anyone under 35 here is the perma-tanned fullback in one of the voluminous home shirts that were 'de rigeur' in the late 90's I must admit I still really like this shirt.
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Post by metalhead on Mar 31, 2015 10:34:14 GMT
Wasn't he implicated as the 'bad egg' in the dressing room around the time we were getting humped 0-7 at home by Birmingham?? Supposedly a trouble causing nuisance. Shit hair, shit tan, pretty shit footballer would be his epitaph. Never rated him at all, but the main cause of that Birmingham meltdown was Steven Tweed. As a defender, he redefined the term mediocrity, awkward defensively, poor on the ball, slow and immobile and seemed to have a horrible attitude, but that performance was perhaps one of the worst defensive performances I've ever seen in a Stoke shirt. Was shambolic from start to finish and he was to blame for about 4 or 5 goals that day.
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Post by stokerstayinup on Mar 31, 2015 10:39:16 GMT
Wasn't it Pickering who flicked the V's at the boothen during a game?
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Post by djralphy2k9 on Mar 31, 2015 11:53:00 GMT
Prick, once up Keele when the lads trained and he nicked my football and booted it across the car park as I stood by the door, told him he was a bellend, I was only young
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Post by lennythegoose on Mar 31, 2015 11:55:31 GMT
Surprising to find any positivity in this thread. Personally thought he was Grade A shite from the moment he arrived to the moment he left - irrespective of that goal against Portsmouth.
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Post by lordb on Mar 31, 2015 12:04:24 GMT
Wasn't he implicated as the 'bad egg' in the dressing room around the time we were getting humped 0-7 at home by Birmingham?? Supposedly a trouble causing nuisance. Shit hair, shit tan, pretty shit footballer would be his epitaph. Never rated him at all, but the main cause of that Birmingham meltdown was Steven Tweed. As a defender, he redefined the term mediocrity, awkward defensively, poor on the ball, slow and immobile and seemed to have a horrible attitude, but that performance was perhaps one of the worst defensive performances I've ever seen in a Stoke shirt. Was shambolic from start to finish and he was to blame for about 4 or 5 goals that day. This is almost certainly unfair & hopefully completely inaccurate but Wollsheid reminds me of Tweed.
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Post by werrington on Mar 31, 2015 12:09:19 GMT
Wasn't it Pickering who flicked the V's at the boothen during a game? Larus Suggurdson v Bristol Rovers...or one of those 4 goal home hammerings that season
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Post by metalhead on Mar 31, 2015 12:21:39 GMT
Never rated him at all, but the main cause of that Birmingham meltdown was Steven Tweed. As a defender, he redefined the term mediocrity, awkward defensively, poor on the ball, slow and immobile and seemed to have a horrible attitude, but that performance was perhaps one of the worst defensive performances I've ever seen in a Stoke shirt. Was shambolic from start to finish and he was to blame for about 4 or 5 goals that day. This is almost certainly unfair & hopefully completely inaccurate but Wollsheid reminds me of Tweed. Probably a bit harsh to be fair. Wolly's had a few good games and a few stinkers, but I genuinely can't remember Steven Tweed ever having a good game. He had the odd decent run out, but Larus Sigurdsson is the only reason we didn't get tonked every week. He made Tweed look far better than he was in reality. I actually think Sigurdsson is under-appreciated on this forum. He was a very good defender for us and he made some of them shite around him look better than they really were.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 31, 2015 12:24:05 GMT
Remember he scored against pompey at the Brit but beyond that I never rated the guy.
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Post by lordb on Mar 31, 2015 12:29:25 GMT
This is almost certainly unfair & hopefully completely inaccurate but Wollsheid reminds me of Tweed. Probably a bit harsh to be fair. Wolly's had a few good games and a few stinkers, but I genuinely can't remember Steven Tweed ever having a good game. He had the odd decent run out, but Larus Sigurdsson is the only reason we didn't get tonked every week. He made Tweed look far better than he was in reality. I actually think Sigurdsson is under-appreciated on this forum. He was a very good defender for us and he made some of them shite around him look better than they really were. All good points. I just think Wollsheid looks a bit like him,similar frame. I'm probably being utterley wrong in comparing him to Tweed (bloody hope so). Larus was a fantastic defender,no footballer though (although he won player of the year at Albion playing midfield). Real shame that Lou left & the whole thing fell apart in 1997 Pickering,Wallace & to a lesser extent Kavanagh all let their standards slip after looing ok/good 96-97 To my mind any manager needs a tough side to them (Hughes has this). Macari clearly took no nonsense Chic Bates however was clearly a soft touch.
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Post by onionman on Mar 31, 2015 12:30:00 GMT
I always disliked Ally Pickering but having read this thread, especially the post about him booting someone's football across a car park, I now dislike him even more.
Without wishing to seem cruel, I hope he was one of the footballers that lost money in Michael McIndoe's pyramid scheme.
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Post by onionman on Mar 31, 2015 12:35:41 GMT
This is almost certainly unfair & hopefully completely inaccurate but Wollsheid reminds me of Tweed. Probably a bit harsh to be fair. Wolly's had a few good games and a few stinkers, but I genuinely can't remember Steven Tweed ever having a good game. He had the odd decent run out, but Larus Sigurdsson is the only reason we didn't get tonked every week. He made Tweed look far better than he was in reality. I actually think Sigurdsson is under-appreciated on this forum. He was a very good defender for us and he made some of them shite around him look better than they really were. You're obviously forgetting the game that prompted Chic Bates to claim we'd signed a million pound defender on a Bosman. But you're right, Tweed was bad, very bad indeed. During that Birmingham game, he reminded me of a lorry stuck under a bridge: big, and possessing the components that under normal circumstances would have meant he could at least get from A to B, but somehow just not moving at all, and pissing off everyone within a ten-mile radius.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Mar 31, 2015 13:07:31 GMT
Tweed's shining moment was getting away with that blatant handball on the line against Vale.
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