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Post by rawli on Aug 6, 2015 8:45:17 GMT
To smoke out the retarded doom mongers on this board and give us some entertainment as they wriggle during the season.
The same types who said Bojan couldn't hack it in the Prem and Diouf was dogshit.
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Post by lancer on Aug 6, 2015 9:09:13 GMT
We looked shite, half arsed and uncompetitive. Gouranga.  That was the point, Albert, fool the opposition.  |
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Post by st4scfc on Aug 6, 2015 9:14:28 GMT
We'll see how effective our preseason was on sunday
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Post by Los Alfareros on Aug 6, 2015 9:19:54 GMT
What a moaning bastard you are. I only come on here occasionally,but when I see you messages I think what a moaning prick. And then you go and show us all in your 1 and only post that your GCE in English wasn't wasted after all. Gouranga. Whilst his grammar may indeed be somewhat questionable Albert, it could be argued that he has talked more sense in his one and only post, than you have in your previous three thousand three hundred and seventy three.  |
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Post by Davef on Aug 6, 2015 11:44:56 GMT
We'll see how effective our preseason was on sunday No we won't. The season doesn't hinge on the opening day of the season, just as it didn't last season or the season before or in several other seasons since we were promoted to the Premier League. |
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Post by st4scfc on Aug 6, 2015 12:01:08 GMT
We'll see how effective our preseason was on sunday No we won't. The season doesn't hinge on the opening day of the season, just as it didn't last season or the season before or in several other seasons since we were promoted to the Premier League. im talking in terms of fitness & freshness compared to liverpool, people say preseason games mean nothing. Liverpool look to have taken preseason seriously whilst we on the face of it looked to have an extended holiday. I wasn't Tony Pulis' biggest fan and I like the new regime but maybe if we take fitness as seriously as pulis did then hughes' teams might start hitting the ground running. By his own admission his teams do better as the season goes on. We didnt need them tournaments and extra travel |
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Post by Pugsley on Aug 6, 2015 12:04:00 GMT
No we won't. The season doesn't hinge on the opening day of the season, just as it didn't last season or the season before or in several other seasons since we were promoted to the Premier League. im talking in terms of fitness & freshness compared to liverpool, people say preseason games mean nothing. Liverpool look to have taken preseason seriously whilst we on the face of it looked to have an extended holiday. I wasn't Tony Pulis' biggest fan and I like the new regime but maybe if we take fitness as seriously as pulis did then hughes' teams might start hitting the ground running. By his own admission his teams do better as the season goes on. We didnt need them tournaments and extra travel And I get accused of talking shit. Man alive. |
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Post by st4scfc on Aug 6, 2015 12:09:57 GMT
im talking in terms of fitness & freshness compared to liverpool, people say preseason games mean nothing. Liverpool look to have taken preseason seriously whilst we on the face of it looked to have an extended holiday. I wasn't Tony Pulis' biggest fan and I like the new regime but maybe if we take fitness as seriously as pulis did then hughes' teams might start hitting the ground running. By his own admission his teams do better as the season goes on. We didnt need them tournaments and extra travel And I get accused of talking shit. Â Man alive. you're guilty of it though. Lets see how we look Sunday. My bet is we'll struggle like fuck and thats not that i want us too thats just my prediction. We will gift teams goals this season unless wollsheid improves 300% in 3 days. |
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Post by larstoke on Aug 6, 2015 12:20:36 GMT
the point was getting back to fitness ahead of the season. next.
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Post by Davef on Aug 6, 2015 12:23:22 GMT
No we won't. The season doesn't hinge on the opening day of the season, just as it didn't last season or the season before or in several other seasons since we were promoted to the Premier League. im talking in terms of fitness & freshness compared to liverpool, people say preseason games mean nothing. Liverpool look to have taken preseason seriously whilst we on the face of it looked to have an extended holiday. I wasn't Tony Pulis' biggest fan and I like the new regime but maybe if we take fitness as seriously as pulis did then hughes' teams might start hitting the ground running. By his own admission his teams do better as the season goes on. We didnt need them tournaments and extra travel The old fitness garbage again. That argument has been blown out of the water so many times over the past two seasons, yet people still go on about it. You seriously think working the players in the sweltering heat of Singapore, and Evian and Germany in the summer isn't going to aid our fitness? The very idea that a Premier League manager of the quality of Mark Hughes doesn't take fitness as seriously as one of his counterparts is laughable. And when exactly did we hit the ground running at the start of the season under Pulis? |
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Post by rawli on Aug 6, 2015 12:32:27 GMT
We'll see how effective our preseason was on sunday No we won't. The season doesn't hinge on the opening day of the season, just as it didn't last season or the season before or in several other seasons since we were promoted to the Premier League. Of course the opening fixture determines the season. Paddy Power proved that when they paid out on our relegation after the Bolton debacle. |
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Post by st4scfc on Aug 6, 2015 12:33:28 GMT
im talking in terms of fitness & freshness compared to liverpool, people say preseason games mean nothing. Liverpool look to have taken preseason seriously whilst we on the face of it looked to have an extended holiday. I wasn't Tony Pulis' biggest fan and I like the new regime but maybe if we take fitness as seriously as pulis did then hughes' teams might start hitting the ground running. By his own admission his teams do better as the season goes on. We didnt need them tournaments and extra travel The old fitness garbage again. That argument has been blown out of the water so many times over the past two seasons, yet people still go on about it. You seriously think working the players in the sweltering heat of Singapore, and Evian and Germany in the summer isn't going to aid our fitness? The very idea that a Premier League manager of the quality of Mark Hughes doesn't take fitness as seriously as one of his counterparts is laughable. And when exactly did we hit the ground running at the start of the season under Pulis? Respect your point of view and hope your right. I have my own predictions for sunday, I dont think we are ready for the season to start but hope to be proved wrong. |
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Post by RAF on Aug 6, 2015 12:46:12 GMT
No we won't. The season doesn't hinge on the opening day of the season, just as it didn't last season or the season before or in several other seasons since we were promoted to the Premier League. im talking in terms of fitness & freshness compared to liverpool, people say preseason games mean nothing. Liverpool look to have taken preseason seriously whilst we on the face of it looked to have an extended holiday. I wasn't Tony Pulis' biggest fan and I like the new regime but maybe if we take fitness as seriously as pulis did then hughes' teams might start hitting the ground running. By his own admission his teams do better as the season goes on. We didnt need them tournaments and extra travel Is this the Tony Pulis who couldnt beat the likes of Rhyl in some of his pre seasons. They mean nothing results wise H |
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Post by Pugsley on Aug 6, 2015 12:53:03 GMT
And I get accused of talking shit. Man alive. you're guilty of it though. Lets see how we look Sunday. My bet is we'll struggle like fuck and thats not that i want us too thats just my prediction. We will gift teams goals this season unless wollsheid improves 300% in 3 days. Now we are on to Wollschied. I'd rather us go to the end of the season, finish strong, get over 50 points, give Liverpool a tonking on the last day and finish 9th rather than getting to 40 points end of March then switching off and doing fuck all for the rest of the season, taking the piss out of cash paying supporters. Enough of the rubbish mate. |
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Post by st4scfc on Aug 6, 2015 13:06:34 GMT
you're guilty of it though. Lets see how we look Sunday. My bet is we'll struggle like fuck and thats not that i want us too thats just my prediction. We will gift teams goals this season unless wollsheid improves 300% in 3 days. Now we are on to Wollschied. I'd rather us go to the end of the season, finish strong, get over 50 points, give Liverpool a tonking on the last day and finish 9th rather than getting to 40 points end of March then switching off and doing fuck all for the rest of the season, taking the piss out of cash paying supporters. Enough of the rubbish mate. why has it got to be one or the other, why can't we start off where we finshed last season? Oh yes because we are weaker team after having all summer to push us forward with signing the right personnal |
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Post by Pugsley on Aug 6, 2015 13:18:16 GMT
Now we are on to Wollschied. I'd rather us go to the end of the season, finish strong, get over 50 points, give Liverpool a tonking on the last day and finish 9th rather than getting to 40 points end of March then switching off and doing fuck all for the rest of the season, taking the piss out of cash paying supporters. Enough of the rubbish mate. why has it got to be one or the other, why can't we start off where we finshed last season? Oh yes because we are weaker team after having all summer to push us forward with signing the right personnal Yeah, and win the PL in the process. Let's face it, any stick to beat the manager with. |
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Post by Davef on Aug 6, 2015 13:21:16 GMT
Now we are on to Wollschied. I'd rather us go to the end of the season, finish strong, get over 50 points, give Liverpool a tonking on the last day and finish 9th rather than getting to 40 points end of March then switching off and doing fuck all for the rest of the season, taking the piss out of cash paying supporters. Enough of the rubbish mate. why has it got to be one or the other, why can't we start off where we finshed last season? Oh yes because we are weaker team after having all summer to push us forward with signing the right personnal Football's not an exact science though is it? There would be no guarantee at all of starting the season like a house of fire had we signed all the players you believe we should have or even kept N'zonzi and Begovic. There are countless examples of teams who've brought very good players to their clubs who've taken time to get going for one reason or another. New players invariably need time to settle into their new team and sometimes you just have accept that things aren't going to be great from the first whistle, especially a club like Stoke playing at this level. The season lasts for nine months. |
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Post by st4scfc on Aug 6, 2015 13:26:02 GMT
why has it got to be one or the other, why can't we start off where we finshed last season? Oh yes because we are weaker team after having all summer to push us forward with signing the right personnal Football's not an exact science though is it? There would be no guarantee at all of starting the season like a house of fire had we signed all the players you believe we should have or even kept N'zonzi and Begovic. There are countless examples of teams who've brought very good players to their clubs who've taken time to get going for one reason or another. New players invariably need time to settle into their new team and sometimes you just have accept that things aren't going to be great from the first whistle, especially a club like Stoke playing at this level. The season lasts for nine months. dave we are raking it in, net spend zero. Brilliant season to build on and we bring in players that are untested having sold two proven. Palace sign cabaye, we sell nzonzi and will start with sidwell & whelan on opening day after 7 years of prem revenue. Sidwell wasnt good enough to nudge nzonzi out of the team last year but he will start this season on opening day |
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Post by st4scfc on Aug 6, 2015 13:29:45 GMT
I dont believe for one minute MH visioned that at the end of last season.
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Post by Davef on Aug 6, 2015 13:32:08 GMT
Football's not an exact science though is it? There would be no guarantee at all of starting the season like a house of fire had we signed all the players you believe we should have or even kept N'zonzi and Begovic. There are countless examples of teams who've brought very good players to their clubs who've taken time to get going for one reason or another. New players invariably need time to settle into their new team and sometimes you just have accept that things aren't going to be great from the first whistle, especially a club like Stoke playing at this level. The season lasts for nine months. dave we are raking it in, net spend zero. Brilliant season to build on and we bring in players that are untested having sold two proven. Palace sign cabaye, we sell nzonzi and will start with sidwell & whelan on opening day after 7 years of prem revenue. Sidwell wasnt good enough to nudge nzonzi out of the team last year but he will start this season on opening day You obviously haven't either read or understood what I put in my previous post, so there's seems little point carrying on this conversation. |
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Post by WoodbineWright2@ on Dec 10, 2015 13:42:53 GMT
Because they were, eh, "pre season friendlies". They serve no point apart from getting the players and management ready for the season. and so dickheads on here could try to judge how our season will go by them and shout "I told you so" when Van Ginkel doesn't set the world alight in his first 10 minutes and it then fits in with their "He's no Fonzi replacement" agenda...of course if we'd won them all they'd all be the ones then telling us they mean nothing as they're only pre-season friendlies. Chelsea haven't won a pre-season friendly within 90 mins as yet and just lost the Charity shield so i'm guessing their board is in meltdown with people calling for the head of Mourinho due to their impending relegation battle this season  ..... you can tell people till you're blue in the face that they're there simply for general fitness and to get new players integrated into the squad mate but the usual suspects will conveniently ignore those common sensical posts if it gives them an extra stick to beat the same people with again....and again.....and again I wonder what Chelsea fans are thinking right now ? I'm fair certain that they'll be of the opinion that pre season friendlies CAN actually be an indication of things to come... |
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Post by Gods on Dec 10, 2015 14:31:23 GMT
It is such a shame we took that terrible pre-season form in to the season proper going 7 without a victory as we did right up to the Bournemouth game at the end of September.
Had we only showed even average form over those opening 7 matches we would be top 4 now rather than sitting behind newly promoted Watford in the league table.
Oh well, next season!
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Post by cousindupree on Dec 10, 2015 14:37:06 GMT
Maybe next season we might have had a couple of Europa qualifiers under our belt by the time the season starts  |
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