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Post by ScottNotSteve on Feb 1, 2016 23:08:37 GMT
What number has he been given? I'm too much of a lazy fucker to check myself. I'm gonna take a guess at 24 EDIT: Just realised that's Givens number, 13 maybe??
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Post by cerebralstokie on Feb 1, 2016 23:08:48 GMT
I hope this signing silences all those doom mongers who say the club lacks ambition. Mark obviously rates him but, as has been said, some Porto fans were not impressed. Let's hope he lives up to expectations and is as good as Nzonzi.
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Post by scfc1863 on Feb 1, 2016 23:09:03 GMT
Can he score goals?
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Post by stokeramblers on Feb 1, 2016 23:09:07 GMT
Looks like Geoff thinks his future's in midfield. Interesting to see how it all works out. Oh Geoff, 'You're' dear boy.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 1, 2016 23:09:38 GMT
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Post by thehoof on Feb 1, 2016 23:10:05 GMT
Well it's no more than we effectively spent on Crouchie (given that WP hardly kicked a ball for us). I don't think Crouch has let us down, and I doubt very much that this guy will. Not too many people thought that Henry or Viera were going to be the superstars that they became when they first moved to Arsenal. As for Yestony, give Imbula a chance-if you expect a Hat Trick in a game he can't even play in, I'll bet the Newcastle fans are expecting a Champins League spot having spent £80m since the start of the season. Give the guy a chance - and that doesn't mean a couple of games.
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Post by nsd on Feb 1, 2016 23:10:12 GMT
I hope this signing si8lences all those doom mongers who sat the club lacks ambition. Mark obviously rates him but, as has been said, some Porto fans were not impressed. ]Let's hope he lives up to expectations and is as good as Nzonzi. Speaking of N'Zonzi, plenty of our fans were eager to fuck him off at any given moment. Take what the Porto fans are saying with a massive pinch of salt, there are always vocal naysayers.
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Post by bmstoke on Feb 1, 2016 23:10:59 GMT
Looks like Geoff thinks his future's in midfield. Interesting to see how it all works out. Oh Geoff, 'You're' dear boy. He's a yank, give him some leeway, it's his second language.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 23:11:18 GMT
Looks like Geoff thinks his future's in midfield. Interesting to see how it all works out. Uh-oh. Geoff's getting moody again. "Grind mode"
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Post by DentySCFC on Feb 1, 2016 23:11:20 GMT
What number has he been given? I'm too much of a lazy fucker to check myself. He should follow in the footsteps of our last great central midfielder, Seyi Olofinjana and wear number 4.
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Post by takeshikovacs on Feb 1, 2016 23:12:25 GMT
Looks like Geoff thinks his future's in midfield. Interesting to see how it all works out. You're surely? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/KYqg3pYeaerc5lD_P7BR.gif)
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Feb 1, 2016 23:12:24 GMT
What number has he been given? I'm too much of a lazy fucker to check myself. He should follow in the footsteps of our last great central midfielder, Seyi Olofinjana and wear number 4. How he didn't win the Puskas award for his goal against Arsenal is a joke.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 23:13:43 GMT
In Hughes, Mark Hughes we TRUST! GoooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnStoke!
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Post by nutterpotter on Feb 1, 2016 23:13:59 GMT
"The fee rose from an initial £14million to £18million, underlining the financial commitment of Stoke’s owners the Coates family, and he will earn around £70,000 a week."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 23:14:26 GMT
He'll wear 4. He grew up watching his hero Nicky Mohan do it justice......
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Post by therightside on Feb 1, 2016 23:15:00 GMT
Great work by the management team at Stoke City. Thanks to the directors of our club for the ambition that they have shown. Great times to be a Stoke City fan.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 23:15:14 GMT
I don't give a shit what the Porto fans are saying, really. I fully trust that if Hughes has asked for £18m-plus of the club's money to spend on Imbula, then him and his advisors have seen & know enough about the lad to put the money where their mouth is.
There's a chance he'll end up like Palacios.
There's a much bigger chance he'll be everything N'Zonzi was, and more imo.
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Post by PotteringThrough on Feb 1, 2016 23:16:01 GMT
Lot of money but that's what we're going to have to pay for the players we believe will push us on. I've got high hopes for this lad based on absolutely no prior knowledge - just blind faith.
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Post by djduncanjames on Feb 1, 2016 23:16:17 GMT
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Post by wadey on Feb 1, 2016 23:16:49 GMT
Good luck. I hope you become a star.
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Post by skip on Feb 1, 2016 23:17:34 GMT
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Post by djduncanjames on Feb 1, 2016 23:19:16 GMT
He was IMMENSE playing against us, I remember that, ran the midfield in circles
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 23:19:49 GMT
Hey Benji , how's the net spend now ? Is the croc going to a retirement home ?
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Post by that's our Ric on Feb 1, 2016 23:21:36 GMT
So proud of my club...again! Well played Stoke City, and thank you uncle Peter Great times to be a Stokie Now let's get back into Europe !!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 23:21:35 GMT
KillerBee @callumspring RT @maiifootball: "Man Utd and Liverpool wanted me, but they're fallen giants. Stoke are on the rise." - £18.3m man Giannelli Imbula. https…
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Post by nutterpotter on Feb 1, 2016 23:21:42 GMT
Imbula interview
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Post by nutterpotter on Feb 1, 2016 23:22:01 GMT
KillerBee @callumspring RT @maiifootball: "Man Utd and Liverpool wanted me, but they're fallen giants. Stoke are on the rise." - £18.3m man Giannelli Imbula. https… Think it's fake
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 23:22:43 GMT
"You think i'm kidding Mark" ![](http://c.files.bbci.co.uk/1841F/production/_85095399_hughes.jpg)
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Post by toppercorner on Feb 1, 2016 23:23:40 GMT
..............Jack............... Johnson...Ryan.....Wooly.....Erik .........Whelan.....Affelay...... ..............Gilbert............. Shaq.........Bojan...........Arnie yes! the exact team i'm hoping for
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Post by DentySCFC on Feb 1, 2016 23:23:55 GMT
He'll wear 4. He grew up watching his hero Nicky Mohan do it justice...... Nicky Mohan wore 5. #SquadNumberNerd
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