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Post by potterblade on Feb 7, 2016 19:53:12 GMT
'Only on their game (making the effort?) 50-70% of the season'
Can we expect any more from mercenary players who see SCFC as just a stepping stone in their career? I can't think of one 'next level' player we have signed since TP who has had a solid 75%+ season yet but Arnie has come damn close this year so he deserves a break more than most.
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Post by walton corner on Feb 7, 2016 19:57:29 GMT
Not as much as umpa lumpa for me ....arnie produces excellent performances every three games or so or creates a chance out of nothing .....shaq apart from two or three games has been piss poor
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Post by malteser68 on Feb 7, 2016 20:03:11 GMT
Arnautovic impersonifies what Stoke city are all about
Inconsistency in its purest form
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Post by lastoftheldk on Feb 7, 2016 20:05:16 GMT
Arnautovic impersonifies what Stoke city are all about Inconsistency in its purest form Good point or is that a anology . .
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Post by trigger on Feb 7, 2016 20:15:42 GMT
Arnie's back to his usual anonymous self, he's continually looking and reacting to players when things don't go his way, arms waving, sulking and generally not giving a shit.
Yesterday summed him up yesterday if he doesn't want to sign there's better players out there who give a shit.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2016 20:20:13 GMT
Arnie's back to his usual anonymous self, he's continually looking and reacting to players when things don't go his way, arms waving, sulking and generally not giving a shit. Yesterday summed him up yesterday if he doesn't want to sign there's better players out there who give a shit. Like who?
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Post by milky on Feb 7, 2016 20:23:37 GMT
I'm starting to think some of our fans would rather see Ryan Shotton on the wing than Arnie.
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Post by joinerssquire on Feb 7, 2016 20:25:39 GMT
I'm starting to think some of our fans would rather see Ryan Shotton on the wing than Arnie. Now if you had said Richard Cresswell we would have been in business....
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Post by trigger on Feb 7, 2016 20:31:38 GMT
Dunno, I've gone past caring anymore. Yesterday was really hard to take and embarrassing and I'm not looking forward to attending the Newcastle game and seriously considering giving it a miss, that's how much it pissed me off, boring and pointless from Hughes.
The experience, traffic and the weather yesterday pretty much did my head in.
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Post by superheroantonius on Feb 7, 2016 20:42:06 GMT
The special one said of Arnie at inter.. 'marko Arnautovic is a little boy ' Mind you that is the same special one who was kindly reminded by the Chelsea board moments before being told to get on his bike by mutual consent That when Didier Drogba had told him 'lukaku will make it boss..he's got the talent ' Replied ' and I am telling you he won't!! '
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Post by samba :) on Feb 7, 2016 22:42:23 GMT
Could he play for anyone better? Far to inconsistent
I wonder what happened to ettos Bentley
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Post by fca47 on Feb 7, 2016 22:46:30 GMT
Last year he had a crap start to the season, this one he looks like ending on one.
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Post by luke45 on Feb 7, 2016 23:00:33 GMT
Because he knows he would be required to track the opposing full back and he thinks he's far too important for that. The job he has done on Darmian and Coleman this week has been disgusting to watch. You even know what he's thinking now? Wow H It's not hard to make such an assumption when the evidence is there for all to see when he takes to the field. I think he's been coached well enough to know he's responsible for tracking a full back if he's playing wide, you can only put it down to his attitude when he continually fails to do it.
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Post by StokieAsh13 on Feb 7, 2016 23:09:02 GMT
Last year he had a crap start to the season, this one he looks like ending on one. You're always having a pop ain't you? You're never seen when's playing well. Do you have a pop at anyone else?
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Post by GeneralFaye on Feb 7, 2016 23:14:25 GMT
Arnie and Shaq are far too predictable. They both need to start going outside the fullbacks and stretching the opposition defences. I'm sick of watching Arnie give Pieters the ball and let him twat a cross out of play when he can do it himself.
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Post by upthefud on Feb 8, 2016 4:32:49 GMT
This has been his most consistent season to date but we all know that he has these patches. Our inability to find a third winger and Shaq's lack of performance are really coming back to bite us now.
It's unfair to single out Arnie when the rest of the front 4 have been pretty woeful. The wing needs to be our absolute priority in the summer
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Post by kurt on Feb 8, 2016 8:45:09 GMT
This has been his most consistent season to date but we all know that he has these patches. Our inability to find a third winger and Shaq's lack of performance are really coming back to bite us now. It's unfair to single out Arnie when the rest of the front 4 have been pretty woeful. The wing needs to be our absolute priority in the summer You have been right, when you warned that we should sign another winger. We have no replacement on both sides if Arni or Shaq do not perform. Arni deserves criticism for his last two games against ManU and Everton. He was very bad to be honest. Don´t know what has happened. What i know is, that our whole defence has been much worse in the new year than in the december games, but our offensive as well. I want to say it one more time, that Hughes should finally play again: Arni/Bojan/Shaq with a striker in front of them: Diouf, Joselu or Walters. Cause they have produced the Stokelona myth and have shown the best football of our team so far
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Feb 8, 2016 9:08:26 GMT
Is this Arnies way of saying he wants out of Stoke City? He's a bit daft at times but maybe his agent says there are bigger clubs lined up to bid for him in the summer. Instead of working hard and pushing for an improved contract, maybe he wants to lower his value for Stoke City and make it easier for us to release him for a low-ball offer. I love a good conspiracy story me
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Post by pez75 on Feb 8, 2016 9:20:49 GMT
Arnie's back to his usual anonymous self, he's continually looking and reacting to players when things don't go his way, arms waving, sulking and generally not giving a shit. Yesterday summed him up yesterday if he doesn't want to sign there's better players out there who give a shit. How do you know he does not 'give a shit'??? He was poor on sat and was clearly frustrated, but I see that as surely a sign of actually giving a shit? If you are going to have a pop at players at least stick to the facts. Arnie has been excellent all season apart from the last two games, but that is all it takes. Other players have been toss for months but dont get a 7-page thread. I bet some of you lot have been going mad waiting for this for the last 6 months...
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Post by Theninjabadger on Feb 8, 2016 12:19:26 GMT
Arnie's back to his usual anonymous self, he's continually looking and reacting to players when things don't go his way, arms waving, sulking and generally not giving a shit. Yesterday summed him up yesterday if he doesn't want to sign there's better players out there who give a shit. How do you know he does not 'give a shit'??? He was poor on sat and was clearly frustrated, but I see that as surely a sign of actually giving a shit? If you are going to have a pop at players at least stick to the facts. Arnie has been excellent all season apart from the last two games, but that is all it takes. Other players have been toss for months but dont get a 7-page thread. I bet some of you lot have been going mad waiting for this for the last 6 months... Nail on fucking head
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 12:28:55 GMT
Arnie's back to his usual anonymous self, he's continually looking and reacting to players when things don't go his way, arms waving, sulking and generally not giving a shit. Yesterday summed him up yesterday if he doesn't want to sign there's better players out there who give a shit. How do you know he does not 'give a shit'??? He was poor on sat and was clearly frustrated, but I see that as surely a sign of actually giving a shit? If you are going to have a pop at players at least stick to the facts. Arnie has been excellent all season apart from the last two games, but that is all it takes. Other players have been toss for months but dont get a 7-page thread. I bet some of you lot have been going mad waiting for this for the last 6 months...This. It's bizarre, it really is.
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Post by wearepremierleague on Feb 8, 2016 12:36:51 GMT
No worse than any other of the players in that steaming shower of shit performance. Only gets abuse because we expect him to perform better than others, if Arnie is poor, so are Stoke basically.
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Post by Bick on Feb 8, 2016 12:47:46 GMT
He's far too inconsistent to ever be a top draw player, and he needs to realise that himself.
Playing like he did against Everton - putting 10% in and strolling around with a face like a smacked arse is not how a professional behaves.
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Post by petershiltonsmini on Feb 8, 2016 13:05:41 GMT
No worse than any other of the players in that steaming shower of shit performance. Only gets abuse because we expect him to perform better than others, if Arnie is poor, so are Stoke basically. I would disagree slightly in that his body language and truddging back slowly from the oppersitions half makes hime look like a mardarse and that he can't be bothered I don't mind myself because when hes good he is unstoppable and I love the way he bullies the oppersition.
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Post by Godo on Feb 8, 2016 13:22:23 GMT
Arni is one hell of a talent technically but ultimately what's better a team player who delivers a consistent 6 or 7 standard or someone like Arnie who can be a 9 for 2 weeks and then a 3 for the next 5?
For all of the "I've played for Inter Milan" bollocks that surrounds some of these players perhaps the reason they still aren't at Inter Milan is that they couldn't deliver consistently. Me I'd have gone for hard bastards down the spine and opted for promising pacey players like Redmond or Gray in wide positions.
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Post by zelem on Feb 8, 2016 13:24:31 GMT
An absolute fool to himself!! Was having a great season until recently (when all this contract talk started) he has now reverted back to his old self; not putting the work in and throwing his arms around like a spoilt little kid - I bet he's one hard guy to manage, in a nutshell "Mardarse!!"
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Post by mrcholmondleywarner on Feb 8, 2016 21:55:44 GMT
Arnie and Shaq are far too predictable. They both need to start going outside the fullbacks and stretching the opposition defences. I'm sick of watching Arnie give Pieters the ball and let him twat a cross out of play when he can do it himself. This... Must have happened a dozen time on Satdee and it either went flying or failed to clear the first man - yes Arnie could/ should be fizzing the crosses in but to be honest Eric's got to do much better; love the bloke but his crossing was garbage.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 8, 2016 21:59:27 GMT
Yup Arnie needs to go on the outside more (once would do).
His crossing with his left is brilliant but I can't remember the last time he didn't come inside and run into traffic or give it Pieters to blast into row z.
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Post by Pugsley on Feb 8, 2016 22:30:18 GMT
Yup Arnie needs to go on the outside more (once would do). His crossing with his left is brilliant but I can't remember the last time he didn't come inside and run into traffic or give it Pieters to blast into row z. Perhaps there is no forward in there to cross it to?
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Post by Theninjabadger on Feb 8, 2016 22:33:50 GMT
Yup Arnie needs to go on the outside more (once would do). His crossing with his left is brilliant but I can't remember the last time he didn't come inside and run into traffic or give it Pieters to blast into row z. Perhaps there is no forward in there to cross it to? Stop letting facts ruin a perfectly good argument
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