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Post by potterblade on Jan 8, 2017 18:12:52 GMT
Maybe I'm just playing devil's advocate. But 12 months ago I had more ambition for SCFC than at any other time in my life. Hughes is responsible for this and surpassed all expectations in his mission to transform a club that had TP written through it, for better or worse, for 9 of the past 10 years.
It's gone wrong in the last 12 months and no one is denying that. The hunger has gone and we lack leadership on the field. But who is better positioned to take what we have now and polish it into something better? Hughes should know better than anyone what the problems are (or more specifically who) and has earned another 18 games to start putting it right.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 18:18:57 GMT
Football is a ruthless business, if we have an A1 manager with a proven track record waiting in the wings to take us to the next level bring it on, thanks for the memories Sparky.
If we don't, and the best alternatives we can come up with are the likes of Chris Coleman, Shaun Dyche and Gary Rowett, then Hughes should carry on and be given the task of getting us out of the rut we're in. He's done it before and there's no reason why he won't do it again. He continues to have my full support.....for the record I find this talk of a crisis absolutely fucking embarrassing
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Post by mrcoke on Jan 8, 2017 18:20:05 GMT
Correct.
We are out of the cup, so we move on. Top 10 place on Saturday.
Goarrrrrhn Stoke!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 18:23:34 GMT
Hughes in indeed.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Jan 8, 2017 18:25:49 GMT
Two or three good signings could transform us, and hopefully Hughesy will come up with them. I can't forget we played some fantastic football for a couple of seasons with him as the manager. Pundits on MOTD were recommending him for jobs with big clubs; we looked that good. He definitely seems to have lost his way, but I'd feel a bit of a twat to completely stick the boot in just yet!
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Post by wearestoke80 on Jan 8, 2017 18:26:17 GMT
He goes at the end of the season for me.
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Post by potterblade on Jan 8, 2017 18:26:18 GMT
Part of me wants radical change. It's been a dull 12 months
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Post by march4 on Jan 8, 2017 18:27:09 GMT
Hughes should have been sacked in the summer.
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Post by Royal Donut on Jan 8, 2017 18:27:21 GMT
Of course we got to keep him, hoping for another top ten finish.
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Post by wagsastokie on Jan 8, 2017 18:28:55 GMT
The job centre queue
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 18:30:11 GMT
Out !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 18:30:52 GMT
Hughes should have been sacked in the summer. You should have come up with another "comedy" message board persona 18 months ago, shit happens.... |
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Post by hchpotter on Jan 8, 2017 18:31:13 GMT
Now is not the time to get rid but he needs to start getting some value out of the well remunerated prima donnas that he brought to the club.
Imbula has talent but seems reluctant to use it. Bojan is certainly talented but seems stifled by Hughes' system. Shaqiri seems to think he's too good for little old Stoke. Arnie has looked out of sorts recently. Diouf is neither a prima donna or a wing back. Joselu and Wollscheid will contribute nothing more to Stoke. Most urgently of all we need to get Bony off the wage bill.
If I was Coates I would be very reluctant to give him money to spend this window. If he starts to get a tune out of the team I would reassess in the summer.
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Post by Vermelho20312505 on Jan 8, 2017 18:32:17 GMT
Hughes should have been sacked in the summer. I know you like a wind up (or at least I hope you do) but do you fancy giving any reasons? |
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jan 8, 2017 18:32:17 GMT
My patience has run out I'm afraid.
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Post by wingy11 on Jan 8, 2017 18:32:59 GMT
I'll save my judgement until after the window closes if he doesn't address the issues, he will sack himself anyway
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 18:40:22 GMT
Judge a man when the job is finished at the end of the season for me, not half way through unless the plight has become desperate and at 11th it's hardly that.
This window will tell us a lot more about his ambitions as well as what backing he has as clearly the team are off the rails at the moment.
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Post by crapslinger on Jan 8, 2017 18:48:48 GMT
The shit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 18:58:08 GMT
don't talk sense on here or the thread bullies will round up on you
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 8, 2017 19:01:44 GMT
I'll save my judgement until after the window closes if he doesn't address the issues, he will sack himself anyway That is one of the most sensible things I've ever seen you post. |
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Post by mrrburgundy on Jan 8, 2017 19:12:55 GMT
I'm still supportive of Hughes. Some of the signings don't seem to be working out but others have been fine. See where we're at, at the end of the season.
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Post by Pugsley on Jan 8, 2017 19:17:23 GMT
I'll save my judgement until after the window closes if he doesn't address the issues, he will sack himself anyway Sparky must be the busiest bloke in football. He does all the scouting, identifying the players, negotiating with agents, drawing up the contracts and then going down the cash machine to withdraw the money to pay the fee. No wonder he hasn't time to coach defence. Scholes out. |
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Post by stokie1997 on Jan 8, 2017 19:25:18 GMT
Don't actually think at the minute there is any other managers that long term could do a better job than Hughes has done. However, I do think his transfer policy is causing his problems now. We are too overstocked with attacking midfielders and his lack of signing defensive minded players. I think we should give him until the end of the season and if it continues in the same vein then look to replace him in the summer
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Post by potterblade on Jan 8, 2017 19:56:45 GMT
I'll save my judgement until after the window closes if he doesn't address the issues, he will sack himself anyway Sparky must be the busiest bloke in football. He does all the scouting, identifying the players, negotiating with agents, drawing up the contracts and then going down the cash machine to withdraw the money to pay the fee. No wonder he hasn't time to coach defence. Scholes out. I suspect you know fuck all about what happens at the top level of the club so why do you make out like you do? |
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Post by crapslinger on Jan 8, 2017 19:58:57 GMT
I'm still supportive of Hughes. Some of the signings don't seem to be working out but others have been fine. See where we're at, at the end of the season. Hopefully that won't be in the championship, there is no way Hughes would cope. |
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Post by edaboagenawo on Jan 9, 2017 0:01:20 GMT
I'll save my judgement until after the window closes if he doesn't address the issues, he will sack himself anyway Sparky must be the busiest bloke in football. He does all the scouting, identifying the players, negotiating with agents, drawing up the contracts and then going down the cash machine to withdraw the money to pay the fee. No wonder he hasn't time to coach defence. Scholes out. Schooles out completely  |
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Post by peterthornesboots on Jan 9, 2017 0:47:31 GMT
Maybe I'm just playing devil's advocate. But 12 months ago I had more ambition for SCFC than at any other time in my life. Hughes is responsible for this and surpassed all expectations in his mission to transform a club that had TP written through it, for better or worse, for 9 of the past 10 years. It's gone wrong in the last 12 months and no one is denying that. The hunger has gone and we lack leadership on the field. But who is better positioned to take what we have now and polish it into something better? Hughes should know better than anyone what the problems are (or more specifically who) and has earned another 18 games to start putting it right. This pretty much echoes my feelings at the moment. I said on another thread that I still believe that we aren't THAT far away from being something special. Of course there are plenty of issues at the moment but a couple of good signings could make a hell of a difference for us. |
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Post by blooter on Jan 9, 2017 1:13:23 GMT
We're Stoke City. We win some we lose some. Sometimes we will be brilliant sometimes we will be dogshit. It's the way it's always been whoever has been our manager.
There is no one out there currently who could do a much better job so let's get behind him and see what the rest of the season brings. :-)
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Post by dutchstokie on Jan 9, 2017 1:20:20 GMT
We're Stoke City. We win some we lose some. Sometimes we will be brilliant sometimes we will be dogshit. It's the way it's always been whoever has been our manager. There is no one out there currently who could do a much better job so let's get behind him and see what the rest of the season brings. :-) Did you know your first paragraph was actually in the magna carta ? Not a lot of people know that !😁 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2017 1:30:11 GMT
If we're not top 10 come summer and a decent alternative comes up then start thinking about it.
If Bojan goes it'd better come good without him or the fans will turn badly.
No top ten would also likely mean the loss of Arnie, Shaq, Joe, Bojan(if not already), leaving us with no attacking threat at all.
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