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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 18:10:01 GMT
Bruno has returned to FC Porto training after being out with a virus. Doesn't look like we'll be getting him anytime soon. Think he'll be missing training again early next week, I've heard he's home sick. ITK or wishful thinking? 😇 Do tell! 😬
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Post by Block 22 on Aug 3, 2017 18:16:28 GMT
Think he'll be missing training again early next week, I've heard he's home sick. ITK or wishful thinking? 😇 Do tell! 😬 Not in the know anymore than anybody else, we all know he's bought a property in England. He'll be a Stokie don't worry. Common sense says we'll put our foot down next week and stop pissing around, pretty confident he'll be in before the Everton game.
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Post by roylandstoke on Aug 3, 2017 18:16:34 GMT
I'd start Ryan and Zouma ahead of Bruno.
We have more pressing squad needs than a CB who will probably be a back up.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 3, 2017 18:24:23 GMT
I'd start Ryan and Zouma ahead of Bruno. We have more pressing squad needs than a CB who will probably be a back up. I'd imagine it would be Zouma and Martins-Indi and Shawcross would become the back-up. Not nice to see but they'd be the best combination for results and the rest of the team I reckon.
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Post by homer32 on Aug 3, 2017 18:27:49 GMT
ITK or wishful thinking? 😇 Do tell! 😬 Not in the know anymore than anybody else, we all know he's bought a property in England. He'll be a Stokie don't worry. Common sense says we'll put our foot down next week and stop pissing around, pretty confident he'll be in before the Everton game. Is this a fact that he's bought a property in Cheshire or is it just another rumour that has no substance to it.If it is a fact then I think he'll be coming next season, assuming we're still in the Premiership.
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Post by ashley luiz on Aug 3, 2017 18:38:03 GMT
I'd start Ryan and Zouma ahead of Bruno. We have more pressing squad needs than a CB who will probably be a back up. a pint of what you drink please
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 18:43:47 GMT
ITK or wishful thinking? 😇 Do tell! 😬 Not in the know anymore than anybody else, we all know he's bought a property in England. He'll be a Stokie don't worry. Common sense says we'll put our foot down next week and stop pissing around, pretty confident he'll be in before the Everton game. At last unbridled positivity! What you doing on here with that attitude? 😬😀
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Post by Davef on Aug 3, 2017 19:02:03 GMT
I'd start Ryan and Zouma ahead of Bruno. We have more pressing squad needs than a CB who will probably be a back up. a pint of what you drink please Whatever it is, I doubt you're legally old enough to drink it.
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Post by stokey127 on Aug 3, 2017 19:32:17 GMT
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Post by stokey127 on Aug 3, 2017 19:32:57 GMT
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Post by ashley luiz on Aug 3, 2017 19:34:09 GMT
a pint of what you drink please Whatever it is, I doubt you're legally old enough to drink it. jealous grandad 😂
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Post by robstokie on Aug 3, 2017 19:35:08 GMT
I'd start Ryan and Zouma ahead of Bruno. We have more pressing squad needs than a CB who will probably be a back up. I'd imagine it would be Zouma and Martins-Indi and Shawcross would become the back-up. Not nice to see but they'd be the best combination for results and the rest of the team I reckon. It would be 3 at the back - Ryan in the middle, BMI on the left and Zouma on the right.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 3, 2017 20:32:04 GMT
I'd imagine it would be Zouma and Martins-Indi and Shawcross would become the back-up. Not nice to see but they'd be the best combination for results and the rest of the team I reckon. It would be 3 at the back - Ryan in the middle, BMI on the left and Zouma on the right. Horrific
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 3, 2017 21:00:57 GMT
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 3, 2017 21:02:39 GMT
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Post by chad on Aug 3, 2017 21:28:37 GMT
WTF indeed. If that's true then who's to blame. Because quite frankly if that's not a sackable offence then I don't know what is
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 3, 2017 21:53:35 GMT
Very odd. They present it as a matter of fact. But they have never (as far as I know) tried to explain why the club allowed the option to expire. Perhaps the Sentinel have never even bothered to ask the club. They don't appear to have questioned Hughes' suggestion a month or so back that it was Porto who were being awkward - which certainly would not be the case if it was Stoke who allowed the option to expire.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Aug 3, 2017 21:56:07 GMT
That's an absolute disgrace if true.
So all this "its a little complicated.." etc etc was all piss and wind and we were trying to play silly buggers to save a few quid. Unfuckinbelievable!!!
If we paid 8.5 mil and had him in for pre season with Zouma that would have been a great bit of business, instead with the season only days away we're playing bluff.
Stupidity of the most negligent kind
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 3, 2017 22:01:45 GMT
We are ran by idiots.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 22:04:10 GMT
Anyone fancy a young and proven premier league centre back for only 8.5 million?
Fuck me. Unbelievable.
Our transfer strategy is a pathetic shambles and 'carto' should fuck off back to his level at leek town.
Bell end
Meanwhile the only decent centre back we actually own is being courted by Burnley, and there must be a reason they are sniffing around
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Post by StokieNath on Aug 3, 2017 22:06:02 GMT
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Post by theonlywayisstoke on Aug 3, 2017 22:08:51 GMT
The worst bit is even £15m for him would be cheap!
Get it bloody done Stoke...
Useless.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 22:09:03 GMT
"We've been very busy," said technical director Cartwright, who leads the recruitment team. Probably busy in the pub or the bookies if I know anything about Cartwright. Our recruitment is pathetic.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 22:13:21 GMT
"We've been very busy," said technical director Cartwright, who leads the recruitment team. Probably busy in the pub or the bookies if I know anything about Cartwright. Our recruitment is pathetic. You know Cartwight then? Spill em. What is he like?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 22:15:03 GMT
Yes I know him and his father.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Aug 3, 2017 22:17:20 GMT
Can I order one of those slogan t-shirts in baby pink please? Size xs
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 22:21:56 GMT
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Post by boskampsflaps on Aug 3, 2017 22:32:07 GMT
I'd start Ryan and Zouma ahead of Bruno. We have more pressing squad needs than a CB who will probably be a back up. I'd have Indie in front of Shawcross until he proves his fitness.
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Post by skelman on Aug 3, 2017 22:52:28 GMT
Given that a 'problem' probably occurred over the 'option' price/date, the longer this BMI situation stays quiet, the more confident I feel that he will become our player, at the right price!
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Post by mickstupp on Aug 4, 2017 0:35:32 GMT
Martins Indi will be a Stoke City player come September 1st
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