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Post by lordb on Aug 23, 2017 12:49:30 GMT
The west brom hoodoo was one of the greatest things of my stoke supporting life. I remember (just about) me and my dad standing on the Smethwick road end watching us getting tonked 6-0. My memory is a bit fucked but wasn't crooks playing for them that day? The run that followed was the stuff of legend. The 4-3 at the vic, the 2-1 and 3-1 at the hawthorns to name but a few. We now need to get shot of the pulis hoodoo. Gonna be a battle this one. The 6-0 was in 1988/89. The Crooks game was in 86/87 when they beat us 4-1 (the game that ended our long unbeaten run under Mills). In between that they beat us 2-0 in 87/88 (when i think Andy Gray may have scored for them) and they also dicked us 3-0 in 1983/84 in the First Division. From the mid-80s on The Hawthorns was a graveyard for us until we drew 2-2 there in Macari's first season. went to all those  Season after the 6.0 we drew 1.1 under Ball Should have been 0.6 again,just as bad but Fox had the game of his life & Ellis scored a spawney goal at the death. |
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Post by homer32 on Aug 23, 2017 16:10:56 GMT
Just hope LMH and his numpties have got the players practising defending set plays.If we lose this game because of conceding on a set piece I will be f-ckin fummin!!  |
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Post by wrighter on Aug 23, 2017 16:53:37 GMT
Will Pulis shake Mark"s hand ?..................unlikely
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Post by Pugsley on Aug 23, 2017 17:03:35 GMT
Will Pulis shake Mark"s hand ?..................unlikely Will Sparky shake Toxic's? No love lost between the two. One has the others dream job, the other has a misplaced beef about one of his teams being kicked off the park by the others. |
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Post by oldtimepotter on Aug 24, 2017 0:52:40 GMT
Where do we think things lie after tonight's performance?
With Jack, Ryan, Geoff, MBD, Fletch, Choupo-Moting, Jese and Saido all not featuring, you'd think Sparky has them all in line to start at the weekend. Pieters will surely go back to LWB, Allen will play after his performance tonight ... so what does that mean for one of BMI/Zouma?
Butland
BMI/Zouma Shawcross Cameron
MBD Fletcher Allen Pieters
Choupo Saido Jese
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 24, 2017 1:02:41 GMT
The west brom hoodoo was one of the greatest things of my stoke supporting life. I remember (just about) me and my dad standing on the Smethwick road end watching us getting tonked 6-0. My memory is a bit fucked but wasn't crooks playing for them that day? The run that followed was the stuff of legend. The 4-3 at the vic, the 2-1 and 3-1 at the hawthorns to name but a few. We now need to get shot of the pulis hoodoo. Gonna be a battle this one. The 6-0 was in 1988/89. The Crooks game was in 86/87 when they beat us 4-1 (the game that ended our long unbeaten run under Mills). In between that they beat us 2-0 in 87/88 (when i think Andy Gray may have scored for them) and they also dicked us 3-0 in 1983/84 in the First Division. From the mid-80s on The Hawthorns was a graveyard for us until we drew 2-2 there in Macari's first season. The 2-2 was a big result for us. We'd lost to Telford a few days before and needed a positive response. We got it too. Probably should have win it really. Well done Lou and the players!!  |
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Post by Fredrikstad Norway on Aug 24, 2017 6:00:13 GMT
--------------Butland----------------
------Zouma----Shaw----Indi----------
Diouf----Cameron---Fletcher---Pieters
---------Choupo------Jesè------------
--------------Crouch-----------------
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Post by Gods on Aug 24, 2017 6:09:19 GMT
Is Shaq out then? The report of the official site seemed to say that while he would miss Rochdale they were hopeful for WBA.
I didn't believe it mind.
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Post by Fredrikstad Norway on Aug 24, 2017 6:23:05 GMT
Is Shaq out then? The report of the official site seemed to say that while he would miss Rochdale they were hopeful for WBA. I didn't believe it mind. Rest him for this match. Better to not take any chances with him. We seen that he come back from injury too fast before. |
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Post by billyboyoz on Aug 24, 2017 8:03:26 GMT
Feeling very confident at the moment.
4 - nil win against Mr Toxic's side (WestBrom).
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Post by stokeykez on Aug 24, 2017 8:32:29 GMT
We need a win now to show we are in a good place, tight loss against Everton, cracking win over arsenal and Rochdale, this game will be a better predictor of our season. If we can out wit the capped one and his gamesmanship I think we will have a good season.
I think last season there were a few too many personalities in the dressing room, seems a more together feeling
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Post by modfather on Aug 24, 2017 16:04:28 GMT
This pulis hoo-doo needs to end sunday because its pissing me rate off nah!!!!!
Come on stoke
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Post by Dr Hesham on Aug 24, 2017 16:14:48 GMT
--------------Butland---------------- ------Zouma----Shaw----Indi---------- Diouf----Cameron---Fletcher---Pieters ---------Choupo------Jesè------------ --------------Crouch----------------- Long balls to Crouch against West Brom will fail, they are very good when the ball is in the air |
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Post by TexasPotter on Aug 24, 2017 16:51:00 GMT
We are going to run rings around them after they sit back for 75 mins. Especially with Ramadan or the younger subs hopefully featuring. You know he'll have all 11 behind the toxic bus.
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Post by jezzascfc on Aug 24, 2017 17:33:05 GMT
Hughes would be entirely justified in picking the same team that played most of the game against the Arse (ie post-Shaq's injury). I would personally switch Geoff to RWB instead of Mame and bring Bruno into the back 3, so we can get that settled and performing as a unit sooner rather than later.
There is no point trying to out-Pulis Pulis, so let's go for pace and skill on the counter.
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Post by stavangerpotter81 on Aug 24, 2017 17:47:46 GMT
Hughes would be entirely justified in picking the same team that played most of the game against the Arse (ie post-Shaq's injury). I would personally switch Geoff to RWB instead of Mame and bring Bruno into the back 3, so we can get that settled and performing as a unit sooner rather than later. There is no point trying to out-Pulis Pulis, so let's go for pace and skill on the counter. I think if we play the way we did against Arsenal then they will have a very difficult time dealing with us. I agree with the above and get Bruno in asap. |
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Post by WhyDelilah on Aug 24, 2017 18:07:41 GMT
---------Butland---------
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Cameron --------- Pieters
------Fletcher Allen-----
---Shaq-----------Jese----
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Post by jinxed71 on Aug 24, 2017 18:37:03 GMT
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Post by Fred Merger on Aug 24, 2017 19:32:07 GMT
Hughes would be entirely justified in picking the same team that played most of the game against the Arse (ie post-Shaq's injury). I would personally switch Geoff to RWB instead of Mame and bring Bruno into the back 3, so we can get that settled and performing as a unit sooner rather than later. There is no point trying to out-Pulis Pulis, so let's go for pace and skill on the counter. This is spot on, we need to go there and give a good account of ourselves from the off. Hopefully score the first goal in any way possible then draw them onto us as they try to equalize and then pick them off on the counter.I am going for a 2-0 win to Stoke. Goals from Zouma and obviously Berahino late on! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 19:56:21 GMT
Butland
Zouma Ryan BMI/Cameron
Diouf Allen Fletcher Pieters
Shaq Saido/Choupo Ramadan
Subs: BMI/Cameron, Jese, Choupo/Saido
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Post by davejohnno1 on Aug 24, 2017 20:01:53 GMT
What kit do you reckon we'll wear? Will the white kit make its debut or will our stripes with red socks be the order of the day?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Aug 24, 2017 20:03:59 GMT
The 6-0 was in 1988/89. The Crooks game was in 86/87 when they beat us 4-1 (the game that ended our long unbeaten run under Mills). In between that they beat us 2-0 in 87/88 (when i think Andy Gray may have scored for them) and they also dicked us 3-0 in 1983/84 in the First Division. From the mid-80s on The Hawthorns was a graveyard for us until we drew 2-2 there in Macari's first season. went to all those Season after the 6.0 we drew 1.1 under Ball Should have been 0.6 again,just as bad but Fox had the game of his life & Ellis scored a spawney goal at the death. And sparked one of the greatest mentals of all time. All we are singing, is give us a goal  |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 24, 2017 21:27:56 GMT
Been that many times to the Hawthorns with a mixed bag of results
The best had to be the 2-1 under Macari with thousands of Stokies in attendance.
Remember going in the FA Cup when Gabbiadini scored in our defeat in a night match
The last minute goal Shotton kicked out of Foster's hands wasn't bad either
A 2-0 win in a midweek game when Razor scored I think as well and I've just remembered the 3 goals in 6 minutes when Parkin scored one and being absolutely bollocksed from celebrating that hard😄
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Post by Hannibal on Aug 24, 2017 22:32:43 GMT
Butland
Zouma Ryan Indi
Cameron Pieters
Fletcher Allen
Shaq Jese
Berahino
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Post by Stokyo on Aug 25, 2017 1:33:56 GMT
If we do them over I will be happier than I was last week. I would absolutely love us to do one over TP.
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 25, 2017 2:03:48 GMT
Unsoiled sheet
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Post by adi on Aug 25, 2017 6:31:52 GMT
Most important things are to keep the ball so they can't run at us, and more important than that is not to give away silly free kicks. Do those things and we won't lose.
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Post by hanibal7 on Aug 25, 2017 6:40:05 GMT
What kit do you reckon we'll wear? Will the white kit make its debut or will our stripes with red socks be the order of the day? Probably red white stripes |
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Post by hanibal7 on Aug 25, 2017 6:42:05 GMT
Butland Zouma Ryan BMI/Cameron Diouf Allen Fletcher Pieters Shaq Saido/Choupo Ramadan Subs: BMI/Cameron, Jese, Choupo/Saido 3 subs!??? |
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Post by jeycov on Aug 25, 2017 7:35:50 GMT
If we do them over I will be happier than I was last week. I would absolutely love us to do one over TP. Paul Merson is predicting a 1-0 win for West Brom, also commenting that if WBA win, TP will be nearly a quarter of the way to safety this season.😂 |
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