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Post by scfcwebby on Feb 4, 2019 7:32:31 GMT
Him and Batth were our 2 best players...
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Post by Northy on Feb 4, 2019 7:36:30 GMT
He was one of the best players, looking to get beyond their back line with distribution or runs, putting balls in that gave their defence something to think about, as soon as he went off we looked worse and didn't create anything
Dunno what game or player the op was watching, opinions eh.
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Post by Northy on Feb 4, 2019 7:40:49 GMT
All great memories pre Rochdale nothing since. So you're calling our wins vs Citeh and Manure in December 2015 "nothing"? And part of the 4-3 win at Everton, what a month that was.
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Post by stokie1947 on Feb 4, 2019 8:15:42 GMT
still wouldn't be surprised if he goes this month
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 8:19:47 GMT
still wouldn't be surprised if he goes this month Would that make you happy...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 8:22:34 GMT
He needs 5/6 games in that role to get his strength and fitness back up then we can start to judge him.
But if players are going to get judged on the basis of their first start in months then we’ll just go round in circles for years and years to come.....
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Post by baltipiesmuggler on Feb 4, 2019 9:01:52 GMT
Until we've seen him start 5 or 6 games, how the hell do we judge?
He's played no sodding football for months.
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Post by jeycov on Feb 4, 2019 9:03:06 GMT
still wouldn't be surprised if he goes this month Linked with MLS this morning
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 9:10:10 GMT
still wouldn't be surprised if he goes this month Linked with MLS this morning Be very weird if they let him go now. He was a million miles better than Ince yesterday. We looked much Bojan when he went off. Can't see him wanting to go to the MLS either. But then we did let our left back go without a replacement so stranger things have happened!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 9:13:44 GMT
So you're calling our wins vs Citeh and Manure in December 2015 "nothing"? And part of the 4-3 win at Everton, what a month that was. Apparently that was "nothing" too...
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Post by elystokie on Feb 4, 2019 9:19:04 GMT
And part of the 4-3 win at Everton, what a month that was. Apparently that was "nothing" too... It's quite incredible that, no matter how many times it's pointed out on here, some posters have developed the ability to completely ignore a period of time they must have lived through. Staggering.
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Post by westgatelakes on Feb 4, 2019 9:38:04 GMT
Scored over 800 goals as a youth for Barcelona and yet we regard him as a `playmaker` - why not give him a go up front alongside Vokes ? Worth a try surely ?
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Post by onefatcopper on Feb 4, 2019 9:44:45 GMT
And part of the 4-3 win at Everton, what a month that was. Apparently that was "nothing" too... Stoke 1 v Crystal Palace 2, December 2015, That was “ nothing “ also ! Those damned statistics.
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Post by cheadlestokie on Feb 4, 2019 9:57:49 GMT
If I take Saturdays game as Bojan's debut as it were , say he had been bought in the transfer window, I would have been left thinking this lad is decent and just needs a few games to come up to speed.The past is the past and we can look at this as a new player coming into the team. I thought his play was far more positive than any other midfield player even though I thought both Allen and Etebo put in decent performances for most of the game. Clucas however, is a different matter.Twice he allowed the ball to run under his feet when given the ball in space without any pressure and the number of times he is just knocked off the ball without any resistance from him is embarrassing. There is absolutely no reason not to give Bojan a run in the forward midfield position. I only hope the manager plays a forward alongside Vokes who knows what runs to make off the ball and that is certainly not Maclean for all his effort.
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Post by mattyd on Feb 4, 2019 13:35:34 GMT
Tin Hat on... He aint that good anymore, and if, as some of the rimmers on here suggest, we build a team around him then god help us. Glad you’re putting your tin hat on. Tell us who to build the team around- you obviously have a candidate whom everyone else has missed. As stated earlier, none of the current crop.
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Post by jimmygscfc on Feb 4, 2019 13:42:23 GMT
Play him alongside Vokes or behind Vokes and Afobe. Ince could still have a role behind a front two with Bojan in or when he's unavailable.
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Post by nott1 on Feb 4, 2019 14:30:31 GMT
Apparently that was "nothing" too... It's quite incredible that, no matter how many times it's pointed out on here, some posters have developed the ability to completely ignore a period of time they must have lived through. Staggering. Alzheimers is a shocking affliction.
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Post by pez75 on Feb 4, 2019 14:32:44 GMT
If hes on the pitch let him take pens too.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 4, 2019 14:52:07 GMT
I just can't believe how inept he is at taking a corner.
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Post by gingerninja on Feb 4, 2019 15:21:50 GMT
Looking at the team Saturday when first announced I thought, where are the goals coming from. Allen is our only midfielder to score on a reasonably regular basis and he was at the base of the diamond. McClean, did ok in 2 cameo's off the bench but ain't a striker. Has to be Afobe & Vokes up top & Bojan behind Saturday.
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Post by Davef on Feb 4, 2019 16:08:46 GMT
I just can't believe how inept he is at taking a corner. We had three corners on Saturday. He put one over into the penalty box, he one which hit the first defender and then he tried a little routine with McClean that didn't work. The latter two were just before he was brought off after tiring. There was far much dross on show on Saturday than Bojan's small number of corners.
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Post by mondeoman on Feb 4, 2019 16:17:34 GMT
He's so good he will be picked every game barring injury, did'nt our esteemed manager state he was excited to be working with such talent. ( he did'nt mean the other tossers)
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Post by Northy on Feb 4, 2019 16:42:28 GMT
Scored over 800 goals as a youth for Barcelona and yet we regard him as a `playmaker` - why not give him a go up front alongside Vokes ? Worth a try surely ? But can he do it on a cold wet Saturday morning in the Stoke lads and dads league
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 4, 2019 17:36:47 GMT
I just can't believe how inept he is at taking a corner. We had three corners on Saturday. He put one over into the penalty box, he one which hit the first defender and then he tried a little routine with McClean that didn't work. The latter two were just before he was brought off after tiring. There was far much dross on show on Saturday than Bojan's small number of corners. Its still not acceptable for a pro footballer of his supposed quality to not be able to cross a dead ball, and the second was a fair bit worse than not beating the first man, he floated it into an area with two apposing players in it and none of his own team mates, as you say we only had three and all were wasted. Anyone but Bojan and people would be getting their pitchforks out.
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Post by Davef on Feb 4, 2019 17:39:43 GMT
We had three corners on Saturday. He put one over into the penalty box, he one which hit the first defender and then he tried a little routine with McClean that didn't work. The latter two were just before he was brought off after tiring. There was far much dross on show on Saturday than Bojan's small number of corners. Its still not acceptable for a pro footballer of his supposed quality to not be able to cross a dead ball, and the second was a fair bit worse than not beating the first man, he floated it into an area with two apposing players in it and none of his own team mates, as you say we only had three and all were wasted. Anyone but Bojan and people would be getting their pitchforks out. He put the first one into the penalty area. What did you want him to do then, sprint into the box and volley his own corner into the net? Incidentally, he put a dead ball onto the head of Danny Batth who hit the bar, as well as putting the cross over for the foul which led to the penalty.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 4, 2019 17:41:45 GMT
Its still not acceptable for a pro footballer of his supposed quality to not be able to cross a dead ball, and the second was a fair bit worse than not beating the first man, he floated it into an area with two apposing players in it and none of his own team mates, as you say we only had three and all were wasted. Anyone but Bojan and people would be getting their pitchforks out. He put the first one into the penalty area. What did you want him to do then, sprint into the box and volley his own corner into the net? It was nearly as easy to defend as his second, may as well not bother having any corners if we're just going to float them in. How dare I criticise the saviour.
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Post by neddy on Feb 4, 2019 17:42:33 GMT
Play him alongside Vokes or behind Vokes and Afobe. Ince could still have a role behind a front two with Bojan in or when he's unavailable. I think that’s a good shout and we could play the extra midfielder and Nath keeps his diamond? Worth a try!
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Post by Davef on Feb 4, 2019 17:43:23 GMT
He put the first one into the penalty area. What did you want him to do then, sprint into the box and volley his own corner into the net? It was nearly as easy to defend as his second, may as well not bother having any corners if we're just going to float them in. How dare I criticise the saviour. Oh, grow up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 17:44:03 GMT
We haven't had a good corner taker since.......Paul Maguire
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 4, 2019 17:44:54 GMT
It was nearly as easy to defend as his second, may as well not bother having any corners if we're just going to float them in. How dare I criticise the saviour. Oh, grow up. You thought wasting the only corners we had was fine then?
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