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Post by Goonie on Mar 22, 2019 17:29:17 GMT
Legend is a word greatly overused today but I think he deserves his place in the SCFC Hall of Fame
Ps
How many penalties??? So that's what they look like scored!
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Post by towraytek on Mar 22, 2019 17:41:51 GMT
Fabulous player for Stoke City. He epitomised everything that was so good about Stoke City's tenure in the Premiership.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Mar 22, 2019 17:44:04 GMT
Legend is a word greatly overused today but I think he deserves his place in the SCFC Hall of Fame Ps How many penalties??? So that's what they look like scored! The one where he bundles the keeper into the net is priceless. As others have observed, most fans will forgive lack of skill. No-one forgives lack of effort. Dirty Harry (Callaghan) it was (I think) who said in one of those fantastic films "I admire a man who knows his limitations". I suspect SJW knew just that, has considered himself lucky to have had the career he has had, and made the absolute most of it. That is why he is loved. Plus, if it ever kicked off oop 'Anley - who wouldn't want SJW as wing man?
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Post by liathroid on Mar 22, 2019 17:45:44 GMT
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Post by OldStokie on Mar 22, 2019 17:46:20 GMT
A great servant to us. Good luck in the future John and you're sure to get a great reception if you pay us a visit any time.
OS.
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Post by fatboystoke on Mar 22, 2019 17:51:56 GMT
The goal videos make you realise just how bad our current forwards are - I even remember thinking he was a poor penalty taker, how wrong I have been proved.
Thanks and good luck to SJW, I doubt we will see his like again anytime soon.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 17:54:15 GMT
Funny how people are praising him yet for the final 12 months he was with us they wanted him gone. Great player, great person, great ambassador and great friend. All the best Jonny. Why is there always stupid posts like this, totally distracted by your hatred of fellow stoke fans? He had a fantastic career because of his move to stoke, everyone here took to him and saw his attributes AND his limitations, but loved him all the same. He will no doubt treasure his memories in a stoke shirt, when he became a household name in the premier league. All the best super jon, a career in coaching or management beckons I'm sure
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Post by liathroid on Mar 22, 2019 17:59:44 GMT
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Post by jarvinski on Mar 22, 2019 18:00:05 GMT
Good luck Jon, top man
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Post by theoptimist on Mar 22, 2019 18:08:58 GMT
Could only wish to have blokes of his calibre in our squad right now. Came up through the leagues the hard way ... top TEAM player.
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Post by Gods on Mar 22, 2019 18:10:07 GMT
Epic indeed, it's been better than that.
The double against Liverpool at the Brit in a night match when we won 3-1 after falling behind to a penalty.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Mar 22, 2019 18:14:24 GMT
I will love Jon forever.
Thanks for everything Jon, enjoy your retirement.
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Post by wuzza on Mar 22, 2019 18:16:06 GMT
Well in my 50 years following the club SJW is right up there in the top 10 players I’ve enjoyed watching. Brilliant attitude, incredible energy and great skill (even if the latter was never acknowledged by some). Will always be associated with good times at SCFC. Hope he has a great retirement with all the other pensioners on the Wirral 🙂
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Mar 22, 2019 18:16:15 GMT
Brilliant footballer and athlete. Did we ever find out what colour he was? He was born black and just got darker!!! 🤪
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Post by blooter on Mar 22, 2019 18:21:18 GMT
Epitomised everything they made me proud to be a Stoke City fan. Best wishes SJW.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 18:22:58 GMT
He was very skillful in other ways. Mainly the dark arts. It's something often overlooked in football and he was a real throwback to the olden days of real characters where they were ten a penny in most teams, and looking back, taken for granted given some of the beige, media savvy characters we have now in comparison.
He just suited what we were about at the time and was a real talisman.
Not many will agree but we missed the player he used to be when he left and also when we never replaced Arnautovic, who was a replacement talisman in a different light that suited the Hughes era (if that makes sense!?).
He's a loss to football and as many have said, one of the very last of a generation.
Cheers Jon. Enjoy the pipe and slippers.
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Post by teenagefanclub on Mar 22, 2019 18:29:21 GMT
I remember him being baffled when clattenberg stopped play because it was hailing, and he was stood on the pitch looking confused as everyone else ran for cover.
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Post by liathroid on Mar 22, 2019 18:30:28 GMT
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Post by str8outtahampton on Mar 22, 2019 19:47:24 GMT
Epic indeed, it's been better than that. The double against Liverpool at the Brit in a night match when we won 3-1 after falling behind to a penalty. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. The real question is: if a big yellow taxi were available, who would you nominate it to take away? My list is a long one. Very long indeed.
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Post by Turkish Delight on Mar 22, 2019 20:09:50 GMT
Funny how people are praising him yet for the final 12 months he was with us they wanted him gone. Great player, great person, great ambassador and great friend. All the best Jonny. Why is there always stupid posts like this, totally distracted by your hatred of fellow stoke fans? He had a fantastic career because of his move to stoke, everyone here took to him and saw his attributes AND his limitations, but loved him all the same. He will no doubt treasure his memories in a stoke shirt, when he became a household name in the premier league. All the best super jon, a career in coaching or management beckons I'm sure Glasgow I am not a hater of fellow Stoke fans, where did I say that? Jon himself was a little miffed by the stick he got from some of his own fans toward the end of his time here.... They're the ones I'm on about.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 20:10:49 GMT
For someone who spent a large portion of his career in lower league, you have to say the Super in Jon Walters only really came into being at Stoke as far as club football goes. I realise he was special for Ireland too. He was a journeyman footballer before he was somehow spotted and signed by Pulis, whom many suspected was his father figure, certainly his mentor.
He then spent seven years here, and let's face it, they were seven years of the best days of our modern lives, and, they ended, when Jon and Whelan left us in 2017. We still haven't recovered and we have found no proper replacement, whether in the positions, or in terms of leadership, dedication, identification with club and its dna and ethics, unselfishness, or in never say die.
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Post by berahinosgoals on Mar 22, 2019 20:11:37 GMT
A modern day scfc legend.
What a player super jon.
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Post by basingstokie on Mar 22, 2019 20:20:49 GMT
I don't think it's any coincidence that his final season (when form dipped) saw us struggle and then when he left we got relegated.
A proper roll your sleeves up and get stuck in footballer. We could do with a few more like him
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Post by trickydicky73 on Mar 22, 2019 20:24:52 GMT
I don't think it's any coincidence that his final season (when form dipped) saw us struggle and then when he left we got relegated. A proper roll your sleeves up and get stuck in footballer. We could do with a few more like him Dead right.
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Post by lordb on Mar 22, 2019 20:40:32 GMT
He wasn't that skillful and not really pacy. But he had nous,knew what he was doing. Combined with strength,will to win and good shooting boots and an incredible stamina he was a tremendous player for Stoke. Legend? Not for me but in the next catagory if cult heroes for sure. Give me a Jon Walters now and would be happy Stokie.
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Mar 22, 2019 20:43:47 GMT
He was very skillful in other ways. Mainly the dark arts. It's something often overlooked in football and he was a real throwback to the olden days of real characters where they were ten a penny in most teams, and looking back, taken for granted given some of the beige, media savvy characters we have now in comparison. He just suited what we were about at the time and was a real talisman. Not many will agree but we missed the player he used to be when he left and also when we never replaced Arnautovic, who was a replacement talisman in a different light that suited the Hughes era (if that makes sense!?). He's a loss to football and as many have said, one of the very last of a generation. Cheers Jon. Enjoy the pipe and slippers. Of thw current mob only Charlie,who probably eclipses SJW, has a similar mastery of the dark arts/tactical fouling. I wish our strikers would make some of those near post runs Walters used to. His career is a testament to where effort,endeavour and application can take you when allied to just enough ability,after seemingly having a few false starts early on. Gave us some utterly fabulous memories.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 22, 2019 20:50:28 GMT
if we ever decided to have a specialist coach in the art of winding up the opposition either Walters or Huth would be perfect for the job. Legends, the pair of them - and deservedly so. Enjoy the rest of your life, Jon.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Mar 22, 2019 20:51:17 GMT
I'll remember SJW mostly for winding up the opposition, always made me laugh when he made someone lose their shit and he'd be laughing in their face.
All the best Jon, a great professional and ultimate team player 👍
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Post by stokeuk474 on Mar 22, 2019 20:57:24 GMT
Absolutely loved re-watching the way he Smashed home those penos. That's how to take a proper peno!
Super Jon, one of my heroes.
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Post by tqstokie on Mar 22, 2019 21:00:14 GMT
Good luck Jonathan Walters, thanks for the memories!
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