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Post by wakefieldstokie on Jun 25, 2019 12:29:42 GMT
It’s definitely encroaching middle of the week now. Text book Stoke, textbook guys....😆
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Post by philb on Jun 25, 2019 12:30:37 GMT
Why don’t they make an announcement stating exactly when they are going to make an announcement? Or did that happen? No, they haven’t announced any announcements yet. But I’m sure when they’re ready to announce an announcement they will announce it as soon as early this week! |
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Post by scfc75 on Jun 25, 2019 12:31:04 GMT
I’m actually really enjoying this. Makes great reading.
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Post by marrer on Jun 25, 2019 12:32:58 GMT
Where are you......It’s Tuesday in Devon. ... still Tuesday even in Oz You're right there mate. Fairdinkum |
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 25, 2019 12:58:55 GMT
Do we think they may just...not...actually......bother......announcing..... them.................... now?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 25, 2019 13:10:30 GMT
Smudge's theory as good as anyone's. Maybe we really are all set for a recreation of the famous Bossie photo (with maybe a surprise 6th?) and an all-in-one mega reveal? www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-news-signings-3017306A lot of Stokies have found it difficult to deal with the waiting they’ve had to endure with regards to these new recruits.
Considering most of them have been spoken about as “done deals” for some time we can only wonder why the Potters have chosen to delay official confirmation.
My own best guess is that they have been waiting to get closer to Wednesday, when the squad starts to report back for pre-season training, so that they can make one big announcement and help to create a bit of a feel-good factor. |
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Post by Kingswaystokie on Jun 25, 2019 13:14:43 GMT
Is Tuesday early enough in the week for an early announcement, personally I would say Monday and Tuesday are early announcement days, Wednesday is a middle of the wheel announcement and Thursday and Friday are late in the week announcements.
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Post by kelw on Jun 25, 2019 13:18:30 GMT
It’s definitely encroaching middle of the week now. Text book Stoke, textbook guys....😆 “We haven’t made any announcements yet, but we have been working on getting as much of it done befor e pre-season starts and so before training starts next Wednesday, you’ll be seeing a number of announcements. “We’ve got business lined up, some of it you can’t do until a certain point, and we are at a point where we know we’ve got a number of things done which will all be put in place before pre-season starts.” Wednesday the clue for me |
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Post by stokesaint1 on Jun 25, 2019 13:27:49 GMT
Is it just me that thinks the club and particularly Scholes, treat our supporters with utter contempt. Having kept us totally in the dark for two months and then set expectations for announcements "early next week", the least he could do is actually make those announcements. Early in the week is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday morning latest. Communication with supporters at this club is absolutely appalling, unfortunately it is not a new thing and it is doubtful with the current set up that it is likely to improve anytime soon. Scholes has overseen three years of garbage on the pitch and unfortunately his off field management has been worse.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jun 25, 2019 13:28:11 GMT
Smudge's theory as good as anyone's. Maybe we really are all set for a recreation of the famous Bossie photo (with maybe a surprise 6th?) and an all-in-one mega reveal? www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-news-signings-3017306A lot of Stokies have found it difficult to deal with the waiting they’ve had to endure with regards to these new recruits.
Considering most of them have been spoken about as “done deals” for some time we can only wonder why the Potters have chosen to delay official confirmation.
My own best guess is that they have been waiting to get closer to Wednesday, when the squad starts to report back for pre-season training, so that they can make one big announcement and help to create a bit of a feel-good factor.Or maybe nobody has actually signed yet  |
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Post by cousindupree on Jun 25, 2019 13:28:53 GMT
I think just a group pic and a one liner for each new player would be sufficient. Low key announcement for some pretty low key signings
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Post by dreamtheater on Jun 25, 2019 13:29:07 GMT
'The mountain hath groaned and - given forth a mouse'. (Winston Churchill .. about Adolf Hitler and his beaddecker bombing raids) equally applicable here just about now
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Post by SamB_SCFC on Jun 25, 2019 13:30:32 GMT
So have they fixed that flickering light bulb in the toilets or what? Hurry up Tone I'm on pins.
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Post by lordb on Jun 25, 2019 13:30:51 GMT
Is it just me that thinks the club and particularly Scholes, treat our supporters with utter contempt. Having kept us totally in the dark for two months and then set expectations for announcements "early next week", the least he could do is actually make those announcements. Early in the week is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday morning latest. Communication with supporters at this club is absolutely appalling, unfortunately it is not a new thing and it is doubtful with the current set up that it is likely to improve anytime soon. Scholes has overseen three years of garbage on the pitch and unfortunately his off field management has been worse. Sunday is definitely the weekend Agree that Wednesday isn't early in the week |
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Post by chiswickpotter on Jun 25, 2019 13:35:38 GMT
Is it just me that thinks the club and particularly Scholes, treat our supporters with utter contempt. Having kept us totally in the dark for two months and then set expectations for announcements "early next week", the least he could do is actually make those announcements. Early in the week is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday morning latest. Communication with supporters at this club is absolutely appalling, unfortunately it is not a new thing and it is doubtful with the current set up that it is likely to improve anytime soon. Scholes has overseen three years of garbage on the pitch and unfortunately his off field management has been worse. Did Scholes say "early next week"? The quote says before training on Wednesday, which I assume menas first thing Wednesday morning. The "early next week" seems to come from the Sentinel |
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Post by daz1125 on Jun 25, 2019 13:43:54 GMT
Seriously now these morons in charge just need to be got rid of for the good of this club, they are so far removed from reality with their ambivalent attitude to what others find exciting about the club that they are just breeding contempt amongst those who hold it dear.
They don't seem to have any idea of how to drum up interest, or indeed maintain it, which for a club in decline through their own makings is just suicidal business sense and only serves to provide greater insight as to our recent fall from grace to anyone with an inkling of common sense.It is honestly staggering to behold the way in which these fools operate.
I don't post on here very often but do like to keep abreast of whats happening in the hope that a light may begin to emerge from a tunnel we've been in for the last 3 years here, but we seem to be treated with such disdain by those in charge that we are treated like children, like its none of our business to know who we're signing, or indeed have signed to date, (the result of which is that we don't buy Season Tickets any more Mr Coates take note ) and if there's nothing to report then just don't report instead of feeding what they deem to be tantilising titbits on what may or may not be about to happen - idiots with not a clue on PR, nor respect for the supporter who they clearly deem to be so far beneath them they don't warrant any kind of regard whatsoever.
What the hell is going on here because to suffer fools for 1 year is bad, 2 years you could possibly put down to the loyalty and understanding of a gentleman in his latter stages of life, but 3 and rising is just incredible, and now they've come up with this bit of a cat and mouse game with the media designed up in one of their moments of genius ( probably over a pizza ) which I can only assume they think will whip up some kind of media frenzy up there with not putting the prices on items in a shop window - genius ??
What in fact happens is that people become disinterested, stop paying attention, get bored, find somewhere else that does'nt present so much hassle, and don't come back, like the thousands who've deserted the club in the last couple of years.
Let me tell you Scholes and Cartwright that what this will in fact do is stall the already poor Ticket sales full stop ( although Cartwright is pleased with the "disappointing figures ? " ), reduce initial game crowd figures until feedback from those who've been to the early games gets the word around sufficiently to tempt anyone back to the ground, and further fuel the resentment towards the current upper levels of management, the two primary positions of which are yours.
Very very disheartened supporter who's just got tired of waiting for something of interest to happen here, or indeed pop up as a topic on these Proboards.
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Post by Stokester on Jun 25, 2019 13:46:02 GMT
Smudge's theory as good as anyone's. Maybe we really are all set for a recreation of the famous Bossie photo (with maybe a surprise 6th?) and an all-in-one mega reveal? www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-news-signings-3017306A lot of Stokies have found it difficult to deal with the waiting they’ve had to endure with regards to these new recruits.
Considering most of them have been spoken about as “done deals” for some time we can only wonder why the Potters have chosen to delay official confirmation.
My own best guess is that they have been waiting to get closer to Wednesday, when the squad starts to report back for pre-season training, so that they can make one big announcement and help to create a bit of a feel-good factor.Feels like the delay will have offset a lot of that feelgood factor, but still, looking forward to getting them (officially) in. |
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Post by gingerninja on Jun 25, 2019 13:50:49 GMT
Can anybody name all the players in the photo with Bossie?
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Post by mattador78 on Jun 25, 2019 13:51:18 GMT
Is Tuesday early enough in the week for an early announcement, personally I would say Monday and Tuesday are early announcement days, Wednesday is a middle of the wheel announcement and Thursday and Friday are late in the week announcements. What about Saturday and Sunday technically still part of the week therefore Thursday as the fourth day is the middle of the week |
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Post by stokesaint1 on Jun 25, 2019 13:53:37 GMT
Is it just me that thinks the club and particularly Scholes, treat our supporters with utter contempt. Having kept us totally in the dark for two months and then set expectations for announcements "early next week", the least he could do is actually make those announcements. Early in the week is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday morning latest. Communication with supporters at this club is absolutely appalling, unfortunately it is not a new thing and it is doubtful with the current set up that it is likely to improve anytime soon. Scholes has overseen three years of garbage on the pitch and unfortunately his off field management has been worse. Did Scholes say "early next week"? The quote says before training on Wednesday, which I assume menas first thing Wednesday morning. The "early next week" seems to come from the Sentinel Don't know for sure but I am sure that I just don't like the way Scholes "manages" this club. |
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Post by LGH87 on Jun 25, 2019 13:55:34 GMT
Genuinely don’t get all the knickers twisting.
Does it really matter when these signings are announced, they’re the worst kept secrets in football 😂.
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Post by SCFC92 on Jun 25, 2019 13:55:54 GMT
Seriously now these morons in charge just need to be got rid of for the good of this club, they are so far removed from reality with their ambivalent attitude to what others find exciting about the club that they are just breeding contempt amongst those who hold it dear. They don't seem to have any idea of how to drum up interest, or indeed maintain it, which for a club in decline through their own makings is just suicidal business sense and only serves to provide greater insight as to our recent fall from grace to anyone with an inkling of common sense.It is honestly staggering to behold the way in which these fools operate. I don't post on here very often but do like to keep abreast of whats happening in the hope that a light may begin to emerge from a tunnel we've been in for the last 3 years here, but we seem to be treated with such disdain by those in charge that we are treated like children, like its none of our business to know who we're signing, or indeed have signed to date, (the result of which is that we don't buy Season Tickets any more Mr Coates take note ) and if there's nothing to report then just don't report instead of feeding what they deem to be tantilising titbits on what may or may not be about to happen - idiots with not a clue on PR, nor respect for the supporter who they clearly deem to be so far beneath them they don't warrant any kind of regard whatsoever. What the hell is going on here because to suffer fools for 1 year is bad, 2 years you could possibly put down to the loyalty and understanding of a gentleman in his latter stages of life, but 3 and rising is just incredible, and now they've come up with this bit of a cat and mouse game with the media designed up in one of their moments of genius ( probably over a pizza ) which I can only assume they think will whip up some kind of media frenzy up there with not putting the prices on items in a shop window - genius ?? What in fact happens is that people become disinterested, stop paying attention, get bored, find somewhere else that does'nt present so much hassle, and don't come back, like the thousands who've deserted the club in the last couple of years. Let me tell you Scholes and Cartwright that what this will in fact do is stall the already poor Ticket sales full stop ( although Cartwright is pleased with the "disappointing figures ? " ), reduce initial game crowd figures until feedback from those who've been to the early games gets the word around sufficiently to tempt anyone back to the ground, and further fuel the resentment towards the current upper levels of management, the two primary positions of which are yours. Very very disheartened supporter who's just got tired of waiting for something of interest to happen here, or indeed pop up as a topic on these Proboards. Thought I would pull a few bits out here mate. They don't seem to have any idea of how to drum up interest, or indeed maintain it, which for a club in decline through their own makings is just suicidal business sense and only serves to provide greater insight as to our recent fall from grace to anyone with an inkling of common sense.It is honestly staggering to behold the way in which these fools operate.This thread alone, plus the growing social media presence, and relatively healthy attendance figures are testament to how the club is keeping interest stable. People are currently debating whether Wednesday is classed as early or mid week. Idiots with not a clue on PR, nor respect for the supporter who they clearly deem to be so far beneath them they don't warrant any kind of regard whatsoever.Frozen season tickets for 10 years, introduction of a group ticketing executive, and a manager in the press often, chief executive in the press, chairman in the press (less so now thankfully). The club are operating perfectly fine in regards to PR. Our image as a stable club is being recovered with the articles recently about our more prudent approach due to the spending of recent times and also the project we have bought into. Furthermore we have kept our powder very dry on the Berahino issue, that could have been a PR disaster however we remained firm, quiet and are seeking advice on the situation. Had we spoken out already this could have resulted in something akin to 'no clue on PR.' people become disinterested, stop paying attention, get bored, find somewhere else that does'nt present so much hassle, and don't come back, like the thousands who've deserted the club in the last couple of years.This thread is testament to the fact people are not bored. The few tidbits being fed are doing the job. It's going to be like a fucking orgasm when they all get announced. The thousands who have deserted are to be expected, you will have the 'fairweather' fans in any club who will be there during the good times. We are currently in transition and encountering issues which they are looking to solve. Your post reeks of someone throwing their toys out of the pram unfortunately. Patience, it's not even July yet. |
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 25, 2019 13:56:07 GMT
Smudge's theory as good as anyone's. Maybe we really are all set for a recreation of the famous Bossie photo (with maybe a surprise 6th?) and an all-in-one mega reveal? www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-news-signings-3017306A lot of Stokies have found it difficult to deal with the waiting they’ve had to endure with regards to these new recruits.
Considering most of them have been spoken about as “done deals” for some time we can only wonder why the Potters have chosen to delay official confirmation.
My own best guess is that they have been waiting to get closer to Wednesday, when the squad starts to report back for pre-season training, so that they can make one big announcement and help to create a bit of a feel-good factor.Feels like the delay will have offset a lot of that feelgood factor, but still, looking forward to getting them (officially) in. Just seems a bit weird. Can't see any good reasons why they couldn't have drip-fed them out over the last few days/weeks. Having a signing dump tomorrow morning just seems a bit........ strange. It's clearly a call that's been made by someone, presumably ultimately Scholes. I'm guessing we'll never find out why - but he must have his reasons. Okay, in 1988 or 1999, you couldn't follow the progress of signings like you can now - but, even so, I've never seen anything like this. You certainly couldn't get away with it at a club with more of a media following. People aren't going to invade the Waddo Suite or break their season ticket in two over it, but it's a bit surreal. |
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Post by spitthedog on Jun 25, 2019 13:57:29 GMT
Smudge's theory as good as anyone's. Maybe we really are all set for a recreation of the famous Bossie photo (with maybe a surprise 6th?) and an all-in-one mega reveal? www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-news-signings-3017306A lot of Stokies have found it difficult to deal with the waiting they’ve had to endure with regards to these new recruits.
Considering most of them have been spoken about as “done deals” for some time we can only wonder why the Potters have chosen to delay official confirmation.
My own best guess is that they have been waiting to get closer to Wednesday, when the squad starts to report back for pre-season training, so that they can make one big announcement and help to create a bit of a feel-good factor.Feels like the delay will have offset a lot of that feelgood factor, but still, looking forward to getting them (officially) in. It will be a sigh of relief rather than an expression of excitement. I think they are just trying trying to save money on photographers. |
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Post by philb on Jun 25, 2019 13:59:26 GMT
Seriously now these morons in charge just need to be got rid of for the good of this club, they are so far removed from reality with their ambivalent attitude to what others find exciting about the club that they are just breeding contempt amongst those who hold it dear. They don't seem to have any idea of how to drum up interest, or indeed maintain it, which for a club in decline through their own makings is just suicidal business sense and only serves to provide greater insight as to our recent fall from grace to anyone with an inkling of common sense.It is honestly staggering to behold the way in which these fools operate. I don't post on here very often but do like to keep abreast of whats happening in the hope that a light may begin to emerge from a tunnel we've been in for the last 3 years here, but we seem to be treated with such disdain by those in charge that we are treated like children, like its none of our business to know who we're signing, or indeed have signed to date, (the result of which is that we don't buy Season Tickets any more Mr Coates take note ) and if there's nothing to report then just don't report instead of feeding what they deem to be tantilising titbits on what may or may not be about to happen - idiots with not a clue on PR, nor respect for the supporter who they clearly deem to be so far beneath them they don't warrant any kind of regard whatsoever. What the hell is going on here because to suffer fools for 1 year is bad, 2 years you could possibly put down to the loyalty and understanding of a gentleman in his latter stages of life, but 3 and rising is just incredible, and now they've come up with this bit of a cat and mouse game with the media designed up in one of their moments of genius ( probably over a pizza ) which I can only assume they think will whip up some kind of media frenzy up there with not putting the prices on items in a shop window - genius ?? What in fact happens is that people become disinterested, stop paying attention, get bored, find somewhere else that does'nt present so much hassle, and don't come back, like the thousands who've deserted the club in the last couple of years. Let me tell you Scholes and Cartwright that what this will in fact do is stall the already poor Ticket sales full stop ( although Cartwright is pleased with the "disappointing figures ? " ), reduce initial game crowd figures until feedback from those who've been to the early games gets the word around sufficiently to tempt anyone back to the ground, and further fuel the resentment towards the current upper levels of management, the two primary positions of which are yours. Very very disheartened supporter who's just got tired of waiting for something of interest to happen here, or indeed pop up as a topic on these Proboards. To be fair, the PR at this club has been run this way for a lot longer than the last 3 years. |
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Post by kelw on Jun 25, 2019 14:04:09 GMT
Is it just me that thinks the club and particularly Scholes, treat our supporters with utter contempt. Having kept us totally in the dark for two months and then set expectations for announcements "early next week", the least he could do is actually make those announcements. Early in the week is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday morning latest. Communication with supporters at this club is absolutely appalling, unfortunately it is not a new thing and it is doubtful with the current set up that it is likely to improve anytime soon. Scholes has overseen three years of garbage on the pitch and unfortunately his off field management has been worse. Did Scholes say "early next week"? The quote says before training on Wednesday, which I assume menas first thing Wednesday morning. The "early next week" seems to come from the Sentinel No he didn't. Which makes some of the comments a bit ridiculous . Quoted him above and this was what he actually said. “We haven’t made any announcements yet, but we have been working on getting as much of it done before pre-season starts and so before training starts next Wednesday, you’ll be seeing a number of announcements.
“We’ve got business lined up, some of it you can’t do until a certain point, and we are at a point where we know we’ve got a number of things done which will all be put in place before pre-season starts.” |
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Post by andy9196 on Jun 25, 2019 14:04:33 GMT
By the time they announce the players, the pictures will be out of date !!  |
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Post by crapslinger on Jun 25, 2019 14:09:50 GMT
Genuinely don’t get all the knickers twisting. Does it really matter when these signings are announced, they’re the worst kept secrets in football 😂. Apart from Berahinos disciplinary issues  |
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Post by crapslinger on Jun 25, 2019 14:14:41 GMT
Feels like the delay will have offset a lot of that feelgood factor, but still, looking forward to getting them (officially) in. It will be a sigh of relief rather than an expression of excitement. I think they are just trying trying to save money on photographers. Perhaps they have a promotional special from one of the photography companies, like a family portrait for a tenner if it is done at am on a Wednesday morning it would be fitting to complement the cost of the newcomers, not so much this is ambition but this is austerity  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 14:15:00 GMT
When do the mid price season tickets end?
#cynic
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