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Post by numberounominion on Aug 13, 2019 15:03:35 GMT
Honestly, I’ve had enough of the crap he comes out with. He didn’t play him at all last season and now he’s realised Cousins is a bit shit and has his tail between his legs. exactly .. why sign cousins, and play him instead , for the opening game of the season , if he wants to play woods .
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Post by numberounominion on Aug 13, 2019 15:09:27 GMT
to paraphrase , NJ , came close to saying ...
Woods is a footballer and Cousins runs around a lot
unbelievable !
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Post by biglad180 on Aug 13, 2019 22:16:44 GMT
just got back from wigan and i thought woods played really well my man of the match. this guy deserves a chance
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Post by VolvicStokie on Aug 13, 2019 22:24:12 GMT
Honestly, I’ve had enough of the crap he comes out with. He didn’t play him at all last season and now he’s realised Cousins is a bit shit and has his tail between his legs. exactly .. why sign cousins, and play him instead , for the opening game of the season , if he wants to play woods . Fuck me. The bloke can't win!! So, he signs a player HE KNOWS is a good lad, good engine and a potential asset. It's been mentioned Woods had some off field issues last season and it's allegedely all sorted. So he's come back this pre season looking like the player we originally signed who was feckin brilliant So, Jones puts him in. And you're slating him for it? Fucking have a word! Could be worse, we could have stubborn fuckers like Toxic or Rowett who played their favourites no matter what!
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 13, 2019 22:31:30 GMT
just got back from wigan and i thought woods played really well my man of the match. this guy deserves a chance Collins for motm for me, woods close second. He does have a nasty habit of overplaying and running into trouble. Nice that he has abit of fight on his belly.
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 16, 2019 9:22:23 GMT
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Post by dreamtheater on Aug 16, 2019 10:43:07 GMT
Are we still on about this ?
Manager made a clear mistake - admitted it to the player and then, admitted it to us via the media.
time to move on surely ?
Beating Derby Tommorow will indicate we are finally turning the corner
surely that is the priority ?
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 16, 2019 13:19:24 GMT
He's careful to praise Cousins - but hopefully Woods is in possession now for a good run. www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/live-stoke-city-transfer-news-3217146What did Wigan say about your squad? NJ: I could have made more changes actually (he made 8). But some players like Liam Lindsay needed a bit of rhythm. We have a strong squad and it showed we can change two or three without weakening us. There was a youthfulness about us which stemmed from our young back three. I thought Jordan Cousins was excellent with real energy, the back five defended well and Ryan Woods was instrumental again.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Aug 16, 2019 16:44:12 GMT
Hopefully we've got the Woods back that we had when he first joined us last autumn.
A Wednesday fan I know said he was as good as any player they saw at Hillsborough last year
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 16, 2019 17:56:23 GMT
He's careful to praise Cousins - but hopefully Woods is in possession now for a good run. www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/live-stoke-city-transfer-news-3217146What did Wigan say about your squad? NJ: I could have made more changes actually (he made 8). But some players like Liam Lindsay needed a bit of rhythm. We have a strong squad and it showed we can change two or three without weakening us. There was a youthfulness about us which stemmed from our young back three. I thought Jordan Cousins was excellent with real energy, the back five defended well and Ryan Woods was instrumental again.I personally thought cousins was shit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 18:21:43 GMT
One of the strangest yet best career revivals we've seen. He was excellent today.
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Post by supacoopa101 on Aug 17, 2019 18:29:16 GMT
He's becoming the anchor of our midfield. Was superb again today.
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Post by neilb987 on Aug 17, 2019 18:35:18 GMT
Thoroughly deserved his MOM today. Anchored the midfield, kept it simple, found his man with almost every pass and put in some good challenges. Not perfect yet - I’d like to see more forward passes, especially to whoever is playing No.10, but this was Woods certainly well on his way to being the player we thought he could be.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 17, 2019 18:36:08 GMT
One of the strangest yet best career revivals we've seen. He was excellent today. Is it that strange? He was brilliant when he first joined last season but lost his confidence along with most of the team.
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 17, 2019 18:43:07 GMT
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Post by potters11 on Aug 17, 2019 18:45:46 GMT
Probably a bid that we received from another club Grapey
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Post by thisisouryear on Aug 17, 2019 22:38:48 GMT
He was a beast today, had a great game.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 23:02:27 GMT
Best player on the pitch today by some distance. Simply outstanding
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Aug 17, 2019 23:10:19 GMT
Said on another thread, he is absolutely perfect for the base of that diamond because he’s absolutely unflappable in possession, has the best touch in the squad and finds pockets of space without moving beyond where he is also expected to defend should we lose possession. He is perfect for a team playing on the front foot and high up the pitch like today, no wonder he dropped off under Rowett because his role relies on his passes going to advancing players like McClean, Smith, Ince and Clucas today not the static ones we had under GR. He’s had the impact of a new signing thus far and we are a Peter Etebo away from having our most balanced midfield since Nzonzi departed.
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 18, 2019 8:03:34 GMT
He’s class there was a time in the first half we dribbles past two derby players in the D and just calmly lays the ball off.
I wish I was that calm when he was doing it
I just wish he was 6ft and quicker but he’s doing an excellent job!
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Post by scfcno1fan on Aug 18, 2019 8:05:47 GMT
He’s class there was a time in the first half we dribbles past two derby players in the D and just calmly lays the ball off. I wish I was that calm when he was doing it I just wish he was 6ft and quicker but he’s doing an excellent job! He’s deceptively quick when he gets going. There was an instance near the end yesterday when we he sprinted back, his legs going ten to the dozen, won the ball back and got a foul. Excellent stuff it was.
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Post by neddy on Aug 18, 2019 8:10:25 GMT
Yep thought he was good but they didn’t really press him did they?
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Post by royalewithcheese on Aug 18, 2019 8:13:05 GMT
Made the position his own.
We need to go with Woods, Clucas and Etebo next week.
No brainer.
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Post by banksisgod on Aug 18, 2019 8:30:20 GMT
Butland
Collins CCV McKenzie
Woods
Edwards Etebo D'Diaye McClean/Clucas
Powell/Duffy
Gregory Hogan (Campbell off the bench on 70 mins)
**Apologies if it's the wrong thread. For what it's worth, with the personnel we have, this is my ideal first eleven, with Woods central to it.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 18, 2019 8:39:04 GMT
Do any fans with unofficial sources within the club know exactly what happened and why with Woods last season? Obviously he lost confidence and (I presume) Jones lost confidence in him. But, as has been mentioned many times, pretty well the whole squad (apart from some of the youngsters) lost their confidence - yet Woods stood out as sinking almost out of sight. I accept that he wasn't playing well after a decent start. But, to be brutal, I thought you could say that about most of the players signed last summer - and yet none of them got frozen out in quite the way Woods did.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 8:43:50 GMT
Butland Collins CCV McKenzie Woods Edwards Etebo D'Diaye McClean/Clucas Powell/Duffy Gregory Hogan (Campbell off the bench on 70 mins) **Apologies if it's the wrong thread. For what it's worth, with the personnel we have, this is my ideal first eleven, with Woods central to it. Go on then, I'll bite. Who's McKenzie?
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Post by milky on Aug 18, 2019 9:01:43 GMT
Excellent yesterday.
If its Woods that gets left out once Etebo is back up and running then you know something shady is going on.
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Post by banksisgod on Aug 18, 2019 9:02:44 GMT
Erm... my daughter's layabout boyfriend. It's awful the shite you'll put down when you're hinking of two things at the same time!! I did, of course, mean Lindsey (and not Alec).
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Post by dirtygary69 on Aug 18, 2019 9:10:46 GMT
You’ll see from other Woods threads on here that I was concerned with Jones apparently casting him aside and I thought there was a player still in there to get out again.
Thankfully he’s stood up to the challenge and Jones has put a bit of trust in him. It’s like a new signing. Hopefully he can keep it up.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Aug 18, 2019 9:33:12 GMT
For the first time the diamond started to look effective.
And no surprise it was on the back of a brilliant DM display from Woods.
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