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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2019 12:15:52 GMT
He gets in our best 18 though, doesn't he? Surely? He's one whose attitude is spot on and he did score 13 in a crap team as recently as last year. Does make you wonder if we're getting ready to try and sell him quickly while he retains some (any?) value. Can't see a queue for a 31yo on good money who would only want to stay up north though. It's just a mess. Although, as with Ndiaye and Etebo, dropping him from the 18 in the meantime does seem....at the very least odd. If, alternatively, MON doesn't think Gregory, Etebo and Badou are in our best 18, that's a bit concerning. Yes I would say he should be in the matchday squad absolutely. And if we go 2 up top I think he should start. But as a lone striker he's no more or less effective than Vokes...... Disagree, I thought he's played it very well a few times this season. Namely Barnsley!
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Post by 16quidachuck on Dec 18, 2019 13:40:20 GMT
id honestly consider gregory at right wing at the moment. hes set up more from there than Ince has. Hogan Goal vs Derby and Hogan foul for Penalty vs Fulham
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Post by shipshape on Dec 18, 2019 13:41:59 GMT
id honestly consider gregory at right wing at the moment. hes set up more from there than Ince has. Hogan Goal vs Derby and Hogan foul for Penalty vs Fulham Quick isn't he?
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Post by sutekh on Dec 18, 2019 14:17:36 GMT
Gregory,vokes,Campbell,hogan and diouf are all shit. Vokes is easily the worst of the bunch but to place the rest in order I will need to log on to the club site and and view the stoke city striker shitometer.
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Post by toppercorner on Dec 18, 2019 14:24:06 GMT
Gregory and Powell are meant to be on big money. But what has changed from 5 months ago when we signed them? It paints the board in even worse of a light if these two signings now are an issue. Why sanction them? didn't we pay Bojan off, so we can get Powell in on (allegedly) slightly higher money? when we used to sing "we're city, we're barmy, we're off our fucking heads!" i always thought it was about the fans, not the board
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Post by rawli on Dec 18, 2019 14:27:47 GMT
Gregory has been good this season. Don't see what he's done wrong. Contributed more than Vokes and actually looks bothered. Can hold ball up and play others in. Good at winning fouls. Just mustn't see eye to eye with the manager.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Dec 18, 2019 16:14:44 GMT
If we're looking to sell players like Gregory to make some quick money then we're more fucked than I could even begin to imagine.
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Post by tomcmod on Dec 18, 2019 19:01:17 GMT
If we are actively looking to get rid of Gregory and persist with that large immovable boulder upfront then the manager wants sectioning. I admit he should have scored more but he does more running, wins more headers, creates more chances and actually gets shots closer to the goal than the LIB does!
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Post by Pugsley on Dec 18, 2019 19:14:49 GMT
Lee Gregory... man alive. No wonder we're in the shit.
Like I said when he signed.. utter wank.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Dec 18, 2019 19:55:32 GMT
Lee Gregory... man alive. No wonder we're in the shit. Like I said when he signed.. utter wank. Vastly superior to Vokes.
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Post by Pugsley on Dec 18, 2019 20:00:27 GMT
Lee Gregory... man alive. No wonder we're in the shit. Like I said when he signed.. utter wank. Vastly superior to Vokes. So is a three legged donkey.
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Post by callas12 on Dec 18, 2019 21:41:10 GMT
Stoke are really fearing the worst & know that January's such a big month to try & shift on some of the bigger earners & players with any sort of value.
Else if the worst happens come May we'll likely be lumbered with the huge wages that could cause us big issues & player values will have decreased to such a level clubs will be picking our better players off for next to nothing.
Its frightening times it really is.. Maybe the club are realising the predicament we're in & making the sensible decisions now, which although may seem bizarre & come across as being unambitious, but it is what it is.
I'm hoping they manage to cut the wage bill, get a few £'s in from outgoings & MoN has targets identified that will come on vastly reduced wages & prove good enough to keep up us, to get us to the summer at least before he can really start to build the squad he wants. Time will tell on all fronts
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2019 21:50:50 GMT
Gregory is our best forward.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 18, 2019 21:51:23 GMT
Gregory is our best forward. Which is a very good reason we’re heading to League One.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Dec 18, 2019 22:04:52 GMT
Stoke are really fearing the worst & know that January's such a big month to try & shift on some of the bigger earners & players with any sort of value. Else if the worst happens come May we'll likely be lumbered with the huge wages that could cause us big issues & player values will have decreased to such a level clubs will be picking our better players off for next to nothing. Its frightening times it really is.. Maybe the club are realising the predicament we're in & making the sensible decisions now, which although may seem bizarre & come across as being unambitious, but it is what it is. I'm hoping they manage to cut the wage bill, get a few £'s in from outgoings & MoN has targets identified that will come on vastly reduced wages & prove good enough to keep up us, to get us to the summer at least before he can really start to build the squad he wants. Time will tell on all fronts I still don't understand why Allen isn't first through the door, regardless of how good he's been for us he's one of the highest earners and we may actually be able to get a decent fee for him.
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Post by ursemboys on Dec 18, 2019 22:07:01 GMT
Gregory is our best forward. Which is a very good reason we’re heading to League One. think there are more reasons than Gregory why we could be heading to league one.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2019 22:10:57 GMT
Gregory is our best forward. Which is a very good reason we’re heading to League One. Totally agree, what kind of club has an aversion to strikers close to ours? Our last decent striker was Odemwingie and of that really he only enjoyed about 5 months of success before him we're talking about like... Ric. That's not many decent strikers in a not inconsiderable amount of time.
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Post by mrteddysalad on Dec 18, 2019 22:14:13 GMT
Vokes and Hogan are utter dross, in January we need to beg some club to take them. MBD and Gregory are more than adequate for the championship. I don't know what MON is doing, but at this point I've completely given up on our managers playing who I want to see out there. I hate Ince and Allen more than life itself and yet every manager seems to rate them.
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Post by kustokie on Dec 19, 2019 0:58:33 GMT
Which is a very good reason we’re heading to League One. Totally agree, what kind of club has an aversion to strikers close to ours? Our last decent striker was Odemwingie and of that really he only enjoyed about 5 months of success before him we're talking about like... Ric. That's not many decent strikers in a not inconsiderable amount of time. Didn’t like Crouchie, then?
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Post by PotterLog on Dec 19, 2019 1:11:41 GMT
Which is a very good reason we’re heading to League One. Totally agree, what kind of club has an aversion to strikers close to ours? Our last decent striker was Odemwingie and of that really he only enjoyed about 5 months of success before him we're talking about like... Ric. That's not many decent strikers in a not inconsiderable amount of time. Diouf, Walters and Crouch were all very decent strikers at one point or another for us in the Prem Actually all of them better than Ric in terms of goalscoring (but then I never really considered Ric a “striker”)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2019 2:09:17 GMT
Totally agree, what kind of club has an aversion to strikers close to ours? Our last decent striker was Odemwingie and of that really he only enjoyed about 5 months of success before him we're talking about like... Ric. That's not many decent strikers in a not inconsiderable amount of time. Diouf, Walters and Crouch were all very decent strikers at one point or another for us in the Prem Actually all of them better than Ric in terms of goalscoring (but then I never really considered Ric a “striker”) Walters was good, Couch serviceable and Diouf poor imo.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 19, 2019 10:22:31 GMT
Which is a very good reason we’re heading to League One. think there are more reasons than Gregory why we could be heading to league one. Of course there are. But going so big on an such an average players sums this club up lovely.
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Post by apb1 on Dec 19, 2019 10:30:11 GMT
Gregory is to Vokes as Ibrahima Sonko is to Andrew Davies
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Post by FullerMagic on Dec 20, 2019 17:47:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 17:56:11 GMT
I think that's him hiding behind Lindsay.
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Post by clarkeda on Dec 20, 2019 18:06:11 GMT
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Post by clarkeda on Dec 20, 2019 18:06:43 GMT
I think that's him hiding behind Lindsay. Makes a change is isn’t Ince, he’s normally the one hiding.
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Post by robwahlmann on Dec 20, 2019 18:11:51 GMT
I've been impressed by Gregory's hold up play, but the problem is that he doesn't score enough goals! I'd go for Mame up front if we are going to play with a lone striker. He is strong in the air and possesses more pace than the other two, he is also able to nick a goal now and then. Mame is my choice!
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Post by FullerMagic on Dec 20, 2019 18:13:19 GMT
Yeah - forgot about him. He seems to have fallen out of favour as quickly as he found it.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Dec 20, 2019 18:17:27 GMT
Have we got another manager who is wedded to a particular formation, without considering if it actually suits the squad we have?
Or is that too harsh?
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