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Post by anchorman on Nov 16, 2019 21:47:22 GMT
Spot on mate just like Walters and Huth but certain folk on here will have none of it but we all know why Whitehead was a pretty poor signing for us. He was an excellent signing and served this club well. Poor signing:- Imbula, Wimmer, Berahino, choupo, Jese, etc etc etc
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Post by RAF on Nov 16, 2019 22:12:22 GMT
Whitehead was a pretty poor signing for us. He was an excellent signing and served this club well. Poor signing:- Imbula, Wimmer, Berahino, choupo, Jese, etc etc etc Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H
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Post by ParaPsych on Nov 17, 2019 0:40:17 GMT
£3m £5m with add-ons, and who knows whether that was met. I love how the price tags for players people don't rate get deliberately inflated on here. Although I thought he was shit and think even £3m was a bit much. Anyway, the initial post said nothing about wanting him here, but don't let that stop everybody.
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Post by Gob Bluth on Nov 17, 2019 2:48:12 GMT
One of the few players that really turned it around. He had a really poor first season but I though he improved massively after that. He was signed to play in the cage and ended up doing it very well.
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Post by zerps on Nov 17, 2019 6:52:38 GMT
I had my doubts about whitehead when he signed and I’m glad to say this thread is long overdue.
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Post by hyaduck on Nov 17, 2019 8:57:29 GMT
Not a bad player but he was F##king ugly
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Post by nonameface on Nov 17, 2019 9:15:25 GMT
Good work rate, stamina, played in the cage well and his 10yard sideways passes had a reasonable success rate.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 9:55:13 GMT
He was an excellent signing and served this club well. Poor signing:- Imbula, Wimmer, Berahino, choupo, Jese, etc etc etc Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H Can’t argue with most of these, but it’s very harsh to consider Diao or Pugh anywhere near this (also Whitehead). The former pair were vital for promotion and while limited, important in the immediate years proceeding.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 17, 2019 10:08:11 GMT
Whitehead was a pretty poor signing for us. He was an excellent signing and served this club well. Poor signing:- Imbula, Wimmer, Berahino, choupo, Jese, etc etc etc He didn’t serve us well though. He never bettered what we had and for the money that was a failure.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 10:57:48 GMT
We had some lovely kits back in the day.
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Post by Stokiedokie on Nov 17, 2019 11:00:41 GMT
He was an excellent signing and served this club well. Poor signing:- Imbula, Wimmer, Berahino, choupo, Jese, etc etc etc Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H To put Whitehead in that company is harsh - he was a decent, underestimated player for us. Unlike some of the shite that folowed.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 17, 2019 11:02:12 GMT
Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H To put Whitehead in that company is harsh - he was a decent, underestimated player for us. Unlike some of the shite that folowed. How was he underestimated? Loads of people love him despite being unable to pass wind and actually improve the starting XI which was what he was bought in to do.
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Post by Stokiedokie on Nov 17, 2019 11:04:16 GMT
To put Whitehead in that company is harsh - he was a decent, underestimated player for us. Unlike some of the shite that folowed. How was he underestimated? Loads of people love him despite being unable to pass wind and actually improve the starting XI which was what he was bought in to do. Because he was great at the fabled 'watercarrier' role - breaking up opposition play.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 17, 2019 11:07:55 GMT
How was he underestimated? Loads of people love him despite being unable to pass wind and actually improve the starting XI which was what he was bought in to do. Because he was great at the fabled 'watercarrier' role - breaking up opposition play. No he wasn’t. The only play he’d break up was ours. Whelan, Delap and Diao all did that better than him in his time here. Christ even Danny Pugh showed more in midfield. His best game for us was at right back too.
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Post by leicspotter on Nov 17, 2019 12:36:50 GMT
He was an excellent signing and served this club well. Poor signing:- Imbula, Wimmer, Berahino, choupo, Jese, etc etc etc Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H You've got Pugh, Pugh...missed out Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub
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Post by stokefanone on Nov 17, 2019 13:47:45 GMT
I dont get the shit thrown at whitehead. He did have limitations as far as skill was concerned. But! He was part of one of the most successful Stoke sides ever! We miss a Dean Whitehead in todays team. It takes players like Whitehead to gel a successful team. I remember moaning at him when he did a shit pass, but I also remember cheering arse holes like Imbula when they scored.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 17, 2019 14:00:05 GMT
I dont get the shit thrown at whitehead. He did have limitations as far as skill was concerned. But! He was part of one of the most successful Stoke sides ever! We miss a Dean Whitehead in todays team. It takes players like Whitehead to gel a successful team. I remember moaning at him when he did a shit pass, but I also remember cheering arse holes like Imbula when they scored. Why can’t both be shit?
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Post by anchorman on Nov 17, 2019 14:25:50 GMT
He was an excellent signing and served this club well. Poor signing:- Imbula, Wimmer, Berahino, choupo, Jese, etc etc etc Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H Fair comment, however, Pugh & Whitehead were decent signings and actually contributed something to Stoke City FC and that whole list of players probably cost the sum total of Wimmer’s left bollock!......
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 17, 2019 14:36:22 GMT
Poor footballer. Had his uses but he wasn’t better than what we’d got and was never part of our best XI while he was here. Not a great use of £5.5m at a time when that was a fair wedge to us.
Did score the odd important goal for us, so there’s that. Had his moments.
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Post by anchorman on Nov 17, 2019 15:13:54 GMT
Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H Fair comment, however, Pugh & Whitehead were decent signings and actually contributed something to Stoke City FC and that whole list of players probably cost the sum total of Wimmer’s left bollock!...... Diao also was far superior (low bar of course) to any one of the above mentioned £15m + signings. He did his job. Those multi millionaire's never even clocked onto begin with and never came close to doing any kind of job apart from the job that they and their agents did on Scholes & the club.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 15:25:21 GMT
I had my doubts about whitehead when he signed and I’m glad to say this thread is long overdue. Well done. Thank you for letting us know. Keep it up.
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Post by rawli on Nov 17, 2019 15:46:27 GMT
Poor footballer. Had his uses but he wasn’t better than what we’d got and was never part of our best XI while he was here. Not a great use of £5.5m at a time when that was a fair wedge to us. Did score the odd important goal for us, so there’s that. Had his moments. Funny as Tony was always so careful with the family's money.
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Post by zerps on Nov 17, 2019 15:50:57 GMT
I had my doubts about whitehead when he signed and I’m glad to say this thread is long overdue. Well done. Thank you for letting us know. Keep it up. Cheers Old Clam
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 15:52:51 GMT
Well done. Thank you for letting us know. Keep it up. Cheers Old Clam YW
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Post by rawli on Nov 17, 2019 20:57:18 GMT
Well done. Thank you for letting us know. Keep it up. Cheers Old Clam An image I could do without.
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Post by owdestokie2 on Nov 17, 2019 21:57:53 GMT
Whitehead was in the same shit category as a few others who offered no value whatsoever to the team/squad during their time here i.e Whelan, Walters, Higginbotham, Creswell, etc. etc.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 18, 2019 7:40:21 GMT
Whitehead was in the same shit category as a few others who offered no value whatsoever to the team/squad during their time here i.e Whelan, Walters, Higginbotham, Creswell, etc. etc. He offered less than any of them.
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Post by RAF on Nov 18, 2019 8:10:09 GMT
Palacios, Buxton, Woodgate, Pugh, Diao , Dave Kitson, Whitehead, Kightly, Collins, Sonko, Tonge, Arismendi, Shea, Gudjohnsen, Owen, Davies, Soares, Pugh, Edu, Demar Phillips, Harper, Paul Williams etc etc etc Just a bit of parity here. H You've got Pugh, Pugh...missed out Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub (lol) So poor I named him twice! ;) Good spot. H
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Post by RAF on Nov 18, 2019 8:20:05 GMT
Whitehead was in the same shit category as a few others who offered no value whatsoever to the team/squad during their time here i.e Whelan, Walters, Higginbotham, Creswell, etc. etc. That's just drama queening though isn't it? Whelan - Probably one of TP's best buys and for 500 grand. Walters - Absolute trooper, the bloke you would want in the trenches with you. Cresswell - He was fine played in his natural forward position as we saw away at Palace. TP ruined him on the wing. Higgy- Another good player for us and scored some important goals. He gets more stick for jumping ship on us and talking shit as a pundit Whitehead - Dog with a balloon. Yeah he ran around in the cage for 90 minutes but with no obvious game plan apart from to harry the opposition which invariably led to breaking up our own play. Positionally naive, poor ball control, poor timing and couldn't pass a ball to feet in regularity over 6 foot without giving it to the opposition. I can't comment on etc and etc. Were they the lads that the board brought in over TP's head like Triggy and Ziggy? H
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Post by owdestokie2 on Nov 18, 2019 9:13:48 GMT
Whitehead was in the same shit category as a few others who offered no value whatsoever to the team/squad during their time here i.e Whelan, Walters, Higginbotham, Creswell, etc. etc. That's just drama queening though isn't it? Whelan - Probably one of TP's best buys and for 500 grand. Walters - Absolute trooper, the bloke you would want in the trenches with you. Cresswell - He was fine played in his natural forward position as we saw away at Palace. TP ruined him on the wing. Higgy- Another good player for us and scored some important goals. He gets more stick for jumping ship on us and talking shit as a pundit Whitehead - Dog with a balloon. Yeah he ran around in the cage for 90 minutes but with no obvious game plan apart from to harry the opposition which invariably led to breaking up our own play. Positionally naive, poor ball control, poor timing and couldn't pass a ball to feet in regularity over 6 foot without giving it to the opposition. I can't comment on etc and etc. Were they the lads that the board brought in over TP's head like Triggy and Ziggy? H Why bring TP into the debate? The list of players I put forward were examples of players who had at one time or another been slaughtered on this message board. Yet their value and contribution to the club/squad/teams has now been accepted and properly recognised. In the case of Whitehead you can’t have a career where you play over 400 games at EPL and EFL standard and not be proficient or value adding to the club/squad/team, nor finish with about 600 professional appearances to your name.
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