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Post by tejstokie on Jun 17, 2022 2:42:49 GMT
To be blunt. There are better defenders available, but I think this is a good squad signing for a year. Plus, he'll increase our goal difference from the box which we had the last time we were promoted. We as a club need goals from corners. All the talk of 33 this or that is absolute bollocks. Jags was one of the better defenders in this league last go round and he's a million years old.
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Post by musik on Jun 17, 2022 21:39:14 GMT
Dean Holden should beware of the sun. looks like he's wearing fake tan. He looks like a lobster to me. Especially in that profile camera.
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Post by cvillestokie on Jun 17, 2022 22:06:37 GMT
To be blunt. There are better defenders available, but I think this is a good squad signing for a year. Plus, he'll increase our goal difference from the box which we had the last time we were promoted. We as a club need goals from corners. All the talk of 33 this or that is absolute bollocks. Jags was one of the better defenders in this league last go round and he's a million years old. Jagielka is an anomaly, not something you should use as a yard stick for others. I am personally kind of interested to see how Flint will do and feel that the added experience will be helpful. However, that Jagielka (who has spent most of his career in a top 10 Premier team and represented England about 50 times) can still do it at this level, it doesn’t mean that age is but a number. If it was, he’d still be playing for England given our other current options in central defence.
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 18, 2022 23:53:20 GMT
Sorry, it was just that one word triggered a link. McGuiness Flint were a well known band of musicians from the 1970's. Interesting Fun Facts McGuinness Flint band members included Gallagher & Lyle who had hits with 'I wanna stay with you' and 'Heart on my sleeve'. Graham Lyle went on to write 'What's love got to do with it?' for Tina Turner. Tom McGuiness was previously Bassist with Manfred Man. And Hugh Flint was formerly drummer with the John Mayall Blues Band. So all in all, proper Musicians.
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 19, 2022 0:01:44 GMT
Like this one. Good option to have in the squad for sure. Especially given the budget constraints we're under. It seems a long, long time since we had a set piece and you were sure Shawx or Huthy would get their head on it &, at least, pretty sure it would be a goal. Great to have that threat back. (Him, Harry and whichever big lump CF we're supposedly getting will be a tasty trio on the end of a Baker / Vrancic / Powell special.) And, on a given day, you always need some nuts & bolts defending - which I'm sure he'll bring in spades.[/b] Interesting comment and almost a mixed metaphor. Made me think of the old joke about leaning two shovels together and asking a slow witted Navvy to take his pick.
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Post by woodin43 on Jun 19, 2022 5:32:07 GMT
Flints like in then.
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Post by realstokebloke on Jun 19, 2022 12:23:15 GMT
Like this one. Good option to have in the squad for sure. Especially given the budget constraints we're under. It seems a long, long time since we had a set piece and you were sure Shawx or Huthy would get their head on it &, at least, pretty sure it would be a goal. Great to have that threat back. (Him, Harry and whichever big lump CF we're supposedly getting will be a tasty trio on the end of a Baker / Vrancic / Powell special.) And, on a given day, you always need some nuts & bolts defending - which I'm sure he'll bring in spades.[/b] Interesting comment and almost a mixed metaphor. Made me think of the old joke about leaning two shovels together and asking a slow witted Navvy to take his pick.[/quote] You can't beat a good old mixed metaphor @sommmersetstokie ... a moniker which, while not a metaphor per se, is itself, a good old geographical mix up all of its own.
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Post by marylandstoke on Jun 19, 2022 12:30:43 GMT
Interesting Fun Facts McGuinness Flint band members included Gallagher & Lyle who had hits with 'I wanna stay with you' and 'Heart on my sleeve'. Graham Lyle went on to write 'What's love got to do with it?' for Tina Turner. Tom McGuiness was previously Bassist with Manfred Man. And Hugh Flint was formerly drummer with the John Mayall Blues Band. So all in all, proper Musicians. Plus their fine body of work with The Blues Band.
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Post by musik on Jun 19, 2022 13:51:02 GMT
Confusing one on the surface. 33 next month, and sounds like Danny Batth on lower wages. Will be behind Souttar and Jagielka as the middle player in a potential back three, and can't obviously play anywhere else in a three. And universally described as slow and not good on the ball, so not suited to our supposed desire for a relatively high line and possession football, so even in a back 4, there are a few question marks. I genuinely don't get it or see a single positive with this signing and it raises question marks around the recruitment plan. It's all well and good saying "great at set pieces" but it's an irrelevance if we can't deliver a decent ball. You've only got to look at the difference when Souttar plays for us and plays for Oz. And ideally, I'd want my defenders to be able to defend first and foremost. He might come on as a sub IF we get a free kick.
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Post by musik on Jun 19, 2022 13:51:45 GMT
How many more players will we sign do you think? 2-3 is my guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2022 14:06:34 GMT
How many more players will we sign do you think? 2-3 is my guess. The only one official so far is Flint so at least another 5 if not more. We released 3 was it? and 4 loans left plus we've just let Vrancic go so that's 8 down.
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Post by realstokebloke on Jun 19, 2022 16:52:08 GMT
How many more players will we sign do you think? 2-3 is my guess. The only one official so far is Flint so at least another 5 if not more. We released 3 was it? and 4 loans left plus we've just let Vrancic go so that's 8 down. Quality not quantity please.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2022 11:32:54 GMT
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 20, 2022 11:54:11 GMT
Apparently he is adept at swearing. Hopefully that isn't a handicap to him in life, that might affect his football prowess, but it is hardly an "accomplishment". I have little time for people who constantly use profanities, as it simply illustrates the fact that someone cannot otherwise express themselves clearly in their native tongue. Everybody is different, but it doesn't mean I have to like it and I have to say I disapprove. Its just me being "old fashioned" but a lot of my working time is devoted to the Victorian era and related context, and I tend to think of life in victorian terms.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 20, 2022 12:56:05 GMT
"hey are looking to evolve their style of football. They want more footballing centre backs than they have done in previous years and Flint doesn't really fit into that mould." "I've heard he's not the easiest to deal with when he is being left out of the side, he wants to play every game and believes he is good enough to be a cornerstone of defences, so that might just be something to bear in mind" What could go wrong?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 20, 2022 12:57:18 GMT
"hey are looking to evolve their style of football. They want more footballing centre backs than they have done in previous years and Flint doesn't really fit into that mould." "I've heard he's not the easiest to deal with when he is being left out of the side, he wants to play every game and believes he is good enough to be a cornerstone of defences, so that might just be something to bear in mind" What could go wrong? They were the two comments that stood out for me as well
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 3, 2023 18:06:33 GMT
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Post by wuzza on Jan 3, 2023 18:10:32 GMT
Nailed on certainty if they want him.
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Post by iglugluk on Jan 3, 2023 18:11:36 GMT
Another piece of inexplicable Summer transfer business. What a mess!
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Post by theonlooker on Jan 3, 2023 18:12:36 GMT
Think this will be a really underrated signing. Big hard sod, great at set pieces. Oh yeah, underrated alright you absolute weapon...
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Post by iglugluk on Jan 3, 2023 18:23:19 GMT
Think this will be a really underrated signing. Big hard sod, great at set pieces. Oh yeah, underrated alright you absolute weapon... You were possibly viewing the signing during your O'Neill is 'the man' stage? * good piece of self deprecation though
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 3, 2023 18:58:00 GMT
Think this will be a really underrated signing. Big hard sod, great at set pieces. Oh yeah, underrated alright you absolute weapon... I’ve sauce before don’t try this st home this prediction lark can be very dangerous but fear not the fan who never made a prediction never made anything
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jan 3, 2023 19:01:34 GMT
One of the wankest most immobile players I’ve ever seen.
If we put Pele’s urn on the pitch it would move faster than Aden Flint.
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Post by chamberlain on Jan 3, 2023 19:05:28 GMT
The recruitment at this club really is farcical.
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Post by march4 on Jan 3, 2023 19:08:14 GMT
Think this will be a really underrated signing. Big hard sod, great at set pieces. Oh yeah, underrated alright you absolute weapon... Only the best posters get it wrong about new signings.
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Post by theonlooker on Jan 3, 2023 19:22:34 GMT
Oh yeah, underrated alright you absolute weapon... Only the best posters get it wrong about new signings. I must be the top poster on here then 😂
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Jan 3, 2023 19:35:21 GMT
Only the best posters get it wrong about new signings. I must be the top poster on here then 😂 Tosser. I saw Aiden Flint at the top of the board and thought he must be going somewhere. Everything to do with Stoke leads to disappointment.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Jan 3, 2023 19:49:49 GMT
Could we swap him for Dominic Iorfa?
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Post by theonlooker on Jan 3, 2023 19:51:11 GMT
Could we swap him for Dominic Iorfa? He's rumoured to be going to Blackpool. Good player.
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Post by wherty on Jan 3, 2023 19:54:50 GMT
The recruitment at this club really is farcical. The recruitment team who brought him are no longer at the club.
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