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Post by michelle1863 on Jun 13, 2022 6:47:16 GMT
At the mention of ‘gossip’ I briefly met Alan Pardew at Epsom a couple of weeks ago, I asked if he’d ever considered coming to Stoke (as his name had been linked with us in the past, well at least on here haha) and he said he thinks we are a great club, but that he never wanted to be in Pulis’ shadow, as he doesn’t like the man… sorry, its not that juicy, but I found it funny that he’d just come out with that.
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Post by thevoid on Jun 13, 2022 6:49:41 GMT
At the mention of ‘gossip’ I briefly met Alan Pardew at Epsom a couple of weeks ago, I asked if he’d ever considered coming to Stoke (as his name had been linked with us in the past, well at least on here haha) and he said he thinks we are a great club, but that he never wanted to be in Pulis’ shadow, as he doesn’t like the man… sorry, its not that juicy, but I found it funny that he’d just come out with that. Can't argue with him there
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Post by 16quidachuck on Jun 13, 2022 15:35:15 GMT
At the mention of ‘gossip’ I briefly met Alan Pardew at Epsom a couple of weeks ago, I asked if he’d ever considered coming to Stoke (as his name had been linked with us in the past, well at least on here haha) and he said he thinks we are a great club, but that he never wanted to be in Pulis’ shadow, as he doesn’t like the man… sorry, its not that juicy, but I found it funny that he’d just come out with that. Didn't he replace Pulis at Palace? Or not long after. Might have been Colin in between.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jun 13, 2022 17:24:52 GMT
Just to put some clarification on Mr Peacocks post,the club have asked for the 1st game to be away on the opening weekend
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Post by Pugsley on Jun 13, 2022 17:36:52 GMT
It must be tough replacing 50,000 seats...
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Post by cheadlepotter on Jun 13, 2022 17:56:50 GMT
I agree, the no longer new, 'new' badge is a woeful effort. Very basic and sadly devoid of life and character and completely without history. You wouldn't stick it on a packet of crisps. I agree. Stoke City flavoured crisps would be fucking horrible. I wonder what a packet of Stoke City crisps sold at the stadium would be like? Thinner than Walkers, probably less crisps too, advertised as oatcake flavour but tasting nothing like it, at £2.50 a bag?
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Post by pottersrule on Jun 13, 2022 18:01:34 GMT
Remember, it's only gay if you push back. What about if I don't push back but I have a huge erection? Why huge? I’m sure a small one would be pretty incriminating.
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Post by stonecoldstokie on Jun 13, 2022 20:30:58 GMT
If true regarding moving away from the blue in the crest then surely the club must be planning a change, why we did not do this on our 150th year I’ll never know but I do think we need a change of crest, either something new or a return of an old favourite(hopefully the coat of arms from the 90s) The old coat of arms was stitched onto the jerseys and cannot be used with today’s printing technology. I remember the crest been heat stamped onto the shirts during those days or stitched on within a shield?? Anyway I’m sure today’s technology will cope
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Post by werrington on Jun 13, 2022 20:42:51 GMT
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 13, 2022 22:13:46 GMT
Bloody glad we’ve got rid of the Icelandic blue that the Icelandics put on, can’t believe it took so long the Icelandics have been gone ages pin.it/5NBvTi1
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2022 22:36:29 GMT
I agree. Stoke City flavoured crisps would be fucking horrible. I wonder what a packet of Stoke City crisps sold at the stadium would be like? Thinner than Walkers, probably less crisps too, advertised as oatcake flavour but tasting nothing like it, at £2.50 a bag? You would open them up with excitement then the first 10 crisps would be flavourless and leave you really disappointed, then you would get a couple of crisps with loads of flavour and your mood would brighten, then you would delve deeper into the packet and you'd be left with a few really flavourless potato snacks until the packet was empty, but you would cling onto those few moments of flavoursome brilliance and keep going back for more packets whilst moaning like fuck about how wank they taste.
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 13, 2022 23:14:54 GMT
I wonder what a packet of Stoke City crisps sold at the stadium would be like? Thinner than Walkers, probably less crisps too, advertised as oatcake flavour but tasting nothing like it, at £2.50 a bag? You would open them up with excitement then the first 10 crisps would be flavourless and leave you really disappointed, then you would get a couple of crisps with loads of flavour and your mood would brighten, then you would delve deeper into the packet and you'd be left with a few really flavourless potato snacks until the packet was empty, but you would cling onto those few moments of flavoursome brilliance and keep going back for more packets whilst moaning like fuck about how wank they taste. So Discos?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 13, 2022 23:33:28 GMT
You would open them up with excitement then the first 10 crisps would be flavourless and leave you really disappointed, then you would get a couple of crisps with loads of flavour and your mood would brighten, then you would delve deeper into the packet and you'd be left with a few really flavourless potato snacks until the packet was empty, but you would cling onto those few moments of flavoursome brilliance and keep going back for more packets whilst moaning like fuck about how wank they taste. So Discos? Discos are the bollocks! Back to crisp school you go😉
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Jun 14, 2022 11:48:20 GMT
How many more times does it have to be pointed out that the blue on the badge has nothing to do with Iceland? The same number it takes to re-iterate that Macron are kit supplier until 2024.
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Jun 14, 2022 12:05:01 GMT
I agree with that. I hate the “new” badge. It’s just too simplistic and boring. There is no life to it at all. I’m really not sure why we had to go away from the from the coat of arms. The copyright for the coat of arms belonged to the City of SOT not the club. So the club could not have taken action against 3rd parties who sold unofficial Stoke shirts with the coat of arms on them. I agree that the current badge is not particularly inspiring but the answer is to create a new one which IS inspiring (including the Staffordshire Knot and a Bottle Kiln) and which we will be able to copyright. I always felt disappointed that the badge didn't feature Sir Stan on it - and that version was used only by the Academy. It would have ticked all the right boxes - simple, easily reproducable, recognisable and featuring a "local icon" - all be it a human one and not a kiln or Staffs knot. I know we all love the old City Crest (The 90's one with the full coat of arms), but things have moved on and club badges have to be instantly legible/recognisable and capable of being used on all media (including fabrics). I love embroidered badges on club merchandise - it screams proper quality, but looking back at some of my old stuff, the city crest is fussy and looks fiddley to get anywhere near accurate unless it's printed - which looks cheap and awful and doesn't survive repeated washing. Add to that the fact that you end up squinting at badges that are crest-based if you don't know what team they represent straight way. So - if a change is brewing, the badge has to be something new - even if it references some bits from old badges. I grew up with the late 70's/80's "SCFC" badge - the perfect blend of clear, relevant and locally based graphics. But there are other "SCFC"'s , let's be honest - so a new badge would have to be clearly identifiable as "Stoke City". This is a big topic - and has to be got right - involving fans, the club and designers with experience in this sort of (dare I say it) "branding".
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Post by nottinghamstokie on Jun 14, 2022 12:22:36 GMT
At the mention of ‘gossip’ I briefly met Alan Pardew at Epsom a couple of weeks ago, I asked if he’d ever considered coming to Stoke (as his name had been linked with us in the past, well at least on here haha) and he said he thinks we are a great club, but that he never wanted to be in Pulis’ shadow, as he doesn’t like the man… sorry, its not that juicy, but I found it funny that he’d just come out with that. That's curious - when we played Reading on the last day and stayed up, he was Reading manager and they had made the playoffs. He was asked in interview if his players would be taking it easy to be fit for those games and his response was "I've known Tony for years and we get on great, but he'll be getting no favours this time".....
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 14, 2022 19:10:44 GMT
At the mention of ‘gossip’ I briefly met Alan Pardew at Epsom a couple of weeks ago, I asked if he’d ever considered coming to Stoke (as his name had been linked with us in the past, well at least on here haha) and he said he thinks we are a great club, but that he never wanted to be in Pulis’ shadow, as he doesn’t like the man… sorry, its not that juicy, but I found it funny that he’d just come out with that. That's curious - when we played Reading on the last day and stayed up, he was Reading manager and they had made the playoffs. He was asked in interview if his players would be taking it easy to be fit for those games and his response was "I've known Tony for years and we get on great, but he'll be getting no favours this time"..... Can't imagine Pulis liking that smarmy get.
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 14, 2022 19:24:56 GMT
At the mention of ‘gossip’ I briefly met Alan Pardew at Epsom a couple of weeks ago, I asked if he’d ever considered coming to Stoke (as his name had been linked with us in the past, well at least on here haha) and he said he thinks we are a great club, but that he never wanted to be in Pulis’ shadow, as he doesn’t like the man… sorry, its not that juicy, but I found it funny that he’d just come out with that. That's curious - when we played Reading on the last day and stayed up, he was Reading manager and they had made the playoffs. He was asked in interview if his players would be taking it easy to be fit for those games and his response was "I've known Tony for years and we get on great, but he'll be getting no favours this time"..... Well something must be wrong somewhere cos there's no way Pardew would be disingenuous about something
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Post by foxysgloves on Jun 14, 2022 19:37:22 GMT
At the mention of ‘gossip’ I briefly met Alan Pardew at Epsom a couple of weeks ago, I asked if he’d ever considered coming to Stoke (as his name had been linked with us in the past, well at least on here haha) and he said he thinks we are a great club, but that he never wanted to be in Pulis’ shadow, as he doesn’t like the man… sorry, its not that juicy, but I found it funny that he’d just come out with that. That's curious - when we played Reading on the last day and stayed up, he was Reading manager and they had made the playoffs. He was asked in interview if his players would be taking it easy to be fit for those games and his response was "I've known Tony for years and we get on great, but he'll be getting no favours this time"..... What? Alan Pardew a two faced bullshitter? Hard to believe….
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Jun 15, 2022 12:28:19 GMT
That's curious - when we played Reading on the last day and stayed up, he was Reading manager and they had made the playoffs. He was asked in interview if his players would be taking it easy to be fit for those games and his response was "I've known Tony for years and we get on great, but he'll be getting no favours this time"..... What? Alan Pardew a two faced bullshitter? Hard to believe…. Why pick on Pardew. Football managers lips moving = spouting absolute bollocks or lying often both at the same time.
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Post by thevoid on Jun 15, 2022 12:52:05 GMT
That's curious - when we played Reading on the last day and stayed up, he was Reading manager and they had made the playoffs. He was asked in interview if his players would be taking it easy to be fit for those games and his response was "I've known Tony for years and we get on great, but he'll be getting no favours this time"..... Can't imagine Pulis liking that smarmy get. At least that smarmy get hasn't been taken to court for defrauding his former employers
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 15, 2022 13:33:08 GMT
Can't imagine Pulis liking that smarmy get. At least that smarmy get hasn't been taken to court for defrauding his former employers Agreed. Smarmy nonetheless though.
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Post by spiderpuss on Jun 15, 2022 17:31:55 GMT
How many more times does it have to be pointed out that the blue on the badge has nothing to do with Iceland? The same number it takes to re-iterate that Macron are kit supplier until 2024. Don't forget to really moan about our Northerly vegetable growers then it's mandatory to spell it 'dicks', as in Icelandicks.
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Post by foxysgloves on Jun 18, 2022 12:57:58 GMT
What? Alan Pardew a two faced bullshitter? Hard to believe…. Why pick on Pardew. Football managers lips moving = spouting absolute bollocks or lying often both at the same time. Because Pardew always seemed like an arrogant arsehole?
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Post by marwood on Jun 20, 2022 14:37:13 GMT
The easy way to avoid copyright is to just update the crest to something more pertinent to modern times, so with the aid of Paint and a cup of Kenco latte I have set about doing this in my usual professional manner. View AttachmentFirst thing to go had to be the worker fashioning his pot and I replaced this with a single mum spending her benefits on lip fillers The Staffordshire knot has no place on my new crest, so these were changed for temporary traffic lights which tie everything up at rush hour We're no longer known for our traditional factory produce of pottery, so out goes the vase and in comes some cannabis God knows why we have a camel on our crest, so I replaced like per like I don't see many eagles around here either so replaced it with a more indigenous creature And nobody in Stoke uses a scythe for their job anymore so that gets swapped for the tools of the new age in Stoke. I've never felt easy with the motto 'United strength is stronger' on a Stoke shirt, so my new motto reads 'United are shit' I am not copyrighting this new badge, so feel free Stoke, should you want to use this design for your new kit Large donner from Niğde on there and I think you're on to a winner. Just need to get marwood to write us an updated club anthem and once that's done (and the Phoenix Nights-style fanzone, obvs) I think we'd have dragged the club kicking and screaming into the modern age. Hope someone from the club is reading this. Pretzel has set such a high standard with his rebrand that I feel i would be up against it. Nevertheless, I am putting some thought into it, based on the fact that the song needs to reference Steve Bruce's Head, Kenwyne Jones, Ohh Na Na Der Der Der (ooh) and some oblique reference to our ongoing and asymmetrical rivalry with near-neighbours Port Vale. Perhaps something featuring a reference to either white goods Kitchen appliances or heavy duty MDF Cupboards , given the preponderance of late to sign so MANY FUCKING MASSIVE UNITS OF PLAYERS All hail the new "UNIT HEAVY" team of 2023 HMS Piss the League is in dock and waiting to sail
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