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Post by stokesupporter on Aug 17, 2022 16:13:19 GMT
Mon has the tools now and now it's the time he delivers. Okay, this squad isn't perfect and there are still question concerning the defence but it should be top 6 material if utilised the right way.
This should be now "make it or break it" time for MON and if we still won't be above the mid table til end of this calendar year he should go. Personally I hope he'd make it, but if he doesn't deliver with this lot I wouldn't be too sad to see him go.
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Post by gingerninja on Aug 17, 2022 16:16:21 GMT
I totally agree, one more defensive addition and with Souttar & Powell to return, top 6 should be a minimum..
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Post by iamstokie on Aug 17, 2022 16:25:44 GMT
I totally agree, one more defensive addition and with Souttar & Powell to return, top 6 should be a minimum.. I’d say a goalkeeper also |
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Post by thevoid on Aug 17, 2022 16:35:04 GMT
Tools? I thought Surridge had left?
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Post by jokker on Aug 17, 2022 16:49:14 GMT
Mon has the tools now and now it's the time he delivers. Okay, this squad isn't perfect and there are still question concerning the defence but it should be top 6 material if utilised the right way. This should be now "make it or break it" time for MON and if we still won't be above the mid table til end of this calendar year he should go. Personally I hope he'd make it, but if he doesn't deliver with this lot I wouldn't be too sad to see him go. I see. Signing Delap is just one more ultimatum of 'if'...'he has to go', the 67th of this nature. I thought you'd have learned fom the previous 66 cases that it doesn't work out like that at Stoke... Signing a potentially hot striker doesn't change our habits of giving away goals, struggling to build from the back, etc etc etc. |
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Post by Bagwash on Aug 17, 2022 17:03:21 GMT
I totally agree, one more defensive addition and with Souttar & Powell to return, top 6 should be a minimum.. Agree,we have one of the best squads in the Championship,there really is no excuse to not threaten the top positions. |
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Post by gawa on Aug 17, 2022 17:08:53 GMT
Great starting XI with the exception of GK and LCB (Wilmot tbf has done alright so far).
The GK department worries me the most though and I'd say we're probably bottom 3 in the league for that.
Let's hope Bursik picks it up though and Saturday was just an off day.
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Post by jhtstokie on Aug 17, 2022 17:34:14 GMT
if he can’t attack with the attacking players he’s got/will have now then that’s it, no excuse
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 17, 2022 17:36:09 GMT
He’s had the tools for a top 6 push for the last two years he just choosing to keep them in the shed
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Post by ChrisKamarasPerm on Aug 17, 2022 17:38:04 GMT
A goalkeeper is required before any grand ideas are made.
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Post by stokesupporter on Aug 17, 2022 17:44:28 GMT
Mon has the tools now and now it's the time he delivers. Okay, this squad isn't perfect and there are still question concerning the defence but it should be top 6 material if utilised the right way. This should be now "make it or break it" time for MON and if we still won't be above the mid table til end of this calendar year he should go. Personally I hope he'd make it, but if he doesn't deliver with this lot I wouldn't be too sad to see him go. I see. Signing Delap is just one more ultimatum of 'if'...'he has to go', the 67th of this nature. I thought you'd have learned fom the previous 66 cases that it doesn't work out like that at Stoke... Signing a potentially hot striker doesn't change our habits of giving away goals, struggling to build from the back, etc etc etc. It's not just about Delap, but also Gayle, Laurent, Smallbone, Fosu which are all new quality players. Add the existing players like Powell, Baker, Brown and Tymon, and that should deffo be top 6 material or at least challenge for it. |
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Post by matelot1996 on Aug 17, 2022 17:45:05 GMT
Isn’t one of the necessary Tools in the “Toolkit” having the knowledge and passion to turn a bunch of individually decent footballers into a “Winning” squad? If so, then the jury is still 100% out as to whether he has the tools!
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 17, 2022 17:46:08 GMT
Isn’t one of the Tools the necessary“Toolkit” having the knowledge and passion to turn a bunch of individually decent footballers into a “Winning” squad? If so, then the jury is still 100% out as to whether he has the tools! All the gear no idea springs to mind |
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Post by matelot1996 on Aug 17, 2022 17:51:59 GMT
Isn’t one of the Tools the necessary“Toolkit” having the knowledge and passion to turn a bunch of individually decent footballers into a “Winning” squad? If so, then the jury is still 100% out as to whether he has the tools! All the gear no idea springs to mind You are not the only one thinking that 👍 |
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Post by jokker on Aug 17, 2022 17:56:18 GMT
I see. Signing Delap is just one more ultimatum of 'if'...'he has to go', the 67th of this nature. I thought you'd have learned fom the previous 66 cases that it doesn't work out like that at Stoke... Signing a potentially hot striker doesn't change our habits of giving away goals, struggling to build from the back, etc etc etc. It's not just about Delap, but also Gayle, Laurent, Smallbone, Fosu which are all new quality players. Add the existing players like Powell, Baker, Brown and Tymon, and that should deffo be top 6 material or at least challenge for it. They're new alright. But the quality has yet to be seen. You can put in a challenge from just about anywhere except exactly where we are now, for the top 6 all season. But any ultimatum that we must etc is misguided. Give the team a chance to find its style and identity, if we accomplish that, then we can start conidering better days. |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Aug 17, 2022 17:57:44 GMT
Clucas is one fecking big tool he has.
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Post by chiswickpotter on Aug 17, 2022 17:59:48 GMT
He has. I have argued for patience as he had a huge job to reshape the squad and finances with no spare cash. He has no excuses now, quality front men and back up, 5 midfielders he has singed plus Powell, decent wing backs and enough quality at CB when Souttar is back. If I was him, I would want a new GK, but either at it’s up to him now
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Aug 17, 2022 18:08:47 GMT
No excuses now...be good or be gone MON
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Post by 1982stokie on Aug 17, 2022 19:01:38 GMT
I am not sure if he could get the Man City squad promoted fro this league
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Post by wagsastokie on Aug 17, 2022 19:44:38 GMT
Mon has the tools now and now it's the time he delivers. Okay, this squad isn't perfect and there are still question concerning the defence but it should be top 6 material if utilised the right way. This should be now "make it or break it" time for MON and if we still won't be above the mid table til end of this calendar year he should go. Personally I hope he'd make it, but if he doesn't deliver with this lot I wouldn't be too sad to see him go. I have a pair of wire cutters It doesn’t make me a fucking electrician |
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Post by Clem Fandango on Aug 17, 2022 20:17:42 GMT
He has the tools but he’s still adamant of trying to use that hammer on a couple of screws thought isn’t he
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Post by chiprockets on Aug 17, 2022 20:21:20 GMT
paul chuckle using the tools though
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Post by xchpotter on Aug 17, 2022 20:24:40 GMT
The only tools he needs is a spade. He’s intentionally choosing the wrong systems and the wrong players; it’s like he wants to get sacked.
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Post by Picasso on Aug 17, 2022 20:25:40 GMT
paul chuckle using the tools though ‘To me, to you, to me, to you’…. That’s suggests a string of passes could actually be made though! |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Aug 17, 2022 21:29:52 GMT
MON with tools is like watching Jeremy Clarkson fixing a car engine with a hammer.
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Post by deeside2 on Aug 17, 2022 21:35:40 GMT
He hasn't got a clue what to do or how to do it.
Utterly clueless and completely out of his depth, forever hiding behind excuses.
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Post by potterrotter on Aug 18, 2022 4:16:03 GMT
Has the tools ?, he's the feckin tool
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 18, 2022 5:22:08 GMT
paul chuckle using the tools though ‘To me, to you, to me, to you’…. That’s suggests a string of passes could actually be made though! Little-known fact, Pep and that Spain manager developed tiki-taka after watching a series of Chuckle bros dvds they chanced upon in Magaluf |
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