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Post by nott1 on Jun 4, 2023 8:44:31 GMT
Free agent...just saying....34yrs old.
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Post by eddyclamp on Jun 4, 2023 8:49:11 GMT
That boat has longed sailed
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Post by nott1 on Jun 4, 2023 8:50:32 GMT
That boat has longed sailed Have you seen him play lately? |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jun 4, 2023 8:51:58 GMT
Much better than mikel and on a different plant to Pearson at 84 let alone 34
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Post by eddyclamp on Jun 4, 2023 8:52:45 GMT
He was a great player for us but signing 34 yo midfielder is not the way forward
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jun 4, 2023 8:52:56 GMT
That boat has longed sailed Have you seen him play lately? Have you? Maybe just for once we could look forward instead of back? |
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Post by nott1 on Jun 4, 2023 8:54:27 GMT
He was a great player for us but signing 34 yo midfielder is not the way forward Long term no but...... |
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 4, 2023 8:56:01 GMT
He's probably prefer to retire than have to play in the Championship. He doesn't strike me as the type who'd be up for anything like that once his career has peaked and he's on the long downslope.
He's in the making lots of money in the sun stage of semi-retirement
You'd think Begovic would move into that kind of area like MLS too, but you never know.
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Post by nott1 on Jun 4, 2023 8:56:06 GMT
Have you seen him play lately? Have you? Maybe just for once we could look forward instead of back? I haven't but we have played older players successfully in the past. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jun 4, 2023 8:57:14 GMT
Have you? Maybe just for once we could look forward instead of back? I haven't but we have played older players successfully in the past. And unsuccessfully too. We need energy in this team, especially in midfield. |
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Post by nott1 on Jun 4, 2023 8:59:30 GMT
I haven't but we have played older players successfully in the past. And unsuccessfully too. We need energy in this team, especially in midfield. He never did much dashing about at his peak, didn't need to! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2023 9:17:07 GMT
I have a feeling that Steven 'Transfer request every 1st June' Nzonzi won't be coming back.
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Post by tqstokie on Jun 4, 2023 9:39:25 GMT
He was a great player for us but signing 34 yo midfielder is not the way forward I wonder if anyone said that when we signed Stanley Matthews in 1962? Sorry 1961. |
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Post by mickstupp on Jun 4, 2023 9:47:20 GMT
What a fabulous footballer he was/is. I could weep when you think of him in our midfield compared to the shit we’ve had to endure since he left.
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Post by PenkPonther on Jun 4, 2023 10:11:32 GMT
Successful re-signings would include Alan Hudson, who at 32 inspired us on an incredible run of 33 points from 17 games, to avoid relegation on the last day of the season.
And also Mickey Thomas at 35, who went on to win our Player of the Season award the next year.
After the Thomas signing announcement, I can still remember my family debating before the next kickoff, who we had actually signed.
It seemed impossible it could be the same Mickey Thomas as before, who seemed to belong to a completely different era, and surely would have retired years ago.
Some people offered that we might have signed Michael Thomas, the Arsenal player, whereas others thought it must be a different player altogether, who just happened to have the same name as the famous players.
Our confusion wasn't helped when a little bald bloke then ran out of the tunnel, who looked like no one we'd ever seen before.
When the game kicked off though, and we saw him buzzing about like a busy little bee, we knew it was good old Mickey T!
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 4, 2023 10:25:07 GMT
Wasn't N'Zonzi the lad with the pushy family agents, who convinced him he could "do better"?
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jun 4, 2023 10:30:26 GMT
What a fabulous footballer he was/is. I could weep when you think of him in our midfield compared to the shit we’ve had to endure since he left. That 4-1 away win at Villa always springs to mind when I hear Nzonzi's name mentioned. Ran the show entirely that day and made it look effortless. Admittedly, it was against a Villa side that was heading in a downward direction but they did score first that day and were still a couple of years away from the dross that got relegated with 17 points. Heady days. |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jun 4, 2023 10:31:08 GMT
Wasn't N'Zonzi the lad with the pushy family agents, who convinced him he could "do better"? That doesn't really narrow it down at Stoke...  |
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Post by mickstupp on Jun 4, 2023 10:33:46 GMT
What a fabulous footballer he was/is. I could weep when you think of him in our midfield compared to the shit we’ve had to endure since he left. That 4-1 away win at Villa always springs to mind when I hear Nzonzi's name mentioned. Ran the show entirely that day and made it look effortless. Admittedly, it was against a Villa side that was heading in a downward direction but they did score first that day and were still a couple of years away from the dross that got relegated with 17 points. Heady days. He was magnificent that day, but for me his best performance was his last one, the 6-1 v Liverpool. He was so good I think we all knew he wouldn’t be back the following season. |
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Post by lordb on Jun 4, 2023 10:35:21 GMT
That 4-1 away win at Villa always springs to mind when I hear Nzonzi's name mentioned. Ran the show entirely that day and made it look effortless. Admittedly, it was against a Villa side that was heading in a downward direction but they did score first that day and were still a couple of years away from the dross that got relegated with 17 points. Heady days. He was magnificent that day, but for me his best performance was his last one, the 6-1 v Liverpool. He was so good I think we all knew he wouldn’t be back the following season. Thought he was even better in the Spurs win a few games before |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jun 4, 2023 10:37:51 GMT
That 4-1 away win at Villa always springs to mind when I hear Nzonzi's name mentioned. Ran the show entirely that day and made it look effortless. Admittedly, it was against a Villa side that was heading in a downward direction but they did score first that day and were still a couple of years away from the dross that got relegated with 17 points. Heady days. He was magnificent that day, but for me his best performance was his last one, the 6-1 v Liverpool. He was so good I think we all knew he wouldn’t be back the following season. I wasn't there, the missus had booked a week in Cornwall with some non-footballing friends and I remember having to do a double take at the score in the paper the next morning! |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jun 4, 2023 10:47:41 GMT
Wasn't N'Zonzi the lad with the pushy family agents, who convinced him he could "do better"? Which to be fair he could, as his World Cup winner’s medal rather suggests. |
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 4, 2023 11:05:16 GMT
Wasn't N'Zonzi the lad with the pushy family agents, who convinced him he could "do better"? Which to be fair he could, as his World Cup winner’s medal rather suggests. And Europa League titles |
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Post by mattythestokie on Jun 4, 2023 11:17:33 GMT
Wasn't N'Zonzi the lad with the pushy family agents, who convinced him he could "do better"? He was far too good for us. If he was my family member and taking the bias out of it, I’d be saying what the hell are you doing at Stoke. He’d of been perfect for Arsenal if he went to there from us. |
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Post by hardcastle on Jun 4, 2023 11:22:18 GMT
He was magnificent that day, but for me his best performance was his last one, the 6-1 v Liverpool. He was so good I think we all knew he wouldn’t be back the following season. Thought he was even better in the Spurs win a few games before I agree. He was absolutely superb in that game vs Spurs. The team as a whole impressed in the 6-1 vs Liverpool with a special mention for Douff and Whelan. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2023 11:22:24 GMT
Wasn't N'Zonzi the lad with the pushy family agents, who convinced him he could "do better"? Well, they weren’t wrong. He’s gone on to have a wonderful career. I don’t see why he would want to come back. We were a stepping stone. I don’t think we could afford his wages either. |
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Post by sportsman on Jun 4, 2023 11:24:14 GMT
Wasn't N'Zonzi the lad with the pushy family agents, who convinced him he could "do better"? Which to be fair he could, as his World Cup winner’s medal rather suggests. Not that line again. Some players that get a medal hardly play. He came on as a second half sub. Does the same apply to Vincent pericard who once played for Juventus? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2023 11:41:33 GMT
Which to be fair he could, as his World Cup winner’s medal rather suggests. Not that line again. Some players that get a medal hardly play. He came on as a second half sub. Does the same apply to Vincent pericard who once played for Juventus? He came on as a second half sub in a WC final when Croatia were still very much in the game. That’s slightly more important than a team blooding a youngster. He also left us and won the Europa League in his first season. Oh, he was in the Europa League squad of the season as well, so I assume that he contributed a lot to that campaign. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jun 4, 2023 11:49:10 GMT
Which to be fair he could, as his World Cup winner’s medal rather suggests. Not that line again. Some players that get a medal hardly play. He came on as a second half sub. Does the same apply to Vincent pericard who once played for Juventus? He changed that game. Are you really comparing him to Pericard? |
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Post by scfc75 on Jun 4, 2023 11:59:13 GMT
I can’t imagine he’d want to play in the Champo, especially for a bottom half team.
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