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Post by lordb on Mar 25, 2024 21:28:57 GMT
Imo Bae best position is inside left
Shame it doesn't exist anymore
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Post by nottsover60 on Mar 26, 2024 11:21:40 GMT
Didn’t Schu say that until he becomes more fluent and understanding of English that it’s less problematic defensively if he played out on the side of the pitch rather than the middle? Notwithstanding we are still shit defensively, I’d back the manager on that one and only criticise if he’s still hung out on the wings come August (assuming he’s still with us). He can obviously play 10 in the South Korean side as I assume they all speak the same language. Did you watch his interview via the sentinel? He speaks better English than most of the locals in the team...granted it did have an air of being doctored statements. Speaking fluent English 1 to 1 in a local newspaper interview when he was probably given the questions before hand is a totally different kettle of fish to understanding team tactic talks (when I guess he still may have an interpreter) and instructions shouted from the bench. |
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Post by somersetpotter on Mar 26, 2024 11:22:21 GMT
Looks like he’s back in training today, so not playing tonight against Australia and ready to play for us against Hull
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Post by thebet365 on Mar 26, 2024 12:28:22 GMT
Looks like he’s back in training today, so not playing tonight against Australia and ready to play for us against Hull There was a post yesterday saying he was on his way back at the request of the club. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2024 15:18:22 GMT
Imo Bae best position is inside left Shame it doesn't exist anymore The 5221 formation that they have been trying to implement could see it’s return if they can find a way to get Million to move into the position that Laurent has been trying to occupy. It would obviously also help if we brought in a left wing back to operate behind as well. I do think that is a formation that we could employ effectively even with the majority of players that we have. For that one, I think that we are just missing 3/4 key positions: dominant centre back, left wing back, main striker. |
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Post by fazza90 on Mar 26, 2024 17:45:30 GMT
This fella is absolute mustard and will only get better as long as he stays injury free. Enjoy watching him while we have him everyone!
The biggest compliment I can pay him is I'm genuinely not sure if he's left or right footed. I always thought he was left but then watching his highlights in the Korea U23 game I'm not sure. Anyone? I saw a video with a French coach recently who said he watched a France under 21 game against a Korean side and he was impressed that they had so many left footers in the squad so he asked the south korean coach after how that was and he said they forced them to practice from a very young age with their weaker foot. I can't remember the last player we had that could use both feet equally well?!
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Post by bertiestan on Mar 26, 2024 18:49:40 GMT
This fella is absolute mustard and will only get better as long as he stays injury free. Enjoy watching him while we have him everyone! The biggest compliment I can pay him is I'm genuinely not sure if he's left or right footed. I always thought he was left but then watching his highlights in the Korea U23 game I'm not sure. Anyone? I saw a video with a French coach recently who said he watched a France under 21 game against a Korean side and he was impressed that they had so many left footers in the squad so he asked the south korean coach after how that was and he said they forced them to practice from a very young age with their weaker foot. I can't remember the last player we had that could use both feet equally well?! Lewis Baker springs to mind mate🔴⚪️ |
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Post by Miles Offside on Mar 26, 2024 19:34:14 GMT
He's a number 10 in a 4-2-3-1. We don't get the best from him out wide.
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Post by zommbee on Mar 27, 2024 21:02:47 GMT
He is going to miss the finals then, hopefully he doesn’t blame the club for requesting his return, he seems like quite a level headed lad It may even have been arranged in advance - play him in the first two games and fly home for the Hull match. In pure 'event' terms, he's got a 25,000 plus crowd in Hull vs about 1000 or so in Saudi, and the U23 tournament is a bit mickey mouse (West Asian Federation Cup?) vs a match with vital points at stake. The national sentiment might override it but I reckon he'll be happy enough to be coming home to play. It's quite possible that his early return was arranged in advance, Stoke might have an agreement with the Korean FA to release Bae for the upcoming AFC Under-23 Cup which runs from 15th April to 3rd May. That competition is much more important than the WAFF one as it's being used for qualification to this summers Olympic Games. There's no official international break in April but if the Korean FA select Bae for this tournament it's very unlikely that Stoke could stop him from going as it's a FIFA recognised competition, Stoke could possibly be without him for the last four games of the season. |
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Post by nottsover60 on Mar 27, 2024 22:07:25 GMT
It may even have been arranged in advance - play him in the first two games and fly home for the Hull match. In pure 'event' terms, he's got a 25,000 plus crowd in Hull vs about 1000 or so in Saudi, and the U23 tournament is a bit mickey mouse (West Asian Federation Cup?) vs a match with vital points at stake. The national sentiment might override it but I reckon he'll be happy enough to be coming home to play. It's quite possible that his early return was arranged in advance, Stoke might have an agreement with the Korean FA to release Bae for the upcoming AFC Under-23 Cup which runs from 15th April to 3rd May. That competition is much more important than the WAFF one as it's being used for qualification to this summers Olympic Games. There's no official international break in April but if the Korean FA select Bae for this tournament it's very unlikely that Stoke could stop him from going as it's a FIFA recognised competition, Stoke could possibly be without him for the last four games of the season. The Sentinel claimed he wouldn't be released for it if Stoke were still in danger of relegation and he and Korea understand that. |
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Post by stuammo on Mar 28, 2024 7:00:45 GMT
See from his Instagram he’s still living in the new flats at Smithfield in Hanley. You’d think the club would help him find a better location somewhere, where he doesn’t have to dodge dust heads everytime he sets foot outside.
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Post by Fred Ferret on Mar 29, 2024 11:25:59 GMT
Has come home a couple of days early from the tournament. A young, loyal and wholly committed hero - for me.
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Post by nottsover60 on Mar 29, 2024 12:55:41 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised to see him benched today and saved for Monday. It's important we don't risk him burning out or suffering a fatigue injury before the end of the season reading that he has been playing non stop since March last year.
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Post by PotteringThrough on Mar 29, 2024 17:17:27 GMT
Assist for the lad today.
Hell of a player.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Mar 29, 2024 18:48:58 GMT
Assist for the lad today. Hell of a player. [br Said for a while he should be mixed up with some games coming off the bench his energy will tell when the game opens up as it did today |
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Post by banksy1art on Mar 30, 2024 9:25:37 GMT
He’s going to be mustard next season.
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Post by xchpotter on Mar 30, 2024 9:30:07 GMT
He’s going to be mustard next season. He will be if his rate of adaptation continues. It's a huge achievement to be playing as well as he is so soon taking into account a new country, culture, language, style of football etc. |
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Post by stokest5 on Mar 30, 2024 9:59:00 GMT
See from his Instagram he’s still living in the new flats at Smithfield in Hanley. You’d think the club would help him find a better location somewhere, where he doesn’t have to dodge dust heads everytime he sets foot outside. At a guess he’s got a place in Manchester too because he posts from there a lot of the time. Apartments with a car park and security gate. |
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Post by lordb on Mar 30, 2024 10:00:48 GMT
If the whole side can play a few years further forward we will see more goals and assists from him in particular
I don't think the pl will be buying him this summer but they will all have had a look at him
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Post by dan55 on Mar 30, 2024 10:43:07 GMT
His work rate is awesome. Always looking to attack or play an attacking pass.
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Post by datguy on Mar 30, 2024 14:13:34 GMT
He’s absolutely fantastic. I love the man.
Jared Dublin gets stick but I’d still maintain his summer additions (and Million in January) are much better than he gets credit for.
Junho, Burger, Tchamadeu, Million - and the low money spent on Vidi and Leris - have been for the most part, successful.
And seems like over the past two months I’ve been his biggest fan, but Mmaee is another lad that I think has been treated unfairly by both fan base, (especially) the head coach and previous Director of Football. Thankfully it seems like Jonny Walters has come in and resurrected his Stoke career. Good player. People were using his bad attitude problems documented at previous clubs as examples of bad scouting on our behalf. Maybe, but for me it goes both ways. You can’t sign a prick and then axe him when he acts like a prick. Schumacher should’ve handled the situation much better than he did. Persist, persevere, but most importantly make sure you give him his chance on the pitch. Just like Sparky did with Arnie. He’s the best striker at the club.
But back to Junho - we’ve got about 15 more months I reckon. Make the most of it folks. Because this man is destined for the very very top.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Mar 30, 2024 18:40:33 GMT
He’s absolutely fantastic. I love the man. Jared Dublin gets stick but I’d still maintain his summer additions (and Million in January) are much better than he gets credit for. Junho, Burger, Tchamadeu, Million - and the low money spent on Vidi and Leris - have been for the most part, successful. And seems like over the past two months I’ve been his biggest fan, but Mmaee is another lad that I think has been treated unfairly by both fan base, (especially) the head coach and previous Director of Football. Thankfully it seems like Jonny Walters has come in and resurrected his Stoke career. Good player. People were using his bad attitude problems documented at previous clubs as examples of bad scouting on our behalf. Maybe, but for me it goes both ways. You can’t sign a prick and then axe him when he acts like a prick. Schumacher should’ve handled the situation much better than he did. Persist, persevere, but most importantly make sure you give him his chance on the pitch. Just like Sparky did with Arnie. He’s the best striker at the club. But back to Junho - we’ve got about 15 more months I reckon. Make the most of it folks. Because this man is destined for the very very top. Agree about Jared - he's unearthed some talent. However I disagree completely about Schumacher. He did the right thing to address Mmaee's behaviour and have the good grace to accept the apology and bring him back. Credit to Mmaee as well for taking it in the chin, apologising and knuckling down. Couldn't have been handled better by all concerned. |
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 30, 2024 18:52:01 GMT
Got to admire the Korean football fan youtube community
Yesterday
v Saudi Arabia last week
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Post by datguy on Mar 30, 2024 20:41:08 GMT
He’s absolutely fantastic. I love the man. Jared Dublin gets stick but I’d still maintain his summer additions (and Million in January) are much better than he gets credit for. Junho, Burger, Tchamadeu, Million - and the low money spent on Vidi and Leris - have been for the most part, successful. And seems like over the past two months I’ve been his biggest fan, but Mmaee is another lad that I think has been treated unfairly by both fan base, (especially) the head coach and previous Director of Football. Thankfully it seems like Jonny Walters has come in and resurrected his Stoke career. Good player. People were using his bad attitude problems documented at previous clubs as examples of bad scouting on our behalf. Maybe, but for me it goes both ways. You can’t sign a prick and then axe him when he acts like a prick. Schumacher should’ve handled the situation much better than he did. Persist, persevere, but most importantly make sure you give him his chance on the pitch. Just like Sparky did with Arnie. He’s the best striker at the club. But back to Junho - we’ve got about 15 more months I reckon. Make the most of it folks. Because this man is destined for the very very top. Agree about Jared - he's unearthed some talent. However I disagree completely about Schumacher. He did the right thing to address Mmaee's behaviour and have the good grace to accept the apology and bring him back. Credit to Mmaee as well for taking it in the chin, apologising and knuckling down. Couldn't have been handled better by all concerned. There's a few things that didn't sit right with me whatsoever. Airing the fallout to the point the fanbase knew something had happened but keeping it ambiguous enough so the fanbase didn't know the full extent made it seem like Mmaee had done something incredibly wrong. Well it seems like it was simply a disagreement during Sunderland - apparently they all got a big bollocking at HT? - and him having an arrogance/ego problem. So that's the best striker at the club, when we need as much quality as possible during a relegation battle, axed to the U23s because the manager couldn't handle the classic case of egotistical footballer with attitude problem. And then there's the trying to cart him out to the doldrums of European football on transfer deadline day. That's hardly a message to the lad that he's got a future here. Worth noting that this lad was a fairly big financial outlay for the club and the direct impact of completely axing him resulted in 8 weeks of pure Schumacher madness. All this whilst the best striker at the club was playing in the U23s (where he then got injured for a month or so) and us (the fans) having to watch absolute woeful, dire conservative football served up resulting in the worst performances we've seen since Jones. Fair play to Schumacher for bringing him back - I didn't think we'd see Mmaee again - but for me, he got it all so wrong. But anyway mate - don't want the Junho thread to turn into me (seemingly Mmaee's biggest fan  ) defending the lad. |
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Mar 30, 2024 20:58:21 GMT
Agree about Jared - he's unearthed some talent. However I disagree completely about Schumacher. He did the right thing to address Mmaee's behaviour and have the good grace to accept the apology and bring him back. Credit to Mmaee as well for taking it in the chin, apologising and knuckling down. Couldn't have been handled better by all concerned. There's a few things that didn't sit right with me whatsoever. Airing the fallout to the point the fanbase knew something had happened but keeping it ambiguous enough so the fanbase didn't know the full extent made it seem like Mmaee had done something incredibly wrong. Well it seems like it was simply a disagreement during Sunderland - apparently they all got a big bollocking at HT? - and him having an arrogance/ego problem. So that's the best striker at the club, when we need as much quality as possible during a relegation battle, axed to the U23s because the manager couldn't handle the classic case of egotistical footballer with attitude problem. And then there's the trying to cart him out to the doldrums of European football on transfer deadline day. That's hardly a message to the lad that he's got a future here. Worth noting that this lad was a fairly big financial outlay for the club and the direct impact of completely axing him resulted in 8 weeks of pure Schumacher madness. All this whilst the best striker at the club was playing in the U23s (where he then got injured for a month or so) and us (the fans) having to watch absolute woeful, dire conservative football served up resulting in the worst performances we've seen since Jones. Fair play to Schumacher for bringing him back - I didn't think we'd see Mmaee again - but for me, he got it all so wrong. But anyway mate - don't want the Junho thread to turn into me (seemingly Mmaee's biggest fan ) defending the lad. Sometimes I guess you have to have a sacrificial lamb to sent a clear message to the rest of the squad. Kind of a.....look here lads I'm the gaffer and no matter who you are, if you fuck about you get fucked off out of here. Maybe we're starting to now see the benefit of that bold move. |
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Post by lordb on Mar 30, 2024 21:55:46 GMT
Agree about Jared - he's unearthed some talent. However I disagree completely about Schumacher. He did the right thing to address Mmaee's behaviour and have the good grace to accept the apology and bring him back. Credit to Mmaee as well for taking it in the chin, apologising and knuckling down. Couldn't have been handled better by all concerned. There's a few things that didn't sit right with me whatsoever. Airing the fallout to the point the fanbase knew something had happened but keeping it ambiguous enough so the fanbase didn't know the full extent made it seem like Mmaee had done something incredibly wrong. Well it seems like it was simply a disagreement during Sunderland - apparently they all got a big bollocking at HT? - and him having an arrogance/ego problem. So that's the best striker at the club, when we need as much quality as possible during a relegation battle, axed to the U23s because the manager couldn't handle the classic case of egotistical footballer with attitude problem. And then there's the trying to cart him out to the doldrums of European football on transfer deadline day. That's hardly a message to the lad that he's got a future here. Worth noting that this lad was a fairly big financial outlay for the club and the direct impact of completely axing him resulted in 8 weeks of pure Schumacher madness. All this whilst the best striker at the club was playing in the U23s (where he then got injured for a month or so) and us (the fans) having to watch absolute woeful, dire conservative football served up resulting in the worst performances we've seen since Jones. Fair play to Schumacher for bringing him back - I didn't think we'd see Mmaee again - but for me, he got it all so wrong. But anyway mate - don't want the Junho thread to turn into me (seemingly Mmaee's biggest fan ) defending the lad. Was under the impression Mmaee had been repeatedly late for training and had been giving it the big I am |
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Post by datguy on Mar 30, 2024 22:05:17 GMT
There's a few things that didn't sit right with me whatsoever. Airing the fallout to the point the fanbase knew something had happened but keeping it ambiguous enough so the fanbase didn't know the full extent made it seem like Mmaee had done something incredibly wrong. Well it seems like it was simply a disagreement during Sunderland - apparently they all got a big bollocking at HT? - and him having an arrogance/ego problem. So that's the best striker at the club, when we need as much quality as possible during a relegation battle, axed to the U23s because the manager couldn't handle the classic case of egotistical footballer with attitude problem. And then there's the trying to cart him out to the doldrums of European football on transfer deadline day. That's hardly a message to the lad that he's got a future here. Worth noting that this lad was a fairly big financial outlay for the club and the direct impact of completely axing him resulted in 8 weeks of pure Schumacher madness. All this whilst the best striker at the club was playing in the U23s (where he then got injured for a month or so) and us (the fans) having to watch absolute woeful, dire conservative football served up resulting in the worst performances we've seen since Jones. Fair play to Schumacher for bringing him back - I didn't think we'd see Mmaee again - but for me, he got it all so wrong. But anyway mate - don't want the Junho thread to turn into me (seemingly Mmaee's biggest fan ) defending the lad. Was under the impression Mmaee had been repeatedly late for training and had been giving it the big I am Sentenced to two months with the U23s, an attempted one-way ticket to Turkey, and the ultimate offence of Niall Ennis replacing him as starting striker. AKA, axed. |
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Post by lordb on Mar 30, 2024 22:07:44 GMT
Was under the impression Mmaee had been repeatedly late for training and had been giving it the big I am Sentenced to two months with the U23s, an attempted one-way ticket to Turkey, and the ultimate offence of Niall Ennis replacing him as starting striker. AKA, axed. Yes he was axed, dropped, punished However don't believe that was due simply to one row at half time |
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Post by foxysgloves on Mar 30, 2024 22:26:35 GMT
I thought this was Jun-Ho’s thread?
Mmaee and Schumacher have their own.
Back on topic….a cameo and an assist suggest Jun Ho is beginning to consistently make those game changing impacts.
A lazy comparison perhaps but quite reminscent of the tendency Son has to pop up with regular goals and assists.
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Post by spoton on Apr 1, 2024 14:47:07 GMT
Very lightweight he may be good technically but lacks any real danger
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) defending the lad.
