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Post by owdestokie2 on Apr 27, 2024 23:54:53 GMT
I like "It's not always about signing the best players, it's about building a strong team, and the best players aren't always included in the most successful teams."Alf Ramsay used to say " I don't necessarily pick the best players, I pick the best team". Stoke have now got a core of very good players and a core of dross. The trick now is to get rid of the dross and bring in a group of players to complement our strength. Have we? Can you list who these are. MANHOEF JUNHO BURGER TEZGEL? TCHAMADEU SIDBE? LOWE? Thin on the ground but let’s wait until Xmas and see where they are
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Post by mrcoke on Apr 28, 2024 12:00:15 GMT
Have we? Can you list who these are. MANHOEF JUNHO BURGER TEZGEL? TCHAMADEU SIDBE? LOWE? Thin on the ground but let’s wait until Xmas and see where they are I agree, and think time will tell on those youngsters. I'd add the following: GOOCH VIDIGAL - our highest scorer after "own goal"! I also think Thompson, Laurant, Stevens, and Bonham are better than the flack they get on Oatcake. Three of them have played well recently, and justified their places in the match day squad. Walters has to find a spine: GK, 2× CBs, Striker. I'd sell Campbell to raise the money to buy.
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Post by lordb on Apr 28, 2024 12:30:58 GMT
MANHOEF JUNHO BURGER TEZGEL? TCHAMADEU SIDBE? LOWE? Thin on the ground but let’s wait until Xmas and see where they are I agree, and think time will tell on those youngsters. I'd add the following: GOOCH VIDIGAL - our highest scorer after "own goal"! I also think Thompson, Laurant, Stevens, and Bonham are better than the flack they get on Oatcake. Three of them have played well recently, and justified their places in the match day squad. Walters has to find a spine: GK, 2× CBs, Striker. I'd sell Campbell to raise the money to buy. Campbell is out of contract, he can leave on a free if he wants
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Apr 28, 2024 14:12:10 GMT
MANHOEF JUNHO BURGER TEZGEL? TCHAMADEU SIDBE? LOWE? Thin on the ground but let’s wait until Xmas and see where they are I agree, and think time will tell on those youngsters. I'd add the following: GOOCH VIDIGAL - our highest scorer after "own goal"! I also think Thompson, Laurant, Stevens, and Bonham are better than the flack they get on Oatcake. Three of them have played well recently, and justified their places in the match day squad. Walters has to find a spine: GK, 2× CBs, Striker. I'd sell Campbell to raise the money to buy. I can't see Walters leading on squad building - Dublin will be uncovering the talent and Schumacher deciding on formation and the type of player he wants.
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Post by nottsover60 on Apr 28, 2024 17:41:46 GMT
Have we? Can you list who these are. MANHOEF JUNHO BURGER TEZGEL? TCHAMADEU SIDBE? LOWE? Thin on the ground but let’s wait until Xmas and see where they are I'm not sure you could include the last 4 if you are talking about next season. Lowe has looked way off whenever he's played and Tezgel has spent most of his loan on the bench at a league 2 side.
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Post by prestwichpotter on May 3, 2024 12:11:26 GMT
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Post by 36dd on May 3, 2024 12:55:42 GMT
It be nice to see SJW join the team & staff if they do a lap of honour/appreciation after the final whistle.
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Post by Pugsley on May 3, 2024 13:06:03 GMT
Calm, confident, no bullshit. Walters and Schumacher are football men, not fly by night snake oil salesmen.
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Post by sportsman on May 3, 2024 13:14:29 GMT
Am I reading too much into it, probably, but other than a brief initial mention of the manager he doesn’t get mentioned again. More just on about others when taking about what’s needed. More likely just how he answered the questions I suppose
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2024 13:32:09 GMT
Oh god, he's started back slapping already. No Jon, the only slapping you need to do is the proles downstairs.
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Post by Gods on May 3, 2024 13:57:52 GMT
Oh god, he's started back slapping already. No Jon, the only slapping you need to do is the proles downstairs. 😉 I think it's a promo video from our PR department, they have even married it in with some suitably soporific elevator music.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2024 14:05:18 GMT
Oh god, he's started back slapping already. No Jon, the only slapping you need to do is the proles downstairs. 😉 I think it's a promo video from our PR department, they have even married it in with some suitably soporific elevator music. Yes, the only thing missing is a chorus of green sleeves.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on May 3, 2024 18:01:05 GMT
we will look a very very different football club come August and by the autumn will be in a very different position we’ve a top team now , that have the resources , the know how , the desire and the understanding to get us back up the tree
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Post by thisisouryear on May 3, 2024 18:08:28 GMT
we will look a very very different football club come August and by the autumn will be in a very different position we’ve a top team now , that have the resources , the know how , the desire and the understanding to get us back up the tree Are you quoting what's been said or have you just said something positive? If it's the latter I would get checked out if I were you
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on May 3, 2024 19:32:27 GMT
we will look a very very different football club come August and by the autumn will be in a very different position we’ve a top team now , that have the resources , the know how , the desire and the understanding to get us back up the tree Are you quoting what's been said or have you just said something positive? If it's the latter I would get checked out if I were you I just know we are going to be very different come August it’s not a question of positive or negative just how it’s going to be and it will be change for the better than where we are now
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Post by Biblical on May 3, 2024 19:37:11 GMT
I think it's a promo video from our PR department, they have even married it in with some suitably soporific elevator music. Yes, the only thing missing is a chorus of green sleeves. People derided Ricky Martin for corporate speak and rightly so. I like SJW but he’s said fuck all really other than waffle platitudes for 4 minutes. Hopefully it’s just a media front and what he’s actually doing behind the scenes is effective.
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Post by stokiemac on May 3, 2024 19:45:04 GMT
He opened the Ricardo Fuller event at Stoke tonight, spoke really well I thought, said it was job to make sure the players coming through the door knew what the club means. If that can transfer into due diligence combined with data then we are heading in the right direction
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Post by smallthorner on May 3, 2024 19:46:05 GMT
Kept expecting Michael McDonald break into "keep forgetting..
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Post by bunnyscfc on May 3, 2024 19:48:40 GMT
Mutual backslapping after a couple of wins and finishing 18th or so. Is this what we've become?
Another summer where those accountable get off scot free. Those free buses were a great idea.
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Post by gingerninja on May 3, 2024 19:57:52 GMT
Saw nothing wrong with what he said. I think it's clear that there will be more behind the scene staff coming over the summer in certain roles, not just players in and out. Let's see where it goes.
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Post by lordb on May 3, 2024 20:02:02 GMT
Mutual backslapping after a couple of wins and finishing 18th or so. Is this what we've become? Another summer where those accountable get off scot free. Those free buses were a great idea. Change has to start somewhere Would suggest it seems things have and are changing
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on May 3, 2024 20:05:15 GMT
Mutual backslapping after a couple of wins and finishing 18th or so. Is this what we've become? Another summer where those accountable get off scot free. Those free buses were a great idea. There will be no messing around or delusion this summer we are definitively on the right track off the pitch with SK and Richard Smith and JC and the team will follow with SJW , SS and JC
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Post by smallthorner on May 3, 2024 20:13:32 GMT
Mutual backslapping after a couple of wins and finishing 18th or so. Is this what we've become? Another summer where those accountable get off scot free. Those free buses were a great idea. There will be no messing around or delusion this summer we are definitively on the right track off the pitch with SK and Richard Smith and JC and the team will follow with SJW , SS and JC You ok?
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Post by thornestein on May 3, 2024 20:15:02 GMT
There will be no messing around or delusion this summer we are definitively on the right track off the pitch with SK and Richard Smith and JC and the team will follow with SJW , SS and JC You ok? he thinks he’s in the know now 🤷♂️🤦♂️😂
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Post by owdestokie2 on May 3, 2024 20:16:31 GMT
Oh god, he's started back slapping already. No Jon, the only slapping you need to do is the proles downstairs. 😉 Out of interest which parts, or particular sentences from his interview would you disagree with? If you could be specific it would support constructive debate. After all I assume you are all for “ VIS UNITA FOTIOR”
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Post by bunnyscfc on May 3, 2024 20:17:35 GMT
Mutual backslapping after a couple of wins and finishing 18th or so. Is this what we've become? Another summer where those accountable get off scot free. Those free buses were a great idea. There will be no messing around or delusion this summer we are definitively on the right track off the pitch with SK and Richard Smith and JC and the team will follow with SJW , SS and JC Hmmmmmmmm……..
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Post by lordb on May 3, 2024 20:23:56 GMT
There will be no messing around or delusion this summer we are definitively on the right track off the pitch with SK and Richard Smith and JC and the team will follow with SJW , SS and JC Hmmmmmmmm…….. Good on convince us Hmmmm isn't illuminating Why is Benji wrong? What's the case against?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2024 20:42:24 GMT
Yes, the only thing missing is a chorus of green sleeves. People derided Ricky Martin for corporate speak and rightly so. I like SJW but he’s said fuck all really other than waffle platitudes for 4 minutes. Hopefully it’s just a media front and what he’s actually doing behind the scenes is effective. I'm just finding the whole situation a bit weird. His initial appointment, the fanfare, the first long speech / rallying cry etc. What i'm finding really strange is that whenever Walters or Schumacher are asked about each other they say very little - talk in platitudes about each other and move onto another subject quite quickly. That video the manager was hardly mentioned which is really odd. I'm not convinced the full truth has come out yet.
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Post by gingerninja on May 3, 2024 20:48:17 GMT
Onlooker, what are you suggesting the real truth could be?.
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Post by owdestokie2 on May 3, 2024 21:00:15 GMT
Mutual backslapping after a couple of wins and finishing 18th or so. Is this what we've become? Another summer where those accountable get off scot free. Those free buses were a great idea. “Those accountable”………Name names and suggest solutions as I’m sure they would create interest for constructive debate/discussion
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