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Post by raythesailor on Mar 24, 2024 8:44:48 GMT
Palacios. I had forgot all about himđ
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Post by lawrieleslie on Mar 24, 2024 9:06:57 GMT
Palacios. I had forgot all about himđ Didnât realise he was still on our books in 2014. Not the best signing was he, even Coates Snr said buying him was a mistake. Coates quoteâŚ."We certainly thought at the time we were getting a very good player, but for whatever reason it hasn't worked out. I know he has had personal problems in the past â his brother was kidnapped and killed in 2009 â but sometimes you just don't know the reason why things don't work out. It's a great shame because it has cost us a huge amount of money, but it's also a shame for the player because his career hasn't developed either. We all lost. He did, we did." Think he was the first of many expensive signings that "didnât work out". |
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 24, 2024 11:24:04 GMT
JUST TWELVE years ago today!
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Post by senojbor on Mar 24, 2024 13:44:16 GMT
That Crouch goal is my favourite goal of all time.
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Post by stokienorthants on Mar 25, 2024 8:27:35 GMT
I was privileged to have been there and remember that they kept repeating it on MOTD. Seems like it was only yesterday all very depressing compared with where we are now.
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Post by rowleyscfc on Mar 25, 2024 9:08:28 GMT
We had some good days at Villa Park during the Premier league years The game highlighted Whelanâs last minute equaliser Moses last minute penalty 2 of the best mentals There for both, rank them 1 and 2 in terms of mentals, crowd just exploded for the Whelan one ground was shaking Special mention for Arnie at the semi at Anfield always stands out |
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Post by stokeranger on Mar 25, 2024 10:16:30 GMT
We had some good days at Villa Park during the Premier league years The game highlighted Whelanâs last minute equaliser Moses last minute penalty 2 of the best mentals There for both, rank them 1 and 2 in terms of mentals, crowd just exploded for the Whelan one ground was shaking Special mention for Arnie at the semi at Anfield always stands out The last time we had a left back⌠|
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Post by Pugsley on Mar 25, 2024 11:21:09 GMT
Lambert looking clueless on the bench. A look we know all too well.
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Post by theonlooker on Mar 25, 2024 11:25:55 GMT
Lambert looking clueless on the bench. A look we know all too well. There's another video knocking about on the internet where it zooms in on John Coates as the 4th goes in. He's staring longingly at the Villa dugout thinking "If ever my club is in trouble, Lambert is the man I need". |
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 25, 2024 11:34:25 GMT
No sign of us parking the bus there eh? Whatever his haters have to say, Arnie was a fkn God. Doubt we'll ever see his like again in the red and white stripes. Weirdly the thing that most stuck in my memory from those highlights was his pathetic attempt at a through-ball to Zonzi for #3. I can remember that exact split-second of frustration with him, and being in the middle of shouting âwtf was that??â when the defender malfunctioned and laid it on a plate anyway đ |
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Post by lordb on Mar 25, 2024 12:28:06 GMT
No sign of us parking the bus there eh? Whatever his haters have to say, Arnie was a fkn God. Doubt we'll ever see his like again in the red and white stripes. Weirdly the thing that most stuck in my memory from those highlights was his pathetic attempt at a through-ball to Zonzi for #3. I can remember that exact split-second of frustration with him, and being in the middle of shouting âwtf was that??â when the defender malfunctioned and laid it on a plate anyway đ Was there and was about to moan when we scored anyway |
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Post by thestatusquo on Mar 26, 2024 8:58:08 GMT
It makes what we are experiencing now much harder to watch
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Post by StokieDJC on Mar 26, 2024 14:18:09 GMT
That Crouch goal was the perfect Pulis goal, ball never touched the floor!
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Post by StokieDJC on Mar 26, 2024 14:20:00 GMT
Also Odemwingie what an absolute steal of a deal that was, include Beattie on to that list too.
Down to 10 men against Man City and that Beattie header live long in the memory.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 26, 2024 17:00:36 GMT
Also Odemwingie what an absolute steal of a deal that was, include Beattie on to that list too. Down to 10 men against Man City and that Beattie header live long in the memory. |
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 29, 2024 21:32:18 GMT
29.03.2014 10 years to the day.. âHull's Liam Rosenior had the best chance of the first half, but could not find the target with a free headerâ. Today he was their manager. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26694309 |
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Post by stokefanone on Mar 29, 2024 21:43:16 GMT
Whatever people say about Hughes, he gave us the best football weâve seen at stoke since the mid seventies.
Thanks Mr Hughes.
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Post by generationex on Mar 29, 2024 22:14:16 GMT
But left a legacy that took years to mitigate.
He was given a gift, improved it in someways but ultimately - although not alone in this regard to Cartwright and John Coates - undermined years of progress.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Mar 30, 2024 1:48:32 GMT
I yearn for this again.
We were so fucking mustard.
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 30, 2024 2:15:18 GMT
But left a legacy that took years to mitigate. He was given a gift, improved it in someways but ultimately - although not alone in this regard to Cartwright and John Coates - undermined years of progress. Les lost the plot but it wasnât his âlegacyâ that assembled historyâs most expensive Championship squad and took it to 16th in div 2 |
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Post by StokieDJC on Mar 31, 2024 8:56:12 GMT
Why we keep blaming Hughes for our current demise baffles me.
We would have likely stayed up if we kept him, instead we replaced him with Lambert. (He should have been let go at the end of the previous season)
The ÂŁ60m spent by Rowett is what crippled us, then consecutive poor managerial appointments and generally poor decision after poor decision by the owners.
Hughes produced a team that for the first time as a Stoke fan I genuinely thought we could beat anyone on the day, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham. Didnât matter I was confident.
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Post by danceswithclams on Mar 31, 2024 9:02:34 GMT
Why we keep blaming Hughes for our current demise baffles me. We would have likely stayed up if we kept him, instead we replaced him with Lambert. (He should have been let go at the end of the previous season) The ÂŁ60m spent by Rowett is what crippled us, then consecutive poor managerial appointments and generally poor decision after poor decision by the owners. Hughes produced a team that for the first time as a Stoke fan I genuinely thought we could beat anyone on the day, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham. Didnât matter I was confident. Agree with all that aside from the bit about Hughes likely keeping us up. The problem was not sacking him sooner and when we did, replacing him with the manger of the Govan branch of Carphone Warehouse. |
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Post by StokieDJC on Mar 31, 2024 9:27:50 GMT
Why we keep blaming Hughes for our current demise baffles me. We would have likely stayed up if we kept him, instead we replaced him with Lambert. (He should have been let go at the end of the previous season) The ÂŁ60m spent by Rowett is what crippled us, then consecutive poor managerial appointments and generally poor decision after poor decision by the owners. Hughes produced a team that for the first time as a Stoke fan I genuinely thought we could beat anyone on the day, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham. Didnât matter I was confident. Agree with all that aside from the bit about Hughes likely keeping us up. The problem was not sacking him sooner and when we did, replacing him with the manger of the Govan branch of Carphone Warehouse. Staff are lovely in the Govan branch, got me a great deal on a sim only rolling contract. Even chucked in a phone case. |
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