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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2024 13:05:11 GMT
“How long’s a piece of string? In the areas that we’re trying to strengthen it’s really difficult, everyone is after the same players. There are a lot of things going on in the Premier League with some players not fully back for pre-season or clubs being away on tours so it’s just a patience game at the moment" Sounds like loads are after the same group of strikers This looks like a damning indictment on the new head of recruitment. We seem to have switched from uncovering gems from across the world whose value can quickly rocket, to joining the long list of clubs scrapping for whichever young players did well on loan in the past couple of years but whose price is now inflated. We'll either get gazumped by parachute clubs/lower Premier League clubs or be forced to pay over the odds. That's how the English market works, as we've discovered to our great cost over the past few years. It's just a different way of doing it. That's the risk you take when your TD decides to go in a different direction. It's not necessarily wrong, but it is more tricky as there is likely more of a bun fight for players as the article alludes to. The frustration for me is that we saw a brand new way of doing it and within 12 months we saw 4 very good players arrive (Bae, Burger, Manhoef and Bocat) off the back of it but as always, people focus on the negatives without acknowledging how difficult it is to get 4 signings like that as right as he did. That said we could end up in September having a very good squad or we could be on the end of Pizza gate MkII.
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Post by thornestein on Jul 24, 2024 13:05:38 GMT
This was just posted on Facebook by the church group “I'm hearing we are looking at getting rid of at least 5 more first team players.....baker....laurent...DJ....baker medhi.....and another one I can't mention..!...but he's loving stoke but told he can leave... also I'm told that the manager is like a puppet,so much power behind the scenes making decisions...” Sure that some are likely but think the power bit could be over egged We have 2 bakers? he’s that bad we’re getting rid of him twice to make sure
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 24, 2024 13:06:46 GMT
To be fair Bayern once told me he personally managed over 100 staff. One to ones, appraisals everything with no one under him to share the workload…… And I still do…. I bet they love you.
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Post by clarkeda on Jul 24, 2024 13:09:34 GMT
This was just posted on Facebook by the church group “I'm hearing we are looking at getting rid of at least 5 more first team players.....baker....laurent...DJ....baker medhi.....and another one I can't mention..!...but he's loving stoke but told he can leave... also I'm told that the manager is like a puppet,so much power behind the scenes making decisions...” Sure that some are likely but think the power bit could be over egged Lewis baker and Nathan Baker both off?
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Post by essexstokey on Jul 24, 2024 13:10:13 GMT
Think I've found who's in charge at Stoke Craig symonds 😁😁😁
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 24, 2024 13:10:53 GMT
This was just posted on Facebook by the church group “I'm hearing we are looking at getting rid of at least 5 more first team players.....baker....laurent...DJ....baker medhi.....and another one I can't mention..!...but he's loving stoke but told he can leave... also I'm told that the manager is like a puppet,so much power behind the scenes making decisions...” Sure that some are likely but think the power bit could be over egged Lewis baker and Nathan Baker both off? Who's Nathan Baker? One of the u21s?
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 24, 2024 13:11:30 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 13:12:57 GMT
They genuinely do. I was name checked in a speech in front of 1000 people by one of them 🤣
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Post by thornestein on Jul 24, 2024 13:15:36 GMT
“How long’s a piece of string? In the areas that we’re trying to strengthen it’s really difficult, everyone is after the same players. There are a lot of things going on in the Premier League with some players not fully back for pre-season or clubs being away on tours so it’s just a patience game at the moment" Sounds like loads are after the same group of strikers This looks like a damning indictment on the new head of recruitment. We seem to have switched from uncovering gems from across the world whose value can quickly rocket, to joining the long list of clubs scrapping for whichever young players did well on loan in the past couple of years but whose price is now inflated. We'll either get gazumped by parachute clubs/lower Premier League clubs or be forced to pay over the odds. That's how the English market works, as we've discovered to our great cost over the past few years. jared with bae burger and million alone will make us a tidy profit when they’re sold . more than earned his keep so getting rid is a massive mistake
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Post by owdestokie2 on Jul 24, 2024 13:17:32 GMT
“How long’s a piece of string? In the areas that we’re trying to strengthen it’s really difficult, everyone is after the same players. There are a lot of things going on in the Premier League with some players not fully back for pre-season or clubs being away on tours so it’s just a patience game at the moment" Sounds like loads are after the same group of strikers This looks like a damning indictment on the new head of recruitment. We seem to have switched from uncovering gems from across the world whose value can quickly rocket, to joining the long list of clubs scrapping for whichever young players did well on loan in the past couple of years but whose price is now inflated. We'll either get gazumped by parachute clubs/lower Premier League clubs or be forced to pay over the odds. That's how the English market works, as we've discovered to our great cost over the past few years. “This looks like a damming indictment on the new head of recruitment” ”We seem to have switched” Negative Assumptions?How about waiting until we see who does come in and how they impact upon the balance and success of the squad after several months, then constructive criticism or congratulations.
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Post by onionman on Jul 24, 2024 13:19:09 GMT
This looks like a damning indictment on the new head of recruitment. We seem to have switched from uncovering gems from across the world whose value can quickly rocket, to joining the long list of clubs scrapping for whichever young players did well on loan in the past couple of years but whose price is now inflated. We'll either get gazumped by parachute clubs/lower Premier League clubs or be forced to pay over the odds. That's how the English market works, as we've discovered to our great cost over the past few years. It's just a different way of doing it. That's the risk you take when your TD decides to go in a different direction. It's not necessarily wrong, but it is more tricky as there is likely more of a bun fight for players as the article alludes to. The frustration for me is that we saw a brand new way of doing it and within 12 months we saw 4 very good players arrive (Bae, Burger, Manhoef and Bocat) off the back of it but as always, people focus on the negatives without acknowledging how difficult it is to get 4 signings like that as right as he did. That said we could end up in September having a very good squad or we could be on the end of Pizza gate MkII. Absolutely, it's extremely frustrating. You'd think at the end of last season we would have reviewed the system and refined it - not binned it off altogether. Since relegation, we've signed a very long list of players who previously did well in the Championship. Hardly any of them have given us good value for money. Most have been a complete rip-off. Even if one or two of last year's foreign signings were duds, our general success rate was spectacular by comparison.
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Post by clarkeda on Jul 24, 2024 13:19:38 GMT
Lewis baker and Nathan Baker both off? Who's Nathan Baker? One of the u21s? Joke from the Cork Game where Nathan Lowe kept getting called Nathan Baker.
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 24, 2024 13:21:24 GMT
Who's Nathan Baker? One of the u21s? Joke from the Cork Game where Nathan Lowe kept getting called Nathan Baker. Ah, I didn't see the game. Gotcha.
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Post by onionman on Jul 24, 2024 13:24:46 GMT
This looks like a damning indictment on the new head of recruitment. We seem to have switched from uncovering gems from across the world whose value can quickly rocket, to joining the long list of clubs scrapping for whichever young players did well on loan in the past couple of years but whose price is now inflated. We'll either get gazumped by parachute clubs/lower Premier League clubs or be forced to pay over the odds. That's how the English market works, as we've discovered to our great cost over the past few years. “This looks like a damming indictment on the new head of recruitment” ”We seem to have switched” Negative Assumptions?How about waiting until we see who does come in and how they impact upon the balance and success of the squad after several months, then constructive criticism or congratulations. Last year, we had a recruitment guy who intentionally fished in a different pond to the English market. We sacked him and replaced him with a Championship specialist. Now, in Schumacher's own words, we are trying to sign the same players as everyone else. Of course we have switched.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 13:35:44 GMT
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 24, 2024 13:42:26 GMT
Thing is, the very vast majority of these players from 'Europe and beyond', most fans have said are shit and we should get rid.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 13:43:29 GMT
Thing is, the very vast majority of these players from 'Europe and beyond', most fans have said are shit and we should get rid. Stoke fans in not getting football shocker.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jul 24, 2024 13:46:08 GMT
And in other sensational breaking news Colchester United have made their eighth summer signing by bringing in experienced defender Adam Woodyard on a one-year contract following his exit from National League side York City.
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Post by stantheman on Jul 24, 2024 13:47:28 GMT
144,090 posts. If you were to post once a day, every single day without fail, it would take you 395 years to reach that figure. If you were to post once every hour, every single hour of the day, 24 hours a day, repeatedly without ever taking a break, it would take you 16 and a half years to reach that figure. Just food for thought. P.s. I appreciate this post is non-transfer related but if you can't beat em, join em. It spoils this board, where he hijacks every single thread
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 13:47:51 GMT
And in other sensational breaking news Colchester United have made their eighth summer signing by bringing in experienced defender Adam Woodyard on a one-year contract following his exit from National League side York City. Has he had enough of playing Ian Beale?
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jul 24, 2024 13:47:54 GMT
To be fair Bayern once told me he personally managed over 100 staff. One to ones, appraisals everything with no one under him to share the workload…… And I still do…. Then you're a terrible manager......
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Post by onionman on Jul 24, 2024 13:47:54 GMT
Thing is, the very vast majority of these players from 'Europe and beyond', most fans have said are shit and we should get rid. Can these fans name three players we've signed from the English market since 2018 who have proved as good value as Bae, Burger and Manhoef? The success rate of the signings from "Europe and beyond" in the past 12 months is infinitely better than the success rate of our local signings. It isn't even close.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 13:48:27 GMT
144,090 posts. If you were to post once a day, every single day without fail, it would take you 395 years to reach that figure. If you were to post once every hour, every single hour of the day, 24 hours a day, repeatedly without ever taking a break, it would take you 16 and a half years to reach that figure. Just food for thought. P.s. I appreciate this post is non-transfer related but if you can't beat em, join em. It spoils this board, where he hijacks every single thread You don’t post about football you just post about me. It’s fucking weird. Grow up.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 13:49:01 GMT
Then you're a terrible manager...... 🤣🤣but I’m not so it’s all good.
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 24, 2024 13:49:51 GMT
And in other sensational breaking news Colchester United have made their eighth summer signing by bringing in experienced defender Adam Woodyard on a one-year contract following his exit from National League side York City. Well at least you contributed, god loves a trier.
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Post by emretezzy on Jul 24, 2024 13:50:28 GMT
144,090 posts. If you were to post once a day, every single day without fail, it would take you 395 years to reach that figure. If you were to post once every hour, every single hour of the day, 24 hours a day, repeatedly without ever taking a break, it would take you 16 and a half years to reach that figure. Just food for thought. P.s. I appreciate this post is non-transfer related but if you can't beat em, join em. It spoils this board, where he hijacks every single thread We've even gone into a euphoric eulogy about his accomplishments in an office now. Mind blowing 😂! Back to transfers, I miss Jared
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 13:51:52 GMT
It spoils this board, where he hijacks every single thread We've even gone into a euphoric eulogy about his accomplishments in an office now. Mind blowing 😂! Back to transfers, I miss Jared Because people question it. I couldn’t give a shit about them and their life yet they seem to to give a shit about mine. Stan being one of the main culprits. It’s weird.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jul 24, 2024 14:18:58 GMT
Then you're a terrible manager...... 🤣🤣but I’m not so it’s all good. So you spend pretty much 3 months of the year sat in a room doing quarterly reviews and yearly appraisals with each of your members of staff? Sounds like a real good use of resource that.....
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 24, 2024 14:20:39 GMT
🤣🤣but I’m not so it’s all good. So you spend pretty much 3 months of the year sat in a room doing quarterly reviews and yearly appraisals with each of your members of staff? Sounds like a real good use of resource that..... You just keep saying stuff that’s not relevant. You believe what you want to believe 🤣
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Post by owdestokie2 on Jul 24, 2024 14:23:12 GMT
“This looks like a damming indictment on the new head of recruitment” ”We seem to have switched” Negative Assumptions?How about waiting until we see who does come in and how they impact upon the balance and success of the squad after several months, then constructive criticism or congratulations. Last year, we had a recruitment guy who intentionally fished in a different pond to the English market. We sacked him and replaced him with a Championship specialist. Now, in Schumacher's own words, we are trying to sign the same players as everyone else. Of course we have switched. Rinse and Repeat.........How about waiting until we see who does come in and how they impact upon the balance and success of the squad after several months, then constructive criticism or congratulations.
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