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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Dec 22, 2007 21:36:44 GMT
hahahaha
prefer wilko anyday of the week, a true stokie who i thought played fantastic again today playing against a very good left side in robinson,brunt and teixera , he stayed on his feet and won the ball with some bone crunching tackles
nice to see some real passion out there in the right back spot, just as effective as griffin defensively and attacking wise hes got a good hoof on him !!
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Post by stokecityscott on Dec 22, 2007 21:38:04 GMT
Hoefkens, fault for the 2nd? alot of there fans were slaggin him off, for not marking the back post where fuller was.
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Post by robwahlmann on Dec 22, 2007 21:40:52 GMT
If we are to be honest this was a problem for Hoefkens when he played for us too, but he is a good player though, especially when going forward.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Dec 22, 2007 21:40:53 GMT
oh yeah basically hoefkens is wank and a totally over -rated belgiun twat  he was never good at marking the back post was he...... |
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Post by twisty on Dec 22, 2007 21:41:04 GMT
Because Hoefkens is a stokie  |
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Post by mumf14 on Dec 23, 2007 1:44:22 GMT
Oh no..!
Hoefkens on his arse...!
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Post by vientianescfc on Dec 23, 2007 1:53:23 GMT
I foretold of this before the game . . . fuller taking the piss out of Hoefkens that is . . . ;D |
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Post by OldStokie on Dec 23, 2007 2:39:42 GMT
Today, Ricardo would have extracted the urine from any fullback in the Championship. Denigrating Hoofers is detracting from what was a truly brilliant performace from Fuller. It may be fashionable for 'The Rimmers' but it doesn't tell the true strory.
OS.
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Post by mumf14 on Dec 23, 2007 2:45:04 GMT
One man is 'truly brilliant'...the other is on his arse...
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Post by vientianescfc on Dec 23, 2007 7:47:35 GMT
OS,
Not denigrating in the slightest - what I said previously is what everyone knows Hoefkens is not a defensive minded defender and we witnessed numerous times him getting skinned at Stoke when up against a player with pace. What I said before the game is Fuller should have him in knots and it wouldn't surprise me if Pulis tells Fuller and co to target him and run at him. If you know of an opposing players weakness you exploit it!
I am in no way either taking anything from Fuller he excelled as per his usual excellent self and fully exploited their defensive weaknesses.
Why bring up the 'rimmers' bollox anyway obviously you can't just enjoy the unity can you? Even if it is laughing at an ex-player who fucked off for the money being put on his arse by Fuller!
Anyway as I told you previous I am neither a rimmer or hater, just have my feet firmly in reality!
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Post by pez75 on Dec 23, 2007 10:49:13 GMT
not denigrating, just utter rubbish - when did Fuller leave Hoefkens on his arse?
If you are referring to the third goal, I think you will find it was their useless centre half who was left on his backside (and promptly subbed straight after).
Hoefkens wasnt the player at the back post marking Fuller for the 2nd goal either - in fact, he was not at fault for any of them.
Thought he had a decent game. Linked up well going forward & Cresswell never beat him that I can remember. My only criticism is that it seemed he was trying ttoo hard to be all nicey nicey on his return to the Brit.
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Post by myleftboot on Dec 23, 2007 10:51:38 GMT
There were so many people booing him where I was sitting (hoefkins( and I fdound it a little out of order. He wasn't that bad when he played for us. I have certainly seen worse.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Dec 23, 2007 10:57:06 GMT
he left for that shitt, and for that he will never be forgiven
he had the option to say NO, if pulis wouldve rejected the bid, he probably wouldve gone in a strop and would never want to play for the club again
player power is massive today, he had the option, people have been saying he had no option
pulis was playing him every game
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Post by sheikhmomo on Dec 23, 2007 11:02:14 GMT
Shhhhhh, you can't have a go Hoofers he was part of the golden age under Boskamp.
I believe a few of the boys are organising a coach trip to Smethwick to see him in the spring.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2007 11:48:57 GMT
A case of mistaken identity inner goin to put the rimmers of is it?
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Post by northantsash on Dec 23, 2007 12:20:54 GMT
doesnt matter if it was hoefkens or not. the fact of the matter is we are in a better position than this time last year, points wise and without hoefkens.
the guy was a good player for us but weve moved on, wilko is a superb replacement, who has more pace and can head a ball.
750k doesnt seem all that bad for him now.
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Post by stokecityscott on Dec 23, 2007 20:40:16 GMT
Sorry for the mistaken identity, i was sat in the boothen, and at the time looked like hoefkens for the 2nd goal.
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Post by trebor63 on Dec 23, 2007 21:04:30 GMT
LOL @shhhhhh, you can't have a go Hoofers he was part of the golden age under Boskamp. I believe a few of the boys are organising a coach trip to Smethwick to see him in the spring. I always liked Hoef but he was NEVER a good defender hard as it is for the people who suffer BosBlindness! It seems if you watch the matches and understand whats going on whilst enjoying us winning, you're a rimmer! If however you prefer to remember them wonderful golden days of Bozzy you can look forward to watching third division Belgian matches ;D Not sure why but I guess I'll stay loyal to Stoke! |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Dec 23, 2007 21:05:15 GMT
Hoof's new haircut fooled a lot of us - myself included.
I don't really understand the booing - he left with no bitterness - he was offered a longer, better contract and he opted to take it and we let him go. He didn't throw a strop like Higgy or mess us about for months like Commons.
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Post by Do it for Colmanspigs Wife on Dec 23, 2007 21:22:01 GMT
He is better than Wright.
WBA Forever
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Dec 23, 2007 21:47:27 GMT
Agreed, CP, he is better than Wright. Hopefully TP will realise that Wilkinson is better than Wright. So, CP, what were your views on yesterday's game?
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Post by bogus on Dec 23, 2007 21:50:31 GMT
It's the two centre backs that the Albion need to be concerned about.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 23, 2007 21:54:24 GMT
Wheres the youth that got from Luton who scored at the Hawthorns for them against us? He was good that day-Barnett was it? Them pair at the back yesterday were woeful!
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Post by Parkerson on Dec 23, 2007 22:05:52 GMT
Does it matter if it was Hoefkens or not ? Fuller does that to all defenders in this league and im sure he'd do it to a few more in the prem too.
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Post by Do it for Colmanspigs Wife on Dec 23, 2007 22:22:02 GMT
Fornside
Your players where more up for it . They won the individual battles in the parts of the pitch that counted.
Fuller was in great form, although he did use his arm to control the ball for the first goal. Still think the result would have been the same if that fool of a lino had spotted it.
Albion with the ball where too predicatable first half, its good to mix it up with a few direct passes. Though this worked well when philips droped off and begans to ping the ball about a bit, got it out wide a bit more , our crosses where causing you more trouble than the first half tippy tappy stuff. gera was shite.
to sum up you where the better side on the day. Ignore our football purist fools. Like all your football purist idiots they need to pull their heads out of their arses.
incidently they need to turn up back TP and PC , the extra cash will mean a better squad and poss prem football and the yo-yo para payment gravy train.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Dec 23, 2007 23:52:45 GMT
Cheers CP. I agree Fuller handled the ball with his arm but on Craig Wally's vid he looks to me as if he was pushed in the back by the defender which caused the handball.
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Post by soicowboy on Dec 24, 2007 2:21:00 GMT
'Your players where more up for it ' Colman you're an intelligent guy and the most interesting non Stoke supporter on the board- used to be another one cliff. However I find this 'Your players where more up for it ' complete nonsense- is a way of saying we were simply better on the day in most areas of the pitch. Anyway here's to us battling for top spot in May  |
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Post by Admin on Dec 24, 2007 10:10:59 GMT
Cheers CP. I agree Fuller handled the ball with his arm but on Craig Wally's vid he looks to me as if he was pushed in the back by the defender which caused the handball. That's how I saw it from Wally's video. He gets pushed in the back by one of West Brom's thuggish defenders and his arm goes up as a result. No intent there at all. |
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Post by lordb on Dec 24, 2007 12:49:04 GMT
Hmmm
It wasnt Hoefkens who got 'done' by Fuller but Hoefkens should have been there as it was the rightback position/area that Fuller was attacking from.
so dont know if the Hoef is off the hook or not?
@ the end of the day I'm not sure any fullback in the division would have stopped Fuller from getting that goal - a simply fantastic hat-trick moment.
Hoefkens was sold too cheap - way too cheap -.
Wright has diasapointed but Wilko looks alright to me,@ least defensively.
Andy Griffin was @ the Brit on stadee - probably means nothing as he is bound to know a large part of the current Stoke set up.On the other hand TP saw Grif as a rightback & Derby have changed their manager so you never know.
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Post by tazi on Dec 24, 2007 14:15:09 GMT
I hope that we never ever see Griffin in a Stoke shirt again, not that theres much chance of that anyway.
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