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Post by rabbigan on Nov 17, 2008 15:22:02 GMT
The Stoke Supporters deserve medals.
Never stopped cheering ,never stopped singing, never stopped giving excellent stick to Ronaldo and Manc supporters.
Our magnificent support deserves better than we are getting from the management of our beloved team.
Come on TP give us something to cheer about away from home.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 17, 2008 15:23:33 GMT
* Our magnificent support deserves better than we are getting from the management of our beloved team. *
Utter fucking horse shit.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2008 15:24:49 GMT
What a first-class cock.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2008 15:31:15 GMT
The Stoke Supporters deserve medals. Never stopped cheering ,never stopped singing, never stopped giving excellent stick to Ronaldo and Manc supporters. Our magnificent support deserves better than we are getting from the management of our beloved team. Come on TP give us something to cheer about away from home. Are we going to have this crying and wailing every time we lose a game? |
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Post by ManderBeast on Nov 17, 2008 15:38:49 GMT
what a crock of shit!!
I dont know if u'd noticed, but we played Manchester United, not Rotherham United..... we lost to the English & European Champions... Its seems upon blaming the coaching staff for the inevitable loss you need a reality check... & that is what they gave us.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 17, 2008 15:48:01 GMT
It's interesting to see that Rabbigan's last flurry of posts was in late October, just after the defeat to Man City. It's alright having a go after a defeat as long as you appreciate the good times. I'm sure he'll tell us he was on holiday during the victories over Sunderland and Arsenal.  |
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Post by rabbigan on Nov 17, 2008 16:14:35 GMT
No saw Sunderland and Arsenal. We really got stuck in both games. Not a bit like Saturday.
If you knockers had attended last Saturdays game you might have understood my thread.
My comments after Man City surrounded the withdrawal of Soares in favour of Cresswell when Soares and Fuller were starting to make progress down the right hand side and the fact Diao was left on far too long before Whelan was introduced.
Fact is we have learned nothing since losing to Man City.
Still making same mistakes.
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Post by mcf on Nov 17, 2008 16:59:41 GMT
The same mistakes being beating Arsenal and Sunderland?
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Post by stokemark on Nov 17, 2008 22:43:28 GMT
We lost to the Champions of europe !
Whilst Id like to see a bit more ambition in some games I really dont see what more we could have done in this one.
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Post by Dallas Cowboy on Nov 18, 2008 4:25:37 GMT
Back in the 1968/69 season we held the Champions of Europe to a draw both home and away.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 8:58:39 GMT
Back in the 1968/69 season we held the Champions of Europe to a draw both home and away. What exactly is your point when you bang on about this? Do you honestly think we should be doing that now? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 9:46:44 GMT
The same mistakes being beating Arsenal and Sunderland? To be fair MCF, the Sunderland game was fucking awful - from both sides. I'm not sure there was a lot to be proud about. A dismal game settled by a goal from a Delap flow. It was 3 points - end of. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 9:50:03 GMT
We won, that was enough to make me proud to be a potter.
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Post by swampySCFC on Nov 18, 2008 9:50:43 GMT
As disappointing as it was where is the perspective.
That attitude is exactly the same as the plethora of glory hunting twats seen at the big 4.
If we lose its somebodies fault and they must be vilified for it.
FFSwhere did you expect us to be????? Top 4.
I can only assume that you werent around in the "bad old days" when we played our "football" in league 3.
Ive driven to Southend on a Tuesday to see us lose, get tatered by Bristol Rovers, Blackpool and countless other places so lets not get big headed about this and complain because we think we should be performing better.
I honestly think most of us never thought we would see Stoke in the top flight again.
Patience is what is required whilst the Management team work on keeping our current status and improving our quality.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 9:59:49 GMT
We won, that was enough to make me proud to be a potter. But you've posted 6700+ times on this site which suggests to me that you don't have much of a life. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:02:56 GMT
And that has what to do with Stoke City Football club? If you are ashamed of our beloved team then that says all I need to know about you.
WD – Proud To Be A Potter
Be Loyal, Be Proud, Be Stoke
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Post by sovietonion on Nov 18, 2008 10:05:21 GMT
Gordon Bennett. If you are representative of our 'magnificent support' then you're getting what you deserve mate. We're here for fourth from bottom in the first season no matter what anyone says. And so are Hull and West Brom. And we all have different approaches. If that means ugly wins, a great home record, closing down away or painting my piles blue then I'm up for it. After seeing how we can play and the calibre of the opposition, I AM convinced we can stay up. So Hull were praised for having a go at OT? Great. They still lost. I don't want a condescending pat on the head from United fans or the press for our approach- fuck them- as long as we do it and do it our way, who cares? They'd be quick enough to tell us we were shite. There's no atheists in foxholes in this division. Maybe TP knew the squad didn't have the mental capacity to attack at OT without getting a bigger hammering? Who knows. Hull are good on the road but ropey at home- a negative of us. Who knows why, maybe their squad gets off on the atmosphere of the big new stadiums? ??? Staying up this season will beat BY FAR the incredible achievement of getting us promoted for the first time in a quarter of a century. It took me a long time to warm to TP but what I do really believe is that he is genuinely doing what he is doing in the interests of the club. And so far he really has delivered big time and is getting carte blanche from me for this year.  |
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Post by Bick on Nov 18, 2008 10:08:23 GMT
The fans were amazing, but what a load a shit about Tony!
We were playing the english and european champions!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:07:47 GMT
I said it was a shite match WD and if you don't agree fair enough.
If it had been on Sky I reckon 80% of non-Stoke\Sunderland supporters would have switched it off after 15 minutes because two inept footballing sides were on show.
The win was all important but don't start trying to make out that we played some good stuff because we didn't.
We're a team with a face that only a mother could love but some of us have the honesty to admit that we're fucking ugly for 95% of every game we play.
Don't cry now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:11:12 GMT
Squareball, where did I say we played good stuff?
If you are naïve enough to think performances matter more than results this season then you are seriously wide of the mark flower.
Fourth bottom is the target this season and we need to get results by any means possible. Tone will play to our strengths and it won’t always be pretty. Get over is sunshine.
WD
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Post by sovietonion on Nov 18, 2008 10:15:48 GMT
Squareball, where did I say we played good stuff? If you are naïve enough to think performances matter more than results this season then you are seriously wide of the mark flower. Fourth bottom is the target this season and we need to get results by any means possible. Tone will play to our strengths and it won’t always be pretty. Get over is sunshine. WD Stop stealing my posts you twat! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:21:05 GMT
Sov ;D |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 18, 2008 10:23:01 GMT
Was this the Sunderland game where we completely outplayed (not my words, the words of the Racing Post reporter at the game) a team worth approximately four times more than ours?
Some you daft bastards need to wake the fuck up.
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Post by rabbigan on Nov 18, 2008 10:33:01 GMT
For Swampy,
which visit to League 3 are you referring to. I have been supporting home and away since since 1950/51 season.
I appreciate that in the near future TP will be made a saint officially but until then he aint perfect.
I understand from anumber of the above that you fully agree with the way we played last Saturday. When we play the champions of Europe (who gives a f--ck) we are supposed run out waving white flags.
The point is about effort and attitude, and I wrongly thought most supporters would expect us to give any game a real go.
I was wrong since most of you seem to think like TP that we accept defeat but hope something better may turn up.
Also do not confuse support for Stoke City and support for the manager. The two are quite different as I recall from some of the abuse Pulis was getting from a majority of contributors to this board only a short time ago.
To the illustrious Sheik Momo head of the Oatcake Thread Police.
I thought this was a free forum I did not realise that failure to post on a daily basis excluded comment. Some of us do have other lives.
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Post by Strange Boy on Nov 18, 2008 10:39:40 GMT
The Stoke Supporters deserve medals. Never stopped cheering ,never stopped singing, never stopped giving excellent stick to Ronaldo and Manc supporters. Our magnificent support deserves better than we are getting from the management of our beloved team. Come on TP give us something to cheer about away from home. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:40:14 GMT
We plied our trade in the third tier of English football for a few years before finally getting promotion back to the second tier via the play-offs under Gudjon.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:40:34 GMT
Were you there Sheikh or was the Racing Post's report good enough for you?
'Completely outplayed' my arse. We couldn't pass, they couldn't pass, we scored from a long throw, they didn't - trust me, it was a shit game of football.
If we'd have lost that game there'd have been countless posters on here complaining about the poor quality passing, no attacking guile, no running off the ball etc but because we won all is forgotten.
The 3 point monkeys are alive and well.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 18, 2008 10:42:43 GMT
I was there and only one team deserved to win, a sentiment shared by that notorious good loser, Roy Keane.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 10:49:35 GMT
Sheikh, he’s not happy that we won……..go figure. Some people are not happy unless they’re moaning about something. I bet he complained when Sidibe got a bit of luck with his winner against Villa (off the back of his head). We want to see free-flowing football, I was deeply ashamed after the Villa result……  |
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Post by knowles on Nov 18, 2008 10:53:41 GMT
First of all, I was extremely proud on Saturday. For the lads to trot out at Old Trafford in a league match was something I thought I would never see. Our support was nothing short of magnificent. We stayed with the team from 14.45 to about 16.58. Listen, as others have said, if we manage to stay in this league it will surpass anything we have ever achieved in our history in my opinion. We are currently FIFTEENTH which is a superb showing after 13 matches and having come up against all four of the 'big' teams. Before the season started, if you had said to me we would get one point out of eight games against these big teams, then I would have been amazed. We currently have a whopping four (surely more than anyone else outside the elite four?!) So, on Saturday we came up against a small team called Manchester United. They happen to be the Champions of the 'greatest league in the world' AND of Europe- they are something special. Cast your mind back to Anfield. You may remember a swirling free kick from Gerrard in the second minute hit the back of the net. On that occassion it was disallowed but on Saturday, Ronaldo's counted. I'm sure if Stevie G's stood, then we would have capitulated. However, we got a bit of luck. You need luck to get anything off these bigger teams. We didn't wave the 'white flag'- we were simply overawed by the experience (we aren't the first side to do that at Old Trafford!). We conceded goals at the wrong times. After Ronaldo's first, we had far more possession than I anticipated but we gave the ball away in crucial areas. A 1-0 half time deficit would have been something we could try and build on but Carrick's goal killed the contest. Anything on Saturday would have been a bonus. We now go into arguably the two biggest back-to-back games of the season. Two winnable home games which we must aim for the maximum six points in. "Deserves better than we are getting from the management" is absolute tripe. Was it not this management who masterminded our rise into the Premier League and who have navigated past the likes of Arsenal and Tottenham in recent weeks? Keep up the great work Stoke. |
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