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Post by Smudge_SCFC on Dec 1, 2008 13:07:34 GMT
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Dec 1, 2008 13:12:43 GMT
Is it me or are Peter Barlow from Coronation Street and Tangoman the same person?
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Post by Strange Boy on Dec 1, 2008 13:21:51 GMT
Im thirsty!
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Post by Will_75 on Dec 1, 2008 14:01:34 GMT
i'm no phil brown fan, but watching Spiderman last night, i did enjoy his turn as editor of the Daily Bugle...  |
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Post by Bick on Dec 1, 2008 15:37:49 GMT
Is it me or are Peter Barlow from Coronation Street and Tangoman the same person? ;D ;D |
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Post by monkhousestokie on Dec 1, 2008 15:39:24 GMT
Good on yer Smudge!
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Post by serpico on Dec 1, 2008 15:51:09 GMT
Great article, spot on. I have been especially taken aback by the smugness and 'holier than thou' attitude of the Hull fans and manager alike, they seem to think they play a brand off football which is in a different dimension to stokes, which is absolute nonsense, as you correctly point out, no team has scored more from set pieces than Hull City this year, and their goal came from a almighty hoof from the half way line, after it luckily dropped for King, who to be fair, finished it very well.
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Post by stan on Dec 1, 2008 15:53:00 GMT
It looked to me as though Hull took the free-kick a few yards forward from where the foul took place. ???
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Post by serpico on Dec 1, 2008 16:00:14 GMT
It looked to me as though Hull took the free-kick a few yards forward from where the foul took place. ??? Yes, they did, Griffin made contact with the Hull player just before he crossed the half way line. Griffin makes contact just before the HW line  Hull player takes it 7-8 yards from where the foul took place.  you might say that is nitpicking, but it gives them a better angle. |
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Post by stan on Dec 1, 2008 16:10:55 GMT
Cheers for that, mate; I thought so. If they had been kicking it down the line, it would be nit-picking, but when it's a delivery into the box from a different angle (and closer), it is relevant.
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Post by Denis Smiths fow staith on Dec 1, 2008 16:20:05 GMT
I noticed again on Match of the Day that Cort didn't even jump when challenging the Hull player who nodded it down to King. Shawcross would probably have made a better effort of it.
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Post by Smudge_SCFC on Dec 2, 2008 8:20:21 GMT
I genuinely can't believe how much stick we've been getting since the weekend and how easily Hull have got away with their display.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2008 8:45:33 GMT
I genuinely can't believe how much stick we've been getting since the weekend and how easily Hull have got away with their display. But it changes nothing for us, everyman and his dog have a perception of Stoke prior to that match. What it does do is put more pressure on Dull as they have all of a sudden built themselves up as a bit of a decent footballing team. It will not belong before that is sussed. They have not won in 6 and on that form will soon be back in the mix  |
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Post by tigerfeat on Dec 2, 2008 9:42:08 GMT
No win in 6, unbeaten in three.....you can take stats to make 'em say what you want sometimes
Given that two of the defeats in this run were manure and chelski and we scored 3 at 0T, the only result in that sequence that I would genuinely class as bad was the defeat to Bolton, and to be honest even though they are on a good run themselves at the mo, their keeper put in a stunning performance in that game as we bombarded their goal for the entire second half
As for our game, I agree, it was a poor game and I really don't think we played a particularly pretty style either. That was the first time in a long while that we've played with a lone striker and that suggested we'd take a draw and maybe hope to nick something on the break
For what its worth I think you do get unecessary stick from the media and I actually think both clubs are doing a great job of staying away from the mire that all the smug twats confidently predicted we'd be wellsunk at the bottom of by this stage of the season
Who cares how we do it, season one in the prem is all about survival and who cares how we do it. I'm having a great time and I imagine if I was a Stokie I still would be too
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Dec 2, 2008 9:56:14 GMT
We stand a fair chance of being over 20 points by Xmas and I think we would have settled for that at the start of the season, its just the same old same old really, TP seems to be unwilling to take risks or change thing about when that little extra is needed.
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Post by Titan Uranus on Dec 2, 2008 10:19:19 GMT
I think one of the reasons for that is ...
they have Geovanni playing for them
he makes the team tick and at least tries to play some football.
we haven't got anyone of that calibre in my opinion.
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Post by scfcrob on Dec 2, 2008 10:23:15 GMT
Are we getting a little paranoid about what "the media" say about us?
Comparisons to Wimbledon are often spouted but is that a bad thing? I wouldn't mind seeing Stoke win the FA Cup or play in Europe (only denied to the Dons by a EUFA ban for English clubs).
Let everyone say we are a poor side that rely on the LONGTHROW or route one, those of us a little closer to the club we love know different.
Most teams managers actually also know this now and set up their teams accordingly.
Let's keep a list of those hacks that spout crap, save it until the end of the season and then plan and deliver a tirade that they have not witnessed before. There is a major difference between us and the Dons of the 80's - approx. 20,000 more supporters.
As for the gamesmanship, I found it entertaining. Use everything within the rules of the game to get any advantage you can. If that were a Stoke player demanding the towel, then throwing it away in disdain in the last minute, we would be singing his praises. How we laughed when Kamara mimicked Vinny Jones falling over back in the day (apols. to the under 25s).
Brown was a bigger presence in his technical area than TP and managed to deflect a lot of abuse into his direction, a very effective tactic. The abuse that would normally be directed at players on the pitch went his way - very clever in my eyes. Also the Windass pantomime charade was amusing. I am sure that he wasn't the first Hull sub to do this. Did a different sub stand near to Mr Longthrow earlier in the game? He is a character, worth his weight - (no let's not use that expression as he would be priceless) and another ploy used by Brown to deflect crap from his players on the pitch. He won't get many minutes on the pitch this season, but he will get a lot of bench spots.
It also makes me think that Brown was a major player in Sam Allardyce's success at Bolton. Big Sam at Newcastle without the orange one was much less successful, despite having greater riches.
If I were a Hull fan then I would have been pleased with the point on Saturday. They aren't a poor side and were very well drilled. The set piece was a great move with a cracking finish. They will get many more points this season on the road.
We will also stay up as long as the spirit is maintained and we are not distracted by media bitching. The Millwall mentality of "no ones likes us, we don't care" should be adopted for the remainder of the season. Then we laugh in their faces at the end of the season.
GO ON STOKE!
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