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Post by stokecityscott on Aug 3, 2009 13:32:05 GMT
WHU will be in the relegation mixer this season for sure, specially if Upson goes.
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 13:34:22 GMT
WHU will be in the relegation mixer this season for sure, specially if Upson goes. bit over the top. we wont pull up any trees but will be safe in mid table. there are many worse teams than us.........
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2009 13:35:20 GMT
Could you do us a favour and give the apple tree a quick shake?
Cheers
WD
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 13:40:36 GMT
consider it shaken.
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Post by stokecityscott on Aug 3, 2009 13:44:06 GMT
Make sure you catch Ashton when you shake it.
We dont want him getting injured.
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 13:47:08 GMT
i think its me you should worry about - hes not the lightest of chaps.
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Post by marshy on Aug 3, 2009 13:47:15 GMT
WHU will be in the relegation mixer this season for sure, specially if Upson goes. I think West Ham will be challenging for top 6 this season. They look a very good side and i think Zola is a very good manager. Nowhere near relegation imo
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 13:48:09 GMT
marshy you little beauty...................... if only that were true.
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Aug 3, 2009 13:48:09 GMT
im just naming names............ but if upson were to be sold we'd need some experience at the back. Cash plus Dunne perhaps? you'll need a bit of experience to go with your good young centre halves who i'm sure won't look nearly as good when not next to upson.
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Post by Big J on Aug 3, 2009 13:48:54 GMT
Didnt look to great in the Beijing cup thing. Well of the pace imo. Still they wont go down, not a chance.
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Post by marshy on Aug 3, 2009 13:52:39 GMT
Didnt look to great in the Beijing cup thing. Well of the pace imo. Still they wont go down, not a chance. It was only a pre season tournament where it was much hotter than England. If we base an upcoming season on preseason then stoke are definitely going down! ;D
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 13:54:24 GMT
depends on who comes in over the next couple of weeks........... we are desperately short up front at the mo. apart from that we look ok.
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Post by marshy on Aug 3, 2009 14:03:55 GMT
depends on who comes in over the next couple of weeks........... we are desperately short up front at the mo. apart from that we look ok. What about the goal machine Carlton Cole? and if all else fails Zola could have a go up front Cresswell is available btw
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 14:08:32 GMT
Cole has his good points - hes twice the player he was this time last year but he aint gonna score more than 10 goals in a season................ hence the need for a strike partner.
will pass on cresswell if its all the same.
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Post by steinovschmeichel on Aug 3, 2009 14:33:07 GMT
WHU will be in the relegation mixer this season for sure, specially if Upson goes. I think West Ham will be challenging for top 6 this season. They look a very good side and i think Zola is a very good manager. Nowhere near relegation imo i thought west ham were lucky last season. the bottom half of table were all a bit shit thats how we finished 12th really. much of what they did was down to there assitant manager who came from chelsea. fulham were hardly best team in the world and they finished 7th.
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 14:42:03 GMT
lucky to finish 9th??
the things you learn...........
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Aug 3, 2009 14:48:24 GMT
Disagree, I thought from Christmas onwards (from Fullergate onwards to be precise) they looked genuinely strong and played quite a few sides off the park with slick passing football even with a bunch of kids in their side towards the end, gave us the run-around in the first half at the britannia too. Steve Clarke looks to be instrumental in their success for me, Zola is a very lucky boy to have him as coach.
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 14:50:47 GMT
Disagree, I thought from Christmas onwards (from Fullergate onwards to be precise) they looked genuinely strong and played quite a few sides on the park with slick passing football even with a bunch of kids in their side towards the end, gave us the run-around in the first half at the britannia too. Steve Clarke looks to be instrumental in their success for me, Zola is a very lucky boy to have him as coach. hits nail on head. boxing day onwards our record was excellent. only injuries prevented us getting 7th place.
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Post by 606Stokie on Aug 3, 2009 14:55:59 GMT
Disagree, I thought from Christmas onwards (from Fullergate onwards to be precise) they looked genuinely strong and played quite a few sides on the park with slick passing football even with a bunch of kids in their side towards the end, gave us the run-around in the first half at the britannia too. Steve Clarke looks to be instrumental in their success for me, Zola is a very lucky boy to have him as coach. For me i Agree with that and well done west ham for playing the younger players when needed.. But i think also this year is if they start to belive there own hype, Selling players and keeping them off the treatment table.. For me will finish 6th-9th... As they need a couple of exprianced defenders and mid. will be fine.. and couple of strikers as well..
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Post by cocknepott on Aug 3, 2009 14:59:18 GMT
i can feel the love on here!!
anyone - back to ashton, has he signed yet??
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Post by eriksson74 on Aug 3, 2009 15:08:15 GMT
i can feel the love on here!! anyone - back to ashton, has he signed yet?? Whose this Ashton you refer to? can't say I've heard a lot about him
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Post by FrostySCFC on Aug 3, 2009 18:03:24 GMT
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Post by hammerinpeace on Aug 3, 2009 18:42:20 GMT
Things have moved forward re: Ashton today. You are likely to get the fella most of you have wanted.
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Post by coggy on Aug 3, 2009 18:43:43 GMT
Things have moved forward re: Ashton today. You are likely to get the fella most of you have wanted. Please tell more ?
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Post by Lightwood on Aug 3, 2009 18:45:14 GMT
Has Trevor Brooking decided to give things another go?
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Post by hammerinpeace on Aug 3, 2009 18:56:09 GMT
Things have moved forward re: Ashton today. You are likely to get the fella most of you have wanted. Please tell more ? WHU have done a deal for and with EG from Barcelona. They are also close to one other. Deano will be allowed to leave when this has been completed. The fee is agreed, the one and only stumbling block will be the wages on offer from Stoke, if that can be sorted to Ashtons satisfaction it will happen.
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Post by Han Solo on Aug 3, 2009 18:58:40 GMT
Sounds an awful lot more to be done than 0.01 percent.
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Post by SCFC92 on Aug 3, 2009 18:58:49 GMT
WHU have done a deal for and with EG from Barcelona. They are also close to one other. Deano will be allowed to leave when this has been completed. The fee is agreed, the one and only stumbling block will be the wages on offer from Stoke, if that can be sorted to Ashtons satisfaction it will happen. Get in! ;D
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Post by stone6 on Aug 3, 2009 19:06:37 GMT
WHU have done a deal for and with EG from Barcelona. They are also close to one other. Deano will be allowed to leave when this has been completed. The fee is agreed, the one and only stumbling block will be the wages on offer from Stoke, if that can be sorted to Ashtons satisfaction it will happen. I bloody hope so!!! Watch EG go and fail his West Ham medical now!!!
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Post by serpico on Aug 3, 2009 19:13:47 GMT
WHU have done a deal for and with EG from Barcelona. They are also close to one other. Deano will be allowed to leave when this has been completed. The fee is agreed, the one and only stumbling block will be the wages on offer from Stoke, if that can be sorted to Ashtons satisfaction it will happen. If this is the case, I'm really not sure exactly what ashton expected, we've been in the premiership for 1 season, surely he does not expect us to pay players anywhere near 60k a week, at the very maximum I can imagine us pushing the boat to 50k, but we're stoke, not Man city, i can't imagine him thinking a move to stoke would not involve a significant pay cut , he must have known this from the very beginning .
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