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Post by Pugsley on May 6, 2024 10:54:41 GMT
Both England kits are nice.
Adidas have butchered both of Italy's who usually have good kits.
Portugal's home is another cracker.
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Post by Pugsley on May 6, 2024 10:46:07 GMT
People still peddling shit I see.
We need to improve on results but the intent is there.
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Post by Pugsley on May 6, 2024 10:44:54 GMT
Don't they say it every year? Usually followed by a disappointing transfer window. It's only disappointing when you allow clueless fucks to sign footballers. See Alex Neil and Ricky Martin. We signed a barrow load of players last season. What more do you want?
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Post by Pugsley on May 5, 2024 17:49:20 GMT
I find it rather odd that Cundle gets a rough ride while other more experienced players get off absolutely scot free despite stinking the place out for a few seasons.
Nowt to do with agendas.
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Post by Pugsley on May 4, 2024 13:35:51 GMT
Couldn’t happen to a shittier club. And a shittier manager. He’s taken them down after being ok with Mowbray.
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Post by Pugsley on May 3, 2024 13:06:03 GMT
Calm, confident, no bullshit. Walters and Schumacher are football men, not fly by night snake oil salesmen.
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Post by Pugsley on May 3, 2024 11:46:43 GMT
Think I mentioned Still before we appointed that clueless fuck Neil. Major risk though given his background. Sunderland bound I think.
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Post by Pugsley on May 3, 2024 11:04:51 GMT
I heard from someone ITK. Bayern fancies himself for the job. Verlinden, Sorensen and Sidibe are checking out apartments in Munich. Harry Kane is looking at flights home. 100% could do it but can't be arsed. Fact.
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Post by Pugsley on May 2, 2024 15:34:35 GMT
Any suggestions on a new manager? not sure they'd listen, isnt the clubs supposed to find them? Claude Makélélé Joachim Löw Hansi Flick Antonio Conte Rudi Garcia Graham Potter Walter Mazzarri Albert Celades Sylvain Ripoll Steve Cooper Julen Lopetegui Jesse Marsch Bruno Génésio Bruno Cheyrou Niko Kovac Maurizio Sarri Ruud van Nistelrooy Laurent Blanc Chris Hughton Jürgen Klinsmann Fabio Grosso Antonio Conte... I mean like
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Post by Pugsley on May 2, 2024 13:58:16 GMT
Below is the team that played the last game of the season in 2007-08. I only say this because I don't believe you need a perfect team to get promoted and I say that because I think some of the players that are being written off are capable of contributing. Ennis for Cresswell? Is Hoever that worse that Wilkinson accepting that the role that position plays 15 years on has changed? One of the differences is the manager at the time was able to get the most out of the players we had. That's not happened at Stoke for years and years aside from maybe one player in Souttar. Stoke: Nash, Cort, Wilkinson (Buxton 21), Shawcross, Dickinson, Lawrence (Pugh 90), Delap, Whelan, Cresswell, Fuller, Sidibe (Ameobi 90). Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Pearson. I'd swap Bae for Cresswell out of the current cabal and that's it.
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Post by Pugsley on May 2, 2024 12:38:53 GMT
Let's face it, while it's a good game to name a few footballers, we've no idea who is going to improve us or not. Unless we sign KdB, Phil Foden etc. Maybe put in a cheeky offer for Mo Salah?
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Post by Pugsley on May 2, 2024 12:35:29 GMT
Keep: Burger Bae Junior Manhoef Not arsed about any of the others, including the Manager. Any suggestions on a new manager?
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Post by Pugsley on May 2, 2024 7:52:54 GMT
Pearson and Johnson, the last of the Preston mafia who have fucked us over. Gallagher as well.
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Post by Pugsley on May 1, 2024 10:11:47 GMT
Has the potential to be a premier league coach ... hopefully in charge of us! Time to stick with a manager rather than pile on pressure as soon as things don't go to plan. Too many arse wipes still think we have a divine right to be top 6 and whinge like hell when we're not. When you spend £150m since relegation which dwarfs any other club by a long way, we should have the divine right to be top 6. To have been in a relegation battle that was still a threat up until last week, quite frankly is appalling management from the top down. Absolutely baffles me how many Stoke fans like yourself are happy to accept any old shite, i mean have some standards.... it seems to be such a Stoke fan thing. We don't have any right at all. The arrogance that you can just throw money at a problem and expect results is breathtaking. We have an advantage that we have resource but you have to work just as hard to make sure it's used correctly.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 30, 2024 17:03:39 GMT
There's a difference between expecting and aiming. We have to have ambition or what's the point? A agree. It’s a very good point you make. Everyone has ambitions of achieving great things but there must be an element of realism in there, otherwise all fans would be disappointed every season unless they win something like a cup or promotion etc. I expect us to make a play off push next season and I would, as would the club, be disappointed if it doesn't happen. I don't think that is unrealistic in this league.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 30, 2024 11:36:49 GMT
The cap is a multiple of the income received by the poorest team in the Prem. The key factor is the size of the multiplication factor. 4.5 was initially suggested which would catch out 2 or 3 of the big spenders. However, 5 is now the likely value which would affect no clubs. Only Chelsea have gone over if the multiple is 5. No surprise there.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 30, 2024 11:25:02 GMT
I don't think this seasons position will have any bearing on next, take last years table for example - 6 - Sunderland 7 - Blackburn 8 - Millwall. Currently occupying 15, 16 and 19 respectively. Hull finished 15th last year & after some good recruitment this year they're in with a chance of the play-offs with a game to go. Norwich finished 13th, comfortable play-off spot this year. And of course Ipswich weren't even in the division. We have a platform now to go on and secure 6-7 first team players that will take this team from consistently average, to performing at a good level week-in, week-out. And in reality that's all you need to do well in this league. We've shown we can perform at a top-level recently, but just as much we've shown we can be utterly awful. Consistency and a constant flow of points and we'll do just fine. The volatile nature of the league means that anything can happen. Work hard on and off the pitch, get your recruitment right, start well and get momentum and good things will happen. Walters and Schumacher are desperate to do well and will put in the effort, unlike the two previous no marks.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 30, 2024 11:22:13 GMT
Of course they will. Don’t be daft I get that every team wants to win every game but teams like Rotherham can’t expect promotion. There's a difference between expecting and aiming. We have to have ambition or what's the point?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 29, 2024 13:36:24 GMT
Anyone who thinks StS is not an improvement on clueless fuck Neil needs to give their head a wobble.
Probably the same individuals who believed Neil was 'exactly what we need'.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 15:55:44 GMT
I said it at the start of last season with that clueless fuck Neil in charge... promotion challenge. Same applies to Schumacher - he has to deliver a better season and see us at least trying to get in the top 6.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 8:41:53 GMT
The last two games we have been braver, something that you have wanted. I think his role is clearer with a DM behind him. The way we set up more recently has suited him better. He's an 8 for mewho plays better with forwards that create space for an overload. We have and as we should because the league is wank. Don’t treat it with respect it doesn’t deserve. Cundle though can get in the bin. Awful for 95% of his time here and turned up for the game against his old mates. We don’t need that mentality. We need plauers that want it in all games and he doesn’t. Like Ben Pearson?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 8:40:00 GMT
You should have gone to Specsavers. People are happy we've stayed up, that's all. Everyone knows it's been a poor season again. They don't need telling every 10 minutes by people who think they know it all. No they haven’t. “It’s not been good but it’s not been the worst” It absolutely has been the worst in the last 20 years. “We don’t need another overhaul” Well we need 7 new first team players which imo is a fucking overhaul. The standards are though the floor. No accountability has been had by this fanbase and the acceptance of utter shit is frightening. It hasn't been the worst. We'd have been relegated if so. We do need more players which is poor after last summer but those responsible have left the club. Fans made it known they weren't happy with Neil and Martin and the club acted.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 8:32:30 GMT
The aim should be promotion. My guess is most will be content with a top half finish. Again, recruitment will be key. Christ, from reading here and Twitter from the last few days most will be happy with a shit season that ends with a few wins. It’s absolutely fucking mind boggling. You should have gone to Specsavers. People are happy we've stayed up, that's all. Everyone knows it's been a poor season again. They don't need telling every 10 minutes by people who think they know it all.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 8:27:20 GMT
Now we know we have a 7th consecutive crack at this Championship thing starting in August. We'll thankfully be shut of Leicester and hopefully Leeds as well and Sheffield United and likely Burnley and Luton coming down from the Prem won't exactly tear up any trees. It must be to get involved at the business end of the table, a flirtation with the play-off competition at least? Last time Burnley were in this league under Kompany they romped it. The league is low on quality and anyone half decent will do well if they can cope with the attritional nature of the fixtures coming thick and fast.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 8:15:26 GMT
Fuck me Bayern He deserves to get his own pl as yers in and to give him a chance. We have stayed up and 3 or 4 weeks ago I thought that was impossible. We are staying up say I never thought we’d go down tbh but it only looked close after Schumacher shat himself. Course you didn't. Did you put a pound on?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 8:13:07 GMT
From Neil to Schumacher is worth celebrating. The signing of Burger, Bae Jun Ho and Million. The emergence of some genuine team spirit and a growing bond between team and supporters. The fact that the supporters stuck with the players and brought back some of the old atmosphere. A chink of blue sky in the gloom that shrouded the club half way through the season. Not our finest season but far from our worst. It’s not. We should still just about sack him imo. And I think he’ll be gone by October still even now. This season has been fucking atrocious. The home form has been appalling and there’s very little to look forward to. We need 7 new first teamers minimum and will likely finish bottom half again. Great. There's plenty to look forward to.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 28, 2024 8:04:27 GMT
Mission accomplished for this season i.e. keeping us in this hell hole division. Done a superb job with what he inherited, which was a mess.
Totally vindicated John Coates decision to get rid of idiots Neil and Martin and sticking with StS. Another good decision looks like Walters as Sporting Director. Perhaps things are changing for us.
Onto next season with some positivity. Good times ahead?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 25, 2024 7:48:59 GMT
Stoke fans bleating on about tactics... Most should stick to the mints
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 24, 2024 14:50:09 GMT
In what way has he looked like he wants to play for us? By hugging his mates in the tunnel? If he didn't want to be here, he wouldn't be celebrating an important victory would he I prefer footballers proving it on the pitch not in the tunnel. As a marquee signing he has been woeful. Hopefully StS can get a tune out of him but I have serious doubts. I'd sell if possible. Easier said than done though.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 24, 2024 11:21:42 GMT
In what way has he looked like he wants to play for us? By hugging his mates in the tunnel? Not sure there should be any doubt he wants to play for us. If he could control his foolishness he's a good player. Only problem is by his own admission he's not good at being a bench warmer and struggles to keep up his fitness and sharpness if he's not playing every week when available. Given Schu's preference for 1 deeplying central midfielder and the fact Burger is better at just about everything than him I can't see him being a regular starter. Thommo seems a much better probably much cheaper understudy, still picks up a lot of cards but not normally for such cockish things. How can he be a good player if he's so unprofessional?
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