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Post by Pugsley on Apr 10, 2024 21:27:57 GMT
Not tonight Albert. Miles off mate. We got what we deserved. No doubt in the end BUT we were denied a clear goal. Goals change games and mindsets.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 10, 2024 21:24:53 GMT
Inevitable knicker wetting from people who haven't the first clue.
We'll stay up and kick on next season.
StS is here for the long run, pipe down and get used to it.
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Mmaee
Apr 9, 2024 14:12:16 GMT
Post by Pugsley on Apr 9, 2024 14:12:16 GMT
Has he broke a finger nail?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 9, 2024 11:40:36 GMT
I love Walters and he speaks very well but taking my rose tinted glasses off he's massively inexperienced. It may well work out but on paper this is another poor decision by Jon Coates. On the positive side nobody will work harder than Walters and he's always been an over achiever so it's not like there is no hope. I still think we should have gone for someone like MON who has been a manager and would be more equipped to deal with another manager/Coaches needs. Having someone like Walters to work with someone like MON would have been the best way in my opinion. How can it be a poor decision if it works out?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 8, 2024 11:13:53 GMT
Videgal scoring the rebound after penno saved initially when is the last time we did that? Can't remember, could be decades Ask Charlie Adam
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 8, 2024 9:42:37 GMT
Stevens needs moving on, he's fit for a quarter of the season. Thompson i'd keep as he offers decent cover.
We need better first team quality in most areas to get us challenging nearer the top of the table.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 8, 2024 8:33:47 GMT
Nothing wrong with thrashing arms about in frustration at the match. A bit of full-on passion is what we have desperately needed. Fergi and Klopp don't seem to have suffered from expressing passion. He's got passion, the club at heart, apparently he has the qualifications, and he's a communicator. Very best wishes and good hunting JW. I think with our owners there is a lot wrong with it. John is clearly a passionate Stoke fan and he clearly needs a cool, calm head around him just like Peter was. This 'pashun' thing is really overrated in football. What works, and certainly works upstairs is cold and calculated decision making, and not some young buck out to make a name for himself by running around hitting the proles on the shop floor and shouting at the fans like a crazed seal. Schumacher himself is only very young still. Clearly has talent as a coach and manager but this is a huge job, and as has been admitted by many more experienced managers a very strange and tough job. I think the clever move and play here by the owners would be a very experienced man (a Hodgson, Allardyce or even a Warnock or Pulis) as a consultant type sat between Walters and Schumacher in and around the boardroom to advise and coach both people, and even John too. Both of our key people clearly have talent, qualifications and in Walter's a knowledge of the club and the area but neither have the experience to ride out difficult times, and for me that is never overrated in football. Walters doesn't strike me as a bloke who goes OTT. He always appears calm and measured. He also seems hungry for the job which can only be a good thing. It's clear that him and StS have struck up a good working relationship really quickly and the experience they are going through now i.e. riding out a difficult time will only stand them in good stead. To me he's the man for the job. Bringing in any of the names above would be a retrograde step in my opinion.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 5, 2024 11:15:28 GMT
Why we can't afford to take Rashford ... What a waste of talent. Pointing to his team mates as well.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 5, 2024 11:14:27 GMT
So if you were a manager who was told to fuck off every day and not participate in training like the rest of the squad (extreme example obviously). You would say that player is playing because I believe he’s better than the rest of you? That wouldn’t go down very well would it and the rest of the squad will think fuck you. Like I said, you’d lose the dressing room pretty quick over favouring one player that didn’t pull their weight We literally did it with one of my favourite players. If they were that good then yes I would do it. And I’d like to think if I was one of the others who wasn’t as good then I’d totally understand why. It happened every now and again and he was cut some slack, probably like a lot of well performing players under any good manager. Just don't hear about it. It wasn't happening 'literally' every day.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 4, 2024 13:01:02 GMT
Easier for an ex pro to deal with young players as at least he can back up what he's saying as the young players will be aware of the managers career. Can't see a spotty FIFA nerd commanding the same respect when the tough words need saying. But again that’s a terrible mindset imo. And shows my point. Break the mould. Go and earn yourself tens of millions. But you can't be arsed. You've no idea what it takes to make a career in professional football. Zero.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 4, 2024 12:52:29 GMT
Why don't you break the mould then lad? Because I can’t be arsed to deal with close minded wankers. ??? K
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 4, 2024 12:50:20 GMT
It’s not though is it. It’s what football management is. There’s absolutely no reason why it has to be an ex pro. Bar that’s what the ex pros say and everyone believes them. Why don't you break the mould then lad?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 4, 2024 12:46:40 GMT
Some real keyboard footballers on here who know more than Schumacher .......or not!! It still amazes me that people actually put football managers on a pedestal. The more I see of them, the more I’m convinced it’s just a racket contrived to keep former players in the game and they convince everyone that no one can do better and it’s this self perpetuating myth that no one ever tries to break or if they do, the players who know they won’t have a career after they’re 35 don’t work with anyone because they’re not from a football background. And the cycle continues of really mediocre to poor people on the merry go round that is football management. A real closed book. Lol, what bollocks.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 4, 2024 10:39:19 GMT
Right man for the job
Walters spent the entirety of his Stoke playing career proving people, including yours truly, wrong. I'm sure he'll do the same in this new role and do an excellent job.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 3, 2024 20:47:42 GMT
What a footballer.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 3, 2024 20:42:11 GMT
Foden again demonstrating this evening, that his best position is by far and away as a number 10. He's absolute quality. World class.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 3, 2024 20:38:43 GMT
No Alex Neil or Ben Pearson on the list?
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 3, 2024 14:46:33 GMT
Lack of goals at home really needs addressing, and his starting line-up against Huddersfield was more for an away game. We need to dominate at home, expect more possession of the ball against a deeper defence. We just dont have enough creativity in the team apart from attempting to get it out wide for a cross into the box. I would try Bae as a 10 at home with Manhoef and Haks/Vidigal on the wings with Mmae or Campbell through the middle. Laurent playing as the number 10 is simply never going to create enough. I doubt we will see that kind of line-up in the remaining games at home though. I agree that we should be more attacking at home but expecting to dominate is fanciful. We're in a relegation battle because we're a bit shit.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 3, 2024 14:12:52 GMT
Rowett sees Brum safe IMO. Better manager than our current one- fact. Rubbish. Not one single promotion. Given one of the largest budgets ever seen in the Championship and blew it.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 3, 2024 13:13:18 GMT
Idiots used to boo when we were in the top half of the PL if we weren't winning at half time, it will never change.
In general the club is very well supported with a vociferous backing, especially away. If the players can't handle a few boos then they are in the wrong profession.
Play better or at least look as though you give a shit.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 3, 2024 11:41:14 GMT
Wow You are normally a voice of reason. SS might still achieve the relatively rare feat of coaching 2 teams for 20 games in a season in the same division and both get relegated. Which does suggest something about our selection of personnel. Plymouth were OK before he left and we're doing marginally better since he arrived. Plymouth will go down, we won't.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 2, 2024 9:00:29 GMT
See the season out,then have a long chat with Mmaee,if he isn't going to toe the line,then get rid. Just get rid. This rabble will say anything to get the next pay check.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 2, 2024 8:41:34 GMT
None are up to it, as proved all season. He's had numerous chances and he's proven to be garbage. I think Mmaee has been handled woefully though. There’s clearly a bloody good striker in there imo. One week he's OK the next 4 he's rubbish. Like the rest of them bar one or two, they are bang average footballers with terrible attitudes who put it in when they feel like it. Anyone who thinks otherwise about these players clearly knows nothing about football. We're in the current position due to Alex Neil and his chronies. The current manager has a devils own job getting a result from one week to the next.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 2, 2024 8:08:34 GMT
It’s unacceptable behaviour from a mediocre player that doesn’t get rewarded with a start. Totally disagree. We need to win games and you do what you need to, to get that done. Ennis isn’t that. None are up to it, as proved all season. He's had numerous chances and he's proven to be garbage.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 1, 2024 19:11:37 GMT
Where’s your bet slip from today? You being convinced and all. 🤣🤣🤣 Can’t do it can you. Hilarious You’ve proved that you thought it was a good team so fair play. You backed it up with a £1 bet. You’re in a roll son, should have gone with another today as you knew for certain what would happen. I agree with a lot you say about the club, I’ve said the same but saying he’s a coward is pathetic nonsense.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 1, 2024 19:05:09 GMT
That does have a slight whiff of misplaced defiance about it to me. It's actually more worrying how satisfied and upbeat he sounds about a scraped point at home to one of the division's worst teams. It’s called staying positive when everyone is against you, including your own supporters. We are also one of the worst teams in the league.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 1, 2024 17:39:02 GMT
A £1 single. Yep, you were convinced. Oh dear. The goalposts being moved 🤣🤣 I don’t bet more than that for reasons mentioned. Again that team on Friday looked set for a result away just as much as the one today didn’t. You can sorry I was wrong…..🤣 Where’s your bet slip from today? You being convinced and all.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 1, 2024 17:32:11 GMT
Some of the absolute throbbers on here need to grow up, SS and the players getting dogs abuse at HT during a relegation battle ffs. I honestly believe some of you would love us to go down, SS has inherited another shite group of players, Ricky Martin has left. Give the bloke some time to build a squad for Christ's sake. Our only aim now is to stay in this league, sick and tired of absolute throbbers thinking they are the next pep. Grow up. home form has been wank because we make it intimidating for our own player, clowns on here can’t seem to grasp that concept and think that these last 5 years have just been a coincidence and it’s never our fault, these past 5 managers and 100s of players must all be the problem Our form is wank because we've had a succession of wank managers and even wankier players.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 1, 2024 17:29:24 GMT
A £1 single. Yep, you were convinced. Oh dear.
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Post by Pugsley on Apr 1, 2024 17:26:52 GMT
Same was said on Friday. We won at a canter. Not by me it wasn’t. I liked the team and thought we’d win and yes I bet on it and it wasn’t hindsight etc. Also just like I knew the team he put out today wouldn’t win. It’s so obvious. It’s so frustrating. Course you did.
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