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Post by Scrotnig on May 19, 2024 13:19:48 GMT
The Holocaust season, which we’re probably not allowed to call it now.
My first full season attending games. Ugh.
However bad we get these days, it’ll never come close to the utter hopelessness of that season.
The stats are etched in my head. Three wins. 17 points. A record low tally that stood until the early 2000’s.
I still wake up screaming.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 18, 2024 11:57:21 GMT
Let’s have more of it, fired up players us what we need.
I don’t care what the FA thinks and never have.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 12, 2024 23:06:43 GMT
BBC Radio Stoke's geographical broadcasting area covers North Staffordshire and South Cheshire, so as Crewe is in South Cheshire it covers Crewe Alexandra. Yes. And the question I'm asking is why should South Cheshire be included in Radio Stoke's area.? Careful here. I’m from Sandbach originally. So if Crewe was not a legitimate catchment area for Stoke City, (which could be the case if Crewe wasn’t in Radio Stoke’s area), that would make me a GLORY HUNTER for (at the time) living in Sandbach but supporting Stoke City rather than Crewe Alex. Yikes.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 21:45:47 GMT
Crwho?
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 21:44:21 GMT
I’d love to agree but we said all this last year. Leicester had dropped a division so it’s not a fair comparison. Unfortunately they also showed how we should have done it when we came down. Errr, I'm talking about Leicester the year before they won the Premiership. But to your point, we failed last season so we should never expect to progress ever again? Is that what you're saying? I expect us to be top 10 next season. Of course we can progress, but it’s going to be slow. I think the gap between leaving and rejoining the top flight will be longer than it was last time. In eight years all we’ve achieved is very nearly going down to the third tier. Let’s not forget that.
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New Kits
May 11, 2024 14:44:08 GMT
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 14:44:08 GMT
Bring the pinstripes from the holocaust season (and the one before).
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Arnie
May 11, 2024 12:54:29 GMT
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 12:54:29 GMT
Arnie was great for us and Stoke was great for Arnie. Hughes rescued his career, turned him into a goal scorer, and with 125 appearances, Stoke City is the "meat" in his footballing life. But let's leave at that. He tried to get more money with Everton, who were not having it, signed an improved contract with Stoke and then wanted out again less than 12 months later. He doesn't know the meanings of loyalty or gratitude and a product of the modern "selfie" age. Taking him back would be a huge risk as he is a very divisive character and if we seriously want promotion, it's not just footballing talent needed, but also hard work, unity, and teamwork that will bring it. Arnie offers none of that. Wholeheartedly agree, with one exception. It’s not hard work we need. It’s ‘aard work.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 12:17:47 GMT
At the moment all we’re serious about for next season is avoiding relegation more comfortably than we just did. That’s our reality, we’re shit. Small steps. Nonsense! Remember Leicester? Sure fire relegation to Champions in 18 months? There is a belief in the core of this team. Yes, we're not the finished article, and need a few key additions, but....... I'd be very disappointed if we are not top 10 next season (by definition challenging for a playoff spot) and a little disappointed if we don't make the playoffs. C'Mon Stoke, bring back the excitement! I’d love to agree but we said all this last year. Leicester had dropped a division so it’s not a fair comparison. Unfortunately they also showed how we should have done it when we came down.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:33:23 GMT
If we are serious about getting out of this league, we shouldn't be selling. At the moment all we’re serious about for next season is avoiding relegation more comfortably than we just did. That’s our reality, we’re shit. Small steps.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:30:33 GMT
Agree on that. Both were truly great players for us, no arguments there.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:16:36 GMT
On the website it said it would be announced in due course. Doesn't give much indication of timescale. I assume there must be a deadline of sorts to allow those not retained to have a chance of getting picked up. Although shopping can start now, technically (I believe I’m right in saying) their contracts run till the end of (is it)June? Plenty of time for the little preciouses to get sorted for their dream move to Turkey. For some, the Alsager and District Women’s Sunday League is more realistic.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:15:18 GMT
Sounds an interesting plan. I hope they do well out of it.
I also don’t hate Colin like many do round here.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:13:06 GMT
A prize nobody.
I deeply regret opening this thread to read about him, and I plan to further regret wasting time composing this reply.
Surely a candidate for one of the biggest arseholes we’ve ever had at the club, and there’s a fair bit of competition for that.
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Arnie
May 11, 2024 10:09:24 GMT
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:09:24 GMT
Not happening. Wouldn’t work if it did. Onwards, not backwards. Almost certainly not happening I think it could work brilliantly Trying to recreate past glories rarely works. I’d rather we create new ones.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:08:25 GMT
Terrible event, never forgotten.
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Arnie
May 11, 2024 10:06:42 GMT
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Post by Scrotnig on May 11, 2024 10:06:42 GMT
Not happening. Wouldn’t work if it did.
Onwards, not backwards.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 6, 2024 12:22:13 GMT
is this why Benji keeps hinting at massive changes even though ask him name them but he can’t He seems to have changed himself in a massive way. More optimistic and funny and lighter, much less gloomy and morose. I like it, well done benji keep it up 👍🏻 Coincides with a few excellent performances from the team. It’s wonderful what that can do for the mind. Being a Stoke fan is not for the fragile.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 6, 2024 9:58:52 GMT
10. Best thrashing in a long time.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 13:35:01 GMT
That's very magnanimous of you Nick. Have you had a change of heart? I thought he had lost the dressing room like many. But he seemed to turn it around, and won them back somehow, which does show there's something about him. But... Both our record for transfers on recent history and his own leave a lot of room for improvement. I mean Cundle was on in the end but took forever to get going, and Ennis? Didn't do much...manhoef took a long time but I don't think he was his either. We seem to be in a bit of a limbo whether he's the manager or he's the head coach, are the signings his or recommendations to him, and are we going to be able to get 50-70% of transfers right instead of what...10%? We still need like 12 players minimum I think on a very small budget. Its going to be tough, but if we are realistic and just aim for top half next season I think he could do ok. If it's another train wreck start we could just see another repeat season of the last. Great end to the season tho. We can’t look back, only forward. He’s won me over and I think we will have a decent season. The mood music coming out of the club now seems right.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 13:33:29 GMT
Afew fucking clowns on there. Fuck em, i love S.O.T, the people and the club. And proud. Same here. Brizzle’s a dump anyhow and the locals are even less intelligible than Geordies.
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Cundle
May 5, 2024 13:31:30 GMT
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 13:31:30 GMT
With all due respect, he was absolutely shite up for us up until April. So was everyone.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 13:00:30 GMT
So would've Watford, Sunderland, QPR, Blackburn, Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth.... I think their point is that after Plymouth, we thought that was it. Even with two losses, we’d have been fine. Well it turns out that wasn’t quite true. We’d have been relegated if we’d downed tools. Credit to the manager for making sure we didn’t. I was very worried we would. Indeed we didn’t even once we were 100% safe.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 12:58:19 GMT
What a boring quartet of non-entity teams!
There’s usually one in the playoffs that I can neutrally say “I hope they go up, they’re ok”. But not this year. Ugh.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 12:52:10 GMT
I have to say, two months back I’d have said we needed another near-complete clear out, but now I think it’s nowhere near as drastic as that. We’ve some players who are way better than I thought, and for the most part I no longer think it’s necessarily their fault they struggled to showcase that. It has been, once again, mostly our beloved club at fault.
That’s now clearly changed, and I’m more optimistic than at any point since we came down. We’ve the right manager, the right technical director, and some of the right players. We just need to right pieces to complete the jigsaw!
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 12:42:34 GMT
It’s recently become clear we’ve a small core of very good players who have struggled to show their skills due to some poor players around them, along with a toxic atmosphere at the club.
Something has clicked since Walters came along and with Schuey in charge we’ve gradually started to see these players shine.
I think if the good management continues, and the right additions and subtractions are made in the squad, we could be looking much better next season. Finally I feel it is possible.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 5, 2024 12:38:21 GMT
As fans, we have a manager we can get behind and players that we are starting to love. Bae Jun Ho, Manhoef, Burger, ... (Makes a massive difference when you compare to some of the scrawny lightweight 'sick-note Messiahs we have had in the recent past). Spot on. And we have Walters in the background as well, I think he’s made a big difference. I think he and Schuey will make next season far better than the dire shite we’ve had since relegation.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 4, 2024 22:17:52 GMT
Sometimes I wonder what Stoke fans want. The results have improved a hell of a lot. The last 15 games would give us 24 points which if replicated for the season would give us a play off spot. I think he maybe tried to implement too many of his ideas at once which is why we had that bad spell. He realised and changed it to suit. Over the last few games he has slowly added a few more of his methods and the entertainment has improved as well. We’ve been nowhere near this form since we got relegated. It’s also clear there was something a bit toxic going on surrounding Ricky Martin. Things have felt a lot better since then, albeit with the odd blip.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 4, 2024 18:50:57 GMT
New fanzone Safe standing Away fans moved SJW’s at the helm A Likeable young manager who plays attacking football Some great young players to build around (Burger, Bae Junho, Million, tchamadeu and hopefully cundle and Hoever) A competitive budget for recruitment Have I missed anything? UTMP I agree. What could possibly go wrong?
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Post by Scrotnig on May 4, 2024 14:10:51 GMT
Should definitely sign him, he’s come good.
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Post by Scrotnig on May 4, 2024 14:04:13 GMT
Peter Handyside. God bless you. Yes. Very fitting to include him. Reminded me just how sad it is that he is no longer with us, at such a young age. Fine footballer and person.
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