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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 21:49:37 GMT
He’s toss, it’s shocking that we signed him in the first place but it’s absolute madness that we’ve given the fucker a contract extension. Nice you speak so well of our keeper..well done. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 17:59:58 GMT
John Coates has just touched down in France. Unsure why he is there / who to see Mickey Mouse |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 15:40:00 GMT
Nuno hasn't applied, he's not interested, he's possibly too expensive. JDT is under contact...can we afford another few million to buy his contract up. We need to stop believing the hype and random names on X, tic-tac-toe, or whatever platform the kids are using. Plenty on here with good track records are insisting Nuno was / is interested. JDT compo is supposed to be around 750k We are just going to settle for somebody out of work who will do it in the cheap? Might as well stick with what we have then. JDT...750K, What about his team he will want to bring. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 15:36:33 GMT
Gallys subs today were more positive than Neil showed through his Time here He made 2 subs that were almost like for like? We went 2 up front...that's positive and trying to win the game.. ..could of brought a 5th defender or a midfielder on, but he didnt |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 15:22:25 GMT
Doesn’t matter who we play we’d still set up like they’re Real Madrid. Not under someone like Mowbray or maybe Schumacher we wouldn't. Gally is a disciple of Neil and similarly negative. Gallys subs today were more positive than Neil showed through his Time here |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 15:21:05 GMT
You don't half speak some horse shit OK you have obviously found some evidence of low scoring football being successful. What decade are you living in? Promotion season under TP |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 15:15:26 GMT
It doesn't matter how you go about avoiding relegation it's achieving it that matters. If Birmingham had started the season in another relegation battle then you might have a point but they didn't - the Birmingham board got starstruck and ditched a manager who was doing a good job for them for one that would up their media - which is what many on here are calling for. If recent record was the sole criteria Eustace would be the clear and obvious candidate. I'm not saying that should be the sole criteria or that Eustace is the best overall candidate but to say he isn't the right man given where we are is nonsense. 10 games is not a ‘record’ that’s the point. Like alluded to already, some of our fans have a weird obsession with players who’ve played for us, or have a history. He should be nowhere near the running. I’d rather keep Gallagher or even give Ryan Shawcross a go if we’re so intent on ‘keeping it in the family’. Please no... Gallagher is a young coach with no managerial experience. Shawcross is just starting his coaching journey as u18 assistant.. This really is not the combination you need for A. A relegation fight or B. Take our club to the higher reaches of the champ and into the prem. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 15:10:45 GMT
It doesn't matter how you go about avoiding relegation it's achieving it that matters. If Birmingham had started the season in another relegation battle then you might have a point but they didn't - the Birmingham board got starstruck and ditched a manager who was doing a good job for them for one that would up their media - which is what many on here are calling for. If recent record was the sole criteria Eustace would be the clear and obvious candidate. I'm not saying that should be the sole criteria or that Eustace is the best overall candidate but to say he isn't the right man given where we are is nonsense. 'Recent record' was 10 games. Christ, even we looked good for 5 under Neil. Again, nobody on earth would be calling for John Eustace if he hadnt been a Stoke player. There is no nonsense in that statement. If its not Nuno then JDT would be my second choice. Nuno hasn't applied, he's not interested, he's possibly too expensive. JDT is under contact...can we afford another few million to buy his contract up. We need to stop believing the hype and random names on X, tic-tac-toe, or whatever platform the kids are using. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 17, 2023 13:43:01 GMT
DJ, Bae, Hoever
All dreadful corners from these today
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 16, 2023 19:38:02 GMT
Perhaps he is going to apply for the West Brom job. Now that would be worth seeing... As stoke smash in an injury time winner, corberan rips off his wba anorak to show he's wearing the stoke shirt underneath. runs to the away fans beating his chest before knee sliding infront of the hysterical stokies. A new messiah has arrived. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 16, 2023 19:30:50 GMT
Posted all the way from praha, Czech Republic. That's one hell of an ITK He’s a youth coach at Slavia Prague in fairness. I have no doubt a youth coach at Prague has better UK contacts than SKY sports and other UK based gossip mongerers |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 16, 2023 19:26:34 GMT
I was about to say the opposite. Pretty reliable I thought. It’ll be Eustace. Guaranteed. Granted I might be getting him mixed up but I honestly couldn't tell you anything he's got right. Can you remember anything? If it is Eustace then the club have done nothing but pull the wool over our eyes from the start. How have the club pulled the wool over our eyes... They haven't announced whose applied, whose been approached, whose been interviewed. Only tinternet and random ITK' either on here or social media have thrown high profile names into the hat...and sky, well sky have just thrown a number of names around they've read on tiktak. It's all speculation. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 16, 2023 19:19:37 GMT
Posted all the way from praha, Czech Republic. That's one hell of an ITK |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 16, 2023 19:16:41 GMT
I like it, if he as tenacious and hard working as he was as a player then that does for me. Also these fucking lillywhitefankies in our team need some somebody to take them to task. Look where pandering to them has got us, so if we do eventually go down I’d rather it was because the useless twats were given 6 months of hell rather than someone being precious with their feelings. I have a feeling Neil was hard on them which is why, allegedy they hated him. Modern managers need an iron fist but the ability to keep the players on-board.. Shame though, I'd have them running up hills for a week morning and afternoon to get em fit. Don't know if it's try but didn't preseason under Pulis consist of weeks of pure fitness work before a football was touched....old school but effective. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 16, 2023 18:17:51 GMT
Nuno equals sell out crowds, excitement and revenue to avoid FFP. Eustace equal boredom and mediocrity. Same old, same old. Stoke sides back to the 50s, 60s and 70s were built on exciting attacking football. Now it’s like watching paint dry. Christ is he really that exciting. How would selling a few thousand extra seats for home games avoid FFP? It wouldn't even buy you 1 decent player. Hmmm wonder when Coates took over??????? Not sure nuno plays the free flowing football people think. Yes he had good players at the start of his wolves journey bought in by mendes from Portugal mainly but in the prem they played 5 at the back and soaked up the pressure and used traore's pace to quickly break and get back up the field. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 15, 2023 17:54:13 GMT
Thought she was our new manager when I read the title.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 15, 2023 12:44:44 GMT
He’s probably sat on a beach somewhere wondering why he’s being linked to Stoke 😂 This. I am not saying SLP don't get bits of info from people they know who work at either Stoke or 365, or don't see arrivals when they are lurking in the bushes but come on, only 4-5 people maximum will have been aware of who had applied for the job. Take ITK's out of the equation, John Eustace was sat in the ground on Tuesday night, we have to be careful of FFP and we know the owners. It was always SJE or at the very least the leading contender. Agreed, as much as we would love a big name like Nuno, we're no longer Premier league, we're mid table championship with FFP. Finances need to be managed and new manager wages/demands etc..have to be FFP appropriate |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 15, 2023 12:40:06 GMT
Good luck to Jack, hope his career goes from strength to strength. The injury and our relegation season destroyed his confidence.. glad he's fighting back.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 15, 2023 12:36:39 GMT
Thoughts on Lee Carsley and apparently have held talks and currently Englands u21 boss!.. Would think they've held initial talks with dozens, and probably most of the names already mentioned. Once they dismiss those who aren't interested, too expensive. Or they just don't fancy. Then the next round of talks with a chosen handful will take place. I guess we're only just approaching that stage, narrowing down to a smaller number at this point. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 15, 2023 9:52:54 GMT
how about a train station in 1 corner and a bus station in the other 😁 Throw a Gregg's in and I think your on a winner there |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 15, 2023 8:45:46 GMT
Would Eustace enthuse people? I just can't see it. We need someone to send a bolt of energy through people. The only people the manager needs to send a bolt of energy through are the players. It's the players who send a bolt of energy through the fans. The social media age has ushered in a bizarre over emphasis on personality - people no longer be just good at their job, they now have to be media personalities as well. There are some jobs where being able to inspire millions of people requires good mass communication skills (like politician). The manager of a football club has to inspire 20-30 people - that's a completely different skillset. What works to inspire millions (or thousands for that matter) doesn't necessarily work for 20-30 people and vice versa. Give me substance over surface every time. And adulation makes me nervous - it's usually symptomatic of a con trick. I agree, I want someone whose gonna be here for 5 years and constantly improves the club. Not a short term boost which quickly fizzles out. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 14, 2023 22:38:48 GMT
We don't have a manager...
We have a team hovering above the relegation zone...
Div 1 is closer than the Premier league.
Yet some think spending a few million on filling the corners is what our board should be focusing on... unbelievable Jeff!
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 14, 2023 12:24:51 GMT
Potter is using our interest in him to make Man United's offer better. Potter is using the Man U interest in him to make our offer better, obvs If I was Potter I'd be holding out gor Newcastle.. convinced howe will be gone when Newcastle miss out on the top 4 this year.. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 14, 2023 11:51:27 GMT
I don't understand why we don't fill in the 2 open corners at the stadium. Even if it was just a semi permanent design to simply stop the howling wind coming in. In my boredom at the Sheff Wed debacle I did notice at one point that all 4 corner flags were actually all blowing in different directions. I mean that must make playing lengthy passes very challenging. And might explain why our home games are so poor. Are we trying to play football in a mini cyclone when its windy? Its at least got to be a leveller for visiting teams and contributing to our terrible home record. A couple of million quid boarding it up somehow would surely be small beer if it were to make playing conditions better. And we might be a bit warmer as well 🥶 Think our first priority is to get a team that can deliver 2 good corners in a game. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 13, 2023 16:57:41 GMT
Whelan, Pearson, Walters. Match made in heaven. Add defensive coach Clint hill and I think we've got the dream team |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 13, 2023 16:26:12 GMT
Doesn’t he normally set his teams up playing 5 at the back Definitely 5 at the back, the sacking of nunes and the change to four at the back was the beginning of the end of coady as a prem centre back |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 13, 2023 16:23:28 GMT
He’s applied for the job himself which is a very positive sign One random person has said that and people are jumping on it as if it's gospel. But he has applied, hexwas in front of me in the post office and even posted his application recorded post... I wished him luck and he turned and said cheers duck...I'm telling you he's one of our own. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 13, 2023 14:06:04 GMT
We didn’t need a captain back then. Shawcross Huth Higgy Whelan Walters Was never truly convinced by shawcross as a leader..only compounded when the mercenaries arrived and ruined the dressing room and the seniors such as shawcross, crouch did nothing. |
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 13, 2023 14:04:05 GMT
He was there last night sat with Nigel Pearson 3 rows behind where Eustace was sat..who knows.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Dec 12, 2023 18:29:04 GMT
Just seen Bayern heading towards the ground 😁 I'd give Bayern a go. Just to see, you know. With a pitch side signing on Jan 1st of new 5 million pound winger Verlinden..the future is bright |
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