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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 17, 2022 18:26:49 GMT
It’s actually pitifully embarrassing Fair play. For Benji that was funny and coherent 😂
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 17, 2022 18:24:22 GMT
He doesn’t not try in my opinion but you are criticising what YOU see which is no different to what anyone else is doing. I’d also send Smallbone back if we could. He’s useless. Delap has been largely crap as well but I can forgive him because his dad was ace 😂 We’ll agree to differ on your first point and yes I get you’re saying but the last 24 hours has been worse than anything I’ve seen for ages. If you’re of a positive mindset you could say we’ve taken 7 points from the last 4 games with only the WBA defeat👍 Have we really? It absolutely does not feel like that. I lack so much interest these days I kind of watch games on auto pilot. I never look at the league table and I don’t pay attention to the results of others outside of Burnley. Maybe them doing well masks how well we are doing of late? 😂
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 17, 2022 18:03:15 GMT
So it’s ok for you to be negative about a young lad, coming back from a horror injury way more complex that a straight ACL injury in a team that offers practically zero service but others can’t criticise the fare on offer in the run up to todays game? You can see the hypocrisy in this surely? Horror injury or not you should still put it in every week and last Saturday he did. The last 24 hours Coates family need to go Neil needs to go Smallbone and Delap need to go back The match thread have a read The team thread have a read As I’ve said earlier I’m convinced some thrive on it. He doesn’t not try in my opinion but you are criticising what YOU see which is no different to what anyone else is doing. I’d also send Smallbone back if we could. He’s useless. Delap has been largely crap as well but I can forgive him because his dad was ace 😂
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 17, 2022 17:56:29 GMT
This is no better or worse than the utter wank we've seen from the three previous clowns since we got relegated. I'm looking forward to seeing what business he does and where that takes us. How anyone can judge him at this stage is a bit nuts. But it’s Stoke. So it’s par for the course. A new manager barely has his arse in the chair before our shiteness is his fault. I don’t think our shiteness is his fault. I’ve not been particularly impressed by his efforts to date in arresting the slide.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 17, 2022 17:54:15 GMT
I can’t stand Alex Neil and the team is largely utter shite. Today was absolute dross . I’m delighted we won. You also slaughter Tyrese every single week and he’s about the only player we have worth watching along with Souttar. How do you square your mentality re Ty with the absolute drivel you’ve just posted seemingly criticising others? Ive not noticed your hatred of the manager Dave🤣With regards to Campbell I have a go about him when he doesn’t put the effort in which sadly in the games I’ve watched has been quite alot this season. I’m on about the last 24 hours on here and general black cloud that hovers over alot of posters heads. As I’ve said to you on loads of occasions(which you don’t agree with) that we’ve had far worse sides and been in far worse positions than now.The championship and league One is full of clubs just like we are So it’s ok for you to be negative about a young lad, coming back from a horror injury way more complex that a straight ACL injury in a team that offers practically zero service but others can’t criticise the fare on offer in the run up to todays game? You can see the hypocrisy in this surely?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 17, 2022 17:45:11 GMT
For all the negative shit I’ve read on here in the last 24 hours. Quite unbelievable at times what I’ve read on the match thread and the Alex Neil thread🙄 Some will never ever learn and I’m convinced that certain supporters absolutely revel in losses and negativity.To all those try and enjoy an away win and the fact that we came from behind and have a good evening.Don’t let the 3 points spoil your evening I can’t stand Alex Neil and the team is largely utter shite. Today was absolute dross . I’m delighted we won. You also slaughter Tyrese every single week and he’s about the only player we have worth watching along with Souttar. How do you square your mentality re Ty with the absolute drivel you’ve just posted seemingly criticising others?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 20:45:00 GMT
So we sack AN, But what other shit show of a manager will John Coates go for? This scenario is the only reason to keep him from what I can see.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 20:43:59 GMT
Come on nothing. He’s fucking useless. Another who talks a good game but delivers absolutely nothing that he references pre or post match. His start to life as our manager bears all the hallmarks of Nathan Jones. MON was branded a busted flush because this group of players were supposed to be promotion contenders. 2 wins in 8 and performances worse even than the results suggest Neil isn’t any better. Far too early to come to that conclusion for me but if that’s your feelings fair enough. I’ll personally wait until the bloke has had a couple of windows He reminds me very much of Steve Cotterill. If the January transfer window isn’t a good one with arrivals and departures that make sense, I’d definitely sack him on 1st February.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 20:36:56 GMT
Can't we just agree that based on the evidence currently available both MON and Alex Neil are both crap/shit/rubbish*? (*delete as appropriate) We rightly sacked one and I'd be very much inclined to sack the other sooner rather than later. Come on Dave he’s been here since Aug 27th and not had a transfer window and also dealt with a catalogue of injuries so far🤔 Come on nothing. He’s fucking useless. Another who talks a good game but delivers absolutely nothing that he references pre or post match. His start to life as our manager bears all the hallmarks of Nathan Jones. MON was branded a busted flush because this group of players were supposed to be promotion contenders. 2 wins in 8 and performances worse even than the results suggest Neil isn’t any better.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 20:23:32 GMT
Oooh…that’s a tough one. Deep down, despite thinking we are shite and relegation certainties, I think Neil has more than enough “qualities” to keep us up. It’s more would replacing him so soon open us up for relegation? I wasn’t a fan of Neil before he arrived. I’m even less of one currently. Would I really sack him now? Probably not but that might have less to do with some degree of confidence in Neil and more to fearing what shit we’d end up with were we to sack him. Agreed, we are talking of a board that thought Lambert was the key to premier league survival, I genuinely fear what clown they would pull out of the bag this time Paul Lambert was an unforgivable appointment in reality. Just what on earth were they thinking?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 20:22:14 GMT
Oooh…that’s a tough one. Deep down, despite thinking we are shite and relegation certainties, I think Neil has more than enough “qualities” to keep us up. It’s more would replacing him so soon open us up for relegation? I wasn’t a fan of Neil before he arrived. I’m even less of one currently. Would I really sack him now? Probably not but that might have less to do with some degree of confidence in Neil and more to fearing what shit we’d end up with were we to sack him. The issue isn’t just league one ,though painful as it would be , it’s long term recovery and Neil shows not a single shred of evidence other than his own smart arse press answers that he can deliver it , he can’t unify the club nor the support the first pillar of recovery gone tonight for me but it would only be done in a lady desperate effort to avoid the drop if that became likely , something no one who attends or watches can rule as anything other than quite possible . Not for the first time I haven’t a clue what you are talking about. I think you are saying Neil is useless but to me that’s a random lot of words in no particular order.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 19:23:49 GMT
From my perspective, the timing has been great. I’m all for a winter World Cup. Summer is for tennis, golf and cricket.
The break from stoke city has been absolutely fantastic as well.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 19:17:29 GMT
Can't we just agree that based on the evidence currently available both MON and Alex Neil are both crap/shit/rubbish*? (*delete as appropriate) We rightly sacked one and I'd be very much inclined to sack the other sooner rather than later. Would you be more confident of survival if Neil was sacked? Oooh…that’s a tough one. Deep down, despite thinking we are shite and relegation certainties, I think Neil has more than enough “qualities” to keep us up. It’s more would replacing him so soon open us up for relegation? I wasn’t a fan of Neil before he arrived. I’m even less of one currently. Would I really sack him now? Probably not but that might have less to do with some degree of confidence in Neil and more to fearing what shit we’d end up with were we to sack him.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 19:03:13 GMT
Nope the 8 point difference is without changing anything. Like I said an extra single point every 5.75 games. When you consider Carrick has accumulated 6 points more than Alex Neil over 6 games. Over a 48 game session we'd be 48 points worth off compared to Boro last season. Looking forward to you changing the margins again and then following it up with a reminder on how you're most certainly not trying to suggest An is doing a good job. You're just been very selective with what you do compare him too to make him look better than he is. Changing a loss to Boro to a Stoke win sounds an awful lot like changing real results to imaginary ones to me. Why would I pretend I didn’t think something that I did? If I thought AN was doing a good job I’d say so, why wouldn’t I? I know this is going to sound incredibly strange and alien to your belief system, but not everyone has weird, clingy attachments to football managers. Can't we just agree that based on the evidence currently available both MON and Alex Neil are both crap/shit/rubbish*? (*delete as appropriate) We rightly sacked one and I'd be very much inclined to sack the other sooner rather than later.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 17:16:36 GMT
I’m only liking this post because Carrick would have been my first choice as MON’s successor as well. The rest I struggle to agree with. O’Neill had our squad sitting at the top end of the table at various points prior to injury of key players. Neil can’t get a tune out of them despite having our so-called better players more readily available. MON was slated for not having this group near the top of the table at the start of this season. Neil is getting away with murder right now and is proving no better than absolutely useless as things stand Yes Dave, 21st in the league with one win from five is, I can confirm, not near the top of the table. He had more than enough at his disposal even given the injuries to do better than 14th in the league and three wins from 18, which is the run he was on at one point last season. Neil is doing badly absolutely and should be doing better but he's had Powell available for what, a handful of games and barely fit at that and Souttar available for two, who are the others he's had available that MON didn't? If MON was doing badly with the assets at his disposal then Neil is doing an equally terrible job as well. We can’t lambast one manager for doing shit with the assets available then give the other a free ride. Neil has had Jagielka, Clarke, Tymon and Campbell available + a returning Powell and Souttar. The performances and results are still shite. What is Neil’s recent record? 2 wins in 8?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 17:05:33 GMT
Wasn’t the rumour that TP had him binned after he was critical of that performance at Liverpool? You mean the magnificent 0-0 draw that was one of our best ever league results at Anfield? No… the 3 or 4-0 midweek defeat just after Hodgson had gone. EDIT - I’ve seen it said it was 2-0. It felt like more. It was bloody depressing. Was it at that time where TP set his stall out to defend a record of not having lost by more than a 2 goal deficit or not conceded 3 in a game for x period of time?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 13, 2022 16:58:27 GMT
I like Carrick and think he's a savvy appointment - he's someone I was hoping we might roll the dice on. However is it not slightly apples and oranges to compare what he walked into, which is a squad that finished one place and five points outside the play-offs, with one that finished eight places and 13 points off the play-offs? Not that we still shouldn't be doing better than we are, obviously. I’m only liking this post because Carrick would have been my first choice as MON’s successor as well. The rest I struggle to agree with. O’Neill had our squad sitting at the top end of the table at various points prior to injury of key players. Neil can’t get a tune out of them despite having our so-called better players more readily available. MON was slated for not having this group near the top of the table at the start of this season. Neil is getting away with murder right now and is proving no better than absolutely useless as things stand
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 12, 2022 20:07:53 GMT
This goal against just sums up why I simply can't be arsed watching the shit we call football any more. I've missed more games this season than I have missed in the last 25 years. Just look at the state of that goal. Delap has the chance to shoot and because he only uses his left leg for standing on, he declined the opportunity and the chance was gone. The pass to Smallbone was shit but from that pass, just look at the number of people culpable in us conceding. Smallbone is weak as piss and from losing the ball is then never in the frame to recover the situation Delap doesn't react at all and makes zero effort to recover possession Tymon shits himself as usual and the break just bypasses him effortlessly Thompson simply hasn't read the break away (a pretty sorry state of affairs for a defensive minded midfield player) Fosu simply cannot be arsed to bust a gut and sprint back to help out the full-back Wilmott is once again caught in no mans land...a regular occurrence for him as he doesn't seem to have any positional sense whatsoever Clarke makes no attempt at all to get around to help Souttar see off the danger until it's way too late The strike at goal goes into the middle of the net and the goalkeeper is absolutely miles away from it. He get's nowhere near it at all with either foot or hand. 8 players out of the 11 involved on the pitch all play a role in us conceding, primarily because they can't actually be arsed to do anything about it. Otherwise okay? 😊 If only eh? Souttar is ace and will probably be sold in January. Baker is playing worse than he's done at any time since his arrival and I have to put ear defenders on to block out the idiots that slag Campbell off every week just to avoid the type of incident I really am too old for these days It's really not good is it?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 12, 2022 18:30:58 GMT
Considering the time of year, cost of living, how shite and beige we are these days etc it’s a great effort that. Still waiting for my tickets to arrive mind Excellent support yet again by the fans…my tickets ain’t arrived yet either. Hope the weather improves by Boxing Day as Rotherham don’t have under soil heating I believe. Fingers crossed it’s called off. The fewer games we play between now and the transfer window opening the better. Hopefully ours breaks as well.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 12, 2022 18:28:25 GMT
You not impressed Dave? 😳 You could say that.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 12, 2022 17:38:32 GMT
Pathetic from front to back…… Just mentioned it on the highlights thread. Delap simply has to lay the ball off to Campbell. This goal against just sums up why I simply can't be arsed watching the shit we call football any more. I've missed more games this season than I have missed in the last 25 years. Just look at the state of that goal. Delap has the chance to shoot and because he only uses his left leg for standing on, he declined the opportunity and the chance was gone. The pass to Smallbone was shit but from that pass, just look at the number of people culpable in us conceding. Smallbone is weak as piss and from losing the ball is then never in the frame to recover the situation Delap doesn't react at all and makes zero effort to recover possession Tymon shits himself as usual and the break just bypasses him effortlessly Thompson simply hasn't read the break away (a pretty sorry state of affairs for a defensive minded midfield player) Fosu simply cannot be arsed to bust a gut and sprint back to help out the full-back Wilmott is once again caught in no mans land...a regular occurrence for him as he doesn't seem to have any positional sense whatsoever Clarke makes no attempt at all to get around to help Souttar see off the danger until it's way too late The strike at goal goes into the middle of the net and the goalkeeper is absolutely miles away from it. He get's nowhere near it at all with either foot or hand. 8 players out of the 11 involved on the pitch all play a role in us conceding, primarily because they can't actually be arsed to do anything about it. We have no personality on the pitch. We have even less personality off the pitch. It's absolutely shit and it's not worth investing the time to watch it, let alone the money. I've obviously already paid for my season ticket and I still can't be arsed to come down to watch it. The minute going to the pub pre-match wasn't an option, I decided not to bother coming to watch at all because in truth, going to the pub pre match is the only thing even remotely enjoyable about Stoke City at present. Atrocious is too kind a word for describing our absolute shit show at the moment. It will be a miracle if we aren't relegated this season. EDIT - you could probably include Campbell in that to make it 9 players but he did at least spring initially before stopping on the half way line as if he's not allowed back any further than that.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 10, 2022 19:43:29 GMT
He isn't a central midfielder, never has been and never will be. I do wonder if his “performance” was one of “fuck you” to the idiot that played him in midfield?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 10, 2022 17:19:36 GMT
Send them all back. Hopefully Man City will recall Delap.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Dec 2, 2022 15:27:23 GMT
I hope by ground they mean at Loughborough! He has no way if getting back for one and I'm not spending £30+ on fuel for a £5 ticket forna friendly I'm not even going to! 😁 Box office collection via entrance A apparently so long as pre-arranged with scfc ticket office beforehand
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 30, 2022 20:37:34 GMT
He bought it online on 24th November so should have been sent I'll get him to call them otherwise tomorrow Its a bit shit as his address is here in Biddulph, but is obvs away in LBoro, but there isnt a preferred delivery address on the online form - he says he changed his address on his account before ordering. Its a farce they cant be collected from LBoro Uni Sorry pal. See above. I quoted the wrong post and meant to quote you 🤦♂️
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 30, 2022 20:36:24 GMT
Has anybody had their tickets through yet? My lad ordered last week (he is at Uni in LBoro), not been delivered here, or to Uni (which he asked them to do but who knows where they will end up!) Know the mail strikes probs arent helping If they are delivered to my house I might need a favour off one of you who are going and are based in Stoke to get it to him! They put this on the OS the other day mate Supporters are advised that the cut-off for having tickets for Friday’s friendly against Nottingham Forest posted to them is 3pm today. This is due to postal strikes scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Supporters are also reminded that tickets will not be available for collection at the Loughborough University Stadium, meaning any tickets purchased after 3pm today must be done so at the bet365 Stadium, or collected at the bet365 Stadium. The ticket info for the fixture is available here. I spoke to the ticket office this morning as tickets I ordered haven’t arrived. They are aware of issues and are hoping they can get duplicates to the ground for collection on the day. They are waiting to hear back from forest and asked me to call back tomorrow afternoon
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 21, 2022 15:03:11 GMT
Grealish is an absolute diamond. There is a little lad back home absolutely bursting that he's fulfilled his promise and celebrated his very next goal with the lads celebration.
At a time when he's probably fulfilled a life long dream, he's remembered a disabled kid he met briefly at the Man City training ground.
Class!
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 20, 2022 17:44:07 GMT
Encouraging that it comes with the Pulis seal of approval, the man knew a goalkeeper when he saw one. Steve Banks?
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 20, 2022 17:42:52 GMT
Jack Butland apologised to me and my little one at Euston station and at stoke station high fived my boy and said “I hope we haven’t completely ruined your day”. Jack Butland was a gem of a bloke who went through a terrible spell of form at a time when we needed him the most. He cared though for sure. He had one good season for us. His natural form was being useless. His form or playing ability isn’t really relevant when questioning his commitment or care for our club. His form was poor and he had numerous bad games where he cost us points. Equally, when Jones came in he saved us from several drubbings where without those draws we may well have ended up being relegated again.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 19, 2022 17:05:39 GMT
Butland was a massive prick of a boy. The number of times he'd flap his arms about after posing with the ball before mindlessly lumping it back to the opposition did my head in. Didn't he also have to be held back from fighting fans at Stoke Station after that embarrassing loss away at Spurs? Always remember him having a pop at some fans at the front of Block 29 too. I'm convinced that if he was called Jacques Butlando he'd be hated as much as the likes of Imbula. The players did nothing after that Tottenham match at the station mate they just stood and took the abuse outside of Stoke station It’s amazing how these stories start Jack Butland apologised to me and my little one at Euston station and at stoke station high fived my boy and said “I hope we haven’t completely ruined your day”. Jack Butland was a gem of a bloke who went through a terrible spell of form at a time when we needed him the most. He cared though for sure.
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