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Most of which were in the UEFA Cup tbf...

thing is stoke's spending over last 5 years is hardly evidence of club with limited resources 3rd highest net behind City and Chelsea Intriguing. Pulis has wasted a lot of money like but don't think Hughes will receive as much backing imo...

Hughes is pretty much the perfect appointment for Stoke. Two horrible entities merged together although admittedly, can see him doing quite well there, he seems to have a decent enough track record at clubs with limited resources.

Booooooooorrriiiinnngggg. wnw It's a novel idea mind.

Is it bad that I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for him?

Tonight's game was the first time I've seen the new England kit. Not bad but has a hint of a Germany kit there, won't be buying.

Typical England performance that. Some neat flashes here and there but ultimately not enough. Ireland did well, cracking header from Long.

Surely you can though? Just can't hit it off the post for yourself to score. I went with the header thing. Cruyff and Neeskens took that famous penalty where he passed it, so unless the rules have been amended since then both the passing and the off the post (which is passing) should be right. They made such a big deal about Henry/Pires doing it that I thought they changed the rules. Mind you though, their attempt was awful.

4/12 and I thought I was doing well

Stranger things have happened. Would be a great signing. Pretty much ticks the boxes. His father might have a say on the matter though, thinking about it.

Sakho please.

The sad thing is that it's one of many how can one man come up with one idiotic quote followed by another?!

His role should now be of a squad player, he still has some useful attributes so I'd still have him here. One thing's for sure, he should not be an automatic starter anymore.

Pretty much. 90% of the players in that promotional photo have the look of absolute c***s. well yeah, but i meant in terms of talent really Aye, that too. What with Stuart Pearce nurturing the U21s, urgh.

Pretty much. 90% of the players in that promotional photo have the look of absolute cunts.

Oh this is good news indeed

Well in that case Alan, I can forgive you. His ego really is higher than ever before...

Formations don't really work unless the players are given the right and appropriate instructions. We could play 4-3-3 all season but without the right guidance, it's moot.

Going to miss this unfortunately. p*ss up tonight... This will be the first Champions League Final I will have missed in 8 years.

My mate is 6 foot 5. So surely he'll be a great signing?!

Dream Team scenario that.

He's not going to ditch his principles overnight. You would hope that he's learned a lot of lessons from this season though but his track record of learning from his mistakes is hardly impressive...

What is this word "positivity?" Don't think it's even in the dictionary. Alcohol is needed.

Not the news I wanted to come home to. "Long-term stability" they say...as long as Pardew's in charge, there's just going to more and more discontent amongst everyone associated with the club, namely the players and the fans, that's not the definition of stability whatsoever.

I do too tbf.