Fugazi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bought one of the very few remaing tickets for this, was only the odd one in the Sports Bar section available. First time i'll have sat there, any good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bought one of the very few remaing tickets for this, was only the odd one in the Sports Bar section available. First time i'll have sat there, any good? You get a free program I think, Beltaz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bought one of the very few remaing tickets for this, was only the odd one in the Sports Bar section available. First time i'll have sat there, any good? You get a free program I think, Beltaz. Gerrin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bought one of the very few remaing tickets for this, was only the odd one in the Sports Bar section available. First time i'll have sat there, any good? You get a free program I think, Beltaz. Gerrin You have to wear a special sticker though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bought one of the very few remaing tickets for this, was only the odd one in the Sports Bar section available. First time i'll have sat there, any good? Last time I got tickets in there I was sat right behind Teeth Girl. Enjoy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bought one of the very few remaing tickets for this, was only the odd one in the Sports Bar section available. First time i'll have sat there, any good? You get a free program I think, Beltaz. Gerrin You have to wear a special sticker though I proper love stickers so it's alreet.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bought one of the very few remaing tickets for this, was only the odd one in the Sports Bar section available. First time i'll have sat there, any good? Last time I got tickets in there I was sat right behind Teeth Girl. Enjoy Keeps getting better, this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 anyone in Ireland, full commentary on Today FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Stoke have scored 3 goals from open play this calender year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsays Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Stoke have scored 3 goals from open play this calender year. That many? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yeah but one of them was Crouchy's which counts for about 50. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yeah but one of them was Crouchy's which counts for about 50. Most overrated goal ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yeah but one of them was Crouchy's which counts for about 50. Most overrated goal ever. Have to agree, it was a good goal but not as amazing as the pundits were saying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yeah but one of them was Crouchy's which counts for about 50. Most overrated goal ever. Have to agree, it was a good goal but not as amazing as the pundits were saying. You see, when I say it's overrated people slate me and say it's one of the best goals ever, but when someone else says it they agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 anyone in Ireland, full commentary on Today FM Doh -it's on Saturday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yeah but one of them was Crouchy's which counts for about 50. Most overrated goal ever. Have to agree, it was a good goal but not as amazing as the pundits were saying. You see, when I say it's overrated people slate me and say it's one of the best goals ever, but when someone else says it they agree. It was still fucking class Stifler, get your eyes checked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 It wasn't a dangerous ball in like, Howard was about to take it easily before Heitinga poked it past him. I thought it was Marveaux at first so it was a mint baal. When I saw it was Simmo just thought it was a tragic own goal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi_D Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Simpson's s*** cross went in against Forest, didn't it? poor Simpson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oatcakejamie Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I just hope that Pardew, for just one game, doesn't prepare a specific game-plan (and with it compromising the formation) to nullafy Pulis' anti-football pattern of play. In attack Stoke play for stoppages in their attacking half, and batter teams in the box. They're much more structured & methodical than the Wimbledon Crazy Gang teams, hence they're tough to prepare against. You just have to be mentally ready for the physical challenge etc that Stoke offers. Personally i think Pulis (at least on the field) is bringing the game into disrepute, and there are others too. I'm not Mancini's biggest fan, but fair play to him for recently refusing to to acknowledge him (shake his hand iirc) post game. The football Pulis coaches (or the dog's breakfast that it is) isn't in the spirit of the game,. It's impossible to dock them points but looking at the bigger picture the FA has to grow some balls and set a precedent, for the good of the game in this country - at least from a player development aspect, and we're far behind the Germans atm. If clubs like Stoke willingly & continue to employ an anti-football philosophy, by employing specialist anti-football coaches as a means of ensuring they pick up their annual slice of the premiership moneytrain, then penalise them financially. The likes of Pulis & Allardyce (ie. survival specialists, who are the anti-thesis of actually developing players technically), with their ideas, will eventually be phased out of the game if clubs come to the realisation that they're poisoned chalices. hello stoke fan here so dont bite my head of please i must say i havent laughed so hard in my life after reading this ! i cant belive youve got the nerve to even start to slate stoke im not being funny mate but neewcastle arent gods gift to football and to slate stoke for playing a style of football that suits them is amazing !and I wonder if two of their players scrapping and ripping each others shirts is a better way to 'play the game.' That doesn't sound like a footballing philosophy to me does that ring a bell ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I just hope that Pardew, for just one game, doesn't prepare a specific game-plan (and with it compromising the formation) to nullafy Pulis' anti-football pattern of play. In attack Stoke play for stoppages in their attacking half, and batter teams in the box. They're much more structured & methodical than the Wimbledon Crazy Gang teams, hence they're tough to prepare against. You just have to be mentally ready for the physical challenge etc that Stoke offers. Personally i think Pulis (at least on the field) is bringing the game into disrepute, and there are others too. I'm not Mancini's biggest fan, but fair play to him for recently refusing to to acknowledge him (shake his hand iirc) post game. The football Pulis coaches (or the dog's breakfast that it is) isn't in the spirit of the game,. It's impossible to dock them points but looking at the bigger picture the FA has to grow some balls and set a precedent, for the good of the game in this country - at least from a player development aspect, and we're far behind the Germans atm. If clubs like Stoke willingly & continue to employ an anti-football philosophy, by employing specialist anti-football coaches as a means of ensuring they pick up their annual slice of the premiership moneytrain, then penalise them financially. The likes of Pulis & Allardyce (ie. survival specialists, who are the anti-thesis of actually developing players technically), with their ideas, will eventually be phased out of the game if clubs come to the realisation that they're poisoned chalices. hello stoke fan here so dont bite my head of please i must say i havent laughed so hard in my life after reading this ! i cant belive youve got the nerve to even start to slate stoke im not being funny mate but neewcastle arent gods gift to football and to slate stoke for playing a style of football that suits them is amazing !and I wonder if two of their players scrapping and ripping each others shirts is a better way to 'play the game.' That doesn't sound like a footballing philosophy to me does that ring a bell ? What are you on about? Bowyer and Dyer? Years ago. Irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 To be fair to him it was only 7 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 The few times I've read your board mate I've seen the same kind of things posted by your own fans. Maybe not as extreme but point still stands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I think the retorts after that initial post are more relevant than the one you quoted. As in, how much needs to be spent before you're no longer 'making the most of resources'? While your style of play grated on many when you first came up it was excusable and even laudible. Now you're one of the biggest spenders in the league surely there needs to be some adaptation and progress to start matching that investment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tyson Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I just hope that Pardew, for just one game, doesn't prepare a specific game-plan (and with it compromising the formation) to nullafy Pulis' anti-football pattern of play. In attack Stoke play for stoppages in their attacking half, and batter teams in the box. They're much more structured & methodical than the Wimbledon Crazy Gang teams, hence they're tough to prepare against. You just have to be mentally ready for the physical challenge etc that Stoke offers. Personally i think Pulis (at least on the field) is bringing the game into disrepute, and there are others too. I'm not Mancini's biggest fan, but fair play to him for recently refusing to to acknowledge him (shake his hand iirc) post game. The football Pulis coaches (or the dog's breakfast that it is) isn't in the spirit of the game,. It's impossible to dock them points but looking at the bigger picture the FA has to grow some balls and set a precedent, for the good of the game in this country - at least from a player development aspect, and we're far behind the Germans atm. If clubs like Stoke willingly & continue to employ an anti-football philosophy, by employing specialist anti- :iamatwat:football coaches as a means of ensuring they pick up their annual slice of the premiership moneytrain, then penalise them financially. The likes of Pulis & Allardyce (ie. survival specialists, who are the anti-thesis of actually developing players technically), with their ideas, will eventually be phased out of the game if clubs come to the realisation that they're poisoned chalices. hello stoke fan here so dont bite my head of please i must say i havent laughed so hard in my life after reading this ! i cant belive youve got the nerve to even start to slate stoke im not being funny mate but neewcastle arent gods gift to football and to slate stoke for playing a style of football that suits them is amazing !and I wonder if two of their players scrapping and ripping each others shirts is a better way to 'play the game.' That doesn't sound like a footballing philosophy to me does that ring a bell ? Re: the point about the Dyer/Bowyer on-field punch-on and whether that muddies a club's overall philosophy. The point is irrelevant. The lockerroom is a volatile mix of sometimes clashing personalities, egos etc. Occasionally any behind the scenes stuff bubbles over, in this case it played out in the most public of places. So was the Benzema v HBA Fued (at Lyon, where they traded blows iirc, which was one of the final nails in the coffin for HBA at that club) a poor reflection of that club's forward thinkingness. s*** happens behind the scenes, even at the most progressive clubs. It must be feather in your cap, and one of life's great crowning achievements, to cross over to another club forum/board. In the process championing a non-progressive style of play which is the football equivalent of Rugby Union at it's absolute worst state ie. play for field position & stoppages in play (line-outs), if that fails repeat the pattern. Stoke City: Football-wise they're the highest profile & definitive oxygen thieves in the country, albeit a superior version of the old Crazy Gang way. But otherwise they're simply occupiers of space, nothing more. Nothing progressive about them all. More importantly they're roadblocks to football development in this country if smaller clubs see the Stoke Way as a blueprint to follow, to ensure a continued slice of the EPL moneypie, and Pulis is the foreman manning the pumps. Whereas Swansea & WBA's approach be commended ie. punching above their weight, on limited budgets, and getting the fundamentals right. Fundamentals (through implementing a sound technical coaching base, at senior level) which will ensure a continued development of the prospects that have graduated from their respective catchment area via the academy pathway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skryp2nit3 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I just hope that Pardew, for just one game, doesn't prepare a specific game-plan (and with it compromising the formation) to nullafy Pulis' anti-football pattern of play. In attack Stoke play for stoppages in their attacking half, and batter teams in the box. They're much more structured & methodical than the Wimbledon Crazy Gang teams, hence they're tough to prepare against. You just have to be mentally ready for the physical challenge etc that Stoke offers. Personally i think Pulis (at least on the field) is bringing the game into disrepute, and there are others too. I'm not Mancini's biggest fan, but fair play to him for recently refusing to to acknowledge him (shake his hand iirc) post game. The football Pulis coaches (or the dog's breakfast that it is) isn't in the spirit of the game,. It's impossible to dock them points but looking at the bigger picture the FA has to grow some balls and set a precedent, for the good of the game in this country - at least from a player development aspect, and we're far behind the Germans atm. If clubs like Stoke willingly & continue to employ an anti-football philosophy, by employing specialist anti-football coaches as a means of ensuring they pick up their annual slice of the premiership moneytrain, then penalise them financially. The likes of Pulis & Allardyce (ie. survival specialists, who are the anti-thesis of actually developing players technically), with their ideas, will eventually be phased out of the game if clubs come to the realisation that they're poisoned chalices. hello stoke fan here so dont bite my head of please i must say i havent laughed so hard in my life after reading this ! i cant belive youve got the nerve to even start to slate stoke im not being funny mate but neewcastle arent gods gift to football and to slate stoke for playing a style of football that suits them is amazing !and I wonder if two of their players scrapping and ripping each others shirts is a better way to 'play the game.' That doesn't sound like a footballing philosophy to me does that ring a bell ? Damn right it doesnt. Hmmm defending your team's style by bringing up an example more than 7 years ago that has nothing to do with footballing philosophy. Ever considered a legal career? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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