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I have never got the fuss about Shaqiri. There, I said it.

Agree. Decent player, but some people are talking like he's a world star. Did well in Switzerland, nothing special in Bayern and nothing in Italy. Could well be a good player for Stoke, but that's far from given.

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I have never got the fuss about Shaqiri. There, I said it.

Agree. Decent player, but some people are talking like he's a world star. Did well in Switzerland, nothing special in Bayern and nothing in Italy. Could well be a good player for Stoke, but that's far from given.

 

Point is though we have Obertan starting for us :lol: If he's available for 12m i don't see why we shouldn't at least be interested.

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Obertan won't start many games for us this season. Everyone knows that.

 

I'd like to believe that but i'm not so sure.

 

Me neither. McClaren has talked about that Aarons is young and needs protection (bit of a pet hate of mine), while suggesting Obertan is the best way to counter good attacking full backs. He'll have watched the pace of Obertan, and him doing good enough in traning to make McClaren think he can make a good footballer out of him. He won't.

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Obertan won't start many games for us this season. Everyone knows that.

 

I'd like to believe that but i'm not so sure.

 

Me neither. McClaren has talked about that Aarons is young and needs protection (bit of a pet hate of mine), while suggesting Obertan is the best way to counter good attacking full backs. He'll have watched the pace of Obertan, and him doing good enough in traning to make McClaren think he can make a good footballer out of him. He won't.

 

Tbf i understand it, Rodgers did the same with Sterling but i would play Perez not Obertan.

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Stoke: a club with Shaqiri, Affelay, Krkic, Van Ginkel, Joselu, Muniesa, and Arnautovic...

 

 

...and Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan, Charlie Adam, and Phil Bardsley. :lol:

 

Tbf Charlie Adam is a pretty technical player. He's not a clogger like his name suggests.

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I have never got the fuss about Shaqiri. There, I said it.

 

Says the guy watching Messi every week. Well I should imagine so!

 

Honestly ... The nerve of you VI. The nerve!

 

:razz:

 

Shaqiri isn't great tbf. He'd still do a job for a team like us, and he'll definitely improve Stoke.

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I would he's miles better than Colback and Anita.

 

He's not better than Colback he's f***ing class.

 

If he was called Pezzini Leiva we'd be creaming over him.

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Shaqiri is decent, but he hasn't performed consistently since he left Basel. It will certainly improve Stoke, but it isn't such a coup. Better players have gone to middling PL teams this season.

It isn't much different than Moses or Bojan playing for them, in terms of the level of player and the effect he'll likely have on the team. It is just that Shaqiri has been a big name for several years and Stoke are still looked down upon because of the Pulis era and being a relatively small club. The move stands out a bit.

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Shaqiri is decent, but he hasn't performed consistently since he left Basel. It will certainly improve Stoke, but it isn't such a coup. Better players have gone to middling PL teams this season.

It isn't much different than Moses or Bojan playing for them, in terms of the level of player and the effect he'll likely have on the team. It is just that Shaqiri has been a big name for several years and Stoke are still looked down upon because of the Pulis era and being a relatively small club. The move stands out a bit.

 

Shaqiri is twice the player Moses and Bojan have ever been tbf.

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