LFEE Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 They have huge potential. Big city and no successful football team. Had a setback with the new ground iirc. Asda or Tesco pulled out of the deal i think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Stoke: a club with Shaqiri, Affelay, Krkic, Van Ginkel, Joselu, Muniesa, and Arnautovic... ...and Jonathan Walters, Glenn Whelan, Charlie Adam, and Phil Bardsley. Tbf Charlie Adam is a pretty technical player. He's not a clogger like his name suggests. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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! Shaqiri isn't great tbf. He'd still do a job for a team like us, and he'll definitely improve Stoke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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. I think Shaqiri is overrated, tbh. Both Moses and Bojan were very, very effective for Stoke last season when fit (this was the main issue, both struggled with injuries), I'd genuienly be surprised if Xherdan was that much better.I quite like Shaqiri, but his flashy style and big name can inflate opinions of him at times, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1988 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Stoke now have more Champions League winners in their squad than any other team in the league. Stoke do. Just let that sink in... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Good on them. It shows you can actually build decent sides without being in Europe/Top four etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Stoke now have more Champions League winners in their squad than any other team in the league. Stoke do. Just let that sink in... Is this true? I can count at least five at Chelsea immediately-Terry, Ivanovic, Mikel, Cahill, Ramires. There might be more. Does Muniesa have a medal? He barely played for Barcelona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Stoke now have more Champions League winners in their squad than any other team in the league. Stoke do. Just let that sink in... Even Chelsea? Or Man Utd? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest n4e Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Stoke-5 Chelsea-6 Man United-7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AY Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 They all have 5. Chelsea, Man Utd and Stoke. Read is somewhere, prolly from twitter. edit. damn you. I guess its not true then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Obertan won't start many games for us this season. Everyone knows that. Casper knew that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1988 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Stoke supporting mate of mine put it on facebook - knew it couldn't be right! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Was it Shaqiri and Salah that looked top quality in the CL for Basel against English opposition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Salah vs. Chelsea. Not sure about Shaqiri. Maybe against Man U? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Who the fuck is Baba Rahman and since when is he worth £21.7m? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 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. I think Shaqiri is overrated, tbh. Both Moses and Bojan were very, very effective for Stoke last season when fit (this was the main issue, both struggled with injuries), I'd genuienly be surprised if Xherdan was that much better.I quite like Shaqiri, but his flashy style and big name can inflate opinions of him at times, tbh. He might be overrated but he's still comfortably better than Bojan and Moses lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Learn how to quote Mole. Making me look bad with that lol. EDIT: nvm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 A confident Bojan is a very good player, to be frank. Not too sure he's worse than Shaqiri. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 A confident Bojan is a very good player, to be frank. Not too sure he's worse than Shaqiri. Never seen Bojan be confident if he's a very good player when he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Learn how to quote Mole. Making me look bad with that lol. EDIT: nvm. I fucked up tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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