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We've been going down since our former defender scored the equalising goal in the 2-2 draw with Stoke at home game, where we were leading 2-0. Down now. Oh well.

 

why did we sell ab faye again?

 

 

stupid.

 

Because he didn't get along with a manager who was going to walk out of the club 2 weeks later.

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Here's a conspiracy theory for you...is it beyond the realms that Stoke may rest a few key players for the game at Hull (effectively throwing the game whilst not actually giving instructions to players) in order to leave Hull in the PL on the basis that Hull will most probably face the drop next season and thus increase the chances of Stoke staying up again next season and hit the PL paydirt once again (ie there would effectively only be 2 relegation places with all due respect to Hull).

Stoke's chairman could be thinking along those lines and instruct Pulis to carry it out.  After all the name of the game for most clubs is staying on the PL gravy train!

Keep your eyes on Stoke's starting 11 for that fixture !  I'm probably being a bit paranoid but yer never know !?

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Here's a conspiracy theory for you...is it beyond the realms that Stoke may rest a few key players for the game at Hull (effectively throwing the game whilst not actually giving instructions to players) in order to leave Hull in the PL on the basis that Hull will most probably face the drop next season and thus increase the chances of Stoke staying up again next season and hit the PL paydirt once again (ie there would effectively only be 2 relegation places with all due respect to Hull).

Stoke's chairman could be thinking along those lines and instruct Pulis to carry it out.  After all the name of the game for most clubs is staying on the PL gravy train!

Keep your eyes on Stoke's starting 11 for that fixture !  I'm probably being a bit paranoid but yer never know !?

 

Just asking the players to take it easy would probably work just as well and look a lot less suspicious than Beattie, Etherington, Delap, and Faye(s) all suddenly succumbing to "injury"

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Here's a conspiracy theory for you...is it beyond the realms that Stoke may rest a few key players for the game at Hull (effectively throwing the game whilst not actually giving instructions to players) in order to leave Hull in the PL on the basis that Hull will most probably face the drop next season and thus increase the chances of Stoke staying up again next season and hit the PL paydirt once again (ie there would effectively only be 2 relegation places with all due respect to Hull).

Stoke's chairman could be thinking along those lines and instruct Pulis to carry it out.  After all the name of the game for most clubs is staying on the PL gravy train!

Keep your eyes on Stoke's starting 11 for that fixture !  I'm probably being a bit paranoid but yer never know !?

 

Just asking the players to take it easy would probably work just as well and look a lot less suspicious than Beattie, Etherington, Delap, and Faye(s) all suddenly succumbing to "injury"

 

Indeed it would although if word got out about players being told to take it easy there'd be a right stink and possible litigation, whereas putting say Beattie and Delap on the bench wouldn't raise that many eyebrows.

Agree with the other posts that Hull will probably win it anyway given Stoke's poor away form, but I've been analysing all the fixtures from every perspective (who's got what to play for, who needs a result more etc) and that theory jumped out.

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Interesting theory hodgey, and I hope your talking nonsense, but sadly I wouldnt completely rule it out! If it happens then it could cost us our place in the top division. Will be looking at their team selection and performance (Stoke always give 100% blood and guts etc) with interest!

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Once we got to the position where we were relying on other teams results then we deserve everything that we get. No one in the league ever does you any favours. We should have got to grips with things when our safety was still in our own hands.

 

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Once we got to the position where we relying on other teams results then we deserve everything that we get. No one in the league ever does you any favours. We should have got to grips with things when our safety was still in our own hands.

 

 

Nail on the head. At this stage of the season we can't rely on teams who have nothing to play for doing us any favours. Everton players won't want to get injuries playing against Sunderland, and despite all this talk about Hull not getting any more points, I can see them getting results against Stoke and an out of form Villa.

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This changes absolutely nothing.

 

The Sunderland game is far more important, as anyone expecting anything from the Liverpool game was absolutely deluded.

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This changes absolutely nothing.

 

The Sunderland game is far more important, as anyone expecting anything from the Liverpool game was absolutely deluded.

 

Spot on. Most sensible people were expecting us to get beat and by a fair bit. If anything todays result was probably a little better than expected (especially after 30 mins).

 

As far as I am concerned I expect us to go down, if we don't then we have been VERY lucky.

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This changes absolutely nothing.

 

The Sunderland game is far more important, as anyone expecting anything from the Liverpool game was absolutely deluded.

 

Wahey!

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This changes absolutely nothing.

 

The Sunderland game is far more important, as anyone expecting anything from the Liverpool game was absolutely deluded.

 

Very much so, I think it was the manner of our defeat that has people bricking it.

 

I didn't think we would come away with anyhting but hoped that we would make Liverpool grind a win out of us.  From read I have read and heard it sounded like a training session.

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This changes absolutely nothing.

 

The Sunderland game is far more important, as anyone expecting anything from the Liverpool game was absolutely deluded.

 

Wahey!

 

Get your eyes tested, Dave.

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This changes absolutely nothing.

 

The Sunderland game is far more important, as anyone expecting anything from the Liverpool game was absolutely deluded.

 

Very much so, I think it was the manner of our defeat that has people bricking it.

 

I didn't think we would come away with anyhting but hoped that we would make Liverpool grind a win out of us.  From read I have read and heard it sounded like a training session.

 

:thup:

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This changes absolutely nothing.

 

The Sunderland game is far more important, as anyone expecting anything from the Liverpool game was absolutely deluded.

 

Very much so, I think it was the manner of our defeat that has people bricking it.

 

I didn't think we would come away with anyhting but hoped that we would make Liverpool grind a win out of us.  From read I have read and heard it sounded like a training session.

 

:thup:

 

We actually did alright until their first goal, I thought.

 

Heads dropped alarmingly after that, I agree, but we're just so shit at the moment that it's hard to expect much more.

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