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Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2011, 08:59:59 PM »
I think your right, Birmingham City are as bad! Give me teams like Norwich or Forest over them any day of the week

Offline TheSandman

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2011, 09:09:34 PM »
Birmingham are the worst team in the league. At least Stoke try to get shots in and score albeit this is quite often via Delap's throw ins.


Offline brian green

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2011, 09:11:12 PM »
I agree with that Dave.   Probably a bit understated if anything.

The predictable acceptance by referees that this is Stoke and this is the way they play and I have the whistle not you is a far worse symptom of the game's demise than their brutal, intellectually bankrupt style of play.   I cannot be alone in my rage against the beauty of the game being eroded all the time by the blurring of the rules of the game by weak discretionary refereeing.

What began as a defender spreading himself to shepherd a ball out for a goal kick has now become blatant unpunished body checks.   What used to be a throw in to maintain the flow of a game is now a ritual which can take whatever time the thrower wants.   Likewise where a throw is taken or a free kick taken can be anywhere within ten yards or more of the correct position depending on whether the referee is looking or not or cares or not.

Offline JJ-AV

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2011, 10:40:52 PM »
It's frustrating but it won't last. Delap has a dodgy shoulder and they can't replace it (they've tried it with others when he's not playing and its not anywhere near as effective).

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2011, 12:04:51 AM »
Wasn't so long ago that we could only score from set peices, we never scored from open play. Arsenal won't win  anything playing touch football round the penalty box, if i were a supporter i would be totally frustrated with the way they try and walk the ball into the net.

Offline Chipsticks

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #35 on: April 26, 2011, 12:25:37 AM »
Good article, sums up my feelings nicely.

The annoying thing is, Stoke do have some decent players in Etherington, Fuller, Walters, and Kenwyne Jones, and for that I really feel like they have the potential to play decent football; it's a shame they waste that potential on long throws to Huth and Jones.

Offline KevinGage

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #36 on: April 26, 2011, 01:58:50 AM »
If Stoke's style of play is so limited (and I'll concede it's generally as mesmerising as watching paint dry) the onus is on us to -and other sides- to exploit this lack of variation.

They bagged one goal on Sat via the usual method. At home, we should have had enough in the tank to create 2/3/4 chances so as to render it insignificant.  Particularly with them wanting to contain and protect players with a cup final coming up.

If they weren't effective at what they do, I'm sure there would be plenty lining up to pat them on the head and generally patronise them.

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #37 on: April 26, 2011, 02:13:17 AM »
 
Frankly, if I was a Stoke fan ... Ten years ago I was watching third-tier league football

If you were a Stoke fan ten years ago, then the chances are that you weren't watching them at all. Its quite ironic that so many thousands have jumped on their "bestest fans in the world since the Jawdees" TM 2008 bandwaggon, when the play the most turgid bastard form of the game, where time wasting and throw ins are the entire spectacle.
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Offline mrfuse

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #38 on: April 26, 2011, 04:36:57 AM »
Regarding the Final I would rather Stoke Win it than Man City, I dont like the way stoke play but I hate Man City even more for the way they have bought success.

Yes Chelsea and to an extent United could be regarded as being similar but Man City have taken it to another level, if one payer could sum up a team it would be Balotelli!

I dont think Ill bother watching the final this year its as about as appealing as watching a reality tv shows.

Offline Lambert and Payne

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Re: This week's plug
« Reply #39 on: April 26, 2011, 08:54:00 AM »
Frankly, if I was a Stoke fan ... Ten years ago I was watching third-tier league football

If you were a Stoke fan ten years ago, then the chances are that you weren't watching them at all. Its quite ironic that so many thousands have jumped on their "bestest fans in the world since the Jawdees" TM 2008 bandwaggon, when the play the most turgid bastard form of the game, where time wasting and throw ins are the entire spectacle.

I remember watching them play on sky the year before their promotion season and the ground was litterally empty, something like 12k attendance, then the next time i seen them it was a sell out, pathetic support really, only there for the big games

 


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