i find it absolute lunacy ! just who would replace him ? I spent an hour tonite with griff ( Andy Griffin ) From his experience Pulis is a leader of men a total bastard if he has to be but gets the best outa what he got ! he runs the club from top to bottom as a sgt major we have had to spend money cause the younger lads aint cutting it yet but money has now been spent in these areas ! stoke spend money to strive for a top half finish ! can we be Everton ? who knows not yet but moyes has a good team there and yet in his 11 yrs at the club has won NOTHING ! what really do u want .. its stoke and survival comes first always these clowns that want champoinship football for pretty football take a serious look at ya self !!! I find them bizzare characters football is now what it is ! i understand we need to see better footy at times but so does the other 14 teams in the prem ! but would they go down for it would they bollox GET A GRIP FFS
Pottepalm I looked at your profile mate and it does not show how long you have supported Stoke City? It hurts when I see player's like Shotton, Whelan, Whitehead on the pitch when we leave.. Jerome, Adam, etc on the bench. We brought these players in because. In the words of Tony Pulis " We want to take this club forward" " We have a plan and x years plan" Well of course we won't get relegated and if that's what you want to watch every week Potterpalm. Good luck to you. We are indeedy going around in circles on the thread and have a few times in seasons past since promotion. We do have a better squad now that's pretty much nailed on we all agree on this. I've not read one poster on here.. a Stoke fan who has said. " I want a top six finish" and that would be rather stupid to expect anyway. You say 14 teams in the premier league want to see better football. that's 15 including the mighty potters Potter Palm! Leaves us with the top six. Swansea are above us, West Brom are above us.. both are miles better to watch IMHO that Stoke City right now. Where were they 5 years ago? Swansea in the lower leagues, Baggies up and down like a fiddlers elbow.. How come they have changed things Potter P and it seem's from where I am looking as a neutral. Both are playing very good football, Swansea especially.... for me far too many players (good players have come and gone in those five years) I don't know why but if Pulis runs the (team) like a Sgt Major maybe some player's don't/did'nt like it and told him so? They have gone sadly but Pulis has not because he will (keep us up) IF that makes you happy Potter Palm fantastic for you mate. I know we have a squad that can when all are playing that can (entertain me more) not part the bus every away game because that is what's happening and will continue happening for the forseeable future IMO. Well I can't watch it after this season Potter Palm, my choice, my loss because I won't/ I refuse to see good player's being fecked around IMHO. Everton have not won anything? Arsenal have not won anything for x years. For me it's not about winning every week Potter Palm. I ONLY want to see us play more open attacking football simple as that. Would we go down playing that way, IMHO of course not and it would be a more enjoyable day out for the AWAY fans too! Just my own oppinions Potter Palm that's it! in an nutshell. Pott's
Enjoyment is the word Potts, and there is precious little of that watching Stoke, as you know Potts, I can only watch it via a stream or when I dare go to my local pub when Stoke are on the TV. I get heaps of abuse about the way Stoke (don't) play, it pees everybody off when I agree with them. That is not a defence mechanism, it is the honest truth. What EVER happened to the team that hammered Bolton in the FA Cup Semi Final, THAT was the best Stoke display I had seen for nigh on 40 years, in front of god knows how many millions of viewers, and you lucky guys who saw it live. Also the 3-1 against Liverpool on Boxing Day was not too shabby was it. Potter Palm, I would grab hold of a dictionary some time soon and look up the words, FORUM, DEBATE, DISCUSSION and OPINION.
Nicky Of course I was a Wembley when we literally did (play Bolton off the pitch) THAT is my one and ONLY gripe with Tony Pulis... Erm.. we DID it THEN? Why on earth can the same player's (some are better IMO) than those that played in the semi final that day. Can we NOT play like that more often??????? Over to you Potter Palm because, IF we can do it ONCE nay TWICE that Liverpool game was magical too! What exactly has gone wrong Potter Palm... we beat a poorish Reading side since Christmas WOW! P.S. this is NOT a dig a you Potter Palm... I'm just curious to know what you think is the reason we can't WIN or play more FOOTBALL than we do. K T F mate because mine is almost no existant now.
This post is all the reasons why TP is not suitable. The question is not who could do better, but who wouldnt have done worse having spent equal or less money. There is a very long list of managers who could have and hence makes TP look average at best. Also being a total ****er by demanding respect rather thane earning it is nothing to be proud of! Be a pal mate, ask Griff how he felt when Ric disrespected him so badly yet TP stood by Ric and shipped our captain out? Top bloke Griff was, ****ty management at bthe time - IMO!
Beat me to it Smithers, man management, Pulis cannot spell it, let alone having any idea what it means. The only players we have on the books with perhaps 5 exceptions, who kow-tow to Pulis are those whould not into any other premier league team/squad, probably struggle to make a Campiomship.tesm - Leauge 1 at best ala Mama at Tranmere. Pp You.get a grip.
TP is the worst manager in the prem, any other manager in the prem would have us playing good football and top 10 finish with the players we have (and the money we have spent). If you enjoy watching negative, pathetic roll over and die tactics then Pulis is your man. As for me im sick of watching the **** and would gladly put TP in a taxi and send him back to Wales. He has obviously brainwashed you as he has many others with his pathetic interviews glossing over all of the cracks that are ripping the heart out of Stoke city fc. The sooner another manager comes in the better. PULIS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
im sorry fellas we really are going to av to disagree on this one potts my first game i was 7 im now 45 with 4 st in me pocket u boys r on another planet to me .. as discussed last nite with inside info and pro knowledge ! which brave man would be next to take TPs post ? the man drives a team to security no diff than the rest in the prem stoke city is now a business like all the others and just av a look how they play ! no diff to us .. we will still be there wen ya others fall by the wayside cuz they dont invest !! In the circuit of the game peeps find TP a little arrogant etc but there aint one who wud sack him ! outsiders think this talk is plain crazy ! im done fed up o talkin crap with peeps that cant see what they already av ! that dont mean im totally happy of style BUT ! sit back and think about it ....... even pros will tell ya .. what more do u want ? its just the way the game is now !
You get a ****ing grip, he has obviously brainwashed u too, we dont have to play like barcelona, just dont roll over and die if we play one if the top 6 teams at home or ANY TEAM away. He has not got a clue what hes doing, hes spent 120 million and we are one if the worst team in the prem FACT. Whats with this get a grip ****??? Pulis out
Whats with the get a grip? Why because a fan dare question the suitability of the manager? Potterpalm, to date you have failed to give any form of serious argument for the positives of TP except that we havent been relegated. Whilst I accept that this a reason, there appears to be very few additional reasons and the rpo's and con's do appear to heavily stacked towards the negative. You keep repeating that there is no alternative or "who would we have" but that is not the reason to not discuss/debate the suitability of TP. It would be smiliar to me asking you why you bother to vote or me justifying my belief in a religion because it is better than the alternative, ort God exists because you cant prove that he doesnt! A very inward way of looking at things.
PP I award ye the Order of The Three I's : Insular Ignorant and Inbred Just my OPINION, ye may well disagree, that is of course your prerogrative
For Christ's sake fella'WHY the slanging match on here? Potter Palm no problem mate. We agree to not agree that's fair enough. We're all bloody FANS and it's time this get a grip kind of comment was stopped IMHO. More like some need to grow up! Well P+++++ off with today's result/performance/team selection what's new. Nothing really. Same old same old I had my say tother day on Tony Pulis that's all there is to it. MY choice to not attend games next season. IF any of you still do attend, well done one and all. You have more faith than I do.
I notice that Stoke are showing concerns over reaching the season ticket allocation and are still deciding on the corners?
