What West Ham reporter said about us

Filed: Monday, 4th March 2013
By: Paul Walker


Now that wasn’t too bad was it? A trip to the dreaded Britannia stadium and all it’s charms…and the best bit was upsetting one-eyed Tony Pulis.

The delightful manager of Stoke City, who doesn’t flinch at sending out his thugs to kick, maim and cheat each week, actually complained that one of his players - that delicate flower Ryan Shawcross - was fouled by Andy Carroll in the build-up to Jack Collison’s impressive winner on Saturday.

Now when you have all stopped laughing, I’ll continue. Shawcross has more broken (opponents) bones on his CV than any of the Krays muscle from the 60s. Aaron Ramsey springs to mind.

And he is the worst exponent in the Premier League of the grabbing, holding, shirt-pulling nonsense in the penalty box that is closer to tag-team wrestling than football. So when he comes off worse in a scrap with Carroll - they were both at it, to be fair - there is very little sympathy.


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I want to read that Stoke showed a lot of class. Sadly as long as we play as we do, this is the sort of report we will get

 

Seems to have got Pulis's number.

 

hes got it spot on to be fair

 

Yup, thank gawd Huth wasn't playing - they old boy would have had a heart attack.

Sums up Stoke to the 9th degree

 

He has more broken bones on his CV than any of the Krays

Sorry, I know I shouldn`t but this made me smile

 

I didn't think it was too bad, we've had worse from you guys in previous seasons.

 

Bzzz - I love that quote by Ron Greenwoid, sums up my feelings for football (see my last 5,000 posts!)

Also the one from Danny Blanchfower. - 'It's not about the winning it's about the glory'

Coates and Pulis read and weep