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Are Stoke City sleepwalking into a struggle next season?
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GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Past it too.
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
with a 16 point gap between 7th and 8th
it looks like alot of teams will struggle
fortunately only 3 go down
Murray 17
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Watford have been very fortunate. Considering they have a new manager each year, and rumour has it another one for next season, they will do well to survive again.
LANGDON SEAGULL
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Perkino
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Arismendi
Eventually the constantly sacking Pozzi family will come unstuck.
Also, the team's been built on long balls upto a beast or two upfront, normally Deeney who has done a great job in that role, but this season his influence in games has dipped significantly.
Murray 17
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Apparently they gave him a big pay rise to fend off interest from West Brom (he's their kind of player for sure). After all that, Deeney's not started several games recently. Strange.
The coldest, windiest shitehole I've been to, to watch football
Raleigh Chopper
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Stoke are only where they are because they have strong leadership and a strong and stable economy.
Middle of the Country
Not much excitement for middle of the table mediocrity and this season their only wins came against the clubs below them in the table.
If they fail to win their home games against the relegation battle clubs they will be drawn into a relegation battle themselves.
Quite good at home. They seem to struggle to win away and the top six cubs. More of the same seems likely with Hughes in charge.
PS: if they go on a spending spree they might end up like Bolton and Sunderland.
Not much excitement for middle of the table mediocrity and this season their only wins came against the clubs below them in the table.
If they fail to win their home games against the relegation battle clubs they will be drawn into a relegation battle themselves.
Quite good at home. They seem to struggle to win away and the top six cubs. More of the same seems likely with Hughes in charge.
PS: if they go on a spending spree they might end up like Bolton and Sunderland.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I'm at Fenton Manor sports centre today, I can confirm that Stoke remains utterly depressing. The Bet365 building is huge.
Joebananas
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- Jan 30, 2011
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Stoke fan here
We are very worried currently, we seem to be on a very negative trajectory currently and its all a bit doom and gloom. We undoubtedly have the quality in Shaquiri, Imbula, Arnautovic, Joe Allen and a few others but Mark Hughes just can't seem to get the best out of them. On our day, which is rare these days, we can beat any team in the league but yesterday we just rolled over and had our bellies tickled against a side that hates playing at our place.
Our Fortress Brittania ( I know its BET 365 stadium now ) mentality seems to be slipping and we are very beatable at home these days.
Call me fickle, but I didn't want Hughes as manager, then admitted perhaps I was wrong when, other than this season, he has done a fantastic job, but I think he has been exposed this year for what he is, i.e. lets chuck shed loads of money at transfers and fingers crossed it will work. Imbula a great example, Shaq on his day unplayable but constantly injured, Berahino firing blanks as has Bony.
We definitely need a freshen up and the Hughes out drum is starting to be banged. Luckily there are still plenty of teams worse than us next season who will help keep us up.
We are very worried currently, we seem to be on a very negative trajectory currently and its all a bit doom and gloom. We undoubtedly have the quality in Shaquiri, Imbula, Arnautovic, Joe Allen and a few others but Mark Hughes just can't seem to get the best out of them. On our day, which is rare these days, we can beat any team in the league but yesterday we just rolled over and had our bellies tickled against a side that hates playing at our place.
Our Fortress Brittania ( I know its BET 365 stadium now ) mentality seems to be slipping and we are very beatable at home these days.
Call me fickle, but I didn't want Hughes as manager, then admitted perhaps I was wrong when, other than this season, he has done a fantastic job, but I think he has been exposed this year for what he is, i.e. lets chuck shed loads of money at transfers and fingers crossed it will work. Imbula a great example, Shaq on his day unplayable but constantly injured, Berahino firing blanks as has Bony.
We definitely need a freshen up and the Hughes out drum is starting to be banged. Luckily there are still plenty of teams worse than us next season who will help keep us up.
Joebananas
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- Jan 30, 2011
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I know exactly where you are, used to use that place as a youngster. I can't disagree that Fenton is a bit depressing and Stoke, as a whole, is not exactly Beverley Hills but there are plenty of really nice places if you go looking, Trentham being a good example. It is like anywhere really, good and bad bits. I have lived down here long enough to have seen all the places around me and I can definitely confirm there are areas of Brighton, Worthing, etc that would give Stoke a run for it's money all day long.
Hughes surely can't survive now.
Not sure who they will get in though
Not sure who they will get in though
W.C.
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Don't you just hate online negativity?
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I was more surprised than anything else.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
We went for some food in Alsager, that was a nice little town.
warmleyseagull
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Hope so.
