mikeyp102 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 9 hours ago, Genie said: I still dream of us getting David Villa up front Partnered with Dean As(h)ton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Rowett appointed on three year deal. Good appointment for them. Gary deserts the sinking ship at derby. They will be mid table at best next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 return of Pulisball to Stoke. I know he has a career to think of but Rowett is definitely not a man you would have faith in since he always seems to be looking for a bigger club to move to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 On the face of it, it seems like a good appointment. His track record in the championship would lead you to believe that with adequate funding he could get them promoted. After that who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 If i was derby id go for monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 13 hours ago, Demitri_C said: If i was derby id go for monk Said in the paper today Mel Morris (owner) is thinking of selling up and has ordered cuts of 2m in all departments. Going to be a hiding to nothing job next season for whoever takes over as expectation from fans will still be in mix for top 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Villan4Life said: Hmm what the hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 without context it’s hard to draw conclusions on that - I have to say though, why are the Stoke fans squaring up to the police? Who keeps their ‘little children’ nearby in a situation like that? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, a m ole said: without context it’s hard to draw conclusions on that - I have to say though, why are the Stoke fans squaring up to the police? Who keeps their ‘little children’ nearby in a situation like that? Zackly. Also the plod don’t gather together in a group, batons raised like that until or unless told to do so. They’ll have been called in as a response to something, I’d wager. The police at nob end are normally very laid back and friendly. So it seems like something is different, and the throbbers from Stoke goading the police may be part of that something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Read on their forums by a few. that few other fans wanted go outside ground half time to smoke but police and stewards says no So few started kicking doors in and lead to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Stoke are in crisis. Its a complete shambles. Humilated at home.by Wigan and the fans already asking for rowett to be sacked. They haven't found life in the championship very easy have they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 I think a lot of teams that are in the premier league for a long time will struggle when they come down to the championship. They end up with half a squad that's trying to leave and players who have had a huge cut in pay (or some with no pay cut at all). For Brighton or Huddersfield it's not a big adjustment but for clubs that have been in the top flight 4+ years then it's massive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOTTI-THE-GOD Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 56 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Stoke are in crisis. Its a complete shambles. Humilated at home.by Wigan and the fans already asking for rowett to be sacked. They haven't found life in the championship very easy have they? Lets be honest we haven't found life in the championship very easy either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 11 minutes ago, TOTTI-THE-GOD said: Lets be honest we haven't found life in the championship very easy either Yes but we didn't start this badly even under di matteo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 19/08/2018 at 08:41, a m ole said: without context it’s hard to draw conclusions on that - I have to say though, why are the Stoke fans squaring up to the police? Who keeps their ‘little children’ nearby in a situation like that? Maybe improvised shields? Stoke hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Not surprising. The bloke is one of the dullest ****ers I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Rowett such a hype job as manager. Plays shit football and no idea how to attack. Would have Bruce over him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Yikes. Their midfield last night is too slow. Allen and Fletcher is not a good combo for this league, but don't worry, they have Charlie Adam as a sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Quote Just over 12 months ago Stoke were celebrating a 1-0 victory over Arsenalat the bet365 Stadium. It felt like a seminal moment for Mark Hughes, already under pressure after a torrid end to the previous season, and it was an archetypal 'Stoke' performance including all the qualities which Arsene Wenger used to detest. What followed, however, was an unfolding nightmare for Hughes and Stoke, ending in what was an inevitable relegation and the end of the club's 10-year existence as a Premier League club. The problems which afflicted Stoke last season were clear for all to see long before that - and it is now Gary Rowett picking up the mess. On Wednesday night, Stoke were thumped 3-0 at home by Wigan Athleticand this was undoubtedly another archetypal performance - for a club relegated to the Championship. Put simply, they stunk the place out. Confidence disappeared like tears in rain when the first goal in, players were wracked with indecision and there was a distinct impression that many of them didn't want to be there. Rowett was told he didn't know what he was doing by the home fans and also had to contend with suggestions of a bust-up between Jack Butland, Ryan Shawcross and James McClean at half-time. It felt like the last two or three years of problems exploded in 90 minutes. The poor recruitment, the faith in players whose best days are long behind them, the lack of discipline which had one senior player last season referring to the final months under Hughes as a "holiday camp". Just a word on the dressing room, too. When former manager Paul Lambert described some of the issues earlier this year as "unacceptable", it wasn't a convenient excuse designed to disguise bad results. The issues still remain to some extent and even last week there was one player who declined to complete a full training session and simply walked back into the training ground dressing room. We are only four games into the season, and it is far too soon to be writing post-mortems, but it already feels like Stoke are in a hole. Rowett is not daft. He is an experienced operator in the muck and nettles of the Championship and will know that he cannot escape scrutiny. One of his signings, Ashley Williams, was dreadful on Wednesday night and predictably sent off, giving Stoke fans little optimism for the future. McClean showed more fight in the tunnel and dressing room than on the field. Benik Afobe, Rowett's big £12m signing, was anonymous. But the problems at Stoke appear to lie far deeper. There seems a mental issue, a deep-rooted frustration among the squad at how things have panned out over the last two years or so. The alarm bells were ringing soon after the Capital One Cup semi-final exit to Liverpool in January 2016 but too many influential people had their fingers in their ears. Butland, for one, must be wondering where his career is heading. He could have been No. 1 at the World Cup this summer but has conceded five goals in two games against Preston and Wigan. Shawcross will also know that he is struggling, big-time, to rediscover anything resembling the form that made him such a reliable Premier League defender before a serious back injury. Berahino has not scored a goal since February 2016. The list could easily go on. Away from the first-team squad, Stoke's malaise is perfectly summed up by Giannelli Imbula, the emblem of poor recruitment under Hughes who cost £18.3m but cannot be given away. He is training with the club's under-23s. Fans are demanding the dismissals of chief executive Tony Scholes and Mark Cartwright, the technical director. Many fans still pin the blame on the Coates family for not sacking Hughes earlier. Could Rowett remedy the short-term situation with more new signings? There are eight days left before the EFL loan deadline and he is targeting Brentford's Ryan Woods whose move would become permanent in January for £6.5m . A new central defender and another striker would be useful, too. There needs to be a serious wake-up call soon, or this season could sink even lower. Senior figures at Aston Villa always used to insist that avoiding a second successive relegation was a huge, under-rated achievement by Steve Bruce. It will surely get better for Stoke, and Rowett, but the Championship takes no prisoners and these players have to adapt quickly. As Rowett insisted after the Wigan match, past reputations count for nothing right now. Huge problems according to John Percy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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