Sparkle Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 10 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said: Old habits die hard with Rowett - Williams will be 34 this month. Knudsen's a decent player though - solid if not spectacular Full back with a long throw - here we go again but I suppose in stoke they may like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenBr Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Why are they buying loads of defenders? I thought their problem at the moment was goal scoring. God help Stoke if they have to watch a Rowett team that can't even score goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 8 hours ago, GenBr said: Why are they buying loads of defenders? I thought their problem at the moment was goal scoring. God help Stoke if they have to watch a Rowett team that can't even score goals. Rowett stated - so must believe - he only had 4 defenders in his first team squad. So now he's got 4 defenders a has-been and a clogger ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 10 hours ago, GenBr said: Why are they buying loads of defenders? I thought their problem at the moment was goal scoring. God help Stoke if they have to watch a Rowett team that can't even score goals. You could look at the fact that they have got Afobe? Perhaps he is the one to get the goals? Also Ince, we know as well as anybody that he can score goals on his day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Mr Giggles said: You could look at the fact that they have got Afobe? Perhaps he is the one to get the goals? Also Ince, we know as well as anybody that he can score goals on his day. A Stoke fan who rang into TalkSport yesterday was getting excited over the Ince signing as he was looking forward to him "getting down the wing and putting lots of crosses in" for the forwards ? Good luck with that son......... Must confess I am not buying into this Stoke City favourites lark - if they're so well stacked with cash why is the Snakester bothering with £1m-odd trifles like Knudsen and not going for the £6m-odd stars like Joe Bryan? And this guff about they've kept hold of their better players seems to be based around a 45 year old Adam, a 97 year old Crouchie and that bloke called Chupa- Chups or something. Oh, and Joe Allen who runs around a bit in midfield, but who will probably now jog between the centre circle and the edge of his own box as the ball sails repeatedly over his head..........?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Just now, HantsRam said: A Stoke fan who rang into TalkSport yesterday was getting excited over the Ince signing as he was looking forward to him "getting down the wing and putting lots of crosses in" for the forwards ? Good luck with that son......... Must confess I am not buying into this Stoke City favourites lark - if they're so well stacked with cash why is the Snakester bothering with £1m-odd trifles like Knudsen and not going for the £6m-odd stars like Joe Bryan? Is that really a question ? surely you know that he stifles any sort of creativity in a squad, therefore the idea of having an attacking fullback such as Bryan would keep him up at night as he wouldn't be able to have a full 10 men behind the ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 The reality is....... whatever type of player he brings in zzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 28 minutes ago, BurtonRam7 said: Curb!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 1 August 2018 at 08:00, RamNut said: Butland bauer. Shawcross. Martins indi. Pieters . Huddlestone. Etebo ince. Vydra. Mcclean . Afobe This is starting to feel more likely given the waghorn news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 We were a bit crap on Friday, sure, but really thought Stoke lacked quality today. Leeds did a great job. Rowett's had a wake up call & He's only had one game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 1 hour ago, RamNut said: This is starting to feel more likely given the waghorn news. Yep they clearly need both of them ( we need Huddlestone still) and I did hear Rowett talk about kicking it long as a option and chasing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Vaguely watched the last half hour in a bar. Leeds seemed incisive, and could be a contender on what I saw. Stoke were unlucky a couple of times, but mainly it was all huff and puff. Didn't realise Ince was playing for quite a while. Early days, but Rowett can't be spending £10m on players and launching it for them to run after. They've got quality in that squad. Why not just let them play? Dunno if he's got it in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewsFromTheMiddle Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Didn't watch the game, but seems to be some very OTT reactions on their forum. One being "worried we'll do a Sunderland" Chill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Leeds will be a tough test for us too. it will be a much harder game than Reading based on todays evidence. We need to sort ourselves out at the back or we'll play ourselves into big trouble. Fascinating game. Last season we would have sat back and conceded possession. This season its going to be far more interesting whatever happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 12 hours ago, ViewsFromTheMiddle said: Didn't watch the game, but seems to be some very OTT reactions on their forum. One being "worried we'll do a Sunderland" Chill. Be amazing iif they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 13 hours ago, needles said: Vaguely watched the last half hour in a bar. Leeds seemed incisive, and could be a contender on what I saw. Stoke were unlucky a couple of times, but mainly it was all huff and puff. Didn't realise Ince was playing for quite a while. Early days, but Rowett can't be spending £10m on players and launching it for them to run after. They've got quality in that squad. Why not just let them play? Dunno if he's got it in him. He hit the bar from 30 yds in the first half, but after that he barely got a touch. Stoke were really poor, the honeymoon period will be very brief if they continue to play like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Do all these people saying Leeds look like contenders not realise that they do this pretty much every season at the start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 From the Oatcakes forum - "Under Mark Hughes we saw some of the best performances ever by a Stoke side. Today we have witnessed possibly the WORST. Defence pathetic, surely Shawcross must be dropped for the next match. Midfield giving the ball away at every opportunity. Attack, what attack? Only when Bojan and Fletcher (of all people!) came on did we show any kind of promise going forward. Where was the intensity and pressing we had been expecting?" Intensity & pressing??? You get the feeling, their supporters only watched the Hull & Cardiff home games from last season?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 13 hours ago, needles said: Vaguely watched the last half hour in a bar. Leeds seemed incisive, and could be a contender on what I saw. Stoke were unlucky a couple of times, but mainly it was all huff and puff. Didn't realise Ince was playing for quite a while. Early days, but Rowett can't be spending £10m on players and launching it for them to run after. They've got quality in that squad. Why not just let them play? Dunno if he's got it in him. Hoof and puff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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