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[jim mk2 9064]

33 minutes ago, Tom said:

When City have an off day they are terrible to watch, in the first half they took a corner back to their own half way line.

Klopps done a poor job overall at Anfield but they've done a number on them today 

 

Guardiola's Barcelona teams used to do this - one of the many reasons I disliked watching them 

[Tom 10979]

26 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

Guardiola's Barcelona teams used to do this - one of the many reasons I disliked watching them 

Indeed

I've also just noticed I wrote 'own half way line' which is an absolute nonsense term, I'll blame these antibiotics that are doing a number on me at the moment!

[speeeeeeedie 906]

1 hour ago, Tom said:

Klopps done a poor job overall at Anfield but they've done a number on them today 

I disagree. Klopp may not have won Liverpool the League but he has improved them. He was an Alberto Moreno horror show away from a UEFA Cup win, and he has got them into the knockout stages of the Champs League for the first time in 8 seasons. Even with COutinho leaving they have Keita coming who will improve them, and if he signs a decent keeper (rumours of Butland from Stoke are circulating) they'll be an even better outfit next season.

On their day they'll beat any team in Europe. Unfortunately he hasn't yet cured their sieve like defending.

 

25 minutes ago, Tom said:

Indeed

I've also just noticed I wrote 'own half way line' which is an absolute nonsense term, I'll blame these antibiotics that are doing a number on me at the moment!

This made me laugh. I use that term too, always have done. I never thought anything about it until now.   

[davulsukur 4598]

3 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

Liverpool 4-1 Man Citeh as I write. It is nice to have a break from the Guardiola bukkake fest if it stays like this. Pep does not know how to defend against teams with lethal pace and incision like Citeh themselves have. Defend well, hassle the Citeh defence relentlessly and you may have a chance.

 

[davulsukur 4598]

Martin O’ Neill rejects Stoke. 

Not a great start for Stoke in their search for new gaffer.

Its strange how a premier league team of what 10 years? Can be an unattractive prospect for managers. Even Rowett was heavily linked but opted for a new Derby contract instead.

Yes, Berahino turned for the Man Utd game 24hrs early but they can’t be that bad?

[JHRover 13185]

Perhaps surprisingly Paul Lambert is now the favourite for Stoke. Think he'd do ok there i.e. make them harder to beat and keep them up though for some reason Stoke seem to think they should be doing better than surviving. Gary Megson also high up the list of odds. 

[Tom 10979]

I liked Lambert here but it would highlight a real lack of good managers if he got a premier league job after two middling short term spells in the league below.

Still expecting Sparky to rock up at the Dingledome when Dyche eventually gets bored 

[blueboy3333 8316]

Poor Potters. Nobody deserves Paul Lambert.

[blueboy3333 8316]

Just now, Tom said:

I was besotted with Lambert and wanted to father his children. Shit manager though. It would highlight a real lack of good managers if he got a premier league job after two middling short term spells in the league below.

Still expecting Sparky to rock up at the Dingledome when Dyche eventually gets bored 

What you meant.

[RevidgeBlue 9011]

Just now, JHRover said:

Perhaps surprisingly Paul Lambert is now the favourite for Stoke. Think he'd do ok there i.e. make them harder to beat and keep them up though for some reason Stoke seem to think they should be doing better than surviving. Gary Megson also high up the list of odds. 

Christ on a bike, are they that desperate?

Get him in Stoke then he can buy Ward and Bennett for 20m.

[RevidgeBlue 9011]

5 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

Liverpool 4-1 Man Citeh as I write. It is nice to have a break from the Guardiola bukkake fest if it stays like this. Pep does not know how to defend against teams with lethal pace and incision like Citeh themselves have. Defend well, hassle the Citeh defence relentlessly and you may have a chance.

 

Very harsh indeed.. They've only dropped five points all season for heavens sake.

Unlike jim I also find Pep's team's sensational to watch as a neutral. From an entertainment point of view Klopp's too albeit I'm not convinced by him.

[Tom 10979]

4 minutes ago, blueboy3333 said:

What you meant.

Bugger off Boyyer!

[roverandout 1802]

They should have kept hughes...he was the perfect manager for stoke

[chaddyrovers 6355]

Stoke want a manager with PL experience but they should have lined up their next manager before sacking Hughes. Huge mistake. 

Lambert would be decent for them. 

[JacknOry 4943]

Chelsea apparently interested in signing Andy Carroll - very odd.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces 12623]

7 hours ago, blueboy3333 said:

What you meant.

Don't put words into other people's mouths. You might think it's clever but it isn't. If I was Tom I'd complain to the mods.

[JHRover 13185]

8 hours ago, Tom said:

I liked Lambert here but it would highlight a real lack of good managers if he got a premier league job after two middling short term spells in the league below.

Still expecting Sparky to rock up at the Dingledome when Dyche eventually gets bored 

Given Sparkys recent record at QPR and Stoke that might not be a bad thing for us.

[blueboy3333 8316]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Don't put words into other people's mouths. You might think it's clever but it isn't. If I was Tom I'd complain to the mods.

Not sure if joking?

[Tyrone Shoelaces 12623]

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

Not sure if joking?

No I'm not joking.  Don't ever do that with any of my posts.

[jim mk2 9064]

10 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Very harsh indeed.. They've only dropped five points all season for heavens sake.

Unlike jim I also find Pep's team's sensational to watch as a neutral. From an entertainment point of view Klopp's too albeit I'm not convinced by him.

I didn't say that. I love watching City, which plays a very different, fast high-tempo game compared to his Barcelona side. Barcelona bored me to tears and I frequently switched off when they were on TV. . 

Edited January 15, 2018 by jim mk2

[chaddyrovers 6355]

Lambert will be Stoke manager by end of the day

[JHRover 13185]

Think that's a decent appointment for Stoke. He kept Villa and Norwich up both of which were weaker and more difficult circumstances than Stoke.

They'll get lambasted for it because:

1) He's British and they don't like British managers in the Premier League

2) He's managed recently in the Championship (all those moaning about younger British managers not getting chances in the Premier League will go quiet)

We live in an era where a Spaniard by the name of Quique Sanches Flores whose sole pedigree in English football was an ok season at Watford is seen as sensible, ambitious, progressive etc. whereas the prospect of people with proven track records at numerous clubs like O'Neill and Lambert as seen as backward steps or dull appointments. No wonder British football is in the state it is.

Lambert's experience and knowledge of British football in the Premier League and Championship likely to be vastly superior to Sanches Flores.

 

[JHRover 13185]

http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/welcome-paul

[davulsukur 4598]

13 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Lambert will be Stoke manager by end of the day

 

Just now, JHRover said:

http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/welcome-paul

That was quick!

Never mind before the end of the day, happened before the end of my brew.

[Bigdoggsteel 8225]

Thats a weird appointment. The guy has done nothing of note in the past few years. With the budgets Premier league teams apparently have, I would be expecting a better appointment if I were a Stoke fan