legendaryswan Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 43 minutes ago, sexpistol said: Good point. I might be wrong on this but last season the blunts highest goal scorers got SIX yes SIX goals yet they finished in the top 10 of the premier league. Thanks soley to a frugal defensive record that was only bettered by the top 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Tibbs Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, gurujuan said: I don’t really want to make an issue about this, as I know the circumstances were less than ideal. He wasn’t actually a one man band, as he had Bullen, Thompson and Weaver assisting him They may not have been his appointments, but help was at hand. Monk was the boss though, certainly I don’t believe the more direct style was Bullen’s doing. Anyway, as I said, it’s not really worth discussing now, it’s done Going forward, I’d like to think that we won’t be relying on that type of approach, and we’ll discover other ways of creating goals. Monk has played decent football, at both Swansea and Leeds, so I’m optimistic. There’s no issue. I’m also optimistic. Numerically he wasn’t a one man band, but having people around him that he has 100% conference in can only help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anston Owl Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Stoke signing him and now Mikel. Old, big wages and both not exactly in peak of fitness. Wonder how they are fitting such players into an already ballooned squad in terms of FFP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timrud Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Anston Owl said: Stoke signing him and now Mikel. Old, big wages and both not exactly in peak of fitness. Wonder how they are fitting such players into an already ballooned squad in terms of FFP? Selling Butland and they still get prem money I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, timrud said: Selling Butland and they still get prem money I think? Yep, get another year of hand outs left haven't they? They are looking for £8M for Butland, crazy if they get that in the current climate, he's been chucking them in for 2 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 25 minutes ago, Anston Owl said: Stoke signing him and now Mikel. Old, big wages and both not exactly in peak of fitness. Wonder how they are fitting such players into an already ballooned squad in terms of FFP? Be like watching us of recent seasons, good on the ball at times, but slow as fizz, blowing out their arse on 80 minutes and a good few games spent in the treatment room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 6 hours ago, DJMortimer said: I agree with this in all respects. My only reservation with Fletcher would be if he really did pretend to be injured in that last appearance. That would be a sh*thouse thing to do. My only reservation is that he is a disgrace, possibly the most disgraceful player in our history. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, DJMortimer said: Just looked it up. McBurnie and Mousset led the way with 6 each. Lundstram and Fleck got 5. That's pretty startling given the accepted wisdom about how vital it is to have someone scoring lots of goals. And the Premier League's three leading scorers played for the teams finishing 5th, 8th and 11th. To be fair at 91 minutes per goal Aguero would have probably been top scorer had he not got injured and Liverpool had two players in the top 6 scorers in the league, helps when you can share the load like that. As you said you don't have to have a 20 goal per season striker to be successful but if you don't have one, you do need either a team that can contribute goals from different areas or a team that is solid defensively, preferably both - we have neither as things stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, mcmigo said: My only reservation is that he is a disgrace, possibly the most disgraceful player in our history. As disgraceful as the ones that were banned for betting offences way back when or those that refused to play having spat their dummy out over how much their peers were being paid? Morgan Fox also refused to play in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Tibbs Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 3 hours ago, parajack said: Bullen & Weaver now with the under 23s though,does that mean they were allegedly seen as 'part of the problem'? rather than part of the solution? Even if blameless? I think Bullen’s time has come. He’s been around the first team squad for 5 years+ - what have we achieved. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne_rat_of_s6 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 17:32, Sefton owl said: Looking at his picture though, the transplant seems to have worked. He probably tried convincing them he was 27 to try and get a longer contract. Astute work, Steve Just needs a lug reduction to look less like Shrek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Tibbs Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 4 hours ago, mcmigo said: My only reservation is that he is a disgrace, possibly the most disgraceful player in our history. Have you heard of a player called Abdi ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist_Owl Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, timrud said: Selling Butland and they still get prem money I think? They're on the fast track to oblivion. In 2 years, when the thinkpieces about the inevitable Stoke implosion come out, refer back here. Also, no one gives a poo about Jack Butland Edited August 16, 2020 by Socialist_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Seems Fletchers song should be the old Neil Diamond classic...Money talks...Stoke fans be able to sing it along with Deliahla as the club spaffs the last of its failure payments and Fletcher sits out 50% of his 2 year deal injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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