Pulis: It's going to be an extremely difficult tie for us, it's their cup final

[spooookie1]

I think Mr Pullis,has a great deal of respect for Albion,however,he has stumbled a little with his wording perhaps.After all,this is Stoke we are talking about.I can remember the old days when "Boring old stoke" would come to the Goldstone looking for a draw,and generally succeed.

This is obviously going to be quite different,I will be attending the match(one of the few I can get to,due to living in Derby now,work commitments etc) and I believe it will be an interesting contrast in styles,with the lower league team playing the nicer football.

 

[Superphil]

i thought our 2 'cup finals' this season were Southampton home and away

That's what I thought,

Pulis,

 

[Albalbion]

i mostly agree with kneeon, theyre probably going to be the highest ranked team we play this season, and in case youre all forgetting, we havent been in a fifth round tie for over twenty years, this should be a big occasion for us, no matter who were playing. ive got a feeling were gonna beat them though, so not quite our cup final whoever is saying they cant be arsed to go to stoke though because its not a big enough day out for them, should get over themselves, im CHOKING to go, i just cant afford it

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Blimey this must be our best season for reaching cup finals ever.

That is a bit of a joke by Pulis considering how many times we have played them in the LEAGUE in recent years. Still, will be another prong to Gus' teamtalk a la Peterborough

 

[NMH]

It's up to the players for what type of a game this is going to be.
If they play their hearts out like they want it badly, then for them it's like a big game.

The cup final will be 'our cup final' if we can get there, not a fifth round tie.
It's too easy a statement to make, cliched and overdone

 

[NMH]

I think Mr Pullis,has a great deal of respect for Albion,however,he has stumbled a little with his wording perhaps.After all,this is Stoke we are talking about.I can remember the old days when "Boring old stoke" would come to the Goldstone looking for a draw,and generally succeed.

This is obviously going to be quite different,I will be attending the match(one of the few I can get to,due to living in Derby now,work commitments etc) and I believe it will be an interesting contrast in styles,with the lower league team playing the nicer football.

I believe the LAST result, at OUR place, was a 5-1 thrashing courtesy Mark MAGOON

 

[HG201]

Cup final? I'm sure most Brighton fans are with me when i say i would much rather we stay top of the league than in the F.A Cup

 

[NUFC1892]

Oh dear! Stoke surely aren't anyone's cup final.

Fill their ground for a few years and think that they're something special, bollocks!

 

[seagulls4ever]

It's a big game yes ... but cup final? No.

 

[Notters]

Surely the FA Cup final is our cup final after we beat Stoke, Birmingham City and Arsenal in the next three rounds?

 

[OSRGull]

Surely a wind up ? Stoke are a small club, They have one good season in the championship and have done well to maintain their premier league status but they're most certainly not our final, that is laughable

 

[spooookie1]

I am thinking eighties boring stoke.not nineties,not so boring stoke.I'm sure I have an old "Gulls Eye" where they coined the phrase.To be fair though,we were known as "pushover Brighton" not so long ago.

 

[bellsize seagull]

go up there and batter them !

 

[GT49er]

Surely a wind up ? Stoke are a small club, They have one good season in the championship and have done well to maintain their premier league status

Very small club - doing quite well in their 60th season in the top division, aren't they?

 

[NUFC1892]

Very small club - doing quite well in their 60th season in the top division, aren't they?

They would certainly struggle to get another trophy in that empty cabinet of theirs!

Stoke are a small club, even Blackpool have a more illustrious history than them.

 

[strings]

I don't think Pulis is patronising us. We have to bear in mind the intended audience for his comments - Stoke City fans. He is telling them that they need to get to the Britannia to roar their team into the quarter finals. He knows this is a tough match and he knows that the fans are often the difference at the Britannia. I read it as a complement that he is already telling Stoke fans that it their support is vital to the team.

Thats how I read it anyway.

 

[Notters]

They would certainly struggle to get another trophy in that empty cabinet of theirs!

Stoke are a small club, even Blackpool have a more illustrious history than them.

What is your role on NSC Geordie Boy, just curious like!

 

[NUFC1892]

What is your role on NSC Geordie Boy, just curious like!

Fancied joining for a bit craic mate.

Hope that's alright with you lads?

 

[spooookie1]

I don't think Pulis is patronising us. We have to bear in mind the intended audience for his comments - Stoke City fans. He is telling them that they need to get to the Britannia to roar their team into the quarter finals. He knows this is a tough match and he knows that the fans are often the difference at the Britannia. I read it as a complement that he is already telling Stoke fans that it their support is vital to the team.

Thats how I read it anyway.

This is probably quite a good point.

 

[GT49er]

They would certainly struggle to get another trophy in that empty cabinet of theirs!

It would sit quite nicely alongside their League Cup.