[Football] Stoke

[Simster]

...have spent £6m on James Mclean from WBA and now £10m on Tom Ince from Huddersfield.

I'd be massively underwhelmed I was them - I really don't see them going back up if that's the sort of rubbish they're after.

 

[spence]

I'm the other way. I think they have brought well for the league they are in. They also have a manager i really like,

 

[Juan Albion]

I'm the other way.

No problem with that these days.

 

[Simster]

I'm the other way. I think they have brought well for the league they are in. They also have a manager i really like,

Tom Ince has never impressed me and I didn't know much about Mclean's playing ability but looking at WBA forums, they all mark him out as a huff and puff merchant with little else to his game.

 

[spence]

Tom Ince has never impressed me and I didn't know much about Mclean's playing ability but looking at WBA forums, they all mark him out as a huff and puff merchant with little else to his game.

They kept Allen who will be brilliant for that league. Think Butland is still there. They should finish in the top 4 with that squad.

 

[Rogero]

If they fail the first year they could be down for10 years. it is a very tough league as we know.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

...have spent £6m on James Mclean from WBA and now £10m on Tom Ince from Huddersfield.

I'd be massively underwhelmed I was them - I really don't see them going back up if that's the sort of rubbish they're after.

James LcLean, (as much as l abhor his politics), is a proven Championship player, Tom Ince has excelled at that level too. Stoke will be strong this coming season l think.

 

[Icy Gull]

I rated Rowettt at Birmingham, getting an average bunch of players to play as a team and they were quite high up when he was sacked by the new owners who wanted a high profile manager.Thought he’d do well at Derby but he rather ****ed it there when the pressure was on didn’t he? Derby should have got out of the Championship over the last 5 years, they have/had the players so if he was that good he should have pulled it off last season.

I’ll be interested to see how he copes with the pressure he gets at Stoke it will ramp up dramatically from Birmingham and Derby.

 

[BensGrandad]

I think that as the deadline approaches they will struggle to keep both Jack Butland and Joe Allen and could well lose either or both.

 

[pishhead]

No chance that Butland will still be there when the window closes.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Well - looks to me like they’ve signed a couple of arrogant dickheads.

McClean is just a hypocrite and over celebrater whose mouth is bigger than brain.

And what happened to Ince turning down England call ups and talking to Inter Milan?

Welcome to both - opposition fans will have field day.


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[Ernest]

Another Aston Villa, think they will smash it as they are a BIG club

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

...have spent £6m on James Mclean from WBA and now £10m on Tom Ince from Huddersfield.

I'd be massively underwhelmed I was them - I really don't see them going back up if that's the sort of rubbish they're after.

Tom Ince is a very good Championship player.

I imagine Mclean has been brought in for the dressing room, surprised WBA let him go

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

“Is a shit hole” is the correct answer. What do I win?

 

[mikeyjh]

I rated Rowettt at Birmingham, getting an average bunch of players to play as a team and they were quite high up when he was sacked by the new owners who wanted a high profile manager.Thought he’d do well at Derby but he rather ****ed it there when the pressure was on didn’t he? Derby should have got out of the Championship over the last 5 years, they have/had the players so if he was that good he should have pulled it off last season.

I’ll be interested to see how he copes with the pressure he gets at Stoke it will ramp up dramatically from Birmingham and Derby.

Rowett is a 1 trick pony and it's not a very exciting trick. I thought he'd do well for us as well but there was a lot of disquiet a LONG time before results started to show that we were a bit rubbish.

Ince is a very good championship signing - Terribly nice of Stoke to donate even more to our FFP fund though, cheers chaps!

 

[Weststander]

...have spent £6m on James Mclean from WBA and now £10m on Tom Ince from Huddersfield.

I'd be massively underwhelmed I was them - I really don't see them going back up if that's the sort of rubbish they're after.

I think one of the three relegated teams will bounce straight back up and it will be Stoke. Spending heavily by Championship standards and they’ve kept some proven quality such as Butland.

(I don’t like Stoke btw).

Swansea and WBA are doomed to a long non-PL stint.

 

[oneillco]

I'm the other way. I think they have brought well for the league they are in. They also have a manager i really like,

Agreed, they are the sort of players you need in the Championship.

 

[Common as Mook]

Tom Ince has never impressed me

He was head and shoulders the best player in the Championship when he was at Blackpool, and defintely the best player I saw us up against that era. He will do very good job in the Championship I'd wager.

 

[Bozza]

“Is a shit hole” is the correct answer. What do I win?

A weekend for two in Stoke.

The runners-up prize was two weekends for two in Stoke.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A weekend for two in Stoke.

The runners-up prize was two weekends for two in Stoke.