Tony Pulis to Brighton?

[Greavsey]

Stoke, in the oddest way, strikes me as having Gus nailed on for it - fans and owner want to evolve from hoof ball and they have some semi decent footballers who can pass if allowed to pass - and they clearly don't mind spending a few quid - £15-20 million and Gus could easily get Stoke to mid table playing decent football without kicking lumps out of the opposition.......well worth a bet this one!

Agreed, anyone got the odds?? I want to lump on early!

 

[piersa]

The perfect fit for me, makes perfect sense.

 

[El Sid]

Retired players. That's an interesting concept. What's he going to do? Make tea?

Tea! More than he did last season. Spent more time on MOTD than on the pitch.

 

[StonehamPark]

Gus to Stoke @ 12/1
Worth £20?

 

[Greavsey]

Gus to Stoke @ 12/1
Worth £20?

Yes. They're looking for a change of direction and as per my earlier post it all adds up. I'm convinced (with no insider knowledge whatsoever I should add!).

 

[Bra]

Stoke, in the oddest way, strikes me as having Gus nailed on for it - fans and owner want to evolve from hoof ball and they have some semi decent footballers who can pass if allowed to pass - and they clearly don't mind spending a few quid - £15-20 million and Gus could easily get Stoke to mid table playing decent football without kicking lumps out of the opposition.......well worth a bet this one!

Does sound a possibility. Wonder if his current suspensio issue would stop them making an approach though and whether we would say no because of this

 

[SeagullSongs]

Jesus @Springal, some of the most effortless fishing I've ever seen, it's so obvious it's almost not fishing. They're practically jumping into the boat!

 

[MJsGhost]

Gus to Stoke @ 12/1
Worth £20?

Yep - DONE!

 

[SeagullSongs]

Yep - DONE!

Expect him to be odds-on favourite within the hour then!

 

[SK1NT]

does look like its worth a score... 12-1 good odds for someone who is 3rd fav to take over

 

[Insel affe]

I posted on a thread that has since been deleted that on Oatcake the Stoke forum that most of the fans dont want him and his name was being mentioned straight after the Palace game.

 

[Icy Gull]

I posted on a thread that has since been deleted that on Oatcake the Stoke forum that most of the fans dont want him and his name was being mentioned straight after the Palace game.

Well most on here don't seem to want Ferguson or Harry, doesn't mean we won't get one of them

 

[strings]

I posted on a thread that has since been deleted that on Oatcake the Stoke forum that most of the fans dont want him and his name was being mentioned straight after the Palace game.

Mmm, I love an oatcake. Proper local Stoke delicacy.

 

[Insel affe]

This made me laugh on Oatcake....


"So to update:

Poyet too immature
Hughton not big name enough
Rafa too fat
Lennon pisshead
RDM head the wrong shape
Fergie too old
Mourinho stepping stone
Hughes not good enough"

How are they allowed to swear on their forum ?

Read more on,,,,

http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/214407/poyet-suspended?page=3#page=1

 

[SK1NT]

Tenner on Gus to Stoke... 12-1..

Worth a punt and seems like a perfect acquisition for them to start playing football properly.

 

[Barn Door Billy]

I assume they are looking for a change in style of play.
Roberto Di Mateo is favourite with Gus at 15/2.
The worry for us is the length of time this disciplinary process may take.
Are we going to miss out on one of our targets?

No. As said many times, bookies odds mean nothing. I would say o Neil is almost nailed on for Stoke, or if not ten someone like Mick McCarthy. The idea of RDM coming to is may be a little far fetched (but still very possible), but the idea of him going to hoofmerchant, football hating Stoke is absurd.

 

[dragonred]

O'Neil's failure to motivate a similarly average side like Sunderland I am sure rules him out of any decent job for a while, he's been exposed as average - and as for McCarthy, I can't see any premiership team wanting him on board these days - both yesterday's men by a long way! Despite being one of the worst and roughest places I've ever visited, Stoke will be a decent job for a manager looking to gain premiership exposure and experience and a decent springboard to somewhere better one day! Poyet all over this especially as he's cheap to hire compared to some and at 12-1, that's a bargain!

 

[joeinbrighton]

Wouldn't be in the least bit surprised were Martin O'Neill to emerge as the principal target for Stoke. Questionable whether his football is much less uglier than Pulis' (certainly his Sunderland team were awful to watch) plus he does seem to have let a few things go at Sunderland, judging by events up there since Di Canio took over. But, I think he still has a house in the Midlands and wants one last crack at management before retiring.

 

[keaton]

On Talksport they are suggesting that Pulis would be a great target for a job at Wasps, Harlequins or Saracens, ha ha.

But there's no vacancies there?

 

[supaseagull]

How ironic would it be if our two respective managers went in opposite directions and yet stoke went down playing the Poyet way and we went up playing hoofball in the Pulis way!