| Stoke 09:27 - Jul 29 with 5089 views | Sharkey |
Stoke City seem to be really shaking things up. Ten signings this summer, quite a few from abroad, the latest being Ryan Mmaee yesterday for 4 million. (The others are Mark Travers, Enda Stevens, Ben Pearson, Michael Rose, Daniel Johnson, André Vidigal, Ki-Jana Hoever and Chiquinho; Junior Tchamadeu also close to signing, it's claimed.)
I wonder if the (other) bookmakers know quite what to do with them. [Post edited 29 Jul 2023 9:36]
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| Stoke on 09:31 - Jul 29 with 5020 views | Wallingford_Boy |
Yep, I’ve got a few mates who are die hard Stokies and they are definitely in twist or bust territory.
I’d say they will be top 6, little doubt. |  |
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| Stoke on 09:42 - Jul 29 with 4911 views | MisterBlue |
| Stoke on 09:31 - Jul 29 by Wallingford_Boy |
Yep, I’ve got a few mates who are die hard Stokies and they are definitely in twist or bust territory.
I’d say they will be top 6, little doubt. |
Not sure they are in "twist or bust" territory, with owners worth more than £9 bn - that sort of backing is more than most Premier League sides have. |  | | |
| Stoke on 09:42 - Jul 29 with 4902 views | GeoffSentence |
| Stoke on 09:31 - Jul 29 by Wallingford_Boy |
Yep, I’ve got a few mates who are die hard Stokies and they are definitely in twist or bust territory.
I’d say they will be top 6, little doubt. |
If they gel. Can take a bit of time for big turnovers to come together. |  |
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| Stoke on 09:48 - Jul 29 with 4853 views | ITFCBlues |
| Stoke on 09:42 - Jul 29 by GeoffSentence |
If they gel. Can take a bit of time for big turnovers to come together. |
Exactly this. Nice to be playing them early.
Signing she'd loads of players doesn't always work as we found out ourselves |  |
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| Stoke on 10:02 - Jul 29 with 4779 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Stoke on 09:31 - Jul 29 by Wallingford_Boy |
Yep, I’ve got a few mates who are die hard Stokies and they are definitely in twist or bust territory.
I’d say they will be top 6, little doubt. |
Quite a lot of doubt imo. Alex Neil has been getting lots of criticism and there’s a good chance he’ll be gone soon if he carries on the way he finished last season (5 losses, 2 draws all against poor ish teams). Spending a bit of money means nothing if he can’t get the team working. |  |
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| Stoke on 10:06 - Jul 29 with 4736 views | Sharkey |
| Stoke on 09:48 - Jul 29 by ITFCBlues |
Exactly this. Nice to be playing them early.
Signing she'd loads of players doesn't always work as we found out ourselves |
On closer inspection, my figure of ten 'signings' is a bit exaggerated, - three of them are signings in the same way that Hirst is a signing, i.e. they played there last season. | | | |
| Stoke on 10:06 - Jul 29 with 4726 views | MattinLondon |
| Stoke on 09:48 - Jul 29 by ITFCBlues |
Exactly this. Nice to be playing them early.
Signing she'd loads of players doesn't always work as we found out ourselves |
A lot depends on the ability of their manager to mould their new signings into a cohesive unit. |  | | |
| Stoke on 10:17 - Jul 29 with 4655 views | bournemouthblue |
| Stoke on 09:42 - Jul 29 by GeoffSentence |
If they gel. Can take a bit of time for big turnovers to come together. |
As we well know ourselves! |  |
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| Stoke on 18:01 - Jul 29 with 4043 views | ArnieM |
| Stoke on 09:31 - Jul 29 by Wallingford_Boy |
Yep, I’ve got a few mates who are die hard Stokies and they are definitely in twist or bust territory.
I’d say they will be top 6, little doubt. |
Would you think that with all those additions the squad will be un gelled ( is there such a word?) .. I remember when we brought loads of players in all at once it took most of the season for those players to get to know one x as mother snd be effective as a unit … |  |
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| Stoke on 18:59 - Jul 29 with 3948 views | Parky |
Slightly off topic, but I saw a number of their fans saying that Tyrese Campbell is likely to be moved on in their overhaul - one I think would be perfect for us. |  | | |
| Stoke on 06:50 - Sep 2 with 2921 views | Sharkey |
So Stoke have now finished their shopping:
"The three latest arrivals Gooch, Haksabanovic and Tchamadeu follow the signings of defender Enda Stevens, Bournemouth midfielder Ben Pearson and keeper Mark Travers, Coventry defender Michael Rose, Preston midfielder Daniel Johnson, Portuguese striker Andre Vidigal, Wolves duo Ki-Jana Hoever and Chiquinho, strikers Wesley from Aston Villa and Ryan Mmaee from Ferencvaros, last week's double signing of Sampdoria forward Mehdi Leris and Serbian winger Nikola Jojic - and then signing number 15, South Korean midfielder Bae Junho on Thursday."
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66690444 | | | |
| Stoke on 07:09 - Sep 2 with 2852 views | FrankMarshall |
| Stoke on 06:50 - Sep 2 by Sharkey |
So Stoke have now finished their shopping:
"The three latest arrivals Gooch, Haksabanovic and Tchamadeu follow the signings of defender Enda Stevens, Bournemouth midfielder Ben Pearson and keeper Mark Travers, Coventry defender Michael Rose, Preston midfielder Daniel Johnson, Portuguese striker Andre Vidigal, Wolves duo Ki-Jana Hoever and Chiquinho, strikers Wesley from Aston Villa and Ryan Mmaee from Ferencvaros, last week's double signing of Sampdoria forward Mehdi Leris and Serbian winger Nikola Jojic - and then signing number 15, South Korean midfielder Bae Junho on Thursday."
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66690444 |
Stoke have spent big. Birmingham City have also made some really significant signings this Summer.
Stoke, Leicester, Leeds, Southampton, Birmingham all have players in their squads who could easily be in Premiership teams. Only 3 teams go up though! |  |
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| Stoke on 07:27 - Sep 2 with 2758 views | Churchman |
| Stoke on 07:09 - Sep 2 by FrankMarshall |
Stoke have spent big. Birmingham City have also made some really significant signings this Summer.
Stoke, Leicester, Leeds, Southampton, Birmingham all have players in their squads who could easily be in Premiership teams. Only 3 teams go up though! |
I can’t remember if any of their new players were in the team that played us three weeks ago and can’t be bothered to look. I know Stevens did because he got taken to the cleaners, PL standard or not. Stoke looked bang average.
As for FFP, I assume, given their gates are not the highest, that they’ve found a way around FFP or ignoring/gambling on promotion? |  | | |
| Stoke on 08:07 - Sep 2 with 2646 views | Cafe_Newman |
They don't have Kieran McKenna though. |  | | |
| Stoke on 08:11 - Sep 2 with 2618 views | Churchman |
| Stoke on 08:07 - Sep 2 by Cafe_Newman |
They don't have Kieran McKenna though. |
They do have a garden gnome though. Fishing Rod, little hat and Neill is good to go. | | | |
| Stoke on 08:18 - Sep 2 with 2595 views | bournemouthblue |
They've got a fairly talented squad, who was the guy they brought on against us who seemed to get them ticking? | |
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| Stoke on 08:20 - Sep 2 with 2590 views | Miaow |
| Stoke on 08:11 - Sep 2 by Churchman |
They do have a garden gnome though. Fishing Rod, little hat and Neill is good to go. |
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| Stoke on 08:27 - Sep 2 with 2561 views | BloomBlue |
| Stoke on 09:42 - Jul 29 by MisterBlue |
Not sure they are in "twist or bust" territory, with owners worth more than £9 bn - that sort of backing is more than most Premier League sides have. |
Won't make any difference how much they have if they don't win promotion and have failed FFP rules with overspending. Eventually they will get hit with a fine, or points deduction or transfer embargo or all 3 |  | | |
| Stoke on 08:29 - Sep 2 with 2551 views | ITFC_Forever |
Chiquinho has gone already, poor attitude apparently so Gollum has binned him. |  |
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| Stoke on 08:42 - Sep 2 with 2492 views | Sharkey |
| Stoke on 07:27 - Sep 2 by Churchman |
I can’t remember if any of their new players were in the team that played us three weeks ago and can’t be bothered to look. I know Stevens did because he got taken to the cleaners, PL standard or not. Stoke looked bang average.
As for FFP, I assume, given their gates are not the highest, that they’ve found a way around FFP or ignoring/gambling on promotion? |
1 Travers
17 Hoever
5 Rose
16 Wilmot
3 Stevens
4 Pearson
28 Laurent
20 Tavares Oliveira Substituted for Wesleyat
12 Johnson Substituted for Sidibeat
7 Cunha Vidigal
19 Mmaee Substituted for Gayleat
Six new signings in that XI. (Maybe one or two were re-signings, Hirst-style.)
They've signed a lot more since then, six in the last week. It must be one of the biggest 'make-overs' ever, and I guess that's why Alex Neil was attracted to the job. Very different from the Sunderland approach. Time will tell if they've shopped wisely. Certainly an eclectic collection. I'm not sure if any are 'mere' loans. | | | |
| Stoke on 09:00 - Sep 2 with 2445 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Stoke on 07:09 - Sep 2 by FrankMarshall |
Stoke have spent big. Birmingham City have also made some really significant signings this Summer.
Stoke, Leicester, Leeds, Southampton, Birmingham all have players in their squads who could easily be in Premiership teams. Only 3 teams go up though! |
I doubt anyone knows a lot about most of Stoke's signings to be honest. They've spent decent money and that gets the headlines but who is to say it works for them? We know from recent times that when you have an overhaul of that size they aren't all hits. | | | |
| Stoke on 10:36 - Sep 2 with 2254 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Stoke on 08:42 - Sep 2 by Sharkey |
1 Travers
17 Hoever
5 Rose
16 Wilmot
3 Stevens
4 Pearson
28 Laurent
20 Tavares Oliveira Substituted for Wesleyat
12 Johnson Substituted for Sidibeat
7 Cunha Vidigal
19 Mmaee Substituted for Gayleat
Six new signings in that XI. (Maybe one or two were re-signings, Hirst-style.)
They've signed a lot more since then, six in the last week. It must be one of the biggest 'make-overs' ever, and I guess that's why Alex Neil was attracted to the job. Very different from the Sunderland approach. Time will tell if they've shopped wisely. Certainly an eclectic collection. I'm not sure if any are 'mere' loans. |
Didn’t we sign 16 or 18, whatever it was a couple of years ago??
That’s probably as big a turnover as there’s been. | |
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| Stoke on 10:39 - Sep 2 with 2242 views | Swansea_Blue |
How did they get on against us?  | |
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| Stoke on 11:05 - Sep 2 with 2186 views | Sharkey |
| Stoke on 10:39 - Sep 2 by Swansea_Blue |
How did they get on against us? |
After the game the manager admitted they were well beaten. And since then they've gone out and signed over half a new team. | | | |
| Stoke on 17:04 - Sep 2 with 1994 views | Swansea_Blue |
Lost again  | |
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