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Post by PenkhullStokie on Jun 15, 2011 0:31:55 GMT
League
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Wilkinson - Shawcross - Huth - Ridgewell
Pennant - ReoCoker - Whelan - Etherington
Jones - Bellamy
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Shotton - Mills - Ridgewell - Wilson
Snodgrass - Whitehead - Delap - Marshall
Walters - Jerome/Rodallega
Out: Tonge Soares Davies Collins - doubtful  Lund - loan Cuvelier - loan In: Ridgewell - £3m Mills - £2m Reo-Coker - FREE Bellamy - £2m Snodgrass - £2/3m Jerome/Rodallega - £3m-£10m I think TP will go for the bargain of Reo-Coker, great engine, would slot in well. Jerome/Rodallega have been long term targets and I just feel he has a hard on for Bellamy. Would be great wing cover too. Mills to replace Faye and Ridgewell to replace Higgy while he's out, and hopefully Collins. Tried to be realistic. Thoughts? |
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Post by Donkey on Jun 15, 2011 0:43:22 GMT
I really don't rate Reo-Coker, with Pulis there is no way of knowing who will be bought and sold so I'm just going for the team I want rather than what it probably will be. Begovic
Shotton - Huth - Shawcross - Ridgewell
Pennant - Palacios - Whelan - Etherington
Jones - Walters So in the starting XI that would only mean two signings, Ridgewell and Palacios. Ridgewell we have been heavily linked with and is a likely signing who would be perfect for us. Palacios is probably a bit out of stretch, he's been at Spurs where he will probably have been on decent wages, he won't be prepared to take a massive pay cut when he could go to Italy to play in the Champions League with Napoli on better wages. I really want to see Shotton given more game time, whenever I've seen him he looks good on the ball and a solid defender. He's also young and black which automatically makes him a better player. I love Wilko and it would be fine to have him back in the team of Shotton doesn't work out but he would love to play in Europe against some puffy foreigners. |
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Post by SuperRickyFuller on Jun 15, 2011 0:44:09 GMT
Begovic
Wilkinson - Shawcross - Huth - Ridgewell
Pennant - Delap - Whelan - Etherington
Jones - Walters Would anyone be upset if we lined up like that next season? I wouldn't be, just disappointed that we wouldn't have upgraded at full back and centre midfield However, a side where players like Ridgewell, Jerome, N'Zogbia, Snodgrass, El-Arabi and Collison are in competition with the side that we finished the season with, we'd have an excellent side that would be able to compete in all cups and the league Whatever side we line up with next season, I can bet my bottom dollar that we'll be midtable again. Next season will be our biggest test so far, whether we can compete on both the domestic and continent |
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Post by PenkhullStokie on Jun 15, 2011 0:49:17 GMT
Begovic
Wilkinson - Shawcross - Huth - Ridgewell
Pennant - Delap - Whelan - Etherington
Jones - Walters Would anyone be upset if we lined up like that next season? I wouldn't be, just disappointed that we wouldn't have upgraded at full back and centre midfield No, as long as we had 2 strikers on the bench(Jerome/Cole/Bellamy/ElArabi). Proper cover for wings on the bench. (Marshall/Obinna/Bellamy/Snodgrass/NZog) Replacement for Faye. (Johnson/Cetin/Mills). I've said before, our first 11 is fine, it's the squad we need to deal with. Swap Diao for Vaughan. Swap Davies for Mills. Swap Tonge for Snodgrass etc etc. |
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Post by Donkey on Jun 15, 2011 0:51:42 GMT
I can see us finishing 14th/15th next season if[/b] we get to the group stages of the Europa League.
And I would be bloody delighted with that given all the extra games. No Stoke fan is a clever person or a proper supporter if they moan about finishing below where we finished last season if[/b] we get properly into Europe.
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Post by Bick on Jun 15, 2011 9:37:39 GMT
Do people actually think that TP will bring Marshall up to the first team to compete for wingers spots?
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Post by Donkey on Jun 15, 2011 12:45:09 GMT
Do people actually think that TP will bring Marshall up to the first team to compete for wingers spots? I'd like to think so, unfortunately I don't know enough about him to judge whether he is any good or not... PENKHULL!! |
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Post by Bick on Jun 15, 2011 13:51:51 GMT
Same question re: florent cuvelier to be fair?
Is he up to it... or just another adam vass?
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Post by Donkey on Jun 15, 2011 14:00:56 GMT
I really hope Cuvelier turns out to be good enough. Hopefully his Belgian U-19's call up means he is.
Like to see him at least make the bench next season (if he's good enough) rather than what will probably happen, he'll go on loan to some lower league club who will say he's crap and we'll never hear of him again.
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Post by PenkhullStokie on Jun 15, 2011 17:27:38 GMT
As much as I bum up to Flo on the OC, I am exaggerating.
Being fully realistic, he'll go the same was as Shotton. Next season a loan to a league club, slowly moving up and then a few cup games with Stoke etc until he's ready.
However if Flo feels Pulis isn't gonna use him, or he's not in the plans for the first team in the future, he'll move to another Prem club.
He is better than Shotton, and would be wanted by a lot of Prem clubs, but it's just Pulis and his mysterious hatred of youth, so I don't think he'll make it first team soon.
On Marshall, I know fuck all apart from a few games I saw him play for Carlisle. Bit like James Milner in that he can play on both wings, good with both feet, cuts in from the left, whips them from the right. Ace cover. Again though, it's whether Pulis will try/test him or not.
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Post by Donkey on Jun 15, 2011 17:34:24 GMT
Better than Shotton in what way?
They're two completely different players.
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Post by PenkhullStokie on Jun 15, 2011 17:36:49 GMT
Potential wise.
I reckon TP will bring Flo through like Shotton, loan to league2, then 1, then Championship, then a few bench/cup games.
However Flo has better potential than Shotton aged 18, so if TP does loan him out 3/4 times to league clubs, Flo will leave, to another Prem club. TP needs to trust Flo, Shotton, Marshall, maybe Lund more.
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Post by Donkey on Jun 15, 2011 17:39:05 GMT
Which is another brilliant reason for European football. The extra games (provided we get into the group stage) should mean they get more chances.
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Post by One-Two on Jun 15, 2011 19:43:18 GMT
Heard really good things about Marshall, but what about Lund? Why hasn't he been out on loan?
He must have something about him to get his international call-up, but he's been much more anonymous than Marshall since they both signed.
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Post by Roy Cropper on Jun 15, 2011 22:09:17 GMT
From the few times I've watched Cuvelier he looks like a class above anything else we've had in the academy for a long time. He's a CM who actually runs at opponents and adds a bit more energy and movement to the middle of the park.
Very much NOT your typical Pulis CM from what I've seen.
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Post by PenkhullStokie on Jun 15, 2011 22:42:40 GMT
From the few times I've watched Cuvelier he looks like a class above anything else we've had in the academy for a long time. He's a CM who actually runs at opponents and adds a bit more energy and movement to the middle of the park. Very much NOT your typical Pulis CM from what I've seen. Friend. |
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Post by ProudPotter17 on Jun 16, 2011 16:04:39 GMT
LeaugeBegovic
Wilson Huth Shawcross Ridgewell
Pennant Collison Delap Etherington
N'Zogbia
Jones Bench: Sorensen, Wilko, Higgy, Walters, Whelan, Whitehead, Jerome Cup(s)Sorensen
Wilko Huth Ridgewell Higgy
N'Zogbia Whelan Whitehead Pugh
Jerome Walters Bench: Nash, Shotton, Collins, Diao, Collison, Pennant and Jones
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