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 paulose17  Sutton 18 Mar 14 5.32pm |
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The football when he came in was decent it's only the last 3/4ish games that have been dross. I think he was the right man for the job but I think he could try some of our more (rare) flair players we have in the squad and not keep using his mediocre favourites.
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| dg1937 18 Mar 14 5.52pm |
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If the job was to keep Palace in the Prem (it was) then Pulis was the best man for it. I don't like Fat Sam but I think he gives West Ham an edge in a relegation battle; same with Pulis, his experience is worth a few points compared to the guy West Brom appointed. I don't especially enjoy the football I'm seeing at the moment but I didn't particularly enjoy getting 4 points from the first 11 games either. Under TP we have a chance of staying up, I'd have taken that in November.
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| est1905 18 Mar 14 5.59pm |
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Quote npn at 18 Mar 2014 4.14pm
Terrible to watch, but given what he has to work with, I don't think he has much option. If we stay up, it's going to need a massive investment to make us competitive next term Much less terrible to watch than Freedman's 'park the bus and hope to nick a 1 0' philosophy. It aint pretty at times but what do people want? with the squad and resources we have in this division competitive is all we can hope for. if we stay up a couple of years we'll be able to introduce a bit more quality and flair and kick on in terms of league position and performances.
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Seth  On a pale blue dot 18 Mar 14 6.23pm |
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Quote est1905 at 18 Mar 2014 5.59pm
Much less terrible to watch than Freedman's 'park the bus and hope to nick a 1 0' philosophy. It aint pretty at times but what do people want? with the squad and resources we have in this division competitive is all we can hope for. if we stay up a couple of years we'll be able to introduce a bit more quality and flair and kick on in terms of league position and performances.
Agree with the rest of your post though. Given what TP has to work with and the position we were in when he came, it's a miracle we've got any chance whatsoever of staying up. If we do, hopefully he'll have the time and money over the summer to rebuild the squad and make is into a more attractive side to watch. Edited by Seth (18 Mar 2014 6.23pm)
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| maxipalace in a box 18 Mar 14 6.48pm |
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Quote Seth at 18 Mar 2014 6.23pm
Quote est1905 at 18 Mar 2014 5.59pm
Much less terrible to watch than Freedman's 'park the bus and hope to nick a 1 0' philosophy. It aint pretty at times but what do people want? with the squad and resources we have in this division competitive is all we can hope for. if we stay up a couple of years we'll be able to introduce a bit more quality and flair and kick on in terms of league position and performances.
Agree with the rest of your post though. Given what TP has to work with and the position we were in when he came, it's a miracle we've got any chance whatsoever of staying up. If we do, hopefully he'll have the time and money over the summer to rebuild the squad and make is into a more attractive side to watch. Edited by Seth (18 Mar 2014 6.23pm)
Edited by maxipalace (18 Mar 2014 6.49pm)
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| MPE Maidstone 18 Mar 14 6.56pm |
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Very impressed with him, made us a solid and organised unit, does not play the clown to the media, tells you how it is. As said before TP is setting up the past few games to not lose need to be abit more brave, want to see the performances we saw away to Man City, Spurs and Chelsea, where we were actually creating chances and looking a threat. If he keeps us up, he deserves the chance to build his own team over the summer, and give it another crack, would also be happy to have him in the championship, but think he would be snapped up, if we went down!
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goodersgold  Hastings 18 Mar 14 7.07pm |
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Quote Mapletree at 18 Mar 2014 5.20pm
Quote beer man at 18 Mar 2014 4.48pm
There's an 'Away Fans' area so why don't you post on there; there's always a few ar$e lickers who'll talk to anyone.
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| 1steino Stoke 18 Mar 14 8.15pm |
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Tp is great playing the underdog, it's when the emphasis is on his team he struggles. If he keeps you up this year then you won't be in danger of relegation for as long as he's there. After so long though you will want more and grow frustrated. He does try and the intention is there to integrate a different kind of player than what he knows. We had eidur gudjohnsson, tuncay and Michael Owen and he hardly ever played any of them. Don't what ever you do expect flair, it's not in tones game. Midfielders won't shoot from distance or ever get in the box as he integrates a 'cage' for them to play in (his words) He will play people out of position and not pick people on form. We went 7 years without a left back which drove everyone mad. What aggravated people is his interviews can be as if he's watched a different game, he will say his team should of got this or that even tho they were awful. The main thing is he plays not to lose not to win. He always said if we draw every game we would get enough points to stay up knowing he would always be in the chance of sneaking a win if drawing the game. He will however always get 100% commitment out of your players which to keep you up you need. Our game against palace was probably our worst performance of the season, we still have resilience if tones team but yeh to win every game playing god football with a lot more flair. Tp will always be appreciated in stoke it was a situation where he really took us as far as he could and change was needed. We all watch from up here with interest. I hope he does well with you n learns from mistakes he made at stoke. Time will tell. Good luck 👍
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| 1steino Stoke 18 Mar 14 8.21pm |
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Any questions and I'm willing to answer. Oh by the way, the replies on here remind me of the oatcake message board a few years back.
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Palace_denizen  filed under " time wasters " 18 Mar 14 8.22pm |
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pulis has already done some miracles at palace.
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| Mapletree Croydon 18 Mar 14 8.40pm |
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Quote goodersgold at 18 Mar 2014 7.07pm
Quote Mapletree at 18 Mar 2014 5.20pm
Quote beer man at 18 Mar 2014 4.48pm
There's an 'Away Fans' area so why don't you post on there; there's always a few ar$e lickers who'll talk to anyone.
What do you mean, why should he? Why should he what? I asked a question, why bother posting when it's only total tosh. In any case the guy is a new poster and is an away fan that most of us would like to make welcome. What a thing to say, that only arse lickers would want to debate with him. No, most of us want to learn from Stoke's experience. And a lot of us like to make new friends, although clearly not all. I can't work out if you are trying to defend the indefensible or complaining that he isn't the only pillock on here.
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| paulose17 Sutton 18 Mar 14 9.37pm |
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Quote 1steino at 18 Mar 2014 8.15pm
Tp is great playing the underdog, it's when the emphasis is on his team he struggles. If he keeps you up this year then you won't be in danger of relegation for as long as he's there. After so long though you will want more and grow frustrated. He does try and the intention is there to integrate a different kind of player than what he knows. We had eidur gudjohnsson, tuncay and Michael Owen and he hardly ever played any of them. Don't what ever you do expect flair, it's not in tones game. Midfielders won't shoot from distance or ever get in the box as he integrates a 'cage' for them to play in (his words) He will play people out of position and not pick people on form. We went 7 years without a left back which drove everyone mad. What aggravated people is his interviews can be as if he's watched a different game, he will say his team should of got this or that even tho they were awful. The main thing is he plays not to lose not to win. He always said if we draw every game we would get enough points to stay up knowing he would always be in the chance of sneaking a win if drawing the game. He will however always get 100% commitment out of your players which to keep you up you need. Our game against palace was probably our worst performance of the season, we still have resilience if tones team but yeh to win every game playing god football with a lot more flair. Tp will always be appreciated in stoke it was a situation where he really took us as far as he could and change was needed. We all watch from up here with interest. I hope he does well with you n learns from mistakes he made at stoke. Time will tell. Good luck 👍 Interesting times to come then
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