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on: June 14, 2017, 12:24:31 PM
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What would you price us to be bottom/ bottom 3 after 8 games? Trying to get on a few quid on using these request a bet things a few bookies seem to offer now.
Home to the Arse, United, Chelsea & Southampton Away at Everton, WBA, Newcastle & Man city
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Stoke City FC
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on: June 14, 2017, 11:51:10 AM
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Awesome should be able to get a huge price on Stoke staying up again after 6 games when there will be the usual huge over reaction. 2/5 last year after 6 games. Thank you fixture computer for paying for my next holiday again this year hopefully. I actually thought the same haha. A couple of years on blonde has got me thinking correctly at least!
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Tips for Tikay
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on: June 13, 2017, 03:07:49 PM
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Outrageously good match to end it. GSW really are far ahead of the rest of the teams in the league. I really thought the spurs and cavs would be able to push them a bit more post season, maybe if Kawhi Leonard had stayed fit, who knows. I doubt the result would have changed. Tbh I'm still bitter about Durant leaving the Thunder last year.
Lebron > MJ?
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Stoke City FC
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on: June 09, 2017, 11:10:31 PM
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Glenn whelan expected to move to villa fairly soon, we've turned down 500k for him so £1-2m for an aged player will add a few quid to the transfer kitty and bring the average age down! Been a top player for us though this last 10 years, not many better buys under Pulis.
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Stoke City FC
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on: June 03, 2017, 02:35:21 AM
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The guy who has had the roughest end of the stick imo is Crouch. Delivers every time he is called upon then dropped for no reason at all time and time again. He clearly isn't past it because his skill set ages so well as he has never had pace.
Can't help but agree with this. Crouch has been a class act for us, always seen as a back up rather than the main striker.
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Stoke City FC
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on: June 02, 2017, 10:41:12 PM
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I'd just rather splash huge levels of cash solidifying our back 4. Martins indi said he wanted to stay but his missus wants to live in a warmer climate so it's very unlikely he comes back. The rest of our defence has been piss poor compared to our usual high standards. The thought of a wollscheid/ Shawcross partnership at CB is the stuff of nightmares!
Im not even too sure why we're chasing a striker, let alone an aging rooney. I understand the marketing angle, but Hughes has spent a lot of time and money chasing Berahino, who has worked hard to shed a load of weight and get back to the same level he was at 2-3 years ago. Give him a chance after a full pre season. I honestly believe when he gets his confidence back he'll be a great asset, especially if we set our attack up around him.
I also hope that Ramadan Sobhi plays more next year! Sensational to watch.
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Stoke City FC
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on: June 02, 2017, 01:27:26 PM
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Being linked to Rooney is surely bs, has to be crazy odds he'd even consider coming to stoke over boyhood team Everton or some filthy money offered in China or the mls.
Fletcher has been a decent captain during West Broms most successful PL season. There seems to be close to an infinite number of CDMs fighting for a place next season though; Fletcher, Allen, whelan, Adam, imbula, affelay and Cameron. I think Muniesa's also had a few games there as well. Surely a couple of these will be given the boot, imbula being an almost definite exit.
Can't help but find sparkys statement about lowering the average age of the squad confusing when he seems to have axed a few youth players and then offers players like Phil bardsley, as you mentioned, an extension.
In Hughes we trust? Time will tell.
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Stoke City FC
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on: May 16, 2017, 10:08:14 PM
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Pretty much agree with arb, on this one. It'll be interesting to see how next year turns out with pressure on the manager and players. I'm hoping this year was just a blip. We've got some players with bags of potential which, with the right management, could see us into top 7/8. I'm not sure Hughes is the right man as he's made some questionable decisions this season, but I'm still willing to give him at least another season with a fully fit squad to get us back into the top 10.
I don't think it gets boring in my opinion, it's still not that long since I was sat among 12000 watching us play Colchester on a Tuesday night in winter at the Brit, so just being considered a safe, mid table team still seems a privilege. And to be honest, with all the abuse that came from our physical playing style in our early PL years and the hatred that still comes from certain sets of fans (had multiple strangers tell me they wish Stoke would be relegated and liquidated asap, mainly from a certain north London club who I cannot wait to see miss out on champions league football) it feels good to be able to put your finger up at these fans that we're still playing in the top flight.
Also the stuff about the cup must be a joke? League cup semi finalists last year (lost in the shootout), our fa cup run a few years before that, followed by a run to the knockout stages in Europe. A bad season doesn't mean we don't take it seriously.
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Community Forums / Betting Tips and Sport Discussion / Re: Tips for Tikay
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on: May 14, 2017, 09:53:46 PM
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City have beaten WBA for the last 10 league games stretching back to 2012 (basically beaten them home and away every season in recent history) The last time they avoided defeat was a 0-0 on Boxing day 2011.
I know journalists/stattos like to roll out the history facts, but have never been convinced they're important. Different personnel/situation etc every time, especially the further back you go. Obv this is a quite recent spell so more relevant, but amuses me when i see stuff like "not won away after a European game since 1973" as though that means a team is physically incapable of such a feat. If you look hard enough at a big data set you're going to find some patterns. The market you wanna empty the clip on, if it exists is Pulis to mention in his post match interview how much money City have spent. Or how "The lads worked 'ard and showed good spirit"
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