not even uefa and other elite european clubs like stoke

Villas-Boas, who began taking his coaching badges as a teenager,
said: "Sir Alex was a player, I wasn't a player. You cannot compare.
"There are good examples of people who didn't have playing careers and took a job at a top club.
"I was lucky enough to have that at Porto and we won four trophies. I'm lucky enough to find myself here now."
Villas-Boas
and Ferguson have already crossed paths, initially at a Premier League
managers' meeting and then more recently at UEFA's elite clubs coaches'
forum.
"He was coming out of the loo and I was just there," Villas-Boas said.
"We said hello. We spoke about something, the weekend. Even Stoke, to be fair. Stoke, funnily enough, were one of the main discussion points of the elite clubs' meeting."

uefa clearly do not like stoke undertaking current europa league campaign maybe they will try and remove them

the "rainy wednesday night at stoke" syndrome has now officially spread outside of britain to other countries
stoke

They spoke about Rory Delap's long throws and if it's fair to not be offside from throw-ins. They also spoke about the time he takes with the towel.

Mal wrote:They spoke about Rory Delap's long throws and if it's fair to not be offside from throw-ins. They also spoke about the time he takes with the towel.

Not sure about the offside thing. But the second bit, there is stoppage time for a reason. Either use it or get rid of it.

The towel situation is debatable though. He takes around 30 seconds with each throw and has about 10 a game average. They never add on the time he takes.

If I was the home team, i would leave a towel there for him, but have it covered in grease or something so it slips out of his hands or something

Cam wrote:If I was the home team, i would leave a towel there for him, but have it covered in grease or something so it slips out of his hands or something

What if he throws it short then someone shoots from distance?

Mal wrote:The towel situation is debatable though. He takes around 30 seconds with each throw and has about 10 a game average. They never add on the time he takes.

That's what i'm saying. Either use stoppage time properly, or scrap it and stop the clock.

If they have a problem with players drying the ball with a towel then that's stupid.

James wrote:

Mal wrote:The towel situation is debatable though. He takes around 30 seconds with each throw and has about 10 a game average. They never add on the time he takes.

That's what i'm saying. Either use stoppage time properly, or scrap it and stop the clock.

If they have a problem with players drying the ball with a towel then that's stupid.

Agree.

I thought the towel problem was that he uses it but the opposition can't for some reason Stoke don't allow them to, or not give them the same time as Stoke?

easley91 wrote:I thought the towel problem was that he uses it but the opposition can't for some reason Stoke don't allow them to, or not give them the same time as Stoke?

They can use them. Seen it happen. McShane asked for the towel when we went there and then just threw it on the floor for the ballboy to come pick up.

He's a fucking disgrace Rory Delap. Next time they are beating a good team and it goes to 90 minutes I hope the fucking assistant holds up a board with 10 or 15 on it to account for all those fucking throw ins and diving that they do.

That statement mentions nothing negative about Stoke

Oh and i actually like them to be honest.

It just seems that UEFA wants things to be fair for everyone and the stopage issue makes a lot of sense. People will likely have a beef with something like that.

I like stoke, they are gritty underdog types

I hate Stoke. Cunt of a team and cunt of a club. Hope they finally go down.

Stoke are a great club with great fans.Can see them going quite far in the Europa League(if they field their best team)

Potato-7 wrote:Stoke are a great club with great fans.Can see them going quite far in the Europa League(if they field their best teams)

I agree with this, all English teams know what to expect from Stoke with their throw-ins etc but foreign clubs will have a shock when they play them. Fair play to Pulis and his team...except Cameron Jerome

bcfcben wrote:

Potato-7 wrote:Stoke are a great club with great fans.Can see them going quite far in the Europa League(if they field their best teams)

I agree with this, all English teams know what to expect from Stoke with their throw-ins etc but foreign clubs will have a shock when they play them. Fair play to Pulis and his team...except Cameron Jerome

Dynamo kiev are very strong at home,yet they managed to draw.Manchester City lost there last year.

Especially at home,they can win almost every team.

Potato-7 wrote:

bcfcben wrote:

I agree with this, all English teams know what to expect from Stoke with their throw-ins etc but foreign clubs will have a shock when they play them. Fair play to Pulis and his team...except Cameron Jerome

Dynamo kiev are very strong at home,yet they managed to draw.Manchester City lost there last year.

Especially at home,they can win almost every team.

And Stoke went there and deserved all 3 points, says it all.

Potato-7 wrote:

bcfcben wrote:

I agree with this, all English teams know what to expect from Stoke with their throw-ins etc but foreign clubs will have a shock when they play them. Fair play to Pulis and his team...except Cameron Jerome

Dynamo kiev are very strong at home,yet they managed to draw.Manchester City lost there last year.

Especially at home,they can win almost every team.

It will be interesting to see how smaller teams would cope. Even though it sounds stupid i would love to see Barca vs Stoke. Even though when it comes to skill Barca are miles ahead i reckon they would really struggle with Stokes set pieces and overall height.

Stoke would have to get, and keep, the ball deep in Barca's half for that to happen.

bcfcben wrote:

Potato-7 wrote:Stoke are a great club with great fans.Can see them going quite far in the Europa League(if they field their best teams)

I agree with this, all English teams know what to expect from Stoke with their throw-ins etc but foreign clubs will have a shock when they play them. Fair play to Pulis and his team...except Cameron Jerome

"Fair play" is a phrase one can never associate with Anthony Pulis's side.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

bcfcben wrote:

I agree with this, all English teams know what to expect from Stoke with their throw-ins etc but foreign clubs will have a shock when they play them. Fair play to Pulis and his team...except Cameron Jerome

"Fair play" is a phrase one can never associate with Anthony Pulis's side.

I dunno. Using their much better physical presence to their advantage is only the same as Messi, Ronaldo etc using their world class skills etc to theirs.

It might look better from a neutral point of view if those throws were actually factored into the amount of stoppage time at the end of the halves. I do not have anything against their tactics other than the fact that it eats away a lot of clock. I think they could have like 5 minutes of stoppage time per half on a regular basis. I do not that this tactic is the only reason they are winning but it helps. Although if refs do not see throw ins as stoppages than fair play to Stoke. What makes this quite interesting as I have not seen anyone other than Stoke really trying tactics like this.

bcfcben wrote:

Potato-7 wrote:

Dynamo kiev are very strong at home,yet they managed to draw.Manchester City lost there last year.

Especially at home,they can win almost every team.

It will be interesting to see how smaller teams would cope. Even though it sounds stupid i would love to see Barca vs Stoke. Even though when it comes to skill Barca are miles ahead i reckon they would really struggle with Stokes set pieces and overall height.

Hodor