Stoke City- Seen it all before
Sound familiar? Who really wants to be EPL cannon fodder?
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Imagine their wage bill...if they went down it would be disastrous. And I don't say that with any pleasure.0
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the golden parachute would DEFINITELY help out the poor Bet Free Sex Foive ownerValley11 said:Imagine their wage bill...if they went down it would be disastrous. And I don't say that with any pleasure.
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It took us 15 years to properly recover from getting relegated from the Pl in 2000, it was the wage bill that killed us too and it has been lots of other clubs.
If you're going to be up against it in the Pl like the Norwichs and afcbs of this world then you really have to think carefully about what type of contracts you're willing to give out .
If villa do drop their wage bill would be enormous and they could become yet another giant visiting the pub league that is league one .1 -
Players have to be realistic, clubs should offer contracts with a relegation clause so that wages can be adjusted depending on the division the club is in.
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For all their attacking flair, Stoke are so dependant on Shawcross. He went off injured in the first 3-0, and has missed the next two 3-0s!
Man City are the same, rubbish in defence without Kompany, it's amazing how few decent CBs are out there0 -
"Like" x 100!iaitch said:Players have to be realistic, clubs should offer contracts with a relegation clause so that wages can be adjusted depending on the division the club is in.
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Oh I don't know if that's true about CBs. Johnson and Sarr were pretty good signings:-)killerandflash said:For all their attacking flair, Stoke are so dependant on Shawcross. He went off injured in the first 3-0, and has missed the next two 3-0s!
Man City are the same, rubbish in defence without Kompany, it's amazing how few decent CBs are out there1 - Sponsored links:
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That's the risk you take, when you try and rejuvinate yourself. They've gone from one footballing extreme to the other. It may work out for them, or it may go horribly wrong.0
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Thats what we did wasnt it as it ensured that El-Kakouri / Rommedahl / Young were able to walk away from relegated Charlton, in a sense it screwed us over because having those players in our side I reckon we'd have bounced straight back...iaitch said:Players have to be realistic, clubs should offer contracts with a relegation clause so that wages can be adjusted depending on the division the club is in.
Instead we had to deal with relegation and we had to rebuild the squad from scratch which along with terrible signings was what cost us.
Whenever a team gets relegated from the Premier League I always look at who they have to sell, still don't think any team has instantly been dismantled as ours was that year (Maybe Queens Park Rangers this season come closest?)0 -
Don't see Stoke getting relegated to be honest there are at least three worse teams in The Prem. They have a blip, albeit a bad one but I am sure they will recover enough to survive.1
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The bottom six will be the ones to fight it out for the relegation places... Dont see Sunderland or Aston Villa surviving yet the latter seem to be coming to life whilst Norwich appear to be nose diving once more0
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With all due respect two of those 3-0 results were away to Leicester and Man Utd. The former just put three past Man City and the letter still have players that can turn it on on the day. The Everton result was poor, granted, but it's hardly as though they have been beaten by teams in the bottom three. They are nine points away from the relegation zone and only ten points away from Man Utd who ate 5th.
I think the premature suggestion that they have given up for the season is a little but unfair. Also remember that they have played ten games in five weeks, something that none of those teams that beat them 3-0 have had to do.
I fully expect them to pick up and in answer to the OP I would love to swap league positions with them. Just before they lost 3-0 at Leicester and Man Utd we lost 5-0 at Huddersfield and 6-0 at Hull. Premier League 'canon fodder'? Oh yes please!1 -
I bet Chelsea's players don't have a relegation clause.iaitch said:Players have to be realistic, clubs should offer contracts with a relegation clause so that wages can be adjusted depending on the division the club is in.
Similarly, I doubt Leicester's have a Title winning or even a CL qualification bonus clause!0 -
This - Stoke will not go down.daveaddick said:Don't see Stoke getting relegated to be honest there are at least three worse teams in The Prem. They have a blip, albeit a bad one but I am sure they will recover enough to survive.
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Reading the piece on BBC sport today about Charlie Allen saying 5 or so players have been hiding and taking the piss this season. He should name them. He’s a decent pro and along with the likes of Shawcross, Butland and Xhakiri have probably tried their best. The money footballers earn these days, if they have 5 players who have taken the piss, they should be outted.
These players are just going to fade out into the background without any accountability, whereas the fans are the ones who will have to help them rebuild
For me when clubs have pisstakers on their books there should be some shaming0 -
Stoke no bigger than a lot of sides in the Championship. They had their go - time for someone else.1
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Don't envy their HR Director when it comes to the inevitable rationalisation.6
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Only 6 clubs still in the Prem since the beginning. Not that Stoke were one but were one of the 8 present this season that had done 10+ consecutive seasons.0
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Another pretenders' time is up I'm afraid0
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I think West Brom will come back up within the next 2 years, I don’t think Stoke will be back there any time soon.0
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An amazing achievement to last 10 consecutive years, that team will need a complete rebuild to get promoted again, as the best players will leave, while any of the rest aren't bothered or are too oldRiviera said:Only 6 clubs still in the Prem since the beginning. Not that Stoke were one but were one of the 8 present this season that had done 10 consecutive seasons.
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Two cup finals and European football is an excellent achievement for Stoke.killerandflash said:
An amazing achievement to last 10 consecutive years, that team will need a complete rebuild to get promoted again, as the best players will leave, while any of the rest aren't bothered or are too oldRiviera said:Only 6 clubs still in the Prem since the beginning. Not that Stoke were one but were one of the 8 present this season that had done 10 consecutive seasons.
Compare that to the previous ten season of Forest, Leeds, Sheffield clubs who IMO are bigger clubs who all have spent 3 plus years in league 1.1 -
Seems that without huge financial outlay that seven to ten years is the maximum stay for any side in the Premier League, then changes to personnel and the ethos of the club will have changed so much that they will have completely lost what got them promoted in the first place.6
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Don’t know much about Stoke but I am betting Saido Berahino may just be one of them....! Kevin Wimmer, Affeley and Imbula are also widely reported as being others... over £50M worth of transfers in that lot.cabbles said:Reading the piece on BBC sport today about Charlie Allen saying 5 or so players have been hiding and taking the piss this season. He should name them. He’s a decent pro and along with the likes of Shawcross, Butland and Xhakiri have probably tried their best. The money footballers earn these days, if they have 5 players who have taken the piss, they should be outted.
These players are just going to fade out into the background without any accountability, whereas the fans are the ones who will have to help them rebuild
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Rings a bell.cfgs said:Seems that without huge financial outlay that seven to ten years is the maximum stay for any side in the Premier League, then changes to personnel and the ethos of the club will have changed so much that they will have completely lost what got them promoted in the first place.
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As much as Stoke will lose a lot of players they will still have massive windfalls for a few years that should enable them to get promoted again. Sunderland have been a joke for a while whereas Stoke seems relatively sensibly run so whilst they are not a "Big" team they should have enough.
I think they'll push us hard for the Championship title next season9
