Stoke City: Peter Coates urges fans to back team during poor run

“I agree completely, pottersruleok, and look forward to you applying the same logic to some of your own use of the past, recent or otherwise.”

“How selective certain people's memories are. Some look back at "where we were 10 yrs ago" to make the troubles we are going through now seem non existent while conveniently forgetting about Pulis' history of results and performances over the past 5 seasons to make him sound like a genius. I hate to tell you this but looking back at worse times to make the current problems we have now look less severe is just ridiculous.
That was then and this is now !!”

“"Some of you know it all's can write as many of your pearls of wisdom on this
nothing site as you like but it will achieve nowt. "

So there we have it, the serial abuser johnson / boothernender,
who has tried to dominate this forum for the past couple of years,
now declares it is a NOTHING site.

This is the megalomaniac who promised to leave this site a long time ago,
never to return - but could n't keep away from his obsession to abuse.
Time for you to do as you promised and leave this site to the real Stoke fans/
supporters, who are able to accurately post the on-going mis-management
at Stoke City.
Leave now and get the utmost respect from all fans on here”

“One abiding memory was the day Alan Ball was sacked after a 4 0 defeat at Springfield Park, that WAS a low point!
Every football fan in the country will have a moan at their Manager, (no matter who they support), when results or performances don't go to plan and certainly we have suffered our share this season. No matter how hard it may seem we need to get behind the manager and team for the rest of the season. There will be more ups and downs BUT that's football, although I don't think there's any doubt we'll be in the PL next season. I hope so, I've paid for our season tickets!
One final point, many question how far TP can take us, and thats quite understandable, but what actually is the club's expectation level? I don't really know.”

“Actually some promising things being said by Coates here (unless I'm reading too much into it);

"We are clearly having a bad run and not playing well....Our current squad is the best we've had....Our worst finish in the Premier League has been 14th. We would like to finish higher" - At least Coates isn't blind to Tony's shortcomings. This appears to be a very damning yet very accurate assessment of Stoke under Pulis.

"there will be no panicking in the boardroom" - hopefully this means they will take a long calculated look at our situation and realise that despite investment Pulis has not progressed the club, consecutively finishing worse than the last season in the past two seasons.

"The best help they can give the club is to get behind the team." - If Coates was 100% behind Pulis surely he would have included "and the manager" in this statement?

Maybe I'm analysing this more out of hope than expectation but if I'm right (and that's a big if) we might be in for more entertaining days at The Britannia (and god forbid away from home too).”

“Well said, davejohnson. Anyone who stood on away ends (or even at the Vic) to watch Alan Ball (RIP)'s awful collection of Birmingham reserve players hack their way through the old Div 3 will recall it could be worse. That said, Pulis needs to reinvigorate a flagging squad - sadly too many are just not up to it, or playing in positions so alien to their own that they don't have a clue what they are doing or why.

The team's relationship with the crowd is symbiotic - give us something to cheer (other than a throw-in level with the box) so we can regain our reputation for the greatest atmos in the Prem. When the Man City fans sang "Where's your famous atmosphere?" during the recent Cup defeat, I had to agree...”

“No one is happy with Stokes performance level at the moment but it does not even get close to some of the rubbish seen since the early 1980's. The booing and the moaning will take us nowhere but downwards. Some of you know it all's can write as many of your pearls of wisdom on this nothing site as you like but it will achieve nowt. The fact is that there is almost no chance of Tony Pulis not seeing out the season at Stoke so the only thing any supporter can do that may help is get to the games, raise the roof and support the team.”

“Stars,
Just because Coates is at the helm and holds purse strings does that mean he's right to leave TP in charge? I'm guessing 20 thousand plus fans can't be wrong can they???”

“Who is correct? The wonderful mr Coates saviour of SCFC or a load of moaners some of which don't go to games and others who actually support other clubs and come on here to make mischief.”

“"If your team is not doing well, your crowd gets restive. It's no different in Stoke than anywhere else,"

It's not soley about the results ( although they have been very poor of late) it's the manner we are competing. The continuous one dimensional football we continue to ploy under Pulis is becoming predictable and boring.He is tactically inept, continuously lumping the ball up to Peter Crouch ( who in himself is performing poorly) all game only for the opposition to re-gain possession of the ball is not football! We look clueless and void of ideas. Yet Pulis continues to pursist with this anti football that is now seeing a reactin from the crowd, and rightfully so! The run we find ourselves on is dissapointing but it's the way we have been doing it is worse. The second half against Wigan was little short of an embarrassment, at not one stage were we able to retain any sort of possession. Reading at home we weren't much better, then the follow up Home game against West ham we were completly clueless. Pulis has done a fantasic job for the majority of the past seven years but he has reached a point where he has taken us as far as he can. The management side needs to be seriously looked at this summer because at this moment in time the club continues to operate at a standstill! Some would argue we have taken a step backwards.”