Stoke City: Tony Pulis battling with Sunderland for Tottenham defender Michael Dawson

“Kenwyne Jones to Southampton for 7 million ?? what are they waiting for ?”

“One, exlongtonian.”

“Wow, Liam, Whelan made a 40 yard pass.....that would be the first one in ...umm..how many games?”

“Yeah our defense is superb and we dont concede four goals at home to a L1 team ...roll in Aden Flint”

“Latthink, the way Man U and a few others are starving for a decent central defender, I can see Shawcross leaving before Huth, to be honest. Let's hope not”

“If Mr Mediocre wants Dawson to play for City then he must be looking to raise cash by selling Huth or Shawcross or both. Talk about the Family Silver??”

“firstly the academy is a seperate issue to team strengthening,and should be viewed as such.secondly we wont go after dawson and why should we? our defence is superb,we all forget we got upson too.it is worrying that defenders names keep getting mentioned.joe cole would b a good attribution forward thinking midfielder,with no injury history as such.lets be honest here,if pulis treated his players better than he has done then perhaps we would b looking at a team full of fire and goals.his man management is woeful,never shook pennants hand when he got subbed.tuncay was a prime example on manager player relationships,in truth he hasnt got a clue.sticks to his favourites ie chicken run walters,and headless chicken white head.i feel; for jones who was ready to come on then told sit back down and then to see jerome come on,if jones got a run with crouch we would see a forward line full of height and strength.crowd was very subdued sat and i think unless things change then it will be a quiet long season,something needs to be changed.”

“I have this before and I'll say it again! It is very nice to have local players coming through in our Academy but in reality it is not going to happen on a regular basis. We are talking about talent that is absolutely top notch ability and therefore there will not be a regular flow of this standard in any city.
Lovely to have Wilkinson, Shotton, Moult, Brayford (Derby) Fryatt (Hull) Moores (Crewe) Lloyd (Vale) coming to the fore in the last few years from our area but an Academy should just be ensuring that they get the best of young talent wherever it comes from. But honestly if you were a parent, would you encourage your son to sign for Stoke with Pulis's record and the way Stoke play.”

“I cannot believe the Welsh Wizard moaning about £6m being spent on the Academy. It is an investment in the future of our club, made by the chairman, a business man and life long Stoke supporter, neither of which Pullis is. To compete at the highest level, we have got to look at developing local talent, which, I for one as a local person wants to see. It also makes economic and football sense, look at Man Utd. The problem is that TP, won't play youngsters, what has happened to Arismendi and the two hopeful young lads we signed from Crewe ? Pullis will as a general rule, only play, proven (generally old) premier league players. TP has already been told, he must sell, if he wants to invest (even though Mr Coates has let a couple come in, for which he has had to fork out). How many players has TP sold so that he can invest ? Answers on a postage stamp please.”

“i hear Robbie Fowler is looking for work.....................could do worse...!!!”