Stoke City: No need to call style council after my arrival, says Charlie Adam
STOKE City's newest debutant emerged from his first appearance for the club insisting he was no big-time Charlie after leaving Liverpool last week.
And he can't Adam and Eve those fans who say his arrival will spark a huge change in Stoke's style of play.
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UP AND RUNNING: Stoke's Charlie Adam made his debut at Wigan and played a major part in earning a point.
Fresh from stepping off the bench in the first half of Saturday's 2-2 draw at Wigan, Charlie Adam said: "It took a couple of weeks to get sorted, but I'm delighted to be here and looking forward to the adventure.
"I came because I want to play football and play every week. When an opportunity likes this comes along it's difficult to turn down.
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"I want to come and play in a team that's been progressing and I want to put my qualities in the team.
"I'm not coming here to try and change Stoke City. This club has been successful over the last five years and the manager wanted to bring me in to add to the quality.
"I'm not here to change the way Stoke City play – I'm just another part of the jigsaw."
And the 26-year-old Scot certainly wasn't in the mood to look down his nose at Stoke's more direct approach to the game.
"You play to your strengths in the Premier League," he reasoned.
"If you can put the ball up to Crouchy, why not do it because he's an England international?
"It will take time to adapt to each other's game, but if we keep performing like this, it will be a successful time."
Asked if there might be a chip on his shoulder after having to leave a club of Liverpool's stature, he said: "That's definitely not going to happen here. There's no arrogance.
"When I'm playing in the best league in the world, I just want to be a part of a club that's been successful.
"I need to work as hard as anybody to get in the team and show why Tony Pulis managed to bring me to the club.
"They (Liverpool) brought in Joe Allen, who's a terrific player, and I thought I'm not just going to sit in the stands or play bits of games.
"I want to play 90 minutes every week and be the best player I can.
"I spoke to him (Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers) after we played Hearts in the Europa League and he said 'I see you as a squad player'."
"Liverpool are one of the greatest clubs in the world, but I have ambition to play every week."
Adam believes he can feed off the passion of new boss Tony Pulis at the start of his four-year contract at Stoke.
"He's frantic on the touchline, but I'm looking forward to working with him because he's passionate and that rubs off on the lads.
"Every one of them works hard, but there's also good quality at the club."
And he insisted there was no problem with being left out of the starting 11 at Wigan on Saturday.
"I haven't even trained with the lads yet, so to come straight into the team would have been difficult because the lads played well against Arsenal last week.
"Once we got to grips with the game we created enough chances and, on another day, we could have taken all three points."
Sadly, there will be limited chances for Adam to work with his new club colleagues during the international break over the next fortnight.
"It will be nice to go away with Scotland," he added. "Two international games and then I come back to a nice easy game against Manchester City."
Adam exudes enormous confidence, but we think even he was joking on that one.
Comments
by bedfordstokie
Wednesday, September 05 2012, 11:08PM
“SCFC4EVA=COCK - It took a long time to think of this educated post. However, I think it is justified. Sorry younger readers (if there are any left following the complete negative dross that is engendered by messages on this site). Please stop the ludicrous tosh SCFC4EVA/soccerfoot/usa etc.”
by SCFC4EVA
Wednesday, September 05 2012, 10:48PM
“OMG ! it looks like someone has been "tampering" with your red arrows again johnson, wheatear and potted”
by boothernender
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 7:40PM
“Leave it Wheatear, the guys mentaly ill and you waste your time. His defenition of football related post is to say Glenn Whelan is toss.”
by wheatear
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 4:53PM
“By the way, soccerfoot/scfcwhoeva please do search and paste , because you will find very few insults, which is NOT what anybody can call 'on here every day abusing' which is what I call a lie!
And just for good measure, I have no problem insulting your intelligence and the small band who read your posts, because you have very little intelligence to start with
THAT was an insult! (Just thought I had better explain!)”
by wheatear
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 4:14PM
“Sorry I was talking to Soccerfoot'
Talk about those who lie?”
by SCFC4EVA
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 3:59PM
“wheatear, please do not insult the intelligence of me and the rest of the people on here with your pathetic "who me, I'm the innocent one" tripe. If i could be ****d to go back and copy and paste all the abusive tripe you and your cohorts come up with on here, it would fill a book !!
The only time I say anything that is not football related on here is when you and your band of merry morons come on here, as in this case, to abuse me for saying things you don't like. Not because I say things football related that are wrong, or untrue, but just because I say them.
Quite childish really !”
by wheatear
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 3:18PM
“More lies soccerfoot? I do not post every day and where have I abused you in my post? Just factual about what happens on here and you my jolly little American friend have just poroven exactly what I have said - you just cannot help yourself. Abusive posts always involve you FACT!”
by SCFC4EVA
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 2:55PM
“deadly, you actually need an answer to your question of why are we training him in that position ? If you hadn't eve noticed Pulis has a habit of playing people out of position, most glaring one for the last 2 seasons has been Marc Wilson!
pottedengren, there ya go with your fibs again. if you look at my posts . most have the same 7,8 red arrows, not the ridiculous 10 - 40 you lie about, from the same dopey people(you included) who don't have the intelligence to actually off a counter opinion to my football related posts. you spout on about what I say is rubbish, but what you and your little group say is complete literary genius.
I went back and looked at the articles posted on here since the 4 games of the season have been played and who posted etc. Most of the time, after the pathetic results, many come on here and just post after games have been played and no other time and most have all green arrows on them, mine included, but curiously enough, your group are usually nowhere to be seen because you know your tripe would be laughed off the board if you come up with your usual, everything is great, pulis is god, whelan is world class, we mopped the floor with them rubbish you lot come out with on here when it's just usually me and a few others on here. Now i know reality, truth and facts are totally ignored in your worlds but on game day, you will see the same people come back and offer up positive reviews when (if) we win and negative when we lose or draw.just read the abusive garbage wheatear and ender come out with every bloody day. you lot are so enthralled, for some strange reason with every thing i say and spend your time abusing me instead of actually talking about football, although you pottedengrem do actually put out football related posts
you should try it sometime, its quite fun!”
by wheatear
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 9:11AM
“I have for some time now been waiting to see how conversations develop on this site and refrained from saying much to see what happens.
Those with a negative view have now taken this site over, as every topic gets dragged down the argument route, enthusiastically lead by soccerfoot/scfc4eva.
Why?
Other Stoke sites do not have the same agenda, but this site and the threads developed are being soundly ruined by the negative posters that are attracted to the arguments that are occuring.
Judge for yourselves why, because despite what our anerican friend says, it is not the supporters casuing this as most know, or even others who come and go with anti TP agendas, but you can guarantee, that every thread that ends in an argument ALWAYS has comments from soccerfoot!”
by boothernender
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 8:29AM
“Yes EVA, I'm Dave as I've said a number of times already Are you Soccerfoot ? How about giving your real name or are you worried that those who know you will come on here and tell all what a knob you really are.”