Swansea 3 Stoke City 1: Michael Owen's first goal too little too late

“jontaronta, what is commonly known to cure all ills when it comes to football ? Winning! plain and simple. but winning just seems almost foreign to Tony Pulis, as strange as that seems to say. Actions speak louder than words and the performances just defy completely what he says about him trying to win every game.
It is just not good enough after 5 seasons and 90 million quid.”

“No player wants to be seen celebrating when they are losing badly, not even owen. I'm sure congratulations were offered and accepted off pitch.”

“The next few games will be the defining moments for a lot of Stoke fans. We beat the not so fashionable sides, which is not beyond the realms of possibility and all is rosy. However, for me it will not change my view point on the current managerial situation. Some would say my fixation to remove TP is based on a deluded fantasy of slick attractive football. To that i would say "yes it is" and why not! Surely, it is not beyond the teams capability to pass the ball and open up defenses? What does £50,000,000 represent in quality of player. In my world it should give the team more options than hoofing the ball from defense to the forward line.

It was not so long ago we had the "delap" throw and it was effective for a period of time. Now, in the eyes of TP we have progressed beacuse we have stopped this tactic. Amazing!!

Without patronising anyone in this forum but does it not concern anyone that every week we are the last game on Match of the Day? This tells me the true progress of the team. It may seem trivial to some but it is significant.

Mr Puilis is becoming a characature of himself. Standing on the touchline allowing away supporters to ridicule him. This is damaging the clubs reputation.

Is it time for change?”

“Did anyone else notice that when Michael Owen scored, no Stoke player seemed to offer any congratulations. Strange.”

“That was a one sided game, but lets be fair my team will tear alot of teams apart this season playing like that, a delight to watch for me. TP got it wrong, the only way you will beat us is by pressing high up the pitch, man to man tight marking, using your strength physically, using set pieces. Stoke failed to do any of the stuff that make them so strong and the result was free flowing football from us and thats all the invitation we need. I see why he started Crouch but failed to get the right ball and support to him. Thats said not many teams would be able to deal with our full backs on days like this, both popping up in striker positions, must be impossible to defend, a joy to watch though.”

“And what exactly are YOU doing? Writing diatribes to the Sentinel's webpage which is never read by anyone of us handful constitutes as exactly nothing, it does no good whatsoever. Certainly doesn't help the team, just breathes bad feeling.”

“If you don't like it go somewhere else. You are not forced to watch and we won't miss you”

“I always have to laugh at the types who can't saying anything intelligent about the subject matter so they resort to personal attacks on other posters. Who is this nooneshome fella anyway ?
People, wanting and demanding better for your team is not a bad thing . Being a supporter is not sitting in the cold, the heat, the dry or the wet watching your team and never having a bad thing to say about them and choosing to ignore the obvious Some people are in denial about Tony Pulis because can only do one thing and one thing very well and that is keep his team from getting relegated.Asking him to do more is totally out of his realm. Take away our fine 3-1 win over Liverpool, please tell me what else have we done well or different this season than any other, especially last ? It's almost like a replay of last season and I'm sorry for those with thin skin who choose to ignore the obvious but I am sick and tired of seeing this dross week in and week out while our manager smirks his way through another press conference blaming his players. If some of you haven't noticed we have a good squad, but a squad that is completely being misused, underused, and at times not even used at all with the likes of Palacios, Jerome, Owen, Ness, Upson, Edu etc. Why do people see fit to just bash other supporters because they state the obvious while the manager can't see the obvious if it fell on his head!
It is time for Pulis to wake up and figure out that he is not doing a very good job, he is doing the exact same as he has done in the past 4 seasons and after all the money, all the new players etc just isn't good enough !
I have to ask, if you someone doing a poor job where you work and he just keeps blaming the other people or his tools, would you not expect someone to step in and say something ?
This is how I support the Potters, when we do well I sing and cheer louder than anyone, when we don't and lets face it, that has been a lot over the last couple of seasons and I'm getting tired of it,I complain just as loud !”

“Good job my team has more backbone than this lot”

“Surely, after conceding 13 goals in the league in 4 games, even Pulis must be wondering if he has taken Stoke as far as he can. I hear there's an up-and-coming, forward-thinking (in more ways than one) young manager called Nigel Adkins available-how about moving Pulis upstairs?”