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Match Thread Stoke away 10th August 12:30 - Opening day! (3 Viewers)

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Chris1987

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  • Aug 11, 2024
  • #1,751
BlueSkiesForever said:
Obviously I mean our signings from Europe when I say “our European players”, any half-decent Cov fan knows Saka is Japanese and Haji is American Seems like a proper bellendy point to make tbh, just another Chris-special where we’re wasting our lives arguing about pointless shit
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That's ok point taken. Next time I want to say something I'll start by saying something totally different and then claim that I meant the amended version. Easy.
 
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BlueSkiesForever

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  • Aug 11, 2024
  • #1,752
Chris1987 said:
Nope . You stated that they were European players not signings from Europe in your original post. The forever moving goalposts.
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Fucking hell man get a life (although not sure if I can say that as someone who posts on here, surely we’re all sad on SBT? ).

That’s genuinely the first time I’ve actually rolled my eyes after reading a comment. The level of obsession with “moving goalposts” is hilarious, you must only be fishing and unfortunately I can’t help but nibble every time
 

Chris1987

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  • Aug 11, 2024
  • #1,753
BlueSkiesForever said:
Fucking hell man get a life (although not sure if I can say that as someone who posts on here, surely we’re all sad on SBT? ).

That’s genuinely the first time I’ve actually rolled my eyes after reading a comment. The level of obsession with “moving goalposts” is hilarious, you must only be fishing and unfortunately I can’t help but nibble every time
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So easy I'm now bored with it. I'll leave you in peace to say one thing whilst meaning something else.
 
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BlueSkiesForever

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  • Aug 11, 2024
  • #1,754
Chris1987 said:
That's ok point taken. Next time I want to say something I'll start by saying something totally different and then claim that I meant the amended version. Easy.
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You might think my arguments are wrong and my opinions are invalid or whatever, but please give me the decency of thinking that I’m intelligent enough to know that Saka is Japanese and Haji is American. Surely you must know that I’m not that oblivious that I thought Saka and Haji were both European?
 

BlueSkiesForever

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  • Aug 11, 2024
  • #1,755
Chris1987 said:
So easy I'm now bored with it. I'll leave you in peace to say one thing whilst meaning something else.
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Ahh fair enough, it’s not so fun now that I know you’re just having me on
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,756
BlueSkiesForever said:
You might think my arguments are wrong and my opinions are invalid or whatever, but please give me the decency of thinking that I’m intelligent enough to know that Saka is Japanese and Haji is American. Surely you must know that I’m not that oblivious that I thought Saka and Haji were both European?
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Chris 1987 does make a valid point. There's a crucial difference between European players and those who play in European leagues, and your argument changed from one to the other. It's difficult to wrork out what your stance is.
 
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BlueSkiesForever

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,757
itsabuzzard said:
Chris 1987 does make a valid point. There's a crucial difference between European players and those who play in European leagues, and your argument changed from one to the other. It's difficult to wrork out what your stance is.
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Oh not you as well Come on buzzard, I clearly mean the players we signed from Europe when I said “European players”. We all know Saka is Japanese and Haji is American, I feel like I don’t need to state that.

If I’m having a debate about our League 1/Championship signings versus our European signings and in conversation I say “our European players”, surely I mean the ones we signed from Europe rather than very specifically “the players who were born in Europe that we signed from Europe”. Maybe I’m not being specific enough for some but I think most know what I mean?
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,758
BlueSkiesForever said:
Oh not you as well Come on buzzard, I clearly mean the players we signed from Europe when I said “European players”. We all know Saka is Japanese and Haji is American, I feel like I don’t need to state that.

If I’m having a debate about our League 1/Championship signings versus our European signings and in conversation I say “our European players”, surely I mean the ones we signed from Europe rather than very specifically “the players who were born in Europe that we signed from Europe”. Maybe I’m not being specific enough for some but I think most know what I mean?
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You may be right in thinking that most know what you mean but I don't.
 
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Perennial Lurker

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,759
itsabuzzard said:
You may be right in thinking that most know what you mean but I don't.
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Join the club .
Why use a dozen words when a couple of hundred are bound to confuse
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,760
I find it amazing how players are superstars as potential signings but written off as crap if they don’t get hat-tricks within an hour or so if actually pulling on the shirt. It’s the same phenomenon as players being world beaters when they are out of the side. Patience is the key.
 
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Domo

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,761
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
It’s got 1-0 Stoke written all over hasn’t it
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where did you get your crystal ball from?
 
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BlueSkiesForever

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,762
itsabuzzard said:
You may be right in thinking that most know what you mean but I don't.
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Fair enough
 

skybluecam

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,763
shmmeee said:
Been some big misses TBH. Kitching, Thomas, Torp, EMC all big money and questionable impact so far. That accounts for more than a quarter of our spend post Vik.
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EMC “questionable impact” after 62 minutes of competitive football? Jesus Christ

Is £2m big money?
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,764
skybluecam said:
EMC “questionable impact” after 62 minutes of competitive football? Jesus Christ

Is £2m big money?
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For £4.5m at almost 25 I would expect to see the quality difference up front.

£2m is big money yes. Until last summer it would have been our record spend for twenty years!
 

skybluecam

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,765
shmmeee said:
For £4.5m at almost 25 I would expect to see the quality difference up front.

£2m is big money yes. Until last summer it would have been our record spend for twenty years!
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Did you watch us last year? Wright cost almost twice as much and took time to settle.

We were shit for 20 years. £2m isn’t a big fee for the quality of player we’re trying to recruit.
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,766
shmmeee said:
For £4.5m at almost 25 I would expect to see the quality difference up front.

£2m is big money yes. Until last summer it would have been our record spend for twenty years!
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Oh come on. You threw EMC in by mistake. He can’t have a meaningful impact in an hour. Or at least not one that can be judged.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,767
shmmeee said:
For £4.5m at almost 25 I would expect to see the quality difference up front.

£2m is big money yes. Until last summer it would have been our record spend for twenty years!
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After last season you’d have thought you’d wait 10-15 games before making such rash comments.

I’ll leave it to someone else to keep the receipts on this.
 
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Hincha

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,768
Our sole issue is midfield.

Yes most didn’t play well but when the system is inefficient it’s hard to play well. The defence had no protection and the attack had nobody linking it because the midfield was overrun. Can’t even really blame Allen too much because he isn’t a 6

This defeat was mainly on the coaching team in my opinion. Hopefully lessons are learnt for Oxford.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 12, 2024
  • #1,769
Hincha said:
Our sole issue is midfield.

Yes most didn’t play well but when the system is inefficient it’s hard to play well. The defence had no protection and the attack had nobody linking it because the midfield was overrun. Can’t even really blame Allen too much because he isn’t a 6

This defeat was mainly on the coaching team in my opinion. Hopefully lessons are learnt for Oxford.
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Yeah if Eccles was a doubt then maybe we should have gone with Lati, gone now though.
 
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