@stokie_stace It's great management showing trust and faith in a young lad in what is the more difficult game of the two. Playing him against Sheff Wed is just the equivalent of sarcastically patting him on the shoulder.
@JPercyTelegraph@PeteSmith1983 Poor that John. Rowett had a poor run at Stoke. Wasted our largest budget and supposedly the largest at this level at the time and at times was disrespectful to ex players and the fans. He acknowledges this. I never condone abuse but understand why.
@secondtierpod Was never the man for the job and the huge spend put us in trouble. We've been chasing it ever since. Half his fault, half not. He didn't employ himself.
@weare_stoke The problem with sacking managers is who the people at the top replace them with. The risk of having another disaster like Narcis Pelach must be reasonably high and the more managers we sack the less attractive we become. Stick for the next few seasons.
@secondtierpod@RichSCawley He's on record as saying the Stoke fans treated him well compared to how he performed at our club. Interesting statement in itself.
@jamesgeesus@LatestRovers Did a great job under very trying circumstances. Turned us from being a rock bottom side to comfortably safe over a few seasons whilst developing and selling the kids to fend off FFP. Easily our best manager since relegation.
@secondtierpod@AndyTurnerccfc Three wins out of three in 2026, three clean sheets. They've got to find something to have a go at us for haven't they? π