Neil_James

Fiction writer, but more often than not found ranting about Stoke City.
Former Oatcake columnist and author of 'Stoke and I:The Nineties'

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'A man meets an old university friend, but finds that things have changed between them.' This started life as a novel scene, but now lives on as a short story. Reads and retweets would be hugely appreciated! https://t.co/zcNOJoYrlB

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@GermanStokie Gifton was decent overall. Just not very good in winter months when his arthritis was playing up!

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Trying to think of a worse individual centre forward performance than the one Hirst's just subjected us to. It was so bad I started to wonder whether we've got recall options on Milan Smit or Nathan Lowe!

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@Wayne_adams83 He's just an attention-seeking spanner, who's rage-baiting Stoke fans so they watch his silly You Tube channel.

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This is an album that'll be talked about in however many years you want to name. Sensational work.

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@sneydstones Me too. I really like Fabio. Think he'll make a great pundit when he hangs the gloves up.

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That legendary first fight took Wardley's soul. Imagine thinking you've got to go life and death all over again just a few months later? Wardley never looked like he believed he could reverse that result.

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https://t.co/VSKyWo0os4 Only too happy to have contributed the Stoke City entry to 'I was Hooked' - a nostalgic, and wholly entertaining, look back at the memories of various fans' first football matches. Great stocking filler for fans 'of a certain age.' 😁⚽

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Teams that do well in this league know how to win ugly when they need to. Today's victory was a complete minger, but 3 points is 3 points. Up the Potters!

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Another great set of subs from Robins today. Bombino gave Bocat far more protection than he was getting from Devenny, and Bolton's main attacking source was snuffed out. Junior and Lawal both added some steel too just at the right time. Great performance from manager & players.

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@templeton_david Great win today. Nice way to finish off a busy season for you both!

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@Bunnyduckmag I can't remember an England defence ever being this bad. Even under Graham Taylor we had better defenders than we've got now. Something has gone badly wrong.

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England's defending has now reached comic levels of ineptitude. They're like one of those naive grassroots teams everyone else thrashes and feels sorry for : unathletic 8-year-olds trying to tiki-taka their way out of defence because someone's dad's been on an FA coaching course

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@SkySportsBoxing Fury doesn't fancy it. Deep down, he knows he's shot and doesn't want the ignominy of losing to an equally past-it Joshua. Honestly, nobody cares at this point. The pair of them are about as relevant to the heavyweight division as two old blokes scrapping in a pub car park.

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@BoxingShrew It's merely a case of who's the least fucked. Fury would have won in their primes, no question. Now...who knows/cares?

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@Bunnyduckmag Fantastic stuff!

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@BesterSCFC 😭😭😭

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@sneydstones @WestpointEvans He wouldn't be in my first XI, but he's alright filling in. Definitely helps him being in the middle of the 3 and not having the ball at his feet so much.

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I can't wait to see Junior and Bocat in the same team playing as wing backs. Going to be like having a Championship Cafu and Roberto Carlos combo.

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So many players look like they belong in this formation. Maxi, for example, is far better at the centre of a back 3 than in a pair - he can concentrate on winning aerial duels and let the two CBs either side of him play the ball out.

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@tbuckleythinks Haha...a new low! 😂