Pullis gives massive praise to Cressiwell .

[GrayBlade]

"One of the best professionals I've ever worked with" etc listen to audio.

To be honest, I think we've already seen what he's about in the last few months, nice one Cressy!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/8672743.stm

 

[SwissBlade]

He's a top player and if the likes of Quinn could adopt his attitude more then we'll do alright. He's one of the few positives of this season

 

[TAMUS]

Whats wrong with Quinns 100% attitude ?

 

[JohnDenver]

Nowt wrong with Quinn's attitude. Plenty wrong with his self belief and risk aversion.

 

[SwissBlade]

Whats wrong with Quinns 100% attitude ?

Nowt wrong with that, but he needs to buckle down and stop being a petulent child and lay off the gobbing off at refs... i.e. just get on with the game like Cresswell.

 

[Santos]

Nowt wrong with that, but he needs to buckle down and stop being a petulent child and lay off the gobbing off at refs... i.e. just get on with the game like Cresswell.

Utter bobbins mate, Quinn conducts himself very well both on and off the field and although I can't be arsed to listen to the audio clip, I heard Pullis criticising players earlier today regarding leaking stuff, a me me me attitude, and believing their own hype, if it is that he is praising Cresswell for then it is unfair to criticise Quinn on it.

 

[Kev Gee]

Its obvious his comments are a thinly veiled attack on Beattie & Kitson.

 

[bladesman1889]

Its obvious his comments are a thinly veiled attack on Beattie & Kitson.

Well he said quite plainly that Kitson didn't have the right attitude and he wasn't what they expected of him- hardly thinly veiled

 

[Bergen Blade]

Cresswell's goal record has been really impressive. What does people think of him in general play though? Say, if he hits a dry spell next season with 6 ot 7 games without a goal, will you be happy and confident to see him keep his place?

 

[Coily]

Nowt wrong with Quinn's attitude. Plenty wrong with his self belief and risk aversion.

Nail squarely on head. And yet I think he has the ability, he does show it from time to time with moments of real quality. But his 'Elpiton' tag is sadly deserved, whether that is down to his lack of belief or the managers lack of belief in him I'm not sure.

 

[shorehamview]

Tony Pulis having a go at Beattie, a man who could have scored in a convent when he played for us, yet not good enough for the mighty Stoke. Hmmmm.

 

[Kev Gee]

Tony Pulis having a go at Beattie, a man who could have scored in a convent when he played for us, yet not good enough for the mighty Stoke. Hmmmm.

And the striker that kept them in the Premiership.

 

[AlienWoodward]

Cresswell's goal record has been really impressive. What does people think of him in general play though? Say, if he hits a dry spell next season with 6 ot 7 games without a goal, will you be happy and confident to see him keep his place?

Absolutely.
I wondered at first if he was trying so hard just to try and win the fans over. However the more I see of him the more I realise it is in his nature to graft.
I think we have him at the right stage of his career and also he is in the right division.
With the positions he gets himself into I would be very surprised if he went 6/7 games without a goal next season

 

[Bergen Blade]

Absolutely.
I wondered at first if he was trying so hard just to try and win the fans over. However the more I see of him the more I realise it is in his nature to graft.
I think we have him at the right stage of his career and also he is in the right division.
With the positions he gets himself into I would be very surprised if he went 6/7 games without a goal next season

I hope he can keep it up, but he went from scoring 11 in Stoke's promotion season to scoring none in 30 games the following season. He's 33, and I'm not sure we should be offering him an extension beyond next season at this stage.