Roll out the cliches

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22663

STOKE boss Tony Pulis gave a distinctly guarded welcome to seeing his side paired with Hartlepool in the third round of the FA Cup this afternoon.

City travel to Teeside on the weekend of January 3 and 4 after the two teams were drawn out early on in today's draw. The wider footballing world will regard Stoke's trip as a potential banana skin as they square up to a Hartlepool outfit currently lying 12thin League One. And seconds after hearing the draw, Pulis admitted: "It's not the one you would take by choice because there's no doubt Hartlepool will fancy making a name for themselves.

"We'll have to be on our game from the off, otherwise it will be a very long afternoon up there. "We know it will be cold and unfriendly, I'd expect nothing less in the third round of the Cup, but we'll have to make sure we're ready for it. "I've got the utmost respect for their manager Danny Wilson and you know he'll put out a team that will be champing at the bit to get at us. "We'll do our homework before the game as we normally would, but obviously we've got one or two games to worry about before that one."

Stoke were last at Hartlepool in December 1992 for a 2-1 victory in what is now League One.

The pair have met only seven times in all, including one previous FA Cup tie in January 1954 when Stoke ran out 6-2 winners at the Victoria Ground.

Obafemi Obsession · **Posted:** Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:23 pm

Yeah but all previews are cliched anway.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37383

Where is this 'Teesside' of which they speak....?

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

And whos Victoria Ground was it?

The Lightning Tree · **Joined:** Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:30 pm **Posts:** 5804

Unfriendly

Surely not :laugh:

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:19 pm

Hawklord wrote:

And whos Victoria Ground was it?

The attendance was 23,927 so I guess it was theirs. :roll:

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

Well I hope they don't think there will be that many watching them this time.

katcha · **Posted:** Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:47 pm

are we in fookin iceland or what

we're quoted by some fecka week in week out as being cold

patronising bastards

tonyparry · **Posted:** Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:23 am

Is it warm in Hartlepool now then ??

Frodraff · **Posted:** Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:50 am

katcha wrote:

are we in fookin iceland or what

we're quoted by some fecka week in week out as being cold

patronising bastards

Hartlepool is slightly north of Hudson Bay the home of the Polar Bear.

katcha · **Posted:** Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:03 am

tonyparry wrote:

sctatchinghead
Is it warm in Hartlepool now then ??

nope - it's fookin freezing!!

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37383

I was making my way to Ward Jackson park to cut a hole in the ice and do a bit of baby seal clubbing as you do in these Northern latitudes, when on the tundra near the Burn Valley, a fookin Polar Bear jumped out, so I harpooned it..etc,etc,etc,.....

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:21 am

Snowy wrote:

I was making my way to Ward Jackson park to cut a hole in the ice and do a bit of baby seal clubbing as you do in these Northern latitudes, when on the tundra near the Burn Valley, a fookin Polar Bear jumped out, so I harpooned it..etc,etc,etc,.....

parmopooly · **Posted:** Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:56 am

Snowy wrote:

I was making my way to Ward Jackson park to cut a hole in the ice and do a bit of baby seal clubbing as you do in these Northern latitudes, when on the tundra near the Burn Valley, a fookin Polar Bear jumped out, so I harpooned it..etc,etc,etc,.....

that was my dog you tw=at!!

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