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Watching Stoke v Spurs.

Geeesh, Stoke City are sh*te. I know Butland is out and ther season is over, usual mid table mediocrity. But they boast CL winners. Arnautovic (Zlatan wannabe), Bojan, Shaqiri, Affelay all overrated. These are supposed to be top players. Might as well replace the lot with Crouch. Overrated and average foreign players annoy me a bit as they are supposed to be technically better so when so so players like overratedArnaautovic end up in PL its irksome as there are often . better Brits.If Mark "Lesley" Hughes and his scouting tram pulled their finger out, and actually looked in lower/ non league they would find British / Irish players just as mediocre or better.

Obviously mid table clubs are midtable for a rreason: inconsistant, not enough desire, not enough talent to push for top half finish, but to strong to be relegated etc but it feels all mid table clubs have stopped bothering to win. Fans are paying a fortune on tickets, bought season tickets. Managers of mid table clubs need to find better ways of motivating players to play when nothing is at stake eg no relegation battle, no title fight, no top 4 or Europa league place fight, FA Cup squad places etc. Too many mid table sides at this stage this season have shut up shop and gone to the beach.