Stoke primary scout admits he does not like City's direct model - This really is Staffordshire

STOKE main look Lindsay Parsons says he does not like City's direct type of play. The Bristol-based look did with Tony Pulis at Gillingham, Bristol City, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Stoke, but admits he doesn't often see eye to eye with the Potters director over some footballing axioms. a Chief scout Lindsay Parsons. He informed the Gloucestershire Echo: "We have loads of arguments because I don't like the way they play and I'll never change on that." The main scout has also exposed it was he who advised Demba Ba to Stoke City. A deal was agreed by the Potters worth A7m for the then Hoffenheim striker in January 2011 but that fell through when Ba failed a medical. myprint-247 Printing voucher Visit our internet site today & save yourself thirty three percent on all Recycled Business Cards. 100% Friendly to the environment cards with a white colored finish. Use discount code: thisis33 at the checkout to apply discount. 24hr Dispatch Terms: UK company of Recycled Organization Cards,Leaflets, Compliment Falls, Letterheads & Prints Contact: 01858 468192 Legitimate until: Tuesday, April 30 2013 Parsons says he has advised other people who have gone to be described as a success in the Premier League. He added: "I have been told that people I've proposed have been too little for Stoke, but I don't accompany that. "Look at Lionel Messi, he's different class and is he also small? "I have advised participants like (Cheick) Tiote, (Hatem) Ben Arfa and (Demba) Ba, but they have not been closed by Stoke and they've done well for different clubs." Parsons has additionally revealed he suggested a new Emmanuel Adebayor to Stoke when Pulis was employed by the club's then-Icelandic owners. He said: "I remember one of the first names I gave to Tony at Stoke was a, 6ft 4in striker named (Emmanuel) Adebayor, but we were in the Championship at the full time and we were told the cost of A3m was too much." Parsons' recent scouting missions for Stoke include watching Macedonia against Denmark in February and Sweden against the Republic of Ireland last month. Parsons managed then non-league Cheltenham before joining up with Pulis when he became his assistant manager at Gillingham in 1995. He said: "I do regret making Cheltenham in certain ways because I miss having the final state and I miss a lot of things about non-league football. "I remember our first training session at Gillingham and I told Tony the standard was far lower than what I'd been used to at Cheltenham in the Southern League! "But we turned it around and won promotion as to the has become League One and then we were 2-0 up in the play-off final against Manchester City at Wembley, but we lost on penalties."