Stoke City at home match-day thread

[mozo]

We've been really good since the goal which is the opposite of our MO.

[!james]

 

 

 

[exAtyeoMax]

Ty!

[cityexile]

Shocking first 15 but grew in to it. Making a habit of being 1-0 at half time. Be nice to win one of them.

[Fordy62]

Just now, exAtyeoMax said:

Ty!

Abbreviation for thank you, or worlds most behind stream?

[westonred]

These commentators love Stoke dont they. Just before scoring they said Stoke have the better players and cant see us wiining :laugh:

[Ska Junkie]

Just now, TomF said:

Right let’s not try and sit back on this second half.. 

That would make a nice change Tom. We've shown we can't bloody do it so why not go for it instead?

[MarcusX]

27 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Handball certainly. Is the rule something about 'gaining an advantage'? I'd say they did although if was against us....

 

25 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Arm in unnatural position, his own error kicking it there and the ball would have been alive in his own box if it didn’t hit his hand. Penalty for me 

Isn’t there a rule about it deflecting off another body part?

[mozo]

The technique of Williams, Benarous and Scott fills me with football joy.

[Rossi the Robin]

Getting better, just need to give them less space 

[LondonBristolian]

I really hope we can look as structured second half as we have in the first. Keep our shape and stay focused and we’ve every chance of seeing this through.

[Simon bristol]

2 minutes ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Posh getting a dicking at Ewood Park 3-0 already 

Im relying on Peterborough being one of the teams worse than us this season, along with derby plus 1 other, so thats good news!

[Ska Junkie]

1 minute ago, westonred said:

These commentators love Stoke dont they. Just before scoring they said Stoke have the better players and cant see us wiining

To be fair, the first bit is true.

[Lanterne Rouge]

Bizarrely, we`ve had more shots on target than them!

[robin_unreliant]

9 minutes ago, cheese said:

If he says Stoke are the better team any more I'm gonna throw the TV out the window!

Unfortuntely I think their assessment has been about right. Stoke should've got two or three by now. 

[LondonBristolian]

Just now, mozo said:

The technique of Williams, Benarous and Scott fills me with football joy.

What I find interesting is that, whereas usually you sacrifice a bit of physicality by playing the kids, Scott and Benarous are as physical as anyone but Baker.

Admittedly that‘s partly because we lack physical players but nonetheless…

[Fordy62]

1 minute ago, mozo said:

The technique of Williams, Benarous and Scott fills me with football joy.

I doesn’t ******* half. All of a sudden we’ve got three players you’d pay to watch. I’m tempted to say we’ll be ok if we can have those three most weeks. 

[Red Army 75]

Poor start to the game especially in midfield. But we got better as it went on and some good performances. We can win this 

Edited November 24, 2021 by Red Army 75

[keflav]

Got better as the half went on looked shaky for the first 20 mins (we can't keep doing this) need to be aggressive all of the second half and let Stoke know this is not going to be a easy game... Subs are going to be vital in the second half...

[ExiledAjax]

1 minute ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Bizarrely, we`ve had more shots on target than them!

Pumping them in the xG department as well. As every one knows, that is the real quiz.

[Jerseybean]

Funny old game ain’t it? We have been totally outplayed for 45 minutes and go in one up

[Ska Junkie]

2 minutes ago, westonred said:

These commentators love Stoke dont they. Just before scoring they said Stoke have the better players and cant see us wiining

To be fair, the first bit is true.

[underhanded]

It seems the common consensus is TQ is a bit cr*p. I tend to disagree, being sloppy with possession is endemic in this team, I don't really see him making anymore mistakes than most, but for some reason it seems to be picked up a lot more when he does it. HNM, for example, can be just as sloppy, and also shows the same tactical naivety as TQ, but as he's our Wonderboy, gets a lot less stick (disclaimer, I love HNM).

Think the guy actually makes a lot happen with his passing, and today he's actually started one or two attacks with balls out to COD and Andi

[Fordy62]

1 minute ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Bizarrely, we`ve had more shots on target than them!

Doesn’t hitting the woodwork count as a shot on target?

(this is an age old OTIB joke!)

[BanburyRed]

This'll get nervy if we're still 1 up going into 85+ mins.....

[BS4 on Tour...]

13 minutes ago, WolfOfWestStreet said:

Think Don Goodnan is going to cry the ******* bellend

Wayne Rooney’s ears just pricked up ...

[Ska Junkie]

Bents was nowhere near Fletchers header, just showed a replay.

[Fordy62]

Just now, Ska Junkie said:

To be fair, the first bit is true.

They obviously don’t understand how desperate we are to not hear from Hampshire Red(s). 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Just now, Fordy62 said:

Doesn’t hitting the woodwork count as a shot on target?

(this is an age old OTIB joke!)

As you well know, hitting the woodwork is like it`s ended up in Row Z!

[mozo]

Nige Pearson's celebration was bloody delightful. A finger of satisfaction.