doddisalegend Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 we cant even muster a shot on target against 10 men Are you surprised Stoke have gone in to full bus parking mode for the rest of the game we were doing better when Stoke wanted to actually play.
O_RLY Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Propaganda football again. As a defensive tactic, it works because most of the match we've been in their half. But we don't look like scoring if we played all week. This brand of football is so so so dull. We were spoilt by Adkins and Poch and Koeman at least kept the goals coming even with slightly less pretty football...having been spoilt in recent years this is hard to watch.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 December, 2016 Author Posted 14 December, 2016 Always tough to beat a team that will be happy with a point being down to 10, need a goal and they will have to come out
Dark Munster Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Maybe it's the anti-Cuco faction from here booing at him?
OttawaSaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Maybe it's the anti-Cuco faction from here booing at him? So THAT'S where Heisenberg, Alpine and Dalek are!
St Marco Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Always tough to beat a team that will be happy with a point being down to 10, need a goal and they will have to come out The thing is though they are not playing all out defence. They are creating as much as we are. We are doing what we always do. Keep possesion and create little.
5string Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Stoke playing like a bunch of revolutionary martyrs. Their fans, the mob baying for the guillotine. We need to rise above all that and attack attack attack.
OttawaSaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 All the big teams (and WHU) winning 1-0 at HT.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 December, 2016 Author Posted 14 December, 2016 The thing is though they are not playing all out defence. They are creating as much as we are. We are doing what we always do. Keep possesion and create little. They have barely been in our half since the red...
allsa001 Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 It's sad to ay, but I think the best thing we ould do is try to dribble into the ox as much as possible, and hopefully get a pen.
CB Fry Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 1-0 Stoke written all over it It's what we're all thinking.
Saints foreva Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Stoke haven't been as defensive since going down to 10 men as people on here suggest.
trousers Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 1-0 Stoke written all over it Wouldn't surprise me!
richardc Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 I dont understand why we keep trying to cross it from the wings when we have Redmond and Boufal in the box and we havent scored with a header all season - we just waste the opportunity and the lack of forward movement off the ball in and around their box is a joke
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Need to replace one of JWP or Redmond.
Pamplemousse Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Stoke fans really are the worst in the country.
St Marco Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 They have barely been in our half since the red... Yes thery have... Shaquiri had a shot remember? Glen Johnson lairing up at the lino for not giving a corner? We have dominated possesion but we are hardly pepering their goal are we?
St Lej Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Oh look....no goals. This team scores about as many goals as the one in the Branfoot era
Convict Colony Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 What I don't understand is that at the beginning of the season we were creating a load of chances and we were lamenting the fact that if Charlie didnt play we didnt score many. Now we aren't creating anything.
Saint Charminster Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Heading for a 0-0 or 1-0 to stoke, we still look nowhere near scoring even more now against 10 men. We are just too slow in the build, need to be far more quicker and decisive.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 December, 2016 Author Posted 14 December, 2016 Yes thery have... Shaquiri had a shot remember? Glen Johnson lairing up at the lino for not giving a corner? We have dominated possesion but we are hardly pepering their goal are we? Twice then but i must have missed the Shaquiri one as my stream froze for abit
Verbal Kint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Stoke fans really are the worst in the country. After Liverpool's they are the most tedious and boring by far. They just constantly feel hard done by and wronged. So does their manager
Pamplemousse Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Stoke will park the bus, we will get a goal in the second half I reckon. Hopefully Alpine will come online shortly and scream Puel Out
St Marco Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Twice then but i must have missed the Shaquiri one as my stream froze for abit They have had the same amount of shots on target as we have (2). Overall we have only 2 more shots than they do. We have 5 and they have 3.
austsaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Really enjoying all his driving runs tonight too. Davis has been poor tonight - maybe he's leaving the driving runs to JWP!!!!!
gammon cheeks Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 This brand of football is so so so dull. We were spoilt by Adkins and Poch and Koeman at least kept the goals coming even with slightly less pretty football...having been spoilt in recent years this is hard to watch. I would rather be wathching our football than Stoke city hoofball !
Convict Colony Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 After Liverpool's they are the most tedious and boring by far. They just constantly feel hard done by and wronged. So does their manager
Jai27 Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Martina might as well not be on the pitch, he's the worst player out there. Should really be winning this one now and we need to offer something dangerous down the left side of the pitch. Watching Redmond playing close to Boufal you can really see the vast difference in quality. Sorry to say but Redmond looks to be a waste of money based on his season so far.
austsaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Tadic on for JWP - Davis and Bertrand can handle corners and free kicks.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 December, 2016 Author Posted 14 December, 2016 Tadic on for JWP - Davis and Bertrand can handle corners and free kicks. 4 - 2 - 4 then?
Gunnery Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 It's sad to ay, but I think the best thing we ould do is try to dribble into the ox as much as possible, and hopefully get a pen. Doesn't he play for Arsenal?
verlaine1979 Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Tadic on for JWP - Davis and Bertrand can handle corners and free kicks. Despite the fact that JWP's passing and movement have been far more incisive than Davis's?
trousers Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 In hope of a goal............... Puel out! We need Alpine to proclaim the end of the world is nigh before we'll score
Pamplemousse Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 We've played better than we did in the first half at Middlesbrough. As soon as they started to park the bus, there was less space for us. Of course it's going to be harder if we're the only team who is actively trying to win the game.
OttawaSaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 I think we've looked pretty decent. Just need players to either: 1) drive the ball in to feet. 2) make decent runs into the box for Boufal, Redmond and Bertrand to pass to. The moves break down when we go for high crosses or when players just stand and watch Redmond looking for an open man to pass to.
trousers Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 On the replay of the Boufal incident, you can see that Martina goes over to say something to the lino. I wonder if this is why they are booing Martina, because they think he persuaded the officials to send him off? #clutchingatstraws #benefitofthedoubt
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 December, 2016 Author Posted 14 December, 2016 We need Alpine to proclaim the end of the world is nigh before we'll score He is eating all his chocolate stocks just in case it is Heinsenbull is trying to super impose a picture of Puel on clown Batman is prepping a list of replacement managers for after xmas
sfc1976 Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 10 against 10 really. I doubt Stoke would take Martina even if offered now.
austsaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 4 - 2 - 4 then? Prowsey seems to be playing in an advanced right side position, doesn't he? Tadic can do that.
doddisalegend Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Got to be Tadic time surely though who makes way Long probably a waste now as their will be no space in behind for him to work in.
OttawaSaint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 On the replay of the Boufal incident, you can see that Martina goes over to say something to the lino. I wonder if this is why they are booing Martina, because they think he persuaded the officials to send him off? #clutchingatstraws #benefitofthedoubt Nah he probably said, "this is great, I get to play with Premier League players.......and then at the end of the month......they pay me!!!".
doddisalegend Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Dave Merrington seems to think stoke have put 9 behind the ball and making it much harder than before the red card...but what does he know
5string Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Need Hoj on for Davis. Then maybe Tadic for JWP, depending on developments. JRod for Long late on?
Edmonton Saint Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 Free kick, come on JWP, Shove the boos up their arses...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 December, 2016 Author Posted 14 December, 2016 10 against 10 really. I doubt Stoke would take Martina even if offered now. Why do people hate some players so much... sad
Gunnery Posted 14 December, 2016 Posted 14 December, 2016 JWP playing v well, how about scoring from a free kick now ...
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