Lighthouse Posted 23 September, 2017 Share Posted 23 September, 2017 Thoughts for this one? I'd be tempted to chuck Virgil back in if fit. If nothing else for his presence on set pieces. In search of goals, I'd be tempted to try something like this: Forster Cedric - VVD - Hoot - Bertrand Lemina - Romeu Davis - Tadic - Gabbi Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 23 September, 2017 Share Posted 23 September, 2017 I just hope we'll score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteCampbell Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric - Yoshida - Hoedt - Bertrand Lemina - Romeu Redmond - Davis - Gabbi Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 VvD has to start. He is a £75 player. We are not good enough to leave those types out Cannot believe redmond will start. he is very average to be honest FF Cedric VvD Hoedt Bertrand Rom Lemon Tadic Davis Gabbi Long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 (edited) We have a pretty decent record at Stoke. Edited 24 September, 2017 by LGTL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Austin was ****e when he came on, fat, slow and with a dire first touch. No chance he starts, and rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 VvD has to start. He is a £75 player. We are not good enough to leave those types out Cannot believe redmond will start. he is very average to be honest Merely awaiting an MLG correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjosaint Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 ^^ this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro yep, totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro edit, double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Austin was ****e when he came on, fat, slow and with a dire first touch. No chance he starts, and rightly so.I would have scribed it slightly more eloquently, but I have to say that this is how I saw him in the Watford game. I'm really not convinced that he offers very much. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd_barrett_saint Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini This is the team. Done. Can someone please advise Pellegrino? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Austin's turn to get a couple of starts ? Start him instead of Redmond and maybe Vvd for Maya apart from that same team as the last 2 games ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro That's what I'd do. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 is Hoedt better than Yoshida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 is Hoedt better than Yoshida? Yes Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally_uk Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Austin needs to hit the gym looked unfit. I would go with gabba and long up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Goals please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 1-1 with Peter Crouch scoring for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 1-1 with Peter Crouch scoring for them.Last time I went to Stoke, we won and Crouch got sent off, I'm going to this one. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/boss-hoping-for-positive-injury-news Surely we won't have such luck to face Stoke with 5 defenders out? Would certainly help us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/boss-hoping-for-positive-injury-news Surely we won't have such luck to face Stoke with 5 defenders out? Would certainly help us. Zouma will be back, was ineligible yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro That would have been my starting line-up yesterday, with players available I think this is our most balanced side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/boss-hoping-for-positive-injury-news Surely we won't have such luck to face Stoke with 5 defenders out? Would certainly help us. Let's be honest, it would probably be 0-0 if they just stated with Butland in goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardc Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Honestly how many goals are in that team - our biggest issue is scoring goals and people pick a team with no goal scorers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Let's be honest, it would probably be 0-0 if they just stated with Butland in goal. .. but less likely if we start with FF in goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Honestly how many goals are in that team - our biggest issue is scoring goals and people pick a team with no goal scorers So who would you pick that has goals? No one in the squad has goals in them at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardc Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 So who would you pick that has goals? No one in the squad has goals in them at the moment. Austin up top with gabbi , tadic, Davis behind ( Boufal or Redmond instead of Davis after 60mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue_Saint Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Boufal on at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 I'm going. I've yet to see us score this season. #justsaying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 I'm going. I've yet to see us score this season. #justsaying. You're not alone I managed to conspire to be on holiday the weekend we played Westham.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Austin up top with gabbi , tadic, Davis behind ( Boufal or Redmond instead of Davis after 60mins Never understand posts like this...surely you react on how the game is going, not just stick someone on because the clock has hit 60mins.....! And Austin? He’s ****e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Surely anyone with eyes can see that Austin is a waste of a shirt at the moment. I did more running trying to make the train the other day than he has all season. Play Long wide behind Gabbi. He'll wind up their players and fans who will need a new boy boo on our team now Martina has left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Never understand posts like this...surely you react on how the game is going, not just stick someone on because the clock has hit 60mins.....! And Austin? He’s ****e. Which makes him different to all our other attacking players how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Surely anyone with eyes can see that Austin is a waste of a shirt at the moment. I did more running trying to make the train the other day than he has all season. Play Long wide behind Gabbi. He'll wind up their players and fans who will need a new boy boo on our team now Martina has left. I couldn't care less if our striker hardly moves all game as long as he is putting the ball in the net. Both Lambert and Pelle got slated for being immobile and not moving enough but I give my left bollick for a player like that in our team right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Surely anyone with eyes can see that Austin is a waste of a shirt at the moment. I did more running trying to make the train the other day than he has all season. To be fair he was crap when he came here and many questioned why we contemplated buying him in the first place. He is nowhere near as good as Ricky Lambert who came up from a similar background. In my view he is a joker on and off the pitch who just doesn't know how to take his profession seriously. No excuse for slow, over-weight and unimaginative. Gabbi on the other hand scored 6 goals in his first three games for us and now he doesn't even get a starting place. You couldn't make it up! We must have a mighty fine coaching staff to get that level of improvement out of an established international striker. On match days there are two team announcements that ruin my day because inevitably they signal troubles ahead. One is that Ward Prowse is in the starting line-up, the second is that Gabbi is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Austin had one 6 game spell in 18 months here where he has been good here. The half season after he signed he was crap. Since coming back from his injury he has looked worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Wasn't it around this time last season that Austin got injured and the goals dried up as a result? Amazing that people are slating him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 Wasn't it around this time last season that Austin got injured and the goals dried up as a result? Amazing that people are slating him now.They weren't exactly banging in when he played. He had a good little run for 6 games but before Puel didn't pick him, much like Koeman and Pellegrino didn't and haven't. He would be a great player in the Championship but isnt physically up to PL standard. If we made him available in January I bet only one or two teams right at the bottom of the PL would even consider him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 24 September, 2017 Share Posted 24 September, 2017 They weren't exactly banging in when he played. He had a good little run for 6 games but before Puel didn't pick him, much like Koeman and Pellegrino didn't and haven't. He would be a great player in the Championship but isnt physically up to PL standard. If we made him available in January I bet only one or two teams right at the bottom of the PL would even consider him. What do you mean before Puel didn't pick him? He was first choice up front from the first game of the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 25 September, 2017 Share Posted 25 September, 2017 I can see Yoshi and VVD starting together at CB if Hoedt's knee problem continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKsaint Posted 25 September, 2017 Share Posted 25 September, 2017 We must convert Long to an attacking midfielder so that he won't feel shame for lack of goals. And as Pellegrino doesn't like two strikers, Long can appears with Gabb or Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 25 September, 2017 Share Posted 25 September, 2017 Forster Cedric Yoshida VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina JWP PEH Davis We will control the game all day long. Stoke are very physical, so will need a strong midfield five in front of a solid back 5. Thing is, would you be surprised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 25 September, 2017 Share Posted 25 September, 2017 I couldn't care less if our striker hardly moves all game as long as he is putting the ball in the net. Both Lambert and Pelle got slated for being immobile and not moving enough but I give my left bollick for a player like that in our team right now. Difference with the 2 players you mentioned is that they had other aspects to their game which more than compensated for a lack of running, although I'd hazard a guess they put in more of a shift than Austin does. Both Lambert and Pelle were superb at holding the ball up, bringing others into play, linking with the attacking midfielders, bullying defenders, winning headers. Austin does none of that, although granted he does know where the goal is. In a team that plays 1 up front he doesn't offer enough to be guaranteed a place in the side. He had a chance to prove this Wolves and looked completely disinterested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 25 September, 2017 Share Posted 25 September, 2017 I am not a massive Austin fan but fck me reading this thread you’d think he was hopeless. He is a large bloke doesn’t mean he is unfit but is always likely to look lumbering lump.Goals are not a simple thing to get as we are proving. He gets them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 25 September, 2017 Share Posted 25 September, 2017 Forster Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Long Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProThis, with VVD/Maya still marginal, and Long/Gabbiadini positions interchangeable. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 25 September, 2017 Share Posted 25 September, 2017 https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/boss-hoping-for-positive-injury-news Surely we won't have such luck to face Stoke with 5 defenders out? Would certainly help us.If they actually leave those positions vacant, we might even score. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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