I guess we battered them at our place earlier in the Season , and they battered us at their place, I think we won 4-3 over both legs, but I know it doesn’t work like that.
I guess we battered them at our place earlier in the Seaton, and they battered us at their place, I think we won 4-3 over both legs, but I know it doesn’t work like that.
3-1 both games
in our win we managed 46% possession 5 shots and 3 on target compared to stokes 12 shots 3 on target
yesterday’s loss we managed 45% possession 5 shots and 2 on target compared to stokes 13 shots 6 on target
Forget the result. Worst away day in years. Stoke as a club need to have a look at themselves. First time I can say a ground i will never visit again , was like going back 30 years. More to follow when sobered up
Couldn’t agree more. People saying there aren’t enough police on the streets should go as an away fan to Stoke.
Managed to find a local pub which was fine, but will not be rushing back. Been to over 80 grounds and the only one thats a worse Matchday experience is in New Cross.
I was not at the game,but clearly it was pretty dire.Just on the police presence subject(one of my pet gripes)next time you visit the Valley,have a count up,and see how many there are doing sod all,even for low grade cup games with 4000 people,there have been in excess of 30 officers.Dread to think how many will be there at the sold out Blackburn game.Still it beats catching thieves and muggers.
Was surprised by number of police - maybe all away support tarnished with same brush also not seen “bars” on a bar before? but better view than QPR. Wyn Grant makes good point from Bowyers comments. That performance was shite - coaches & players need to have a hard look at setup, tactics & doing the basics right. Leaving the ground yesterday I overheard many comments suggesting we won’t be relegated - based on that display I think we’re in denial.
Half of London’s coppers will be present at the valley on the 4th of April, would hate to be picking up the tab on that bill (which we are directly and indirectly).
I guess we battered them at our place earlier in the Seaton, and they battered us at their place, I think we won 4-3 over both legs, but I know it doesn’t work like that.
3-1 both games
in our win we managed 46% possession 5 shots and 3 on target compared to stokes 12 shots 3 on target
yesterday’s loss we managed 45% possession 5 shots and 2 on target compared to stokes 13 shots 6 on target
Cheers ooey, I’d convinced myself we’d battered them 3-0, and I was at the game!
I guess we battered them at our place earlier in the Seaton, and they battered us at their place, I think we won 4-3 over both legs, but I know it doesn’t work like that.
3-1 both games
in our win we managed 46% possession 5 shots and 3 on target compared to stokes 12 shots 3 on target
yesterday’s loss we managed 45% possession 5 shots and 2 on target compared to stokes 13 shots 6 on target
Wonder how many games this season we have had more than 50%. It seems to be our game plan to hand over possession and wait for the counter. Shame it isn't working!
Half of London’s coppers will be present at the valley on the 4th of April, would hate to be picking up the tab on that bill (which we are directly and indirectly).
No doubt to ensure the visitors are as inconvenienced as possible like last time. I hope the new owners insist the visiting fans are kept in for 45 minutes to allow us to get home rather than stopping our access to the station. So they can get away easily.
We wont win too many games having just 4 shots at goal with only 2 being on target.
Why not? We were winning a lot of games at the start of the season with one or two shots on target.
If we can sort out the relationship between midfield and defence to protect Dillon’s goal better, then only one or two goals scored per game will be enough
As Oohaah mentions above, we only had 3 shots on target at Stoke home game, and we won that 3-1.
Anyone who thought that was our worst performance of the season obviously didn't go to Boro. It was still very poor though.
I'm extremely worried now as I can't see how we can turn things around with the players we have and every game we lose puts more pressure on the next.
We miss the flair and quality of Conor so much. Playing Davis and Prately together makes us too defensive and we invite pressure.
At the risk of singling players out (the outfield players were all poor) I was disappointed with Green. I can't see him playing in the Premier League any time soon.
A miserable day all round. The police presence was totally unnecessary, people were unfriendly and Stoke itself is a dump.
Unfortunately as I work in Nottingham I can't find an excuse not to go on Tuesday. I fear we will get mullered....
Was surprised by number of police - maybe all away support tarnished with same brush also not seen “bars” on a bar before?
OB in good humour, unlike the ones at Wigan & Barnsley yesterday. Saw one young lad getting put in a OB van prior to the game. Said to one on the way out, nice overtime, he said he wasn’t on OT. Hate to think the cost was yesterday, that someone is picking up.
Difficult to fine some positives but here we go. 1)We could have been bottom 3 after tuesday if results had gone against us. 2) After Forest we have 2 home games which if won will take us to39 points 3)The new players will need to be integrated to find the best combinations obviously sooner rather than later 4)I think we all know how much pride the players and management have in this club,they will be very down after saturday and I am sure will want to come up with a response. 5)Apart from the play off semi final,these players wont have played in front of a sold out Valley before,if that doesnt inspire them to a performence,we are in trouble.
Was surprised by number of police - maybe all away support tarnished with same brush also not seen “bars” on a bar before?
OB in good humour, unlike the ones at Wigan & Barnsley yesterday. Saw one young lad getting put in a OB van prior to the game. Said to one on the way out, nice overtime, he said he wasn’t on OT. Hate to think the cost was yesterday, that someone is picking up.
They were good natured to be fair the ones I came across anyway, I went over to a blue van with loads of them in it asked them if they could put the blues and twos on and give us a lift to the ground.
The only positive I can draw is that we have 33 points which is about 23 more than I thought we’d have at this stage towards the end of the summer transfer window. We still have a fighting chance but the injury blighted period allowed some to take a rose tinted view of how good this squad really is. Reality is setting in big style now. Our home games are vital and I just pray that LB abandons his predisposition to sit deep and actually tries to put teams to the sword. We have home games coming up against teams who are not all that great. We don’t need to show them too much respect. I’d rather go down with a bang than a whimper. Still all to play for.
The only positive I can draw is that we have 33 points which is about 23 more than I thought we’d have at this stage towards the end of the summer transfer window. We still have a fighting chance but the injury blighted period allowed some to take a rose tinted view of how good this squad really is. Reality is setting in big style now. Our home games are vital and I just pray that LB abandons his predisposition to sit deep and actually tries to put teams to the sword. We have home games coming up against teams who are not all that great. We don’t need to show them too much respect. I’d rather go down with a bang than a whimper. Still all to play for.
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Middlesborough. Away to Brentford. A stronger team than Stoke you would think.
Boro had 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. Until we can match stats like these we will continue to struggle.
Taylor, Williams, Cullen, Lockyer and Phillips receive their lowest average scores on the players marks.
A Derby County at the valley performance.
No positives.
A collectively inept performance.
We move on and banished Stoke city v Cafc February 20/20 to room 101.
in our win we managed 46% possession 5 shots and 3 on target compared to stokes 12 shots 3 on target
yesterday’s loss we managed 45% possession 5 shots and 2 on target compared to stokes 13 shots 6 on target
Managed to find a local pub which was fine, but will not be rushing back. Been to over 80 grounds and the only one thats a worse Matchday experience is in New Cross.
Wyn Grant makes good point from Bowyers comments. That performance was shite - coaches & players need to have a hard look at setup, tactics & doing the basics right. Leaving the ground yesterday I overheard many comments suggesting we won’t be relegated - based on that display I think we’re in denial.
Obviously we want to be safe before then, but if you told me now that game was a winner stays up game, i'd take it.
If we can sort out the relationship between midfield and defence to protect Dillon’s goal better, then only one or two goals scored per game will be enough
As Oohaah mentions above, we only had 3 shots on target at Stoke home game, and we won that 3-1.
- Anyone who thought that was our worst performance of the season obviously didn't go to Boro. It was still very poor though.
- I'm extremely worried now as I can't see how we can turn things around with the players we have and every game we lose puts more pressure on the next.
- We miss the flair and quality of Conor so much. Playing Davis and Prately together makes us too defensive and we invite pressure.
- At the risk of singling players out (the outfield players were all poor) I was disappointed with Green. I can't see him playing in the Premier League any time soon.
- A miserable day all round. The police presence was totally unnecessary, people were unfriendly and Stoke itself is a dump.
Unfortunately as I work in Nottingham I can't find an excuse not to go on Tuesday. I fear we will get mullered....... I still love this club though... COYA!
1)We could have been bottom 3 after tuesday if results had gone against us.
2) After Forest we have 2 home games which if won will take us to39 points
3)The new players will need to be integrated to find the best combinations obviously sooner rather than later
4)I think we all know how much pride the players and management have in this club,they will be very down after saturday and I am sure will want to come up with a response.
5)Apart from the play off semi final,these players wont have played in front of a sold out Valley before,if that doesnt inspire them to a performence,we are in trouble.