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Post by knowingeye on Apr 8, 2008 9:38:14 GMT
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sheffieldstokie82
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Post by sheffieldstokie82 on Apr 8, 2008 9:42:56 GMT
Anyone know how long he is out for?
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Post by Beloved Monkfish on Apr 8, 2008 9:49:52 GMT
Pulis said he had no injury worries for Saturday in the post-match interview, unless he forgot about Larwnce. Think he'll be fit for the weekend
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Post by knowingeye on Apr 8, 2008 9:51:03 GMT
Fingers crossed then.
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Post by anarchicalan on Apr 8, 2008 9:52:32 GMT
Who will he drop though?
Cresswell for me, although I'd feel desperately sorry for a player who gives 100% every game and has played out of position at the manager's (I use the term loosely) behest for most of the season.
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sheffieldstokie82
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Post by sheffieldstokie82 on Apr 8, 2008 9:58:08 GMT
If cresswell starts on saturday i think we all know we're doomed! Dickinson, Fuller and Lawrence restored to the starting 11 and i'll feel much happier........can't see it happening though!
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Post by knowles on Apr 8, 2008 10:02:06 GMT
We did miss him alot. He just makes our pitch so much wider. Cresswell isn't an option on the wing. At last, we have a natural left winger int he side, and immediately, LL goes and does his groin!!
Fingers crossed he returns for Saturday's crucial match
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Post by PulisCameraAction on Apr 8, 2008 10:22:28 GMT
Surely we can't be entertaining the thought that Cresswell might be dropped??!!! ???
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Post by manc_lass14 on Apr 8, 2008 10:23:23 GMT
I actually hoped Cresswell stayed down on the occasions he went down last night..Horrible of me I know!!
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Post by anarchicalan on Apr 8, 2008 10:27:11 GMT
How many left sided players are we going to try before we get one that's worth a place?
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Post by RAF on Apr 8, 2008 10:31:28 GMT
Well Gally was our top goal scorer from there last time around, and no one can say he has been given a fair crack of the whip this time around by Pulis, I'd play him and bring Pearson into the middle with Whelan and play Lawrence on the right with Fuller and Bothroyd up front.
Mama can sit on the bench with Delap to try and change the game with set pieces if we are struggling with 20 mins to go.
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Post by StokieSideAss on Apr 8, 2008 10:33:05 GMT
Id give Bothroyd a try, he looked pretty good when he came on last night and got a few good left footed crosses in the box
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Post by anarchicalan on Apr 8, 2008 10:36:30 GMT
RAF - you know that, I know that, EVERY Stoke fan with a brain cell knows that!
Sadly, we don't pick the team.
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Post by FullerMagic on Apr 8, 2008 10:38:26 GMT
In Lawrence's absence, a front 6 of :
Simo
Wilko-Cort-Shawcross-Griffin/Dicko
Gallagher-Whelan-Pearson-Bothroyd
Fuller-Ameobi
would give us the some serious quality.
We'd have to drop Nash and Riggott to accommodate all those starting loan palyers.
And, let's face, it, it's not one Pulis would remotely consider workable for a split second. Gallagher's got as much chance of starting as Demar Phillips.
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Post by knowingeye on Apr 8, 2008 11:37:53 GMT
Add in a factor for fear of losing and the current mentality in terms of the team management is patently obvious. Typical of a defensive minded tactician. No criticism meant either. Leopard, spots and all that.
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Post by bobafett on Apr 8, 2008 12:37:13 GMT
No way should Delap be dropped . He's been one of our most consistant players since christmas .
Nash
Griffin Riggott Cort Dickinson
Lawrence Delap Whelan Pearson
Fuller Ameobi
subs = Simonson , shawcross, Cresswell, Sidibe, Pugh
ps. Mancstokiefan , wishing injury on one of your own players is a disgrace . you should be ashamed .
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