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Post by upthefud on Oct 31, 2011 22:27:18 GMT
On this board.
We lost at home to an in-form Newcastle, we had a bad day at the office, every team has them. I think some of you need a reality check
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Post by cheekymonkey on Oct 31, 2011 22:28:22 GMT
Reality is we're not good enough to challenge for the top 6, as was mooted earlier in the season. We'll be fine, we won't go down, but with this team we can't expect miracles.
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Post by Paddypotter on Oct 31, 2011 22:30:09 GMT
Or football apparently
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2011 22:31:02 GMT
On this board. We lost at home to an in-form Newcastle, we had a bad day at the office, every team has them. I think some of you need a reality check Look at our scoring record. How much money have we spent? We should be so much better. |
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Post by stokemark on Oct 31, 2011 22:31:33 GMT
Third defeat on the trot, two at home - Too many bad days for my liking
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Post by Peters Pipe on Oct 31, 2011 22:32:01 GMT
;D Seemed that way on tonight's showing! Did some joker dare all the players to wear their boots on the wrong feet tonight or what?! ;D |
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Post by padders01 on Oct 31, 2011 22:33:26 GMT
1 shot on target against Liverpool
2 against Arsenal
Fulham first half awful
1 on target tonight
Dreadfully out of form
I've said it already on here tonight
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT
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Post by maxdecarlo on Oct 31, 2011 22:34:53 GMT
What is worrying is that Newcastle. Are toss with our form and lack of goals we will soon be in a delegation fight that is the worry with amt spent we shd be creating and scoring much more
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Oct 31, 2011 22:35:00 GMT
Bad day at the office? Which one? At Sunderland, Swansea, Liverpool(CC) or tonight? On this form, a stack of bad days at the office to come!
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Post by luke2u on Oct 31, 2011 22:35:30 GMT
Scoring is bad, and lately we've been really poor for several games.
We really need to pick up now, and if we fail in some of our next games against bottom half teams, no matter if it's home or away, we will be in real trouble.
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Post by southmancstoke on Oct 31, 2011 22:35:33 GMT
with the money spent over the last year we are massivly underperforming. we have been absolutly shite against teams in our "peer group". the only times we have played well is when we go out to "spoil" against the better teams.
Norwich away- wank and lucky
west brom away- totally wank and incredibly lucky to get 3 points
fulham at home- abysmal for most of the game
swansea away- beyond wank
sunderland away- total dogshite
liverpool at home- wank and outplayed for most of the game and a lucky win
man you at home- they were wank and we could have won
chelsea at home- lucky to get a draw
overall, we have been dogshite all season for the money spent
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Post by MarkWolstanton on Oct 31, 2011 22:36:10 GMT
On this board. We lost at home to an in-form Newcastle, we had a bad day at the office, every team has them. I think some of you need a reality check Would you be so kind as to let us know how clueless a performance we need to witness before we are allowed to comment or ask questions about what's going on? |
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Post by GrandStokie on Oct 31, 2011 22:39:01 GMT
A bad day at the office, we weren't at the office, in fact we've been at home pulling sickies when we should we earning those fat fooking pay checks!!
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Post by knype on Oct 31, 2011 22:39:35 GMT
On this board. We lost at home to an in-form Newcastle, we had a bad day at the office, every team has them. I think some of you need a reality check Would you be so kind as to let us know how clueless a performance we need to witness before we are allowed to comment or ask questions about what's going on? Mark, we are not allowed to question TP or the performances but must be thankful of where we have come from...You must remember that!  |
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Post by northantsash on Oct 31, 2011 22:41:54 GMT
upthefud its hardly an over reaction mate, we have been seriously outclassed 3 times in 8 days and some people arent worried.
When was the last time we played well or bloody had a go away from home? The problem with this board and stoke fans in general is that you get chastised for any criticism of pulis and his tactics. We all say how much he has done for the club etc and look where we are.
Why doesnt he bloody try to achieve three points away or actually use palacios and huth from the start?
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Post by Clayton Wood on Oct 31, 2011 22:42:42 GMT
On this board. We lost at home to an in-form Newcastle, we had a bad day at the office, every team has them. I think some of you need a reality check If we were creating chaces I might agree. Rory's throws the best we can offer now? Away form forget too. How do we stop these bad days then? |
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Post by silverdollar on Oct 31, 2011 22:46:17 GMT
The fact that we are struggling to score any goals is a very worrying fact for all Stoke fans. The lack of scoring is a major ingredient in any relegation team. Add to that that our defence is now starting to leak goals after a good start becomes even more worrying.
These sequence of poor results is no doubt going to affect the dressing room and team spirit. Huth for one is going to be moaning and once spirit starts to become eroded we could find ourselves dragged into a battle at the bottom. Very scarey!
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Post by Dave the Rave on Oct 31, 2011 22:46:21 GMT
On this board. We lost at home to an in-form Newcastle, we had a bad day at the office, every team has them. I think some of you need a reality check Would you be so kind as to let us know how clueless a performance we need to witness before we are allowed to comment or ask questions about what's going on? Noone has said people can't comment or question. The opening poster simply stated that there has been an over reaction, as there is after every defeat. Some people do need a reality check. We will have bad days, just like any other club. |
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Post by alanhudsonsdad on Oct 31, 2011 22:46:57 GMT
We desperately need a proper midfield general who can crate space and play in the front men and the wingers. Now if only we had such a player....................
Oh hang on - he's not quite fit enough yet???? Bloody Medical staff, cant get it right with Ba and cant get Palacios fit????
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Post by JP on Oct 31, 2011 22:47:28 GMT
After the way we play away from home, i EXPECT a good fucking performance at home...If the losing starts at home we will be fucked.
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Post by pulismaskreplica on Oct 31, 2011 22:52:10 GMT
After the way we play away from home, i EXPECT a good fucking performance at home...If the losing starts at home we will be fucked. This!! |
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Post by paulinespens on Oct 31, 2011 22:56:56 GMT
Would you be so kind as to let us know how clueless a performance we need to witness before we are allowed to comment or ask questions about what's going on? Noone has said people can't comment or question. The opening poster simply stated that there has been an over reaction, as there is after every defeat. Some people do need a reality check. We will have bad days, just like any other club. we only ever seem to have bad days at the office recently.when was the last time you came away from the match and thought "fuckin hell we were brilliant today". bolton at wembley probably for me  |
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Post by melbournepotter on Oct 31, 2011 22:57:59 GMT
One of the worrying aspects for me is that we haven't been able to progress football wise. It's still basically the same style we had when we came up. We sometimes look good playing football, and there have been games where we have some great football, but just when we appear to be getting on a roll, we seem to revert back to safety first long ball style.
Today, Newcastle had done their homework. They stifled the wings by usually having 2 against Pennant and also blocked Etherington. After that, they backed themselves to block out our aerial bombardment which they did pretty well. Shawcross going off early didn't help, neither did Wilson's abject display. They also grafted well.
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Post by bunnyscfc on Oct 31, 2011 23:03:21 GMT
reality check? how about one for the manager who has p*****d away the best back four outside the top four.
Simply shocking how he's made Huth some kind of 4th choice scapegoat. Scandalous man-management.
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Post by Olgrligm on Oct 31, 2011 23:05:56 GMT
Newcastle were bloody lucky tonight, though.
One shot on target from Stoke doesn't tell the whole story. They were on the back foot for the whole evening and we created no end of chances and half chances from balls into the box. They had three attacks and scored three goals - one of which was an absolute joke from a joke of a referee, one of which was down to poor management in not taking Wilson off as soon as he tweaked himself and the other of which was just rank bad defending on our left again. Just as we were building up a bit of momentum, the referee killed the game with that utterly ridiculous penalty in their favour.
I wish we played like that away from home though. There was plenty we could learn. Guthrie swooped across the back line, joining in with his winger and full-back to triple up on our wingers whenever possible. That was good.
Oh, and one last thing. Crouch and Woodgate need to seriously buck their ideas up.
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Oct 31, 2011 23:13:02 GMT
Bad day at the office? Which one? At Sunderland, Swansea, Liverpool(CC) or tonight? On this form, a stack of bad days at the office to come! Bad week at the office then? |
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Post by jonnynico on Oct 31, 2011 23:21:20 GMT
where do you buy those glasses, i could do with a pair, these specsavers are useless.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2011 23:28:41 GMT
On this board. We lost at home to an in-form Newcastle, we had a bad day at the office, every team has them. I think some of you need a reality check This kind of attitude just over-simplifies the issue. I couldn't go tonight and caught the game on a stream...this is what I gleaned... 1) We are completely aimless with our play. Newcastle went forward with purpose. We played the hoof + percentages game. Again. It failed. 2) Our midfield is dross. If Whelan has any more backers on this board, then they should have their accounts suspended immediately. Delap is showing his age. Total rubbish. 3) For the first time I would have to admit that we've started to resemble a rugby team. Hoof it, chase it, play for set plays and territory. That's what we do. Not argument to be had. 4) The recent signings have weakened the side. Crouch is completely useless in this set-up. Woodgate - he's a fanny - for fucks sake. 5) Our set plays are predictable. No movement in the box. Rory's throw ins are a parody of themselves. Teams now have the measure of what we are all about. It's all well and good saying that 71% of our goals come from set-plays. What's 71% of fuck-all again? 6) Tony 'Tinkerman' Pulis needs to decide what his best Premiership XI is, then save fucking around with the back four etc for the Carling Cup (oops), FA Cup, and Europe.... For all our 'progress', money spent, etc, we are behind Swansea, Norwich, and level with QPR.....we are no further forward now than we were a couple of seasons ago - in fact in some respects we have gone backwards. And before anyone accuses me of being a wrist-slasher...we might well beat QPR & Blackburn in the next two home games (subject to us getting a free kick, or a penalty, here and there)...but the issues we have go deeper. The wins we are picking up are all smash and grab, ram-raid efforts. The(few) goals we score are all brawn and no brain. 4 seasons in, and I expected a little more. Fair play to Newcastle tonight. Oh and that Demba Ba looks a handy lad, he made us look pricks even with one knee. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2011 23:39:27 GMT
1 shot on target against Liverpool 2 against Arsenal Fulham first half awful 1 on target tonight Dreadfully out of form I've said it already on here tonight WE NEED TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT According to the Beeb it was 4 on target for us and 2 for them from which they scored both (pens dont count in the stats) news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15425921.stmSooner Higgy is back and Huth is reinstated the better |
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Post by padders01 on Oct 31, 2011 23:40:47 GMT
Really? 4 on target, can't remember them!!
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