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Post by trentvale68 on Jan 6, 2016 17:30:36 GMT
Pretty dire effort. Was it as much a cross as a shot?? Could Crouch have got on the end of it?
Looked as if he would have been better with a blast at the near post than aiming for such a small bit of the goal.
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Post by oslostokie1 on Jan 6, 2016 17:32:37 GMT
Tight angle and on his left foot, I never thought for a millisecond it would be going in
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 17:33:01 GMT
Sorry to keep going on about this, but a class striker would have buried that chance. I won't leave it alone till we get one!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 17:34:04 GMT
Sorry to keep going on about this, but a class striker would have buried that chance. I won't leave it alone till we get one! It was a sorry effort to be fair. |
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Post by jimmygscfc on Jan 6, 2016 17:37:09 GMT
Sorry to keep going on about this, but a class striker would have buried that chance. I won't leave it alone till we get one! As stated, it was on his wrong foot and if it had've gone in then it would have been a brilliant strike. The angle was wide but it would have helped to at least get it on target I guess. I don't think we should be blaming Jon Walters for last night. |
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Post by trentvale68 on Jan 6, 2016 17:43:40 GMT
Sorry to keep going on about this, but a class striker would have buried that chance. I won't leave it alone till we get one! As stated, it was on his wrong foot and if it had've gone in then it would have been a brilliant strike. The angle was wide but it would have helped to at least get it on target I guess. I don't think we should be blaming Jon Walters for last night. Oh totally agree mate. I wasn't at all blaming him; at least he did something!
I was more curious as to whether he had half an eye on crouch possibly coming in and was caught in two minds.
Really would have been betting trying the near post. If its hit hard enough it usually beats the keeper.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Jan 6, 2016 17:47:08 GMT
Sorry to keep going on about this, but a class striker would have buried that chance. I won't leave it alone till we get one! As stated, it was on his wrong foot and if it had've gone in then it would have been a brilliant strike. The angle was wide but it would have helped to at least get it on target I guess. I don't think we should be blaming Jon Walters for last night. Excuses, excuses. It was a pathetic, embarrassing effort. No one expected him to score because he simply isn't good enough. Wrong foot? What a lame excuse for a professional footballer. At the very least he should have hit the target with power. |
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Post by heworksardtho on Jan 6, 2016 17:47:12 GMT
A bit like bojan complete miss kick off that corner shit happens
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Post by PotteringThrough on Jan 6, 2016 17:50:30 GMT
Snatched at it. Not an easy chance although it was the best one we created - going away from goal, weaker foot, had to take it first time and never quite set himself right. Maybe a top striker would've buried it, maybe a shit striker who's a yard quicker than Walters would as well but at least he got in the position to miss it.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Jan 6, 2016 17:51:01 GMT
A bit like bojan complete miss kick off that corner shit happens Indeed. That was equally embarrassing. A pretty pathetic effort from a player who, in the night, didn't do a thing right. The main difference being I was more disappointed with bojans effort because you expect better from him. As Walters went through, I didn't even get out of my seat. I didn't for one minute expect him to score. |
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Post by wokinghampotter on Jan 6, 2016 17:53:42 GMT
Pretty dire effort. Was it as much a cross as a shot?? Could Crouch have got on the end of it?
Looked as if he would have been better with a blast at the near post than aiming for such a small bit of the goal.
Could prove very costly There was no conviction in his effort. Do not have a clue whether it was a cross or shot. He only knows. |
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Post by march4 on Jan 6, 2016 17:59:29 GMT
SJW's scuffed shot at the end summed up the whole evening.
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Post by lordb on Jan 6, 2016 18:03:09 GMT
Terrible shot but he could have hit it sweet and not scored given the angle.
It had to go right in the corner.
Mignolet had his angles spot on.
Bojans chance was easier in that he had more of the goal to aim at.
Arnies header was a bit unlucky
However bottom line is it was a garbage performance,worst at home this season for me.
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Jan 6, 2016 18:07:49 GMT
There were 4 terrible misses last night .The bojan one, the walters one, the arnie one and the shawcross header.
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Post by salopstick on Jan 6, 2016 18:10:17 GMT
Sorry to keep going on about this, but a class striker would have buried that chance. I won't leave it alone till we get one! A class keeper would have saved it Just unlucky. Half an hour earlier it's going in. Last minute pressure |
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Post by trentvale68 on Jan 6, 2016 18:11:25 GMT
Hey lordb, I like your avatar; great band, Id start a thread on KJ but I doubt enough like them?!!!
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Post by trentvale68 on Jan 6, 2016 18:14:15 GMT
Really he should have pulled it across for Crouch - would have saved himself any stick at all!
I still rate Jon; he busts a gut and although not prolific, if you take his goals and the associated points away we wouldnt even be still in the PL
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Post by superheroantonius on Jan 6, 2016 18:22:20 GMT
Was a poor miss and to be fair I have seen him do better.
But as a general point why do none of our strikers want to run right up to the keeper and slot it under him Ian wright fat Ronaldo style??
It's difficult to save a shot from inches away
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Post by Pugsley on Jan 6, 2016 18:27:04 GMT
It was a tight angle because that's what he made it. He could of shot earlier or move the ball onto his right foot.
A very poor effort keeping with the performance from the team all round.
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Post by thanksjon on Jan 6, 2016 18:29:35 GMT
A bad miss but his presence made us much more competitive in the second half
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Post by Kjones9 on Jan 6, 2016 18:31:25 GMT
If it was Diouf or Joselu...
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Post by trentvale68 on Jan 6, 2016 18:33:06 GMT
They don't have that guile; its a composure thing more than a skill thing. A second too late or early and it doesn't work. We don't have that type of finisher at the club.
Cant remember the last time a stoke player rounded a keeper and scored - probably nearly as far back as we last scored from a corner LOL
Surely we should be looking at a proven championship scorer and seeing if they can step up; its a gamble admittedly. The championship is similar and physical enough in comparison. The foreign leagues that overseas players come from are not always as strong bar the top teams.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 18:35:28 GMT
Was he? He didn't play that badly did he? =)
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Post by elystokie on Jan 6, 2016 18:40:18 GMT
SJW's scuffed shot at the end summed up the whole evening. It also summed up Walters for me. I'm with DaveJohnno, never expected him to even hit the target if I'm honest. |
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Post by wuzza on Jan 6, 2016 18:55:26 GMT
Tell you what he's a lucky blighter that Jon Walters - scored more goals than anyone else for us despite being such a low quality striker ! .....and bugger me if he doesn't go and get lucky for Ireland too!!
(he missed a chance for goodness sake - he was so far down the list of crap performances last night it's barely worth a mention let alone a thread)
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Post by oslostokie1 on Jan 6, 2016 18:56:43 GMT
Pretty dire effort. Was it as much a cross as a shot?? Could Crouch have got on the end of it?
Looked as if he would have been better with a blast at the near post than aiming for such a small bit of the goal.
Could prove very costly There was no conviction in his effort. Do not have a clue whether it was a cross or shot. He only knows. It was a shot a bit closer in but at a similar angle to the one Ric scored against Villa on the opposite side. He should have tested the goalkeeper at least |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 18:57:45 GMT
Trentvale. Spot on mate. Composure, guile. Could not have put it better myself.
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Post by metalhead on Jan 6, 2016 19:05:39 GMT
Maybe a tad rusty? Isn't playing regularly.
I must admit the way the night went, deep down, I felt it wasn't going in.
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Post by stokesaint1 on Jan 6, 2016 19:06:37 GMT
As stated, it was on his wrong foot and if it had've gone in then it would have been a brilliant strike. The angle was wide but it would have helped to at least get it on target I guess. I don't think we should be blaming Jon Walters for last night. Excuses, excuses. It was a pathetic, embarrassing effort. No one expected him to score because he simply isn't good enough. Wrong foot? What a lame excuse for a professional footballer. At the very least he should have hit the target with power. Spot on. Along with the equally pathetic efforts from Bojan and the two headers from Arnie and Ryan. Apart from the Johnson effort and the deflected Joselu shot, we gave their keeper very little to worry about. Think the stats said something like 15 shots, 4 on target. I only remember 2. Cow's arse and banjo springs to mind. |
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Post by stokebloke on Jan 6, 2016 19:09:16 GMT
Arnies miss was dire
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