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Post by Lakeland Potter on Nov 5, 2016 20:18:02 GMT
..... but we've also scored in all 6 games!
I can't imagine that has happened too often since promotion to the Prem. Can anyone dig out any stats to support me?
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Post by Linx on Nov 5, 2016 20:26:03 GMT
There's only Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool with as good a form as us in the last six games, and they are all top four. Good result today, and we could have nicked it at the end.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 20:26:56 GMT
Hughes Out!!
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Post by FullerMagic on Nov 5, 2016 20:31:42 GMT
www.statto.com/football/teams/stoke-city/2012-2013/resultsThere is normally a 'bonus game' at Chelsea or Man City that pops up and puts pay to any run of this length no matter how well you're playing! We seem to have had quite a few runs of one loss in 7 or 8 - but amazingly there was a run of 10 undefeated (5 wins, 5 draws) in TP's last season (before it all went horribly wrong) - between defeats at Norwich on Nov 3rd and Man City on New Years Day.
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Post by GoBoks on Nov 5, 2016 20:34:06 GMT
After all he didn't put Verlinden on the bench ... oh wait ... well he didn't put Ngoy on the bench .. Hughes Out!  |
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Post by alster on Nov 5, 2016 20:39:57 GMT
After all he didn't put Verlinden on the bench ... oh wait ... well he didn't put Ngoy on the bench .. Hughes Out! Well done Mark Hughes, just proves getting a couple of youngsters involved doesn't lead to a meltdown, please continue. Hughes in. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 21:10:40 GMT
Bruce in! Oh, hang on.... |
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Post by alster on Nov 5, 2016 21:19:16 GMT
Bruce in! Oh, hang on.... Never wanted Bruce personally but its got to be said he's made a very good start at the Villa, always remember the Ron Saunders side from when I was a youngster and then that other bloke took over his team and won the European cup (Tony Barton or something like that) be happy for Villa to come back up fairly local for away fans and a proper top flight club. |
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Post by Kjones9 on Nov 5, 2016 21:22:35 GMT
Bruce in! Oh, hang on.... Keane in!! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 21:40:47 GMT
Bruce in! Oh, hang on.... Never wanted Bruce personally but its got to be said he's made a very good start at the Villa, always remember the Ron Saunders side from when I was a youngster and then that other bloke took over his team and won the European cup (Tony Barton or something like that) be happy for Villa to come back up fairly local for away fans and a proper top flight club. Which implies you wanted Hughes out ..... |
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Post by alster on Nov 5, 2016 21:45:49 GMT
Never wanted Bruce personally but its got to be said he's made a very good start at the Villa, always remember the Ron Saunders side from when I was a youngster and then that other bloke took over his team and won the European cup (Tony Barton or something like that) be happy for Villa to come back up fairly local for away fans and a proper top flight club. Which implies you wanted Hughes out ..... What I actually posted was that I'd be looking to replace him at the end of the season with a more forward looking manager, my recommendation was Lucien Favre not Steve Bruce. Hopefully Hughes goes on to prove me wrong and renews our squad with younger players replacing the old heads which will make me happy. Edit: I've never advocated changing manager mid season except in an absolute crisis, not even Pulis who I couldn't stand. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 21:47:45 GMT
Which implies you wanted Hughes out ..... What I actually posted was that I'd be looking to replace him at the end of the season with a more forward looking manager, my recommendation was Lucien Favre not Steve Bruce. Hopefully Hughes goes on to prove me wrong and renews our squad with younger players replacing the old heads which will make me happy. You want a more "forward looking manager"? Good grief. |
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Post by alster on Nov 5, 2016 21:50:26 GMT
What I actually posted was that I'd be looking to replace him at the end of the season with a more forward looking manager, my recommendation was Lucien Favre not Steve Bruce. Hopefully Hughes goes on to prove me wrong and renews our squad with younger players replacing the old heads which will make me happy. You want a more "forward looking manager"? Good grief. Forward as in looking to the future not forward as in more attacking. Hopefully Hughes can be that man. |
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Post by swampySCFC on Nov 5, 2016 21:52:22 GMT
We had a shit set of fixtures at the start but after that we have maximised our returns from the easier set
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 21:52:22 GMT
You want a more "forward looking manager"? Good grief. Forward as in looking to the future not forward as in more attacking. Hopefully Hughes can be that man. I did realise that when you posted the word "forward" you were not thinking backwards. Or was I? |
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Post by alster on Nov 5, 2016 22:01:57 GMT
Forward as in looking to the future not forward as in more attacking. Hopefully Hughes can be that man. I did realise that when you posted the word "forward" you were not thinking backwards. Or was I? Well I don't think it was obvious he was about to start integrating these players, I'm still not taking anything for granted that he will continue to do so but he's surprised me the last couple of games, having the balls to give Sobhi a go against Swansea when I think everybody expected Walters made me question whether I'd jumped the gun. |
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Post by march4 on Nov 5, 2016 22:08:39 GMT
We had a shit set of fixtures at the start but after that we have maximised our returns from the easier set The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. |
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Post by chesterfieldstokie on Nov 5, 2016 22:11:26 GMT
We had a shit set of fixtures at the start but after that we have maximised our returns from the easier set The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. You always have to have a dig at a player!! why dont you just for once look at the positives?? |
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Post by Davef on Nov 5, 2016 22:11:45 GMT
We had a shit set of fixtures at the start but after that we have maximised our returns from the easier set The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. Imbula will be back. |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Nov 5, 2016 22:15:54 GMT
www.statto.com/football/teams/stoke-city/2012-2013/resultsThere is normally a 'bonus game' at Chelsea or Man City that pops up and puts pay to any run of this length no matter how well you're playing! We seem to have had quite a few runs of one loss in 7 or 8 - but amazingly there was a run of 10 undefeated (5 wins, 5 draws) in TP's last season (before it all went horribly wrong) - between defeats at Norwich on Nov 3rd and Man City on New Years Day. I'd still be interested to know when or if (in the Premier League) we have scored in 6 games on the trot. To be fair it may be one of those stats which are not actually recorded on any sort of regular basis and would require a lot of footwork to check. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 22:26:51 GMT
The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. Imbula will be back. When he is, I think he will be a different and more complete player. And a beast. In gloves. |
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Post by Gods on Nov 5, 2016 22:35:54 GMT
www.statto.com/football/teams/stoke-city/2012-2013/resultsThere is normally a 'bonus game' at Chelsea or Man City that pops up and puts pay to any run of this length no matter how well you're playing! We seem to have had quite a few runs of one loss in 7 or 8 - but amazingly there was a run of 10 undefeated (5 wins, 5 draws) in TP's last season (before it all went horribly wrong) - between defeats at Norwich on Nov 3rd and Man City on New Years Day. To be fair it may be one of those stats which are not actually recorded on any sort of regular basis and would require a lot of footwork to check. Of course we have, no need to check! |
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Post by harryburrows on Nov 6, 2016 1:34:36 GMT
We had a shit set of fixtures at the start but after that we have maximised our returns from the easier set The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. Using 2 defensive midfielders and Ryan's return to fitness was the main reason IMO mate . Imbula will have to be brought back from the naughty step at some point |
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Post by kustokie on Nov 6, 2016 1:38:03 GMT
We had a shit set of fixtures at the start but after that we have maximised our returns from the easier set Admittedly, the fixtures list was tough at the beginning of the season. But we didn't help ourselves by playing very poorly. |
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Post by kustokie on Nov 6, 2016 1:42:29 GMT
The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. Using 2 defensive midfielders and Ryan's return to fitness was the main reason IMO mate . Imbula will have to be brought back from the naughty step at some point True. The have been several reasons for our improvement in form, including Grant who has been a pleasant surprise. However, the main reason for me has the partnership of Shawcross and Martins Indi, which has really stabilized the middle of the defense. Pieters and Beardsley have been much more solid as well and made very few mistakes. |
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Post by Claus_SCFC on Nov 6, 2016 6:27:19 GMT
The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. Imbula will be back. He will eventualy, but March's right; one of the keys to our current results is the changing of personel in midfield. |
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Post by Naughtyfarty on Nov 6, 2016 9:55:43 GMT
2009-10 and 2010-11 we scored in 6 consecutive matches, and last season we scored in 7, I think
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Post by kurt on Nov 6, 2016 10:04:27 GMT
If we had´nt our usual sloopy start, we would probably be in the heights of Everton or Spurs this season
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Post by burystokie on Nov 6, 2016 10:20:59 GMT
2009-10 and 2010-11 we scored in 6 consecutive matches, and last season we scored in 7, I think It's actually 8 last season surprisingly, though they weren't all good results: February 13 Bournemouth 1 Stoke 3 February 27 Stoke 2 Aston Villa 1 March 2 Stoke 1 Newcastle 0 March 5 Chelsea 1 Stoke 1 March 12 Stoke 1 Southampton 2 March 19 Watford 1 Stoke 2 April 2 Stoke 2 Swansea 2 April 10 Liverpool 4 Stoke 1 Then we lost the next two games 4-0! Edit: Though this is the longest run we've had in the Premier League of both scoring in every game and also remaining unbeaten |
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Post by peterthornesboots on Nov 6, 2016 10:58:35 GMT
We had a shit set of fixtures at the start but after that we have maximised our returns from the easier set The performances look better than they have for 6 months. Hughes is to be applauded for getting rid of Imbula from the starting 11 which I believe to be one of the key reasons for our revival. We're much more solid in midfield without Imbula in the team. Allen has excelled in the more advanced role and Cameron (prior to injury) fitted in well. I'm not quite sure how or when Imbula will force his was back into the team. |
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