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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 6:13:00 GMT
Teriffic night out. Absolutely no complaints. Could have been 5-0. 9* Bringing on Crouchy and Fletch at 89 minutes was pointless though. I disagree that the subs were pointless. it just broke up any rhythm Bolton were trying to get and frustrate them...subs at that time when you are desperate can really hit you. Fletcher to just shore up the midfield and Crouch to just win a couple more of those balls played up the pitch. I wouldn have agreed with them if we were after a winner or equaliser but a good enough call last night.
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Post by pavel on Oct 3, 2018 8:01:04 GMT
7 - good team selection, clean sheet, lets build on it now
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Post by werrington on Oct 3, 2018 8:06:33 GMT
Solid team selection, great to see ince bojan & woods playing off each other. Subs were positive ( Bera n Fobe were kernackered) Bindi n Williams worked harder at their roles. No hoofball. No 2nd half gifts. Clean sheet. Only negatives, took a while for 2nd goal and Bolton were shite, so can’t measure ourselves against them. Onwards! They’ve beaten West Brom away and Derby at home Why can’t you measure us against them?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 8:11:50 GMT
9. Very positive starting 11 with Saido, Bojan and Afobe in there.
Did everything we needed to. It could've been more, we could have easily conceded too (thought their goal being disallowed as a close call).
Subs were fine, we were in full control of the game.
Onwards and upwards, now follow it with another win please Mr Rowett and the boys.
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Post by Stretfordpotterer on Oct 3, 2018 12:02:49 GMT
9 - Can't see that he got much wrong at all today.
Felt Bolton played into our hands to a certain degree but all you can do is take advantage of the oppositions mistakes and we did that. Don't think Bolton are as poor as some are suggesting, but last night they stuck with what had worked for them v West Brom and Derby etc, and it gave us just what we needed, the oppurtunity to get on the front foot, no restless groans coming from the crowd. Rowett will have been delighted with the amount of time and space our defence had to play the ball.
I quite like Bojan in the deeper role today, they were sat so deep thats where the space was and he was able to get plenty of time on the ball as a result, which is what you want.
Yes, you'd like to see him in dangerous areas but he does tend to drift when he's not getting much of the ball and playing higher last night he may well have been snuffed out.
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Post by Mint Berry Barks on Oct 3, 2018 12:26:58 GMT
9.
It's not long until we hit someone for 5/6 goals.
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Post by RAF on Oct 3, 2018 13:54:00 GMT
8
Best display of the year so far.
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Post by elystokie on Oct 3, 2018 14:10:10 GMT
8*
Good team selection, played some really good stuff.
No need for Fletcher to be anywhere near the match day squad imo and still a few too many balls pumped long for my tastes.
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Post by kronkie on Oct 3, 2018 15:14:43 GMT
I honestly cannot see where all these 10s, 9s , 8s are coming from. Tip tappy across the back, back to Jack, still so slow. Yes we murdered them but only 2 goals to show for it and if their "goal" had counted it would have been squeaky bum time again.
It was a good performance, but only good. I suppose having seen some great performances in my 50+ years of supporting Stoke I have been spoilt at some stage in those years.
So it's a big 7 for me.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Oct 3, 2018 15:19:10 GMT
9, got everything pretty much bang on, glad he didn't panic and bring Shawcross back, Williams is so much better with the ball.
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Post by reddipotter on Oct 3, 2018 15:47:11 GMT
8* A balanced team selection and everyone knew their job. The players look fit enough to play for 90 minutes. An ability to keep the ball finally makes us look like a team playing in 2018, and the occasional long ball stops the opposition pressing us too high up the pitch. Too many of the long balls being poor (Williams) and the possession sometimes being too slow keep the score at 8. We are getting there, I think.
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Post by Miles Offside on Oct 3, 2018 17:30:00 GMT
Still not convinced by the spaces between the back four, but very happy about the attacking line-up and the players were all switched on.
*9
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