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Post by Soro's Sorrows on Dec 2, 2020 22:09:07 GMT
That substitution won us the game. BM Yeah, but it would have been more convincing if we had taken vokes off too. It would have been even more convincing if we had taken the keeper and 2 defenders off and replaced them with forwards, after all a sound 15-16 away victory gives you more points.
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Post by Billy the kid on Dec 2, 2020 22:09:54 GMT
Awful referee. But well done Stoke. I thought the ref was ok. What was it that you didn't like about him? I liked the fact that he was prepared to book players for diving (even if he may have got the MaClean one wrong). He was not swayed by the crowd and he also tried to keep the play moving as much as possible. Both sides whinged at him for not giving them soft decisions but he was consistent in my opinion. I thought the bookings were generally warranted. One of the better refs this season in my opinion. Cousins could have walked we didn’t get shafted by the ref tonight
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Post by Rt Hon Reverend Luvpump on Dec 2, 2020 22:11:20 GMT
What a full on twat Ainsworth is ............thinks he’s a fuckin model...... Just a shit Robbie savage mate nothing more. Maybe a gipsy 😳
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Post by prestwichpotter on Dec 2, 2020 22:13:04 GMT
I watched on Sky tonight. I can't even begin to describe how much worse the Sky Sports commentary robot is than Nige. Boring, inane nonsense for 90 minutes. Nigel Johnson's "banging away, banging, banging, banging, banging away" 94th meltdown was the highlight of the game.......
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Post by kerouac on Dec 2, 2020 22:16:17 GMT
I watched on Sky tonight. I can't even begin to describe how much worse the Sky Sports commentary robot is than Nige. Boring, inane nonsense for 90 minutes. He sounded like David Gower....but without the talent or ability to commentate.
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Dec 2, 2020 22:16:40 GMT
I watched on Sky tonight. I can't even begin to describe how much worse the Sky Sports commentary robot is than Nige. Boring, inane nonsense for 90 minutes. I watched the Reading game I think it was with their commentary on. Bland as fuck,' a lot of other teams commentators are. Nige may have got virtually every players name wrong tonight at least twice but at least he's got character. And theres no doubt about that!
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Post by innocentbystander on Dec 2, 2020 22:17:17 GMT
I watched on Sky tonight. I can't even begin to describe how much worse the Sky Sports commentary robot is than Nige. Boring, inane nonsense for 90 minutes. Nigel Johnson's "banging away, banging, banging, banging, banging away" 94th meltdown was the highlight of the game....... That baffled me...wtf was going on?
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Post by Billy the kid on Dec 2, 2020 22:20:28 GMT
I watched on Sky tonight. I can't even begin to describe how much worse the Sky Sports commentary robot is than Nige. Boring, inane nonsense for 90 minutes. I watched the Reading game I think it was with their commentary on. Bland as fuck,' a lot of other teams commentators are. Nige may have got virtually every players name wrong tonight at least twice but at least he's got character. And theres no doubt about that! There’s no two ways about that.
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Post by nonameface on Dec 2, 2020 22:22:09 GMT
Yeah, but it would have been more convincing if we had taken vokes off too. It would have been even more convincing if we had taken the keeper and 2 defenders off and replaced them with forwards, after all a sound 15-16 away victory gives you more points. Exactly
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Post by robwahlmann on Dec 2, 2020 22:30:49 GMT
A hard fought win, but we got the 3 points!
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Post by thebasfordhedgehog on Dec 2, 2020 22:36:29 GMT
Not a classic, but a well earned 3 points.
Only 3 points behind Norwich now.
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Post by ethers26 on Dec 2, 2020 22:42:18 GMT
I watched on Sky tonight. I can't even begin to describe how much worse the Sky Sports commentary robot is than Nige. Boring, inane nonsense for 90 minutes. I watched the Reading game I think it was with their commentary on. Bland as fuck,' a lot of other teams commentators are. Nige may have got virtually every players name wrong tonight at least twice but at least he's got character. And theres no doubt about that! I'd prefer to listen to Nige for 90 than Blakeman personally
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Post by Bagwash on Dec 2, 2020 22:46:16 GMT
What a full on twat Ainsworth is ............thinks he’s a fuckin model...... And yet,after seeing his team lose at home shook every one of our players hands at the end. Despite his Vale connections I have a lot of respect for Ainsworth.
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Post by FranktheRabbit on Dec 2, 2020 23:53:16 GMT
Is Nige on the piss take tonight? Said ‘Banging’ about 8 times then! And again 9..’banged it away! ‘ He started to say "Handbags" but he caught himself mid-way through, no doubt remembering what happened to Steve Thompson the other week, and changed it to "Hands Banging". The overcorrection of repeating it again and again just highlighted it more and made him sound a bit daft! Ah! I completely missed the first part. Makes sense now.
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Post by PotterLog on Dec 3, 2020 0:49:42 GMT
No really fat cunt is exactly what I was looking for, why bring up a guardian piece that focuses mostly on rasism??? He is a tubby lad, look at him at the side of most professional footballers, he is twice the size. He’s not “tubby” ffs
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Post by leegthestokie90 on Dec 3, 2020 1:40:11 GMT
After 60 mins resigned for a loss or a draw but fair play james Mcclean changed the game and just wat we needed come on and set up the goal Collins was quality once again worried we will lose him if we dont go up hes that good and we did miss Mikel tonite but got say cousins had a good game fair play massive game sat now
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Post by zerps on Dec 3, 2020 6:08:15 GMT
Centre forward and centre mid non existent today I’m sure vokes used to be a decent forward but his legs have completely gone Clucas is a fanny. Powell goes missing. They both score occasionally. Decent win but we should be much better than this. Wasn’t clucas our top scorer last season? That just shows how wank last season was
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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 3, 2020 7:25:07 GMT
Who was the fat cunt they brought on? Tub of lard makes me look like a double for the grattan catelogue. But fuck me we made hard work of that, volkes very much looks like 345/21 in the IKEA catelogue (isle 7 in the Manchester branch Ade Akinfenwa been around most of this century. Bit of a legend in lower leagues with around a dozen clubs. Pretty good scoring record too in over 720 games.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Dec 3, 2020 7:36:38 GMT
Good result in the end. We seem to be getting the results we should against the lower sides so far this season which makes a pleasant change. Often slip up against them.
Only teams we've lost against are all above us too. Which probably indicates we'll finish roughly where we are, but that's ok. Progress.
Good to get back in touch with the top group too.
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Post by walrus on Dec 3, 2020 9:52:33 GMT
Wasn’t clucas our top scorer last season? That just shows how wank last season was Bit harsh on Clucas. Eleven goals from central midfield is an excellent return, especially as he had a period out injured.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2020 10:52:23 GMT
Good result in the end. We seem to be getting the results we should against the lower sides so far this season which makes a pleasant change. Often slip up against them. Only teams we've lost against are all above us too. Which probably indicates we'll finish roughly where we are, but that's ok. Progress. Good to get back in touch with the top group too. Yep. This season should be viewed as the start of the rebuilding job several years later than it should’ve begun. The calamitous dealings in the year before we got relegated / post-relegation have likely set us back longer than the 2/3 years that those fuckups were being made, but it’s completely obvious now that MON has arrested the decline and then reversed it. My advice to everyone is to just enjoy this season, which is all about development of the squad (particularly the young talent) with a view to being stronger each season for the next few years and launching a serious assault on promotion. Of course, the nature of the league means we have a playoff shot already (maybe even better) but I won’t sweat it too much if we fall away because I don’t think we’re ready. Just enjoy the ride.
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Post by chayseeoatcake on Dec 3, 2020 12:36:08 GMT
With the 5 subs there’s no reason to keep Vokes and Brown on beyond half-time. What’s brown done wrong? Unlucky with the header off the line but so limited otherwise. Brown and Vokes are bench at best. If Fletcher isn’t playing Powell at centre forward for me.
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Post by a on Dec 3, 2020 14:00:36 GMT
Wasn’t clucas our top scorer last season? That just shows how wank last season was Wasn’t it 11 goals though? That’s good as a midfielder in a wank team
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Post by meirparkpotter on Dec 3, 2020 15:48:28 GMT
I watched on Sky tonight. I can't even begin to describe how much worse the Sky Sports commentary robot is than Nige. Boring, inane nonsense for 90 minutes. Nigel Johnson's "banging away, banging, banging, banging, banging away" 94th meltdown was the highlight of the game....... My highlight was the caller on Praise & Grumble who didn't watch the match but indicated that 'José Burslik' had an excellent game
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Post by zerps on Dec 3, 2020 16:21:33 GMT
That just shows how wank last season was Wasn’t it 11 goals though? That’s good as a midfielder in a wank team Stick him up front for me, he can’t put a tackle in
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Post by madnellie on Dec 3, 2020 18:55:58 GMT
Nigel Johnson's "banging away, banging, banging, banging, banging away" 94th meltdown was the highlight of the game....... That baffled me...wtf was going on? It sounded like he went to say "handbags" and then changed it halfway through. I believe there was another commentator who got in trouble for saying "handbags" a couple of weeks ago for some reason.
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Post by somersetstokie on Dec 3, 2020 23:57:02 GMT
Nigel Johnson's "banging away, banging, banging, banging, banging away" 94th meltdown was the highlight of the game....... My highlight was the caller on Praise & Grumble who didn't watch the match but indicated that ' José Burslik' had an excellent game Someone has probably got confused by reading too much Arnold Bennett.
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Post by Malcolm Clarke on Dec 4, 2020 12:38:42 GMT
I was even more delighted with the win than usual for a very personal reason. In the morning it was the funeral of my good friend and fellow Stokie John with whom I travelled from Sale to all home games for years until he had to give up his season ticket last year because of failing health. A group of us always had a pre-match lunch and and a good post-match natter in Delilah's. I gave a tribute at the service, at the end of which I addressed his family with the words " RIP John. To...(all the family and friends) in the words of the Stoke City song " We'll be with you" at this difficult time. Up the Potters". Just before the service his son (another Stokie) said to me that he hoped the team would get 3 points tonight for his dad. So I took a spur of the moment decision to add that call on the team at the end. In the afternoon I was a bit worried about whether I should have said that. I knew that even those who are not football or Stoke fans would be looking out for the result because of what I had said. If we won - fine, but if we lost, or even drew, it might have seemed a symbolic bad end to an awful day for them. But our team did it for John - thanks guys !
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Post by a on Dec 4, 2020 13:17:41 GMT
Wasn’t it 11 goals though? That’s good as a midfielder in a wank team Stick him up front for me, he can’t put a tackle in I don’t disagree about tackling ability, he isn’t the strongest. Decent goal scorer tho 😂
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