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Post by mowlee on Feb 22, 2022 9:16:42 GMT
I don’t have a good feeling about this one. Which might not be a bad thing because I had a good feeling about the Brum game….. I was the same… I was convinced we we’re going too win the brummies.. started too press against Swansea an kept it going for the forest game so I thought.. A up after all this time mons turning it around.. but normal service resumed sat.. so if u think we ain’t going too win we probably will hahahah!
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Post by apb1 on Feb 22, 2022 9:31:02 GMT
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Post by Batfink on Feb 22, 2022 10:27:05 GMT
Hi , Luton fan in peace . I wouldn't worry too much . we often don't perform too well against lower ranked clubs . we save our best performances for the bigger clubs . As we are both over performing at the moment ( good draw against birmingham who thrashed us ) maybe a draw tomorrow . Anyway , good luck for the rest of the season and hope you improve on your 15th position from last season . That’s a great effort; I think a few will bite.
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Post by jokker on Feb 22, 2022 10:32:24 GMT
First ever match thread here in all my years of blessing you with sharp my wit and intelligence So what do we think? Will mad Nath finally extinguish any lingering hopes of a play off spot or will this be the catalyst to a huge winning run that sees us bang in form at just the right time. I also learnt this morning that another bloody storm was due! UTMP - I’m going for a high scoring 3-2 win with a brace for Phil and Jean Even should we lose 0-5 it won't extinguish hopes of a play off spot. THere's just still too many matches left, too many other teams not getting as many pts as they would like, and too many hopefuls should we get a couple of wins at some point. Because that's all that is required for the Stoke faithful to go into overdrive.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Feb 22, 2022 10:45:34 GMT
Hope and prey Wilmott is okay.... Don't want Smith back in!!! 🙏🏼
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 23, 2022 8:59:16 GMT
First ever match thread here in all my years of blessing you with sharp my wit and intelligence So what do we think? Will mad Nath finally extinguish any lingering hopes of a play off spot or will this be the catalyst to a huge winning run that sees us bang in form at just the right time. I also learnt this morning that another bloody storm was due! UTMP - I’m going for a high scoring 3-2 win with a brace for Phil and Jean Even should we lose 0-5 it won't extinguish hopes of a play off spot. THere's just still too many matches left, too many other teams not getting as many pts as they would like, and too many hopefuls should we get a couple of wins at some point. Because that's all that is required for the Stoke faithful to go into overdrive. Even if we won 12-0 the play offs are long long gone I’m afraid
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 23, 2022 9:00:15 GMT
However should we lose tonight I think it leaves a very tricky 2 months for the manager to navigate
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Post by chayseeoatcake on Feb 23, 2022 9:32:31 GMT
A loss tonight and we need to start planning for next season in the Championship and that means a new manager.
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Post by Glory Hunter on Feb 23, 2022 9:38:44 GMT
Hi , Luton fan in peace . I wouldn't worry too much . we often don't perform too well against lower ranked clubs . we save our best performances for the bigger clubs . As we are both over performing at the moment ( good draw against birmingham who thrashed us ) maybe a draw tomorrow . Anyway , good luck for the rest of the season and hope you improve on your 15th position from last season . Hi and thanks for your wisdom. While I know that the beer in your local Sussex area is really crap, I think you have clearly found a strong version and quaffed the lot. Hope you get over the hangover in time to make the match.
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Post by somersetstokie on Feb 23, 2022 9:43:00 GMT
CRUNCH!!
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Post by jokker on Feb 23, 2022 9:56:32 GMT
Even should we lose 0-5 it won't extinguish hopes of a play off spot. THere's just still too many matches left, too many other teams not getting as many pts as they would like, and too many hopefuls should we get a couple of wins at some point. Because that's all that is required for the Stoke faithful to go into overdrive. Even if we won 12-0 the play offs are long long gone I’m afraid You'd say that on day 1...
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Feb 23, 2022 10:12:29 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 23, 2022 10:31:03 GMT
It'll be good have Sawyers back
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Post by Veritas on Feb 23, 2022 10:51:29 GMT
A loss tonight and we need to start planning for next season in the Championship and that means a new manager. Yawn
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Feb 23, 2022 11:20:13 GMT
We need a display he way have
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 23, 2022 11:54:42 GMT
Even if we won 12-0 the play offs are long long gone I’m afraid You'd say that on day 1... Indeed i did 55-60 points max and destiend end for mid table was the August prediction , and ill say it now it’s the best we achieve next year subject to no pints deduction , the nonsense that this management groups and board are going to have a epiphany moment next summer and transform us form 15.14 13 to top Six is just that
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Post by jokker on Feb 23, 2022 12:15:09 GMT
You'd say that on day 1... Indeed i did 55-60 points max and destiend end for mid table was the August prediction , and ill say it now it’s the best we achieve next year subject to no pints deduction , the nonsense that this management groups and board are going to have a epiphany moment next summer and transform us form 15.14 13 to top Six is just that I've never said that I expected scfc to go up this season or that the play off zone was the absolute minimum (plenty of others have though). Quite on the contrary I've empasised that as long as we were seen to be progressing I'd be fine with the end result. I'm just looking at the facts. This is a weird season where any team from 3rd-20th has at one time or another been in with a possible shout for a play off space, and we're obviously one of them, having even been in the top 2 at a couple of times. At the moment 3-5 is not a realistic target, though it's not impossible. Ten days ago when dreams of reaching the top 6 went into overdrive we were 13th and six pts behind 6th. Despite two disappointing draws we are this week...13th and six pts behind 6th! So what has changed? Nothing! Well the tide keeps changing every day and we have two less chances to improve on our position, but we still have 15 left. We could of course just as easily end the season in a worse position - as could WBA, Swansea, and Forest, teams that were at one time seen as promotion guaranteed. They too have fallen, just another sign that this season is unlike most others. But to address my premise. I think we are continuing to improve, regardless of position. We have a lot of promising players in the squad We're just too inconsistent yet to launch an automatic promotion campaign.
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Post by chuckrocky on Feb 23, 2022 12:26:48 GMT
With the players available for selection, tonight will be the strongest side we have fielded this season.
There can be zero excuses for anything other than a victory.
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Post by somersetstokie on Feb 23, 2022 12:34:41 GMT
With the players available for selection, tonight will be the strongest side we have fielded this season. There can be zero excuses for anything other than a victory. Surely there is a question mark over Maja? Already looking to be a key player. But may still be recovering.
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Post by chuckrocky on Feb 23, 2022 12:36:34 GMT
With the players available for selection, tonight will be the strongest side we have fielded this season. There can be zero excuses for anything other than a victory. Surely there is a question mark over Maja? Already looking to be a key player. He trained yesterday so he should be fine you’d think. Even if we end up with Brown of Fletcher up front we should have more than enough to win this.
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Post by pushon on Feb 23, 2022 12:44:13 GMT
Luton are in a superior position to Stoke in the league and also have a better goal difference. Their position in the current form table is 4th we are way lower. I think a point from tonights game would be an excellent achievement.
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Post by chuckrocky on Feb 23, 2022 12:48:57 GMT
Luton are in a superior position to Stoke in the league and also have a better goal difference. Their position in the current form table is 4th we are way lower. I think a point from tonights game would be an excellent achievement. Realistically how many of their players would you swap for ours? Anything other than a win will be extremely disappointing.
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Post by pushon on Feb 23, 2022 12:54:41 GMT
Luton are in a superior position to Stoke in the league and also have a better goal difference. Their position in the current form table is 4th we are way lower. I think a point from tonights game would be an excellent achievement. Realistically how many of their players would you swap for ours? Anything other than a win will be extremely disappointing. It is after all a team game and results suggest that they are better organised for the vagaries of championship football.
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Post by chuckrocky on Feb 23, 2022 13:02:30 GMT
Realistically how many of their players would you swap for ours? Anything other than a win will be extremely disappointing. It is after all a team game and results suggest that they are better organised for the vagaries of championship football. Agreed with that, however our squad availability is now stronger than it has been at any point this season. I’d expect we’d be fairing a lot better if we’d had Baker, JPB, Maja and Powell available for the majority of games this season.
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Post by Northy on Feb 23, 2022 13:35:48 GMT
Bit annoyed that I am working 10 miles from Luton this week.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 14:53:54 GMT
Luton are in a superior position to Stoke in the league and also have a better goal difference. Their position in the current form table is 4th we are way lower. I think a point from tonights game would be an excellent achievement. Realistically how many of their players would you swap for ours? Anything other than a win will be extremely disappointing. Honestly, I can only name one of their players (Harry? Cornell the winger) and that’s only because every time we’ve played them, I’ve thought to myself “he’s like a version of grealish that got left in the oven for far too long”. And yes I am proud of my ignorance. Edit: it’s cornick not cornell…
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Post by brotherleelove on Feb 23, 2022 15:00:09 GMT
Realistically how many of their players would you swap for ours? Anything other than a win will be extremely disappointing. Honestly, I can only name one of their players (Harry? Cornell the winger) and that’s only because every time we’ve played them, I’ve thought to myself “he’s like a version of grealish that got left in the oven for far too long”. And yes I am proud of my ignorance. Edit: it’s cornick not cornell… An excellent achievement at home for Stoke would have to be 3 points would it not ?
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Post by jokker on Feb 23, 2022 15:02:36 GMT
Luton are in a superior position to Stoke in the league and also have a better goal difference. Their position in the current form table is 4th we are way lower. I think a point from tonights game would be an excellent achievement. They're four pts ahead, after tonight, one. That's not superiority. it's ever so slightly better.
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Post by jokker on Feb 23, 2022 15:05:31 GMT
Honestly, I can only name one of their players (Harry? Cornell the winger) and that’s only because every time we’ve played them, I’ve thought to myself “he’s like a version of grealish that got left in the oven for far too long”. And yes I am proud of my ignorance. Edit: it’s cornick not cornell… An excellent achievement at home for Stoke would have to be 3 points would it not ? I wouldn't call it "excellent achievement". When we go up, which will be next season at the earliest, you can bring out such big phrases. A win vs Luton I'd call "as expected".
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Post by Old School Stokie on Feb 23, 2022 15:43:25 GMT
Crisis, What Crisis?
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