Back to earth with a bang..

[GeneralFaye]

Shocking performance today, we look totally disorganised and second best all over the pitch.

Plenty of work to do in the transfer market still.

[theonlooker]

I think we need to be careful where we go from here. I think we need more Championship experience in there if we are bringing more players in.

[cobhamstokey]

Aug 12, 2023 15:57:53 GMT theonlooker said:

I think we need to be careful where we go from here. I think we need more Championship experience in there if we are bringing more players in.

Was just thinking the same some cool heads particularly in midfield where we appear to have struggled today.

[Billy the kid]

You just knew the moment the team was announced. Harsh on Chiq to be hooked after 30 mins, should have been Mmaee but we were lets be honest never in the game.

[BuckRogers]

Back to the drawing board. Need 10 new signings

[gingerninja]

For sure onlooker, we looked like a rabble today, it might take some over a month to get up to speed, some may not M'waee looks a worry for me, early days I know, the midfield first half was beyond atrocious 😞

[GeneralFaye]

Aug 12, 2023 15:59:43 GMT cobhamstokey said:

Aug 12, 2023 15:57:53 GMT theonlooker said:

I think we need to be careful where we go from here. I think we need more Championship experience in there if we are bringing more players in.

Was just thinking the same some cool heads particularly in midfield where we appear to have struggled today.

Which ironically is full of championship experienced players.

Laurent was shocking.
Pearson was 2nd to everything
Johnson was okay at times but does playing him away leave us too open? looked like they could get through us at will.

[wuzza]

Yep - anyone thinking we were any where near the finished article will have learnt something today.
Long long way to go.

[trincostokie]

Ipswich --- played together for ever and brimming with confidence vs us who are still trying to get to grips with each other's names

Give it time and we'll be just fine

[theonlooker]

Aug 12, 2023 16:01:26 GMT gingerninja said:

For sure onlooker, we looked like a rabble today, it might take some over a month to get up to speed, some may not M'waee looks a worry for me, early days I know, the midfield first half was beyond atrocious 😞

Mmaee at least has some football in him, which is something to hang onto. Some of those that have struggled today have very little in them and if they aren't offering physicality or workrate then they are offering absolutely zero to the team.

[thepottypotter]

Woeful.

We missed Brown’s running, giving a shit and energy today.

Lots of poor performances.

[trincostokie]

And just like that...we're bottom half again

[cobhamstokey]

Aug 12, 2023 16:03:16 GMT GeneralFaye said:

Aug 12, 2023 15:59:43 GMT cobhamstokey said:

Was just thinking the same some cool heads particularly in midfield where we appear to have struggled today.

Which ironically is full of championship experienced players.

Laurent was shocking.
Pearson was 2nd to everything
Johnson was okay at times but does playing him away leave us too open? looked like they could get through us at will.

Yep but it’s important we get numbers in.

DJ is a AM but we need some physicality in there as it sounds like we were weak today. I like Pearson but he’s small and seems to have a problem with fitness. Laurent is very inconsistent. Sounds like 3 games in a week was too much for him this early in the season.

[StatesideStokie]

We were miles off it today, but Ipswich look like a very good side at this level and will be a handful for most teams. They completely overran us in midfield, and they look like a very organized, well drilled outfit and a real threat on the break. On a positive note, Wesley looked like he could be a big player for us the season - be interested to see how he does as he gets back to full fitness.

[sealion100]

We couldn’t handle their high press, especially in the first 30 mins can’t help but think he picked the wrong team

[crouchpotato1]

What it does do for me is to reinforce the need for another few signings and to show the foreign contingent what is needed to compete in the championship week in week out

[cvillestokie]

Think we need a commanding defender and a midfielder similar to Johnson to replace Laurent. We will struggle without that.

A bit more depth and we’d have made a better showing today as well. Johnson has a good work ethic but there’s only so much you can do if you are playing midweek and much of the summer.

The midfield was overran from start to finish. We should have looked to use the wide spaces more. Neil got a tactical spanking again.

Overall, we lost versus a team that is on a wonderful run. Their confidence is very high. It’s not a shocking result and not one that I’m overly concerned by.

[Gods]

Normal service resumed.

[jwhpotter]

When you look at the bench, we still have a lot to do. Who have we got to bring on to make a real impact?!

[y_oh_y_delilah]

We’re 13th ffs!

[xchpotter]

All too familiar a story. Ipswich’s record suggest they’d come at us this way and we never planned for it or did anything about until it was too late. Add some very abject,lazy performances and we are back to where we usually are. However, just as I didn’t get carried away last weekend, I shan’t be too down this one……it’s just the same usual Stoke performance which I’m numb to.

[Caerwrangonpotter]

22 shots to 9

Ouch!

[mrcoke]

Don't get too down hearted folks, we played a very good team today.

I can see why they only lost 4 times last season and scored over 100 goals despite no class strikers. They have superb understanding and romped through our MF, created loads of chances, and they will with lots of other teams.

We are still just assembling a team and there is a long way to go to build that understanding. We need to give Neil till October to get them organized into a team.

[liathroid]

Aug 12, 2023 15:57:53 GMT theonlooker said:

I think we need to be careful where we go from here. I think we need more Championship experience in there if we are bringing more players in.

were never happy

[jontimmis]

It started off slow and we let them get in our faces. Midfield was nowhere to be seen. They had pockets of space on the edge of the box time and time again.

Made their two centre halves who don’t look great look so commanding where ours were doing doggies turning and last ditch blocks.

Wasn’t impressed with the basics today. We compete we come away with a result: we didn’t compete.

The second goal was embarrassing.

[questionable]

Hard to think of a single positive from that game, Burns for them
dictated the entire midfield and we stood by and let him do it, DJ tried but couldn’t get near, Pearson by passed and Laurent was abysmal, lazy and never in a million years captain material, just not a very good footballer at all.

[twobanksoffour]

Frustrating today, but the inconsistent nature of the Championship means there's lots of ups and downs. Everyone bar the top 2 in the league have dropped points already.

[cobhamstokey]

I think the problem is there’s no competition in CM other than a 16 year old (very good one) and Thompson who is a big downgrade.
We need a AM to cover for Johnson and 2 CMs who have energy for the other 2.

[Clayton Wood]

Aug 12, 2023 15:57:53 GMT theonlooker said:

I think we need to be careful where we go from here. I think we need more Championship experience in there if we are bringing more players in.

The spine of the team isn't right. Need a commanding CB, a midfield general and a goal poacher. Plenty of flair in there now, need to add the steel. 

[fisty lizard]

It was going to a tough match with it being their first home game back in the champ, rowdy home atmosphere to gee them up.

Also we’re going to get these results whilst we are transitioning with this squad.