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Post by Xyphon on Jan 13, 2024 22:42:37 GMT
Rotherham being "the aggressor" all game with 0 shots on target? I dont know what game he watched. Must be salty.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jan 13, 2024 22:46:13 GMT
Not completely untrue
They were pushing second half for a while without creating anything and pretty much what he said.
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Post by cvillestokie on Jan 14, 2024 3:17:54 GMT
I think that if Baker hadn’t scored, we’d have gone on to find a way to win. We were on top most of the first half. We came out and unsurprisingly didn’t push as hard in the second half and yet still had the best chances.
I don’t know how they can be the aggressor when they had fewer shots, no shots on target, less possession and fewer corners 😂
It was a fairly crap game though. If it wasn’t Stoke, I’d have turned it off well before the end.
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Post by ceejays on Jan 14, 2024 3:52:30 GMT
I think that if Baker hadn’t scored, we’d have gone on to find a way to win. We were on top most of the first half. We came out and unsurprisingly didn’t push as hard in the second half and yet still had the best chances. I don’t know how they can be the aggressor when they had fewer shots, no shots on target, less possession and fewer corners 😂 It was a fairly crap game though. If it wasn’t Stoke, I’d have turned it off well before the end. Yes I agree . Very poor game decided by a worldie. That said the free kick was taken from the wrong place which helped Baker get it over the wall . Thought the ref had a good game though should have booked clucas and then baker . Pearson booking was harsh and Thompson booking plain stupid . Hoever was no where near at 4 or 5 rating given on other thread. Had a decent game with several timely interceptions and counter pressed on our corners to stop breakaways. A 7 from me . Vidigal had a few chances . Overall a crap game . Let’s not kid ourselves that against a better team we would have been tested . Good three points. . |
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Post by GrahamHyde on Jan 14, 2024 6:04:11 GMT
Was reading a few of their fan comments:
"If I were a Stoke fan I’d be worried.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they end up getting themselves relegated too.
A world away from when we played them at their place where they looked very good"
"One of the poorer teams I've seen play at our place this season"
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Post by pottersrule on Jan 14, 2024 6:33:28 GMT
Rotherham being "the aggressor" all game with 0 shots on target? I dont know what game he watched. Must be salty.
Thought he summed things up pretty well tbh.There seems to be a bit of discussion regarding the free kick award,but it was a clear pull back on Thompson by Clucas. |
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Post by scfcno1fan on Jan 14, 2024 8:46:51 GMT
Was reading a few of their fan comments: "If I were a Stoke fan I’d be worried. Wouldn’t be surprised if they end up getting themselves relegated too. A world away from when we played them at their place where they looked very good" "One of the poorer teams I've seen play at our place this season" The relegation bit is nonsense, but if you look at that game in isolation, having not seen much of us, you can understand that we looked poor overall. We weren’t at our best yday by a long way. |
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Post by Roy Cropper on Jan 14, 2024 8:57:32 GMT
Was reading a few of their fan comments: "If I were a Stoke fan I’d be worried. Wouldn’t be surprised if they end up getting themselves relegated too. A world away from when we played them at their place where they looked very good" "One of the poorer teams I've seen play at our place this season" We weren't brilliant but the gap in quality was clear. We were much better earlier on in the season before all creativity was coached out of them and replaced for "control" of games. |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jan 14, 2024 9:16:52 GMT
Rotherham being "the aggressor" all game with 0 shots on target? I dont know what game he watched. Must be salty.
Sounds like the sort of thing Neil would say  We weren’t at our best yesterday but were the only team with any quality against a club that were there to spoil and bully in the hope they’d get a goal from a set piece. That’s not always easy to play against. Thought the ref was ok despite my moaning at the time as at least we was consistent till the end re not booking players. Clucas was lucky to not get a red though thought he showed more passion in the time he was on than his last 2 years at Stoke. |
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Post by Ron on Jan 14, 2024 9:29:14 GMT
Personally I thought they battled well, lead by clucas who was like a man possessed. They were a big, direct side and we dealt well when they put us under pressure.
Only 2nd side this season to keep a clean sheet there all season which is motif to hear.
Thought the centre backs, Rose in particular, had a very good game.
Credit to them- they seemed a tough side and will be fighting til the end to stay up.
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Post by mickstupp on Jan 14, 2024 9:32:49 GMT
Rotherham were completely devoid of quality. The only way they were going to score was if something fell kindly to them in the box from a set piece. At the other end, we weren’t much better. Great three points but Stoke are miles off being a good side at this level.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jan 14, 2024 9:34:30 GMT
First time we’ve won there in 3 decades.
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Post by wakeypotter on Jan 14, 2024 9:35:56 GMT
I think that if Baker hadn’t scored, we’d have gone on to find a way to win. We were on top most of the first half. We came out and unsurprisingly didn’t push as hard in the second half and yet still had the best chances. I don’t know how they can be the aggressor when they had fewer shots, no shots on target, less possession and fewer corners 😂 It was a fairly crap game though. If it wasn’t Stoke, I’d have turned it off well before the end. It was a poor game Our final ball was terrible and I don’t know if it’s just me but that pitch looked the size of a stamp and that’s not watching on tv either |
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Post by wakeypotter on Jan 14, 2024 9:42:21 GMT
Rotherham were completely devoid of quality. The only way they were going to score was if something fell kindly to them in the box from a set piece. At the other end, we weren’t much better. Great three points but Stoke are miles off being a good side at this level. Even wife couldn’t believe how poor we was and she knows nothing about football. Tbh mick we still have some nothing players Mainly up top. If schu doesn’t get some quality in we are not guna score many. Happy with the win though. |
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Post by mickstupp on Jan 14, 2024 9:44:36 GMT
Rotherham were completely devoid of quality. The only way they were going to score was if something fell kindly to them in the box from a set piece. At the other end, we weren’t much better. Great three points but Stoke are miles off being a good side at this level. Even wife couldn’t believe how poor we was and she knows nothing about football. Tbh mick we still have some nothing players Mainly up top. If schu doesn’t get some quality in we are not guna score many. Happy with the win though. Yeah we just don’t look like scoring do we? Like one or two have said in another thread, I’m not convinced it’s a simple as just signing a new striker either, we could have Haaland up front and still struggle because there’s no supply. |
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Jan 14, 2024 9:54:03 GMT
We weren't at our best yesterday but bloody hell there was only one team trying to win. I mean from the third minute they were trying to time waste taking their time with throw ins, corners etc. They won't have to worry about us next season as they'll be back in league one and they won't be playing us. Enjoy it while you are here I say lads.
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Post by wakeypotter on Jan 14, 2024 9:55:49 GMT
Even wife couldn’t believe how poor we was and she knows nothing about football. Tbh mick we still have some nothing players Mainly up top. If schu doesn’t get some quality in we are not guna score many. Happy with the win though. Yeah we just don’t look like scoring do we? Like one or two have said in another thread, I’m not convinced it’s a simple as just signing a new striker either, we could have Haaland up front and still struggle because there’s no supply. We don’t look like scoring I’m afraid. Yes I read that on the other thread think it was the onlooker n he’s right although Vidigal played well yesterday and should have scored haks can’t beat his man but when there’s a though ball mmaee doesn’t seem on the right page. For me maybe a Whittaker and a striker would work and a younger version of vrancic. I think our play upto the final 3rd is ok |
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Post by lordb on Jan 14, 2024 10:10:47 GMT
Not completely untrue They were pushing second half for a while without creating anything and pretty much what he said. It was about 10 minutes, they were doing well and we kept them out we then killed their pressure stone dead by a good spell of possession |
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Post by stokemark on Jan 14, 2024 10:18:11 GMT
I think he has a point
He was also very gracious in the way he shook everyone Stoke player / member of staffs hand at the end
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jan 14, 2024 10:46:06 GMT
Dont think his comments are that bad to be honest
Seen far worse comments from opposition managers, Steve Cooper springs to mind
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Post by chamberlain on Jan 14, 2024 11:00:28 GMT
I think he has a point He was also very gracious in the way he shook everyone Stoke player / member of staffs hand at the end Yes you don't see many opposing managers do that. |
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Post by robwahlmann on Jan 14, 2024 11:07:05 GMT
I think that if Baker hadn’t scored, we’d have gone on to find a way to win. We were on top most of the first half. We came out and unsurprisingly didn’t push as hard in the second half and yet still had the best chances. I don’t know how they can be the aggressor when they had fewer shots, no shots on target, less possession and fewer corners 😂 It was a fairly crap game though. If it wasn’t Stoke, I’d have turned it off well before the end. I'd take an ugly win every week if possible!  |
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Post by davethebass on Jan 14, 2024 11:17:03 GMT
Fair appraisal of the game imo. Seems a decent bloke, talked some sense, and gave us credit where it's due I thought.
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Post by cymap on Jan 14, 2024 11:27:04 GMT
Its how it goes though isnt it, I thought we were fine yesterday . Other teams since the manager change have had problems at Rotherham....Boro battered them there 20 shots 5 on Target ...71% posession and Rotherham won with their 1 shot on target.
The Baggies had less posession than us a few more shots (less than us on target) and less corners and won 0-2 with Rotherham having more shots against them than us and more on Target.
Its the way Rotherham play now and to a degree how they have played in the past anyone remember last season at the Bet 365?
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Post by stokefanone on Jan 14, 2024 11:56:18 GMT
We are in dire need of a competent striker at this level and a quick winger who can cross.
We are badly missing gooch’s overlaps too.
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Post by nottsover60 on Jan 14, 2024 12:16:52 GMT
I've only seen the extended highlights but the only Rotherham highlight petered out as soon as they got in the penalty area and Iverson came out smartly to claim another whereas we had two or three when we should have done better, particularly one when three players were free in the box when a cross came in and contrived to mess up totally.
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Post by coldtuesdaynight on Jan 14, 2024 12:25:49 GMT
Rotherham being "the aggressor" all game with 0 shots on target? I dont know what game he watched. Must be salty.
To be fair, any half decent manager is using these interviews mostly to send a message to their team. Just sounds like he wants to keep confidence up in the dressing room. I can only really remember a handful of times managers were actually brutally honest in a post match situation…. And it never ended well! (Daglish, Pearson, Nathan Jones, Rowett etc) |
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Post by svengaliinplatforms on Jan 14, 2024 13:00:41 GMT
If 'being the aggessors' was kicking anything that moved, blatant assaults, off the ball stuff all over the place, plenty of dark arts, whilst forgetting to actually try to play football, he's spot on.
If they're happy just being the hardest team to play against, the team with the most bricks-and-mortar approach to the game, the most industrial, that's their look-out.
Maybe if they tried to play a bit more, they might stay in the league.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jan 14, 2024 13:03:56 GMT
Not completely untrue They were pushing second half for a while without creating anything and pretty much what he said. It was about 10 minutes, they were doing well and we kept them out we then killed their pressure stone dead by a good spell of possession Yep true enough Lorders but they had us on the back foot for that spell. Was never a gimme we would win the game until the final whistle although they never threatened but neither did we look like increasing the lead really. The kind of away performances that good teams win games playing I guess but Rotherham will draw more than they'll lose at home perhaps between now and May as pressed us well. We had a lot of the ball but not in dangerous areas and they pressed us into losing the ball way too much at times . |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jan 14, 2024 13:05:21 GMT
If 'being the aggessors' was kicking anything that moved, blatant assaults, off the ball stuff all over the place, plenty of dark arts, whilst forgetting to actually try to play football, he's spot on. If they're happy just being the hardest team to play against, the team with the most bricks-and-mortar approach to the game, the most industrial, that's their look-out. Maybe if they tried to play a bit more, they might stay in the league. The Clucas one , yes but a bit exaggerated,vwasnt all over the place. Burger's challenge probably the most blatant after that |
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