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Post by Cityfullergoals on Jan 11, 2009 18:17:00 GMT
or have we really got a chance
Seems to me that Drogba isnt interested, Deco is way off the boil, and it may just be the right time to play them
Thoughts?
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Post by sweetandinnocent on Jan 11, 2009 18:20:19 GMT
burnley have proved that you dont need worldclass players to beat chelsea at stamford bridge, man utd have also shown that they are not the team they were 2 seasons ago, if we have a go at them we stand a chance.
they are not 'Unbeatable' at home, their away form is better.
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Post by northstokie on Jan 11, 2009 18:21:26 GMT
Chelsea were shocking today, so many mistakes and well off the pace...
Let's hope we meet a demoralised off form disharmonised bunch and not a wounded animal out to prove a point...
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Post by sweetandinnocent on Jan 11, 2009 18:23:22 GMT
allthough he's vastly expereienced, scholari must be feeling the pressure
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Post by stokie25 on Jan 11, 2009 18:24:28 GMT
after yesterday...i think we could seriously get something out of this match!! I was urging Chelsea to win...but they showed less passion than the poo yesterday...COME ON STOKE !!!!!!
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Post by sportsman on Jan 11, 2009 18:27:56 GMT
I wanted United to thrash them, and they did! Now the pressure is really on Chelsea against us, now that could work both ways, but i certainly didn't want to play chelsea away after they had beaten united away!
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Post by stokefctillidie on Jan 11, 2009 18:31:20 GMT
We definatly have more of a chance now. There heads will be down and everything. Goarn stoke lets do one over chelski!
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Post by redditchpotter on Jan 11, 2009 18:35:16 GMT
Their home form is not that good,I think we will go there with a ten man defence and hold out for a goalless draw.
It's our only chance when we cannot score.
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jan 11, 2009 18:36:45 GMT
Could easily be Big Phils last match....if they get nowt from Southend in the Cup,and then a side who havent won away from home,who play in your face football, get a result....Oh God please!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 18:52:20 GMT
to get a point we really need to play more positively will the team available(no Fuller) something has got to change  |
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Post by boscfc on Jan 11, 2009 18:55:23 GMT
Frustrate them to death in the first half - crowd get on their backs - we nick on in last 10 minutes.
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Jan 11, 2009 18:58:44 GMT
I think they looked a bit unhappy as team today, also didnt defend crosses well, so there is always hope but i wont be putting money on it
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Post by luke45 on Jan 11, 2009 18:59:05 GMT
I think we are going to be playing Chelsea, Spurs and Man City at the right time to be honest.
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Post by stonestokie! on Jan 11, 2009 19:03:32 GMT
I think we are going to be playing Chelsea, Spurs and Man City at the right time to be honest. agreed |
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Jan 11, 2009 19:06:32 GMT
Apparently the pitch at stamford bridge is rather small like ours - ilford dave posted some stats on it when they came to our place.
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Post by Fred Ferret on Jan 11, 2009 19:10:20 GMT
Wembley 1972 - we did it then and we can do it on Saturday.
Cometh the day, cometh SCFC
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Post by apb1979 on Jan 11, 2009 20:18:32 GMT
I agree i think we r playin them at the right time. I thought today all of the teams body language was bad once they went 1-0 down. There is definately something not right about them which is good news for us
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Post by arniepieinthesky on Jan 11, 2009 20:45:43 GMT
I think we are going to be facing Chelsea at the wrong time. So many times we see teams do all the arrdd work and then fuck it up by slipping up to so called 'religation fodder'. If Chelsea would have beat Utd today, I could see them sitting back thinking they have got a nice easy game agaist us boys. Now they are going to get a big kick up the arse and the pressure is on them.
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Jan 11, 2009 20:52:23 GMT
It's hard to say how they'll react. We can't ignore the fact that they have world class players and the best way to get todays defeat out of their system is to give us a right hiding.
However if there is as much dressing room unrest as has been suggested and the senior players do want to get Big Phil out then it could be a great time to go there.
Lets be honest it's better to go there now than when they were bang on form.
It will be a bloody brilliant effort if we could go there and put in another Anfield performance, one thing is for sure if we could keep it tight for 20 minutes the natives will get very restless.
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Post by tsm on Jan 11, 2009 20:57:13 GMT
Their home form is not that good,I think we will go there with a ten man defence and hold out for a goalless draw. It's our only chance when we cannot score. Not forgetting we might have well have a new striker in before then. |
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Post by Danstoke82 on Jan 11, 2009 21:11:14 GMT
Chelsea were very poor today and outclassed in every department. Although we dont have the players Man Ure do, I feel if we can frustrate them we have every chance of getting something from the Bridge. There loss today could work in our favour.
GOARNNNNNNN STOKE!!
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Post by stanners on Jan 11, 2009 23:38:16 GMT
Anything we get from there is a bonus
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Post by apb1 on Jan 11, 2009 23:50:16 GMT
It's a good time to play them, but can we all just assume the 'we have no chance' position? This will then make us delirious if we lose by just 1-0, whereas the feeling we might just get something (see Blackburn (A), Man City (A), West Ham (A) etc) leads only to disappointment.
Remember this is us, the awayday disasters.
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Post by KevinWhimper on Jan 11, 2009 23:52:48 GMT
Lets jut hope we don't go there with 11 men behind the ball and hope to defend for the draw all game.
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Post by eddiecurrent on Jan 11, 2009 23:55:19 GMT
Lets jut hope we don't go there with 11 men behind the ball and hope to defend for the draw all game. You just know that that's going to happen though don't you??  |
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Post by surreystokie on Jan 12, 2009 12:58:28 GMT
Let's hope that Fuller, mark 11, (Drogba) has one of those days, that we aren't overawed and that there's a good week's training and fitness work ahead, for some of our most needy lads. Wish their training ground (five minutes from me) was as easy to access as ours.  |
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Post by pez75 on Jan 12, 2009 13:01:40 GMT
Errr - are you all forgetting something? It is AWAY from home, i.e. TP will have absolutely no intention of doing anything other than defending for a draw.
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Post by andy9196 on Jan 12, 2009 13:05:21 GMT
lets try to keep 11 on the pitch !!!
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Post by exiledstokie on Jan 12, 2009 13:15:22 GMT
some of their marking from set-pieces recently has been schoolboy at best, i really think that if we keep the same level of passion we have shown in the Arsenal & Liverpool games, put plenty of balls in the box etc, we can get something from this game.
Like someone pointed out also, the small pitch will help us with Rory's throws (should we get any) and also because of the compact way we approach away games, there won't be much space on the pitch imo
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Post by salopstick on Jan 12, 2009 13:17:40 GMT
like saturday expect fuck all but you never know
there is a lot of positivity in the club at the moment
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