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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 7, 2024 6:31:37 GMT
Is it really that hard to place the ball approximately half a yard away from the post and the bar? If you do you will probably score at least 9 out of 10! I've taken so many penalties in my life and I've hardly missed at all, so I really struggle to see why we are so bad at this! Must add that I have not played at a very high level though, but in principle the same counts anyway.
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 7, 2024 6:25:04 GMT
Iverson 6 - I don't think he can be blamed for the second as he had to stop the cross. Hoever 6, I'll never trust him but has improved lately. McNally 6, OK Rose 6, OK Stevens 6, makes us much more solid on the left side. Thompson 6, steady but lacks any creativity. Laurent 5, why did he stop instead of getting between their player and the goal!? Bae 7, good game. Haks 5, never has any end product! Manhoef 8, troubled them the whole afternoon, MOM! Mmaee 6, does a lot of good things, but he doesn't score goals! Subs Burger 7, makes a difference! Vidigal 6, really shit penalty but luckily scored on the rebound! Campbell 6, thought he added something when he came on! Leris 6, he certainly gets stuck in! Re Thompson did you see who passed the ball to Campbell for the penalty. I think Thompson's passing is very underrated. He can't shoot though but that's true of all the team. I must say I'm far from impressed by Thompson's passing. Every player at this level will make a good pass now and then, but in my opinion Thompson takes too much time in controlling the ball and his passes usually go sideways or backwards. When playing the ball forward he rarely hits his target, and when it comes to his crosses into the box I really want to cry! I think he is a very limited player that is OK as back up, but he really shouldn't start many games for us. Think he has improved a bit this season though.
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 19:48:07 GMT
His pace was the main factor anyway, but shit defending? YES!!! Just think it was bad positioning and our two getting in each others way. Laurent just needed to drop in the gap between Asante and Hoever and the keeper. Laurent was the main culprit at both our conceded goals!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 19:41:19 GMT
Created their second with his pace and determination though! Just thought it was shit defending tbh. His pace was the main factor anyway, but shit defending? YES!!!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 19:40:06 GMT
Feels strange to be fighting to stay up, when we are so few player away from fighting for promotion! Really? For me, there's only a handful of players in the squad that I'd consider to be decent footballers. The rest I'd gladly see the back of. From the players we have today we're only a new first 11 left back, a dominant central defender and a decent goalgetter from being there.
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 19:26:47 GMT
Thought he was really poor today. Created their second with his pace and determination though!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 19:04:54 GMT
Feels strange to be fighting to stay up, when we are so few player away from fighting for promotion!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 18:53:31 GMT
He is as he has scored more than all our strikers together, or at least almost! True, except even Vidigal has 6, so his 10 isn't impressive at all. Bang average for a CS striker. Still better than what we have, and we certainly need to buy players with the ability to score this summer! I really doubt we can attract any better than Asante at the moment to be honest?
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 18:15:44 GMT
Did WBA score 2 with only two shots on goal? I really can't remember Iversen having to make any other saves?
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 17:40:40 GMT
Best performance from us I’ve seen in a long while, if only we could finish! This! A good point in the end, but we were by far the better team!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 17:35:46 GMT
Iverson 6 - I don't think he can be blamed for the second as he had to stop the cross. Hoever 6, I'll never trust him but has improved lately. McNally 6, OK Rose 6, OK Stevens 6, makes us much more solid on the left side. Thompson 6, steady but lacks any creativity. Laurent 5, why did he stop instead of getting between their player and the goal!? Bae 7, good game. Haks 5, never has any end product! Manhoef 8, troubled them the whole afternoon, MOM! Mmaee 6, does a lot of good things, but he doesn't score goals!
Subs Burger 7, makes a difference! Vidigal 6, really shit penalty but luckily scored on the rebound! Campbell 6, thought he added something when he came on! Leris 6, he certainly gets stuck in!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 17:21:30 GMT
I don't care as he is more efficient than what we already have here. Not by much. We should really do better He is as he has scored more than all our strikers together, or at least almost!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 6, 2024 10:15:20 GMT
I hope we will go back for him in the summer! I don't. He's a dumb brute I don't care as he is more efficient than what we already have here.
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 5, 2024 15:59:30 GMT
I hope we will go back for him in the summer!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 5, 2024 14:19:03 GMT
I feel we at least will get a point from this game!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 1, 2024 18:02:39 GMT
Iverson 7, another good game, MOM. Thompson 6, don't trust him at left back, but was decent. Hoever 6, thought he was dire in the first half, but much better in the second. Fantastic goal! McNally 6, a couple of good interventions, but almost gave it away in the end when he was trying to shield a ball out of play. Rose 5, really should have done better for their goal + a couple of brain farts in the second too. Baker 5, too anonymous, but again shows the quality of his right peg. Burger 6, decent. Laurent 6, OK. Leris 4, not his game today. Junho 5, looked slow and indecisive in possession. Ennis 5, started well, but faded.
Mmaee 5, too little end product. Haks 4, one good run with the ball, apart from that he fluffed everything! Manhoef 6, makes things happen! Stevens 6, a bit rusty when he came on, but improved quickly.
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 1, 2024 12:49:34 GMT
I think I actually once read it was between Maguire and Wimmer and we went for Wimmer!? If so, that would be a criminal decision! Hughes identified Maguire and Robertson both at Hull but they chose Leicester and Liverpool the latter was actually very close to coming I've actually heard an interview about this where Robertson said he chose Lpool because he thought he had a bigger chance of being first chouce there. He thought Pieters was so good that he wouldn't be a first choice at Stoke!
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Post by robwahlmann on Apr 1, 2024 7:43:22 GMT
Out of all the crazy decision making our clubs made over the years this one for me just about eclipses every other. The signing of Kevin Wimmer on every level just didn't make any sense what so ever. The player himself with his questionable past especially lack of game time at Spurs, the price Stoke agreed and saw fit to pay for him & the length of contract we gave him! A permanent record etched in history of where our club had seriously lost the plot, & as it turned out to be, the beginning of the end for our Premier League status. Absolute amateurish behaviour, almost criminal, from whoever it was who ever signed this transfer off to its completion! As a mere football fan, I, as did many other Stoke & most likely Spurs fans just saw no sense in any part of this deal! For me, this was the epitome of the great ship Stoke City heading well and truely towards iceberg 😔😤! footballleagueworld.co.uk/tottenham-warning-enough-to-deter-stoke/I think I actually once read it was between Maguire and Wimmer and we went for Wimmer!? If so, that would be a criminal decision!
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 16:37:57 GMT
I guess you've seen them just as much as me, maybe less, but still have an opinion. Watching Sidibe in preseason games is absolutely meaningless. None of us really have an idea how he will do at this level yet, and he probably needs a loan first. That said, I agree about Cundle. He’s a nothing player, a poor man’s Mason Mount From what I've seen of Sidibe I'd certainly prefer him to Cundle. Still I think Sidibe should only be a squad player yet, but to Choose Cundle instead of Baker is way off the mark in my opinion.
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 14:08:59 GMT
Junior is back soon isn’t he? Beat Huddersfield and we are pretty much safe. That’s all that matters imo. It’s a massive game. Stevens has to play to get that result. Junior is struggling as a right back, inexperienced at defending and poor technique going forward, neither him or Hoever are good enough at left back Junior is only strugling when asked to be an inverted fullback, let him play as our right full back when he is fit again. He is the future for us there as well, so play to his strengths not the opposite!
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 11:10:21 GMT
Almost the same number as Cundle I think. Sidibe also played games in preseason that was possible to stream here in Norway. So nowhere near enough to base a valid opinion😁 whether your in Norway or not🤷🏼🔴⚪️ I guess you've seen them just as much as me, maybe less, but still have an opinion.
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 10:31:10 GMT
I don't like him because I think we have better players on the subs bench, and to be honest even players not on the subs bench like Sidibe. I really struggle to see what Cundle brings to the team! He is weak as piss defensively and when going forward you can bet he will misplace the simplest of attacking balls as well, as he of course did yesterday too. No, this was a wasteful loan when we should have brought a left back in instead, and this has cost us so far to be honest. You’ve suggested you don’t go….you watch on tv, so how much have Sidibe have you seen to draw up the opinion that’s he’s better than cundle? Just curious🔴⚪️ Almost the same number as Cundle I think. Sidibe also played games in preseason that was possible to stream here in Norway.
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 10:29:22 GMT
Opinions you know. Yeah yours are just bizarre….attention seeking knobber it seems.there’s absolutely no way your opinions can be so different to everyone else, you’ve marked Cundle as a 5 cos you just don’t like him not on his performance🔴⚪️ No, I don't like him because he brings nothing to the team. I really can't see why his performance should have a higher score. Maybe he should get another point for messing up an easy pass in the second half when we had a great chance of getting behind their defence!
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 10:25:28 GMT
I watch every game, most of them through the club's official stream though. It's strange though how we struggle to win home games after a good start at home this season. I was in the stands for the Rotherham home game and the WBA cup game. I also consider coming over for our last game of the season, but haven't decided yet. Yeah we really dropped off a cliff. I have no way of watching away games so don’t comment. I guess being able to stream games is the one advantage as a foreign fan.
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 9:20:59 GMT
It’s both funny and true. I don’t think I’ve watched an away game this season. I watch every game, most of them through the club's official stream though. It's strange though how we struggle to win home games after a good start at home this season. I was in the stands for the Rotherham home game and the WBA cup game. I also consider coming over for our last game of the season, but haven't decided yet.
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 7:11:21 GMT
As much as I will laugh at everyone for refusing to see that Rose and McNally are clearly our best centre half partnership and that Wilmot is fucking wank, all three in an ideal world aren’t here next year. I think Rose would be fine as third choice next season tbh. I'm guessing Wilmot was injured though 😉😂 Think Wilmot was an unused sub, and hopefully he will be for the rest of the season too!
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 7:09:04 GMT
I travel over from Norway twice a year to watch Stoke, and me and my wife always stay in a hotel in Hanley. If it's sunny I think it's OK to have a couple of beers at the Harvester before the game. Never experienced anything but a good atmosphere there. Always a lot of away fans too, but as said always a good atmosphere there. I'm not sure I'd go to Ricardo's instead to be honest, but as a first time experience you probably should. Hopefully you'll have a good experience and see us climb 3 points closer to safety!
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 6:33:23 GMT
I really don't want Liverpool to win as most of their Norwegian fan base are so stuck up! They need to be brought down to earth! I hope Arsenal will win, espesially if it's between Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal! I hope Vale stay up too.
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 5:16:49 GMT
Hopefully he'll stay fit for the rest of the season, but I doubt it!
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 31, 2024 5:14:53 GMT
He was MOM in my opinion. Our central defence looks much better when we play 4 at the back, and with a left back who knows his position too! It also helps to keep Wilmot on the subs' bench!
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