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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 10, 2024 19:30:54 GMT
If we were to get relegated because of that, it would be an absolute disgrace!
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 10, 2024 19:17:40 GMT
Unless the front 4 wake up this is going to be one long night More than just them need to wake up. Fullbacks have been very sloppy too.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 7, 2024 14:47:03 GMT
You can say exactly the same with regards to the defence. How many goals have we gifted teams or not done the basics defensively?
The league is very average & it doesn’t take much to be competing for the playoffs. Take Hull and West Brom as examples. We were comfortably the better team in both games and they are pushing at the right end of the table.
We need improvements in all positions, as we will never progress with a defence as unreliable as ours.
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Mmaee
Apr 6, 2024 20:05:08 GMT
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 6, 2024 20:05:08 GMT
WTF? He made chance after chance first half, not his fault they were not finished To be to Campbell despite missing a good chance he had a good impact Campbell pushed us up 10 yards as Cranston commented and we scored twice after Mmaee went off , I’d like to them together or Mmaee with Ennis i Mmaee was very good today, he held the ball up well & on another day would’ve got 2 assists. He linked up well and was a real handful. I do think he need to get his shots away quicker, but he’s comfortably the best lone striker we have.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 6, 2024 16:16:42 GMT
I wish I could say well done, but I just can't today. We were lucky to get a point when we should have easily scored earlier. Happy for the point though. Lucky to get a point? We absolutely deserved a point & on another day would’ve taken all 3.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 1, 2024 17:09:39 GMT
I’ve not heard the interview but it’s stupid to have a dig at the fans, regardless of how minor.
What we’ve watched for the past few seasons at home has been atrocious. We’ve scored the fewest goals in the whole EFL this season. Then we set up with a pretty negative looking lineup at home to a team in the relegation zone.
The fact that 22,000 plus fans turn up week in week out should be applauded.
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Mmaee
Apr 1, 2024 16:30:53 GMT
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 1, 2024 16:30:53 GMT
He’s so much better than the hopeless Ennis. Ennis has his purpose - probably be a bit more effective if he had someone like Mmaee around him - but to start the lad today was awful management imho. I think the only purpose Ennis is fit for is the last 10 minutes, if you need to defend a lead and are under holding on pressure, he’s decent at pressing. Other than that I’ve not seen a single positive in his actual footballing ability. He looks out of his depth of being brutally honest.
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Post by stokecitydom on Apr 1, 2024 16:19:26 GMT
He’s so much better than the hopeless Ennis.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 31, 2024 10:08:48 GMT
He was very good on Friday against Hull, but overall he’s been a calamity. He’s just too prone to making a massive error. The same can be said about Wilmott & McNally too. Personally I wouldn’t want any of them to be a big part of the first team picture next season. Would have agreed with that 6 months ago Not seen the errors from Rose for some time Looking at the goals we concede we get done for pace down the channels which is much as down to not having a left back, or when we have played 3 at the back Straightforward individual errors not so much Hoever v Cov springs to mind The home game against Norwich he did one of his classic mistakes where he just passed it straight to the Norwich player on the edge of our area, under absolutely no pressure. He hasn’t been punished recently, but he’s still got one in his locker.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 31, 2024 9:08:49 GMT
He was very good on Friday against Hull, but overall he’s been a calamity.
He’s just too prone to making a massive error. The same can be said about Wilmott & McNally too.
Personally I wouldn’t want any of them to be a big part of the first team picture next season.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 29, 2024 15:49:34 GMT
We’ve been pretty decent, just lacking that final ball.
The game is definitely there for the taking.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 29, 2024 13:57:07 GMT
Supposed front three of Leris Mmaee & Haskabanovic today. Uninspiring if true.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 28, 2024 14:08:42 GMT
Iversen Hoever McNally Wilmott Stevens Baker Thompson Laurent Manhoef Campbell Junho
Similar setup to Leeds where we did pretty well overall.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 26, 2024 20:23:52 GMT
Lewis Dunk is nowhere near international standard. Branthwaite should be starting tonight.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 25, 2024 9:20:26 GMT
Would also appreciate any help here. Yorkshire based so we only tend to do away games. Also sent a message
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 25, 2024 9:20:14 GMT
Anybody on here mind helping me out to get £10 tickets for Huddersfield at home? Sent you a message
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Mar 23, 2024 20:44:25 GMT
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 23, 2024 20:44:25 GMT
I’ve only watched the past 10 minutes but Lewis Dunk has been awful.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 21, 2024 13:48:45 GMT
He pretty much admitted after Preston he really dislikes setting us up to be pragmatic, even though that's the only way we look like picking up results. It's clear how he switches to his inverted full backs, high defensive line so often (even after some pragmatic success!) how he wants us to play. He did it effectively at Plymouth, although even their support was warning us that we won't become a solid defensive unit! All he needs to do now is be pragmatic for 8 games to get us over the line. He obviously has a vision of how he wants us to play, but we don't have any of the players to do that. It's all a bit Nathan Jones, although NJ did continue with his mad methods even after signing a dozen players. we got lucky at Preston is the brutal truth and it caught up wit the following week the true trajectory is downwards We didn’t really get lucky at Preston. We deserved the win, restricted them to something like 4 shots. Yes our winning goal was lucky, but we should’ve scored from 2 or 3 really decent chances. It wasn’t pretty, but we were effective. I’m not sure Schumacher is the man for the job, but you have to be honest. We’ve been awful on numerous occasions, but at Preston we did a decent job.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 19, 2024 13:02:14 GMT
If its not your fault, you still report it to your insurance and as they said, they will take care of it. It shouldn;t effect you NCD Also if an accident occurs in a vocational vehicle such as a works van , bus, ambulance, or anything like that you still need to inform your car insurance provider. I’ve reported it, the issue is I’ve got my insurance & the other parties insurance both saying they’ll resolve it with no cost to me. Obviously if my insurance deal with it, they will just claim it back from the other.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 19, 2024 12:35:26 GMT
Just a quick question on what to do, so if anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated.
I was involved in a minor accident the other day, the other driver crashed into me & has admitted responsibility.
I contacted my insurance company and they said they’d sort it, courtesy car, no excess, won’t affect NCD.
But then just had a call from the other drivers insurance and they’ve said that they will sort it with nothing to pay & courtesy car etc.
As I’ve never been in this situation before, what is the best way to proceed? Use my insurance or the other drivers car insurance?
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 17, 2024 10:47:10 GMT
Wilmott has been terrible, but for me the worst of the lot is Michael Rose. Every single centre half we have is useless & have a major mistake in them. That passage of play where Rose passed it straight to the Norwich player on the edge of the area, then McNally fell over and couldn’t clear it, then Wilmott cleared the ball and it hit a stoke player (all within about 20 seconds) just summed it up. Shambolic.
To go through a season having Wilmott, Rose & McNally as your centre halves is negligent & unfortunately it’s left us in a right mess.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 16, 2024 20:00:12 GMT
Just look at the defensive set up for that first goal. I’d understand it if it was the last 5 minutes and we were pushing for an equaliser, but at 0-0 in a relegation battle, it’s unforgivable.
The worrying thing is, it happened over and over & the manager stood there & did nothing.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 16, 2024 18:39:07 GMT
Just like last week, the horrific formation didn’t suit him. Tried his best, but he had a bad day.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 16, 2024 18:37:43 GMT
You can criticise Campbell all you like, but the sad reality is that when used correctly, he’s by far a better option than the hopeless Ennis.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 16, 2024 17:13:51 GMT
From the second minute it was clear the system wasn’t working and wouldn’t work. Why didn’t he change it? Why did he start 3 at the back at home? Cowardly. Said the same thing, you could see 5 minutes in that they had the beating of us with how both teams set up. We rallied for 10 minutes but then they got on top and we were all over the place. It’s on the manager, he had a mare.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 16, 2024 17:08:01 GMT
Wilmot shouldn’t wear a stoke shirt again Wilmott is useless, but the other two are terrible too. No idea how you can single Wilmott out.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 16, 2024 15:58:21 GMT
Norwich were excellent, fair play to them. Schuey must make half time changes. We have made it so easy for them, literally only need to complete 2 or 3 passes and your running straight at our garbage centre halves. It’s been amateurish with regards to the setup this half. They’ve walked through us & he’s done nothing to try and stop it.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 16, 2024 15:46:35 GMT
The manager has had a nightmare. Tactically it wasn’t working, yet he’s done nothing to try and stop it. We are lucky it’s only two.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 13, 2024 8:24:07 GMT
Maguire will play won’t he? He'll be in the squad but not so certain he'll be nailed onto stsrt Guehi and Dunk appear to be in the managers plans just as much I’ve been impressed with Curtis Jones everytime I’ve seen him play. Surely he must be in with a chance, he’s not a sitting midfielder but there has to be a place for him in my opinion.
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Post by stokecitydom on Mar 10, 2024 12:41:13 GMT
And would Campbell do it in similar circumstances not a chance. I’ll give you an example of the bullshit spouted about him. Someone smarter than me will be able to find the thread where I posted it from last season. I specifically watched Campbell in a home game last season after being sick and tired of the usual criticisms. In the 1st half of the particular game I counted 22 runs that he’d made down the sides, across the line or in behind. He received 1 over hit pass that ran through to the keeper. A few minutes later an aimless ball got pumped in towards the right corner flag and he was on shoulder of left sided defender. Ball didn’t run out of play yet Campbell got jeered for not chasing and being lazy 🤷♂️ The lad can’t win no matter what he does. Many years ago, the same was true of Bjarni Gudjohnsson Numerous cases yesterday in the away stand where he was abused for absolutely no reason. There was one where the ball bounced between Campbell and a midfield player, it wasn’t particularly close to Campbell, but he didn’t win it, which resulted in a couple of people calling him a lazy so & so. Another where he didn’t win a header despite having his shirt nearly ripped off from the centre half. It’s pretty embarrassing to have to listen to. Yes he has his faults, but some of the supporters are a joke. He seems a popular member of the squad, but it is time for him to move on & hopefully he has a decent career.
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