Middlesbrough v Stoke City

[maninasuitcase]

Well surprise surprise

[StokieNath]

Fucking wank

[chigstoke]

Fucking shit

[stokesupporter]

Sept 28, 2024 14:34:43 GMT theoptimist said:

That was inevitable

Very much so.

[rickyfullerbeer]

Interesting free kick

[Son of Sausage]

Fuck off walters.

[starkiller]

Officials did us twice thwre

[marwood]

been coming for 30 minutes, we could all see it, it was either going to be him or the american
FFS

[emretezzy]

I aren't even arsed anymore.

These lot are going to get exactly what we deserve.

And fuck me will we waste some money in League 1.

[headsgoup]

Sept 28, 2024 14:31:47 GMT stokecitydom said:

Sept 28, 2024 14:28:23 GMT headsgoup said:

I'm not sure I agree.

This is a bit like Pulis v a top six team, only with more faffing about at the back.


He's our Whitehead. Well, our on the pitch Whitehead.

It's Burger you don't need here, I think.

Not really, it’s clear that Pèlach wants to build up and invite the press. He’s got Thompson dropping right with the centre halves, however you need someone who’s very comfortable on the ball and can pick a forward pass. Instead we are very sideways and backwards and completely stuck in our own half.

There's no way our midfield is playing a forward ball today, he's relying on disagonals from the centre halves.

[Goonie]

Never a foul by Koumas

[wakefieldstokie]

No great surprise.

This club- comedy gold

[standbutler1]

Foul 0n Koumas

[chamberlain]

The referee has given them everything

[mrnovember]

This is appalling

[owdestokie2]

I’m trying to keep up via here and BBC Sport. Following today’s games already finished it’s extremely important we get something out of the game when you look at the table.

Shit. As I type just had a notification that we are 1 down

[Praetorian]

Reckon that was both offside and not a foul prior. Too passive though indeed.

[tejstokie]

Wtf is with Viktor pushing it to an opponent each bloody match instead of grabbing it or parrying it out. Wank.

[pavel]

And here we go, very worrying.

[mtrstudent]

Sept 28, 2024 14:33:28 GMT headsgoup said:

Sept 28, 2024 14:30:20 GMT mtrstudent said:

We need the two midfielders to be able to turn and go in tight places. Burger did that sometimes last season, what's wrong?

I think Thompson is fine as the metronome type and he can do longer passes sometimes but he needs more time to spot the pass. That's why I don't think he's suited today.

We aren't passing from midfield, or down the centre hardly at all.

In possession, it's just being played across the defensive line, then a diagonal to Bocat or Koumas from Wilmot.

The central midfield ain't doing any attacking today. This is the cage mark 2.

I guess I'm thinking of non shit teams who use the same 3-2 pattern.

E.g. I've seen Brighton do similar but they have a series of patterns that involves the two midfielders doing quick passes and turns to break the press.

[boskampsflaps]

Sept 28, 2024 14:34:43 GMT 19notbeaten72 said:

God knows what the managers instructions to the players was but this is terrible & just a matter of time before the floodgates open.

Play it as slowly as possible and try and limit forward passes 😅

[stokiejoe]

That was a rubbish decision by the referee but we stood and watched them score.

[ian57]

Well I’m off down to the pub.

[mcw]

Foul should have been the other way and looked suspiciously offside. They deserve it though, we’ve been shit.

[wakefieldstokie]

Who do we get in for the relegation fight in January?

[Fred Merger]

Clouds gathering already. Dogshit

[xchpotter]

Tell you what, this is some of the worst wank I’ve seen from us in years…..we are in deep, deep shit this season.

[stokesupporter]

Very boring.

Bring back Schuey.

[apb1]

Let's see how we do now we're behind.

[Han Solo]

poor goal to concede that. Assist by the officials