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Post by fromafar07 on Jan 12, 2008 17:00:49 GMT
umm, did someone forget to tell Stoke that its more goals than the oppostion that gets you places. another draw (granted againt a decent team away) but now only 4 points from 12.
i thought today, as against Newcastle, Creswell was crap, even playing in his favorite position. he get disposessed every time he tries something. Parkin was , as usual, non existent. Fuller good goal but he really needs to play more football instead of playing the petualnt child every time he gets tackled, disposessed etc.
besides Pugh , nothing from midfield, were lawrence and eusatce even on the pitch???
somethings got to give, goals have got to be scored to continue this run, or it will quickly become just another tease at the top of the table season
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Post by grandad on Jan 12, 2008 17:03:28 GMT
you soon got back fromafar
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 12, 2008 17:03:45 GMT
Are you typing this on your Blackberry, fromafar? You seem to be one of the few people at the game who didn't think it was a good performance.
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Post by stokietony on Jan 12, 2008 17:05:18 GMT
Wish he was further away.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2008 17:06:32 GMT
I agree with all but one of the above posters
(Only 3rd point taken off Ipswich at home all season ... now if we don't win next Satdee, then you'll have good reason to moan)
ah
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Post by nickstokefc on Jan 12, 2008 17:06:54 GMT
you can have some SMITE
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Post by muckakev on Jan 12, 2008 17:07:19 GMT
Yaaaawwwwwwnnnnnnnn
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Jan 12, 2008 17:07:38 GMT
43 GOALS!!!
I END MY CASE
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Post by fromafar07 on Jan 12, 2008 17:08:29 GMT
in a season where the team is going nowhere i would consider it a good result, but in a season where they SEEM to be doing something ido not think it was a good result. for gods sake that is 5 draws in a row. where in hell are they going to go with draws?? total lack of imagination and drive up front fro what i could hear listening on the radio in America. nothing in midfield from what i read on bbc stoke's live cmmentary. a draw is not a loss but it aint 3points closer to the top either
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Post by Parksy on Jan 12, 2008 17:09:49 GMT
Some people want the moon on a stick  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2008 17:10:53 GMT
glass half empty ?
you must be a stoke fan then
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 12, 2008 17:10:55 GMT
They haven't lost a home match since March '07.
A draw in what sounded like a very decent game is very creditable.
The only poor show in recent weeks has been the Hull game - and that really was dire!
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Post by fromafar07 on Jan 12, 2008 17:12:01 GMT
i had to laugh at hatchetts post all stoke NEED to do is convert home games to 3 points....isnt that my point ,they havent been doing that. im not moaning im stating the obvious. oh the excuses i hear from the draw lovers. 5 games without a loss is great.......5 games without a win is not so great !!
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jan 12, 2008 17:14:29 GMT
I can see what he means, we need to snap out of this run of draws sharpish if we're gonna continue to be serious about going up. But, this is a very good result.
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Post by DodgyDino on Jan 12, 2008 17:16:50 GMT
i had to laugh at hatchetts post all stoke NEED to do is convert home games to 3 points....isnt that my point ,they havent been doing that. im not moaning im stating the obvious. oh the excuses i hear from the draw lovers. 5 games without a loss is great.......5 games without a win is not so great !! 5 games without a win isnt great but look who we have played in those games, All tricky games apart from Hull |
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Post by fromafar07 on Jan 12, 2008 17:17:10 GMT
hate Pulis?, not at all ,he has done a pretty damn good job with the team he has.. i just am not a fan wearing blinders who thinks just beacuase they didnt lose and drew AGAIN, makes it a good result. remember there happens to be a few teams above us who seem to keep winning and a few teams chasing happy for our draw too..like Ipswich
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Post by hatchett on Jan 12, 2008 17:18:57 GMT
fromfar07 - if we hope for the play offs then we carry on drawing, start winning our home games then we go up in the top 2. In all my time following Stoke this is now time to just back the team will full 100% positivity, not your bollocks.. Cmon Stoke...
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Post by Linx on Jan 12, 2008 17:20:30 GMT
The radio 5 commentators said it was a cracking game, belying its 1-1 scoreline. A lot of teams (and their fans) would be happy with a point away at Ipswich and we would have nicked it if the ref had given a penalty for the obstruction on Parkin.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2008 17:27:22 GMT
Fromafar - No team wins every game. If you actually look at the last five drawn games, you'll see that only one of them was a bad result. Perhaps you've lost some perspective living so far away.
Barnsley 3-3 tricky place to go, good result.
Plymouth 2-2 tricky place to go against a team with play off aspirations
Hull 1-1 Shit result, shit performance, no excuses.
Newcastle 0-0 Good performance against mega-bucks prem side.
Ipswich 1-1 great result against a team unbeaten at home all season.
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Post by Cupid Stunt on Jan 12, 2008 17:36:00 GMT
4th in the league, stop moaning.
A win against Preston and we'll be back on track, we've not lost in 13 games FFS!
3 of the last 4 games have been away at teams with very good home records so we've done very well!
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Post by howard moon is a stokie on Jan 12, 2008 17:55:35 GMT
what stupid comments fromafar. draws against a side with owen, viduka, duff, a side unbeaten at home, another side with a 7,3,1 wdL ratio when we played them, a trip away to a side closer to france than stoke (not to mention they are hovering around the playoffs). then you have the cheek to say players played bad due to your excellent online sources. fuck off
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Post by viewfromthecrowsnest on Jan 12, 2008 18:40:12 GMT
It's an excellent draw, getting us a point closer to Watford, who are losing it (If Watford sell King, they really are losing it) and I'm not concerned about Brizzle City. They've not hit a bad patch yet. WBA are certs to go up, and the battle is to join em in the top 2.
Main concern is we're getting stretched. Fuller & Cressy on 8 bookings and an injury could happen any time now. Mama in africa will affect us more than we like to think, as he makes life so much easier for our attacking players. We can't expect a new striker/attacker to hit it off immediately if we bought one in Jan window.
If we get past the Mags, that would give a mother and father of all confidence boosts (it was 75 when we last beat top flight in the cup), and give coates confidence to spend in Jan with Arse money coming in. Whoever we buy has to fit in quick. Real quick. If we don't buy, we depend on 3 things: luck, fuller and cressy playing above themselves and other teams falling all over themselves.
But the feeling remains in me, we could sneak that 2nd spot. Playoffs I'd rather not think about...
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Post by swampySCFC on Jan 12, 2008 20:06:28 GMT
Ya Daft Bugger. Have a look at Ipswich's record.
Great result if we win next week
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Post by davejohnno1 on Jan 12, 2008 20:09:14 GMT
Fromafar obviously wasn't at the game. Having just arrived home, the only true word he stated was that Cresswell was crap.
Eustace was excellent, as was Delap, and after a shaky start, we were the better of the two sides and could easily have got the win.
As for Pugh, he proved once again that the position we brought him in to play is actually his weakest position as he really struggled to get into the game.
A good point, providing we beat Preston at home next week!
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Post by beagriestache on Jan 12, 2008 20:24:19 GMT
Is fromafar really a Stoke fan or just a Vale fan tring to wind us up.
If you really are a Stokie, read Robvanduersen's post higher up, as he sums up the poor draws you seem to despise so much.
Oh and while you're at it why not ask the 11 out of 13 other championship sides (the ones who Ipswich beat) whether they think a draw at Portman road is a good result or not!
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Post by Godo on Jan 13, 2008 1:11:49 GMT
Linx - "Obstruction" results in an indirect freekick surely?
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Post by Rossco on Jan 13, 2008 11:10:39 GMT
Great Post RVD83
I think that anyone looking on "fromafar" could see 5 draws and think that this was poor form. However, when you break this down and realise that 4 of these were in the league, 3 of which were away from home (against bogey away sides in Barnsley and Plymouth and Ipswich have a tremendous home record) we'll all agree that we're not doing too bad!! Hull at home could actually be a blessing in disguise - if we ever wondered how much we relied on Ricci then it was discovered in this game.
I have always reckoned that in order to gain promotion you need to draw away and win at home - thus achieving 2 points per game. Not one team is doing that in the Championship which just goes to show how wide open it is. Stoke are in great form and we should applaud them for it - A win against Preston should put us right back amongst the top 2 spots.
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Post by RAF on Jan 13, 2008 11:33:25 GMT
Well I enjoyed the game I have to say.
We should have been 1-2 up at half time.
All in all though the game really could have gone either way.
Dicko made a cracking clearance off our line and their keeper made a fantastic save to stop Fuller at the other end.
I enjoyed the first half more than the second , but a draw away at Ipswich with their form is a great result.
The old addage win at home draw away has never been more relevant in a league so close as this.
I think yesterday proved that we still don't have an answer for the left wing and it must be our priority next signing.
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Post by daverichards on Jan 13, 2008 11:36:44 GMT
fromafar should have stayed there
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