Credit to....

[Scrotnig]

...the ref, for a change. Did a decent and unbiased job I thought overall, certainly way better than the shite we have had recently.

And to Walsall's players for not diving quite as much as almost every other team we seem to play lately, I have always thought that as a team Stoke are not particularly bad for diving, it's good to see another team the same. They also contributed to a fantastic game by, like us, never giving up. Great to watch!

If you doubt my views on diving and cheating, simply think Sheffield United or Cardiff, then you'll catch my drift!!

[RipRoaringPotter]

I'll second that one.

Don't know if the 'offside' decision for their goal was right or not, but even if it was wrong this would be the linesmans fault and not the referees

[Trout_Licker]

agreed. the ref played the advantage when ever possible, which mande it a free flowing game. was it just asaba who got booked, or did 1 of smallsalls players

[bogus]

The decision was correct IMHO from Sent Stand.
Leitao was definitely offside when he got the last touch.
Ironic thing is the fella who headed it most certainly wasn't and it looked to be creeping in anyway.

[erfenware]

The ref was one of the better ones we've had recently. Credit to Samways after he got clobbered by Sarbs, the tackle was late but he didn't make a meal and got to his feet. Likewise late on in the second half, Russell was caught late but got to his feet quickly and saved the Wartsore player a booking

[RipRoaringPotter]

Does anyone know who the referee was?

[Admin]

P. Armstrong... can't say it rang any bells with me to be honest, but he did have a great game today... can't remember moaning at him even once... must be a record for me!

[SuperStokie]

Agreed, thought the ref did really well today.

There Rex, it's only ref's who wanna get noticed that piss me off-get the picture!

Jon

[RipRoaringPotter]

I doubt we'll be seeing him down The Brit too often ???