Stoke City away match thread

[MarcusX]

8 hours ago, Bris Red said:

Drawn 6 so far, the most in the league.. 

if you look at pure results you’d say then a couple of them into wins and we’re exactly where we’d want to be in the table

however, the performances in some of those draws have made us look closer to losing them than winning (Cardiff/sheff wed)

We don’t know when we’re beaten though and Blackburn aside we’ve been “in” every game.

 

[Bris Red]

8 hours ago, Sleepy1968 said:

When we brought Armstrong on, we lost our edge.

I'd also be asking what's Fally not doing to get gametime?

I must say Wells' second half .  Hope he's fit enough to start Sat. Really good interview on Radio Bristol as we speak.

It is a puzzling one. Fally has looked unbelievable at times and he looks the closest we have to a natural finisher along with Wells. Possibly their is a fitness concern with Fally that we aren't privy too? Who knows..

[mozo]

39 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Across the hundreds of posts, how many were actually “glorifying Nige”? I think you are a bit obsessed. 

There we're two posts mentioning Nige from memory, which is just a bit weird on a Matchday thread.

[Bazooka Joe]

1 hour ago, mozo said:

There we're two posts mentioning Nige from memory, which is just a bit weird on a Matchday thread.

A whole two !!  - “mentioning Nige”(and that’s just from memory).

During the game, some people, understandably get frustrated when things aren’t looking good or going well.

Not a big issue.

We still have problems, but for now let’s enjoy the fight back and more signs of improvement.

[Norn Iron]

From the Stoke Sentinel. 

Entertainment =8

 

[bexhill reds]

3 hours ago, mozo said:

There we're two posts mentioning Nige from memory, which is just a bit weird on a Matchday thread.

Not really, sometimes match threads can tangent off onto other associated topics if the match is dull or in last night's case especially after the first 15 mins, if fans were upset and annoyed at the ease with which Stoke went 2-0 up, and in the latter case it's not going to be unexpected for those supporters who are still irritated by the decision made 12 months ago to compare the current set up to what came before.

Some of these tangents gain a bit of steam or reaction, and some are totally ignored by the other contributors, clearly with our 2nd half performance any posts about "Nige" on the MD thread are pretty much going to be overlooked.

What remains unhelpful is for some to look to create a division by disparaging these views, whilst the club is not going to turn back time nor is it going to make any changes to the management team given the current situation outside of football, it's only natural for fans to compare the current to the previous especially if they are unhappy with what they are watching.

Bottom line is if the team can keeping playing like that and perhaps be a little more defensively sound then even those dissenters will come round, all football fans are fickle...