Reply With QuoteJust a shame the jacks somehow won, they would be just above qpr else it was a good day…..Originally Posted by City123
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We, rightly, moan about how poorly run we are, but the Coates family have poured millions into Stoke since they were relegated and in terms of value for money they must be the worst club in the Championship. Other teams would have stuck five on Stoke after they conceded two inside half an hour, but, Huddersfield apart, we don’t do big wins and, when we did win at home again, it was always going to be in the sort of game we saw today.
Just a shame the jacks somehow won, they would be just above qpr else it was a good day…..
I was watching a poor stream but didn’t notice Horvath making loads of saves.
And you are the reverse - you take every opportunity to have a dig at him regardless of the thread - fecking tedious
We should have built a healthy lead today. As usual it was very hard work in the end. Some of the breaks near the end were pitiful from the front 2.
That defeat puts Stoke into the bottom three, and yet for the last half hour we put everyone behind the ball, as if we were clinging on against Real Madrid.
The substitutions were bizarre. It seems he has to find a position somehow for Wintle. I’m just amazed we did hold on. Fair play to them our two centre backs were immense.
I thought Bulut was going for an even more defensive set up when all the stewards were told to come pitch side. I had visions of us playing a back 200.
Exactly people calling for his head but who is likely to come in
However the club needs to make it clear to bulut if he is or not being kept on and vice versa very soon otherwise we will amble toward may with no plan find ourselves scrambling around for a manager with no player recruitment plans in place and no pre season plan in place either - this is down to the board at the moment with all this uncertainty and the clock ticking for next year already
The substitution were odd, but they did the job and Stoke weren't the threat they had been earlier..
Colwill was knackered by half time. True, he can find a decent pass here and there but the rest of his game isn't good enough. Today you could understand why Bulut has held back on starting him..
good for morale but we're still at the bottom of a big mountain and the result could easily have gone the other way.
Etete's goal looks offside. Bowler, in an offside position, walks right in front of the keeper as the ball bounces in. Might have got away with one there. Ah well.
Do some ‘fans’ expect teams to come here and just roll over? Stoke are fighting for their lives, and have prepared for days for the game, it was a good result, our home form is pretty poor, we have key players out injured, and that gives teams hope when they come to CCS.
Great result, better performance but loads of room for improvement, for me. Very up and down today, Stoke are awful though. Very surprised how poor they look.
I'd snap your hands off to keep Phillips, did very well and I'd keep Grant for the right price.
Not a day to get carried away or let Bulut off the hook. We made very heavy weather if what should have been a healthy win.
Yes they were poor but so have we been.
What do you mean? There's been loads of managers that experts on here have called for and all are currently at clubs higher than us.
Danny and Nicky Cowley anyone?
How the hell half of you are rating Phillips on that performance i dont know? Yeah he did ok at times..but inside that "ok performance" i saw :
- Wayward passing
- Out of position (luckily Goutas really did show some initiative and saved his blushes a few times)
- occasionally lingering on the ball tempting fate near our box
Definitely. He has a bit of skill, his judgment is poor, he loses the ball often and he can't play 90 minutes. It's becoming clear why successive managers don't rate him.
Phillips covered for Goutas more like. Goutas wasn’t terrible by any means, but he’s not playing as well now as he was in the first half of the season - for example, he completely let Ennis go for that chance he missed in the first half.
When Goutas gets dragged out wide he doesn't look comfortable on a 1 to 1..
fair enough. I was picking a specific time i noticed goutas return the favor I suppose. I believe my other points still stand though.
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Full 90
Goutas is a lot more comfortable on the right and side. I was surprised he started there and wasn't surprised when they swapped back!
His decision making has improved and he rarely loses the ball. His defensive work has improved (evidenced by winning the ball for Grant's goal) as well. He's clearly one of our better players and one of the few non-cloggers we have.
He's started 8 of the last 11 games, hardly suggests that Bulut doesn't rate him. He's also clearly listened to instructions and worked on the defensive side of his game.
I stopped reading when you said.. "he rarely loses the ball".
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