FT: STOKE CITY 2 - 2 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

[tforturton]

Aaaaarrggh robbed at the death

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Shite

[bluesp]

Desperately disappointing to play that well and concede that late.

[bluebirds17]

Alnwick pulled off some excellent saves but what was he doing there.

Good performance from the lads though. Chambers is still a liability at the back for me.

[Sparticus_Mills]

Alnwick makes some good saves, but two costly mistakes. FFS.

[bluebirdcelt]

Dreadful Dreadful Dreadful

What a ridiculously stupid move by Alnwick at the end of the game. Instead of coming out to claim it he got trapped in no man's land. So unnecessary IMO

[Bobby Dandruff]

Saturday 14th December, ko 3:00pm

Match Officials:

Referee: JOSH SMITH
Assistants: Sam Lewis and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo

Riza out.

Weak and spineless.

[insider]

Relegation fodder not seeing that out

[Dave Blue]

Alnwick pulled off some excellent saves but what was he doing there.

Good performance from the lads though. Chambers is still a liability at the back for me.

Good performances aren’t enough against the lower half. That’s another hammer blow to confidence.

[splott parker]

What a pisser, what was Alnwick up to? He stays put and it’s a simple catch.

[the other bob wilson]

Lost all composure around the ninety one minute and the equaliser seemed inevitable to me. We’ve played pretty well in our last two away games, but drawing on your travels and being absolute garbage at home = relegation.

[Heathblue]

Takes his best player off and his replacement gives the free kick. Talk about your subs making an impact.

[D. Advocaat]

Lost all composure around the ninety one minute and the equaliser seemed inevitable to me - we’ve played pretty well in our last two away games, but drawing on your travels and being absolute garbage at home = relegation.

And Stoke were abject. That was a huge missed opportunity. With 3 centre backs we should have with dealt with their hoofball at the end. Robertson for Willock didn't help us either keep the ball or keep their defenders occupied.

[ToTaL ITK]

that Albatross again.

[Michael Morris]

Table:

[Bobby Dandruff]

And Stoke were abject. That was a huge missed opportunity. With 3 centre backs we should have with dealt with their hoofball at the end. Robertson for Willock didn't help us either keep the ball or keep their defenders occupied.

We have played so many terrible teams this year.

There seems to be a handful of good teams and then a whole load of absolute dross.

[Rjk]

Riza out.

Weak and spineless.

I'm sure he didn't tell Alnwick to do that

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Table:

Oxford dropping like a stone. Plymouth getting thumped most weeks. Think Hull will pick up, so it's between us and Portsmouth - even at this stage of the season..

[NYCBlue]

deserved more.

must be heartbreaking for the lads especially after the same thing at Coventry away

Did we though? It's always frustrating to lose so late in the game and yes, we could and should have won. But deserve to? I think a draw was a fair result.

[Grangenders]

Given our starting line up, that’s a fantastic result

[Forest Green Bluebird]

Did we though? It's always frustrating to lose so late in the game and yes, we could and should have won. But deserve to? I think a draw was a fair result.

Riza needs to work on 'game management'.

Hoofing the ball aimlessly away knowing it will come straight back is not good enough.

[B. Oddie]

It's going to be so close a the end of the season, lads.

[Bobby Dandruff]

Riza needs to work on 'game management'.

Hoofing the ball aimlessly away knowing it will come straight back is not good enough.

Wait: so he is learning on the job whilst managing a Championship side in a relegation scrap?! After having made those crazy substitutions against whoever it was when we ended up drawing due to his stupid decisions??

He should be learning his trade in the Conference!

[NYCBlue]

Riza needs to work on 'game management'.

Hoofing the ball aimlessly away knowing it will come straight back is not good enough.

I don't think you can put this on Riza. He put fresh legs on for Willock which I think any manager would have done at that stage of the game and I'm pretty sure he didn't tell the team to panic. It's just one of those things.

[NYCBlue]

Riza out.

Weak and spineless.

Please explain.