22/23 The Official Stoke v Swansea Match Thread

[bakajack]

Oli has been superb in his first start

Agree. Superb pass there too. Got a football brain on him.

I would even argue that so far he is my man of the match.

 

[Muteswan]

Can we keep this Sorrinola and send the other one back?

 

[monmouth]

Our defence puts me in a serious sweat.

We’re surely never going to hang on to 1-0

 

[airedale]

Stop giving away corners and we can do it

Corners are a borefest where nothing happens though. Got to laugh at folks getting excited when their side gets one.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Poor? From us? Seriously? I only saw half an hour but apart from a bit of nutterball I thought we were assured, threatening and 1000 times more incisive than I expected.

We looked all over the place for the first ten minutes and even though we scored early we could easily have been 2-0 down by then. Ridiculous I know! We've been really good since then though, Piroe looks much more comfortable up top and Ollie Cooper's playing well. We still look dodgy as hell at the back though so going to need a second to win it I think.

We've been by far and away the better so far, but still, two poor sides.

 

[lidojack]

We have ridden every bit of luck we have so far.

Some changes wouldn't go amiss.

 

[bakajack]

Expecting a sub anytime now.
Looks like Pato gonna come on, hopefully for Fulton and Cooper keeps playing he has been our best player on the pitch.

 

[Magic_Michu]

Wood has been quality

 

[Longlostjack]

Our defence puts me in a serious sweat.

We’re surely never going to hang on to 1-0

Keep calm - we’ve got Fisher

 

[crazedbison]

I’ve been saying it all season, but RM’s use of Piroe as an AM has been asinine and Piroe’s play in his natural striker role today proves it.

Now this begs the question, was RM just foolish or was there something else at play?

 

[bakajack]

Looking forwards we need to build our midfield around Joe and Oli this season based on todays performances. Joe has threaded a few beauties to get us on the front foot and battled through as expected.

 

[Longlostjack]

Cooper off - why ????????

 

[Swanjaxs]

Aye, take our best player off ...

 

[bakajack]

I’ve been saying it all season, but RM’s use of Piroe as an AM has been asinine and Piroe’s play in his natural striker role today proves it.

Now this begs the question, was RM just foolish or was there something else at play?

It was clearly to try to accommodate him and Obafemi, problem is when both are off the boil then it makes Piroe look like a shadow of the player he is.

 

[crazedbison]

I’ve been saying it all season, but RM’s use of Piroe as an AM has been asinine and Piroe’s play in his natural striker role today proves it.

Now this begs the question, was RM just foolish or was there something else at play?

It was clearly to try to accommodate him and Obafemi, problem is when both are off the boil then it makes Piroe look like a shadow of the player he is.

Totally right, but there are other ways to accommodate two strikers. Maybe, I don’t know, formations with 2 strikers? Maybe RM has never heard of them….