Season 20/21: Stoke City v Swansea City Match Thread

[cwmdonkinjack]

Korey Smith is a leader. Encouraging, chasing, proper professional. Makes us far more solid

Stoke very physical and trying to bully us

If fit he should have started the last few games.

 

[Magic_Michu]

Thoughts on our midfield today without hourihan... More balanced?

Far more balanced and far more energy.

I think Hourihane can only play as a 10 if one of Ayew / Lowe are dropped or we’re chasing a game.

 

[Captain_Sham]

Right... let’s keep this energy up in the 2nd half and another goal will come.

Bar the silly mistake, we look much better.

Much better than first half against Bristol? The best half of football we played all season according to twitter.? M'kay.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Lost my stream now

 

[sainthelens]

Set pieces the only danger, they ain't playing through us. Our front 2 need to do more, closing down defenders but little else.

 

[A4Jack]

Korey Smith is a leader. Encouraging, chasing, proper professional. Makes us far more solid

Stoke very physical and trying to bully us

If fit he should have started the last few games.

First names on the team sheet with Roberts, Bennett, normally Guehi and probably Grimes. The rest are inconsistent at best

 

[monmouth]

If we are 3 - 1 up with two minutes to get would you bring someone off the bench just to clatter Gunn?

Keep a bench position free for that purpose. We could have done football a favour and nailed Adam, Holt, Savage if we put a professional clogger from the youth on the bench. Winning or losing heavily, get on and take him out! Could even boot Tommy Tank in the nuts.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Thoughts on our midfield today without hourihan... More balanced?

Far more balanced and far more energy.

I think Hourihane can only play as a 10 if one of Ayew / Lowe are dropped or we’re chasing a game.

I'd drop lowe to be honest he's wilted in the heat and put hourihan at number ten.

 

[eteb]

Thoughts on our midfield today without hourihan... More balanced?

absolutely, although i get hounded for saying it. CH at 10 or not at all

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Thoughts on our midfield today without hourihan... More balanced?

absolutely, although i get hounded for saying it. CH at 10 or not at all

Agreed

 

[monmouth]

Set pieces the only danger, they ain't playing through us. Our front 2 need to do more, closing down defenders but little else.

Have we seen peak Lowe? He can't even make a simple pass. Obviously a confidence player with no confidence. Ayew is simply not as good as the hype and never has been.

There we are. All true, but if that can't get a goal out of the pair of buggers, nothing will.

 

[LeonWasTheDog's]

Thoughts on our midfield today without hourihan... More balanced?

absolutely, although i get hounded for saying it. CH at 10 or not at all

We're definitely better in open play without him. But then we lose his goals, which are more important. It's a difficult headache for Cooper.

 

[Badlands]

If fit he should have started the last few games.

First names on the team sheet with Roberts, Bennett, normally Guehi and probably Grimes. The rest are inconsistent at best

Cabango, Roberts, Fulton, Ayew.
Guehi? Not at the moment but on the season as a whole maybe.

 

[A4Jack]

First names on the team sheet with Roberts, Bennett, normally Guehi and probably Grimes. The rest are inconsistent at best

Cabango, Roberts, Fulton, Ayew.

I'd agree with Fulton and possibly Cabango. Ayew? Crazy

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Set pieces the only danger, they ain't playing through us. Our front 2 need to do more, closing down defenders but little else.

Have we seen peak Lowe? He can't even make a simple pass. Obviously a confidence player with no confidence. Ayew is simply not as good as the hype and never has been.

There we are. All true, but if that can't get a goal out of the pair of buggers, nothing will.

Front two have been very poor, I'd be tempted to sub lowe and put on hourihan at ten with ayew as lone striker.