Season 21/22 The Official Stoke City v Swansea City Match Thread

[jacabertawe]

Are our set pieces the worst in the Football League?

Did someone say that we haven't scored for 120 corners?

 

[Jack2jack]

Ok, can I just ask, what the f**k was that? Anyone know?

Dunno, answers on a postcard please.

 

[Pegojack]

A very poor half, last ditch defending, no attacking threat to speak of, how Stoke aren't ahead I can't imagine.

In the words of the Stranglers, somethin' better change.....

 

[Ringwood Jack]

What dire half... card happy ref will reduce us to 10 by the end.

No creativity or can't string more than 3 passes in the middle but at least we're not losing.

Hoping the trusting process improves second half

 

[Allergic2Hoof]

Pathetic. None of them want to be there and they look like they just met each other 2 minutes before kick off. This isn't acceptable for a team of this level. We look like a clownshow bunch of misfits. Honestly havent seen such a disjointed half as that.

If Stoke were clinical we would be 4 or 5 down by now.

 

[airedale]

Bring the bench on Martin!!!

Yeah, they can put it in the middle of the penalty area, the Stokoes will have to run around it then, put them off a bit.

 

[AndyCole]

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Some twps say, 'believe in the process'. Utter drivel.

'So much better than Cooperwang'. Bonkers, in many ways.

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[cmajack]

Another half of football without a shot on target, boring boring swans .

 

[Skippyjack]

We're so naive and are lacking the simple basics of the game, a simple 5 yard pass seems beyond them

 

[sainthelens]

Right, best hope is a dour draw then a rip roaring win on Sunday.

 

[Jack2jack]

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Some twps say, 'believe in the process'. Utter drivel.

'So much better than Cooperwang'. Bonkers, in many ways.

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[Londonlisa2001]

We look like a league 2 team playing in the cup. Few passes strung together but pretty much comprehensively outplayed. If we get lucky, absolutely great. But anyone that thinks this is in anyway an improvement on last year needs a quick visit to specsavers. We are utterly bereft of creativity, pace, width, discipline.

This is as bad as we’ve been for years.

Surely someone in charge can see how ridiculous this is. No amount of ‘Sky friendly’ stats, sound bites and management speak from Martin can continue to pull so much wool over so many peoples eyes surely?

 

[3swan]

Pathetic. None of them want to be there and they look like they just met each other 2 minutes before kick off. This isn't acceptable for a team of this level. We look like a clownshow bunch of misfits. Honestly havent seen such a disjointed half as that.

If Stoke were clinical we would be 4 or 5 down by now.

100% and 100% again correct

 

[monmouth]

We used to ridicule Stoke. At least they knew what they were trying to do, even I. The worst Pullis days you got better than we’ve just served up. Everyone knows now, just press us and we’ll fold immediately.

Oh well, time has no memory. Start again second half and be a different team. It’s still 0-0 somehow so just get out there and be a professional football team rather than a clown show embarrassing yourselves and the boys and girls that are there and relying on you to make them happy, you bunch of turds. There, team talk, tick. Let’s do it.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Are our set pieces the worst in the Football League?

Did someone say that we haven't scored for 120 corners?

We're the only team in the Championship NOT to score from a set piece this season.