Bezzanator89

Dare I say, Marti has just about found his best starting line-up. Doesn't have the complete 90 minutes yet but getting there, we are also scoring more goals in open play and got 7 points out of our last 9. You call that good recent form. Green shoots. Oh, and no Winks? No Faes? No Soumaré? No problem. Sell them all in January and recoup some money for all I care.

You sound just like the bloke who sits behind me, berating Marti and the players when we celebrating goal number three. Must be great at parties.

Great with his hands, absolutely honking with his feet. He will just about do for the Championship as this is his level, but we ever grace the Premier League again, he will instantly become backup keeper.

One brain fart aside and the swing in momentum that followed, that's the best performance in weeks. Goal of the season contest is well and truly over.

That's a relief.

This game was dead and buried. One absolute Christmas gift of a goal to concede and the momentum is completely swung the other way. Why do we do this to ourselves again and again?

Point closer to safety. That's all I've got.

Close thread.

And so is the general standard of service (JJ aside).

Hanging onto a point now. Still waiting for a complete performance, we ever gonna get one?

Which one?

Was a red card in the making today. Needless yellow followed by a couple more fouls, and one real manhandling that could have easily got a second yellow. Has looked out of his depth this season at Championship level. It's sad that we have no other option, so LB has to be a priority in January.

Abysmal officiating from the first whistle. Not a great performance, Stoke will kick themselves. Chuffed for Daka and Mavididi. Was good to see us getting physical and playing dirty Stoke at their own game. We take the three points because they will be valuable, but we have to be better than this, especially with a points deduction coming. Can see the EFL being really churlish and making an example of us.

Collectively diabolical officiating today.

How shit must you be, we're winning at home... How shit must you be, Daka has scored... How many more can we come up with today?

Ricky Pereira having a stinker IMO.

Shame it takes chants like THAT, to get the club to actually acknowledge the fans. Communication at a much earlier stage could prevent this.

Never an easy watch this lot. We take the three points, which barely papers over the cracks, so the tune remains the same. Rudkin OUT. King Power OUT.

JJ!!!!!!!

Goal.

Just like James vs Blackburn.

None of these comments have aged well in the space of two months. Sorry to all I quoted, these were all on the first page after the announcement, that'll teach you to be proactive.

Sean from Enderby maybe?

How many could you squeeze on the roof?

A good player that has been dragged down by the mediocrity around him. Only seems to have the one trick at the moment of cutting inside and trying the classic "Fatawu worldie" but that has been worked out. It's no surprise that he is trying to do more to compensate for the lack of creativity elsewhere, and taking more chances. The offensive stats say it all, both on a club and a league-wide level. It's now the classic case of trying to do too much, and he looks worse for it. Cuts a very frustrated figure, especially yesterday, but least that shows that he cares.