Stoke AWAY Match Thread

[HankMarvin]

how many times does cr have to persist with the same shit 7-8 losses you would think he would change it

stubborn old ****

[funkyrobot]

you know thinks might've not gone well as a ref when you have to be escorted off by security at half time. He lost his head more than the city players. Every city foul was deemed a yellow card by the end of that half. 

[Guest Col city fan]

Right, let's hope the players calm down and come out fighting.

If not, this could end up three or four nil.

[cityfanlee23]

1 minute ago, sylofox said:

having probs with wifi what's the score how many players do we have?

3-0 up, Huth hatty and stoke have a player sent off.

[jim5000]

3 minutes ago, HoustonFox said:

He was pushed which made him lose balance at the last second. If it had been an oppo player doing that, we'd have been baying for blood. I can see it being overturned though. 

 

Doesn't excuse the ref's poor performance. No game management whatsoever. Not talking to the players and calming them down and just going straight to his pocket. 

 

Second goal was a real sucker punch. 

Vardy's tackle was a leg breaker if he mistimes it. It was a red, you can't go in like that.

[justfoxes]

Come on Leicester we can beat 12 men !!

[Benguin]

I'd be in full support of Claudio abandoning the game. Stoke can have the three points

[Manwell Pablo]

5 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

 

Watched it several times...

 

 

are you really using a tv pundit  as gospel? 

 

 

No as I say (for the third time now) I'll wait till I've seen it myself.

 

i forget your prolly all on illegal streams  ill still wait the level of bias on here is off the chart sometimes 

[sylofox]

1 minute ago, Col city fan said:

Like it....

not joking fvck off col

[Guest Cujek]

Just now, UPinCarolina said:

I don't blame the players. 

Tbh this is the sort of game that could galvanise us and re ignite our team spirit.

[foxes_rule1978]

I fail to see the studs, his feet are firmly planted on the floor and he gets the ball, the Stoke players reaction made the ref send him off! absolutely pathetic 

[Gold Coast Fox]

How long until we can start blaming Ranieri?

[Collymore]

It isn't the bookings IMO, they all were bookings (apart from Vardy's should have been a yellow)

 

It's the ref's arrogance and body language when he's giving the bookings is what is annoying. You can see he's loving the fact he's the centre of attention. ****

[ZeGuy]

3 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

Yes the ref is crap, but the reaction from our players and manager has been even worse imo.

 

Playing into the opposition hands and it's unprofessional.

 

 

Easy said when you're comfortably seating on your couch. Less so when you're away, in a relegation battle and (unfairly) one man down. The ref is having a mare, multiplying the bad callsso yeah, at some point some lose it.

[Guest Col city fan]

2 minutes ago, Callabinho said:

Ranieri's reaction spells trouble. I think he knows he's on the line....

I have a feeling it's not far off coming...

[EGBFitness]

3-2 win coming on, ref about to Level it up second half 

[foxes_rule1978]

Becoming a bloody no contact sport this 

[Rasmic123]

Refs ruined the game, never a red but was a stonewall penalty i thought.

 

Shame because we were on top before the red and would have won. Stoke look poor and very one dimensional, shame the ref has decided to gift them 3 points

[The Doctor]

Watched the red card - two footed but dubious, if only because it looks like Johnson pulls and pushes him off balance and into the lunge.

[Will1981]

3 minutes ago, SMX11 said:

Is there a way of getting the game abandoned? 

yes 4 more red cards will do it

[cityfanlee23]

For me it's about the attitude now, the red card is gone, we are 2-0 down. 
If they come out and start giving away stupid fouls and lose control, I will have lost almost all faith in Ranieri to turn this round. 

The next 45 mins will say a hell of a lot about these players and Ranieri' ability to control them. 

[Benji]

If you try justifying that red card you clearly have another agenda to have a dig at 4-4-2.  We were doing very well until the red.  Studs are down, no contact from the feet and feet almost dragging along the ground.  Some muppet referred to it as "2 feet high" on the BBC.  Put your specs on, that's a terrible decision, made all the funnier when you see what Rojo has gotten away with recently.

 

I didn't see the Stoke player get booked early on for cutting down our player when he played advantage for a counterattack, yet every tackle became a booking after the red in one big display of look at me I'm the ref don't question my decisions.  He's an utter cock jockey and if that red doesn't get rescinded the world's gone mad.

 

The handball we'd probably be pissed if we didn't get it - it's certainly not intentional, but we all know that's not "the rule" even if it is.

[Webbo]

1 minute ago, Gold Coast Fox said:

How long until we can start blaming Ranieri?

It started about 15 games ago.

[GaelicFox]

4 minutes ago, Webbo said:

His hand was in that position before the ball was kicked. I'm not complaining about the pen but it wasn't deliberate.

The rules don't say you have to raise it to be deliberate , you can go into the tackle or situation with raised hands already but you may have deliberately raised them prior to entering the zone or move that's being assessed ... it was deliberate he knows it made him bigger and it may stop the ball

a delebtate conscious call 

 

thats a peno all day long 93 times out of 100 

 

but its a game of opinions , mine and the refs concour 

[Melbourne Fuchs]

Can Huth and Morgan accidentally quadruple foot the ref?