Stoke Post Match Thread 2-2....again

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, wokinghamfox said:

Complete joke blaming King for the 2nd.

The fault was with Fuchs not getting ahead of crouch and maguire not blocking off his run 

 

however, king was there to defend the near post and he either takes out the cross or drops onto the line - I said it was harsh to blame him but he is the back stop to cover the maguire/Fuchs mess

[The Guvnor]

1 minute ago, Gazza M said:

I didn't think Maguire had a game to remember today..Sh*t on by Crouch. 

Fuchs was giving Maguire a dressing down following Crouches goal, for not tracking him, we all know he is superb in the air , you can't out jump him ,you have to hassle and lean on him, unfortunately he slipped the field and it was far too easy for him.

 

[surrifox]

1 minute ago, The Guvnor said:

Fuchs was giving Maguire a dressing down following Crouches goal, for not tracking him, we all know he is superb in the air , you can't out jump him ,you have to hassle and lean on him, unfortunately he slipped the field and it was far too easy for him.

 

Yep . He didn't even need to jump 

[baldeagle]

19 minutes ago, chicagofox said:

I know King is for some to blame for everything negative about Leicester City but I just didn’t see what you did.

And that is what makes football a wonderful game , everybody will see it differently  . I don’t blame King for everything hence why I named three players I also named   Maguire who I think has been one of our best players so far this season  but just thought he had a bad game today . For me as soon as Iborra went off and King came on we lost the midfield as King was just  completely ineffective . But apparently I am ****ing retard for mentioning it 

[Sionnach gorm]

58 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

So how many then? Is it none, one, or two?

Don’t want to throw the baby with the bath water...but good point.  

 

There are eleven teams that have allowed fewer goals than us.  This issue seems to repeat itself year after year...and, frankly, I’m tired of this.  You cannot move forward without a good defense. The 

[Fox92]

Iborra ran the show. Gray and Mahrez were superb... at last we attack and Albrighton is nowhere near the first 11 which I have been wanting for ages. Kasper a couple of great saves, especially end of the last half.

 

Journey home was horrid.

[Dr The Singh]

It just shows the difference with one player, iborra goes off and we stop passing and playing a really composed style of play.

 

I'm.satisfied we will not get relegated.

[dynamark]

Might be difficult to get John Sjoberg back he passed away  good few years back .

Cross is still pretty fit

Woolett woud probably turn up at Filbert St if he could get on the correct bus(sorry Al)

[murphy]

In about ten years time when we are watching us lose to a last minute goal against Millwall at home in the Championship we will be looking back at these times with envy, the days when we had genuinely good international players.

 

Some of you need to turn the moaning down a bit and enjoy it.

 

It will be gone before you know it.

[drofmor55]

1 hour ago, mozartfox said:

Sjoberg, Cross and Woolett need replacing In January.

Still think Alan Woolett was one of the best tacklers ive seen play...shame about his dog though

[les-tah]

If I’m not mistaken didn’t maguire get blocked off whilst marking crouch got that  corner?

[sm1]

Strange game because i think both teams will be disappointed with a draw. Stoke got some good saves out of Kasper and we butchered some clear 2 on 1s, Mahrez with one and Vardy with another.

[Bats8711]

I see a lot of people saying that Iborra injury is scary as it would mean King back in the squad.  Wouldn't Amartey be ahead of him?

 

At the very least, we are exciting to watch and putting in the effort.  When things turned sour last season we were tough to watch. 

[CosbehFox]

Just like back in August and September, the lack of intelligence in this side absolutely ****ing annoys me. 

 

Mahrez squares to Vardy around the thirty minute, its 2-0 and we are in a great position. 

Maguire and Fuchs playing so far out of position when 1-0 up in the first half and your first priority is keep the lead until half-time. 

Not having any plan to stop Crouch on a set-piece. 

You have Kelechi flying into a tackle on the 93rd minute of a game and giving a free-kick away thirty-five yards away from goal. 

 

You use your brain - we piss all over Stoke. Instead this constant brainfarts which no fault of any manager hold us back from being a top 10 team. This isn't a major condemnation. But it's just so frustrating at our lack of intelligence. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

Can't wait until we can play Silva. Having Andy King coming on off the bench fills me with no confidence at all, I didn't even hear his name mentioned hardly.

 

Also, Fuchs was awful, seems a completely different player from the one we had two seasons ago.

[CosbehFox]

1 minute ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Can't wait until we can play Silva. Having Andy King coming on off the bench fills me with no confidence at all, I didn't even hear his name mentioned hardly.

I'm take it or leave it with King but I thought that his best performance for us in a long while. 

[CosbehFox]

23 minutes ago, les-tah said:

If I’m not mistaken didn’t maguire get blocked off whilst marking crouch got that  corner?

The question for me though is if you know what Crouch's strengths are - you block him off with two players. 

[Suzie the Fox]

1 minute ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

The question for me though is if you know what Crouch's strengths are - you block him off with two players. 

Preferably with one player sitting on the shoulders of the other 

[Guest CityFan 06]

Could've and should've won. 

 

In the past two games (including today), I've noticed how much better we have been at keeping the ball, which is definitely benefiting us. 

 

Good performance, looked very threatening going forward. 

 

 

[Mint_Fox]

5 hours ago, Redouane said:

at Nacho hate. I remember so many from this thread praising him as the messiah a couple of months ago.

 

Decent performance, many lost chances. Hopefully we can invest in a fallback in the January, and perhaps Ben Arfa

I personally thought  Nacho looked the most interested/potent today since the friendly match. Far too soon to write him off and if Vardy got a suspension or god for bid an injury we'll be glad to have him.

[Wymsey]

5 hours ago, Webbo said:

Really don't know why Ihenacho is getting all this stick? 

Thought he was unlucky.

He's a player low on confidence, like most players do during some stage of their career, but with support and hard-work - he'll be at his best again  soon hopefully.

[Redouane]

16 minutes ago, Mint_Fox said:

I personally thought  Nacho looked the most interested/potent today since the friendly match. Far too soon to write him off and if Vardy got a suspension or god for bid an injury we'll be glad to have him.

Nacho is still young. People are here are willing to be patient with the likes of Chillwell, Ndidi, Maguire and Gray.. why not Nacho? He's a good player for the future of the club, shame he has a buyback clause though. 

[Great Boos Up]

We scored two half chances and missed our better chances. The Crouch goal was a predictable mess, the players were arguing for the next ten minutes. So much more attacking football though. I think Puel isn't going to be as dull as some were worried about.

The play that led to that Vardy spin shot was frightening. If that had gone in..........

[Legend_in_blue]

One has to remember that we were potentially playing against 13 men today.  When Madley was replaced by Moss I genuinely thought we were being stitched up.

 

Having one on the field is bad enough, but two numpties sharing the same game - should never happen.

[Dr The Singh]

5 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

One has to remember that we were potentially playing against 13 men today.  When Madley was replaced by Moss I genuinely thought we were being stitched up.

 

Having one on the field is bad enough, but two numpties sharing the same game - should never happen.

With Andy King we were literally 10 men