What a surprise, more Stoke fans on our board (must be getting close to the amount of Evertonians obsessed with us by now) and they can't gt thieer head around City fans sticking up for thier club on thier board... there's bound to be a few who are blindly biast, they support City before anything else, its the same at any club.
Anyway On Topic, i'm not sure trying to play Stoke at thier game is such a good idea; they've built a team equipped at thier style, we've got players that are far more effective when the ball is on the ground, quick passing and moving with a lot of width. I don't think you'd ever see Chelsea go there and set up the same as Stoke, or any of the other top 4 sides; they play to thier own strengths and back thier own ability to beat every other team in the division.
Perhaps thats why Arsenal struggle against Stoke-esque teams? I don't know, it'll be interesting to see how this one goes, it could completely backfire in our faces, Stoke pla thier brand better than we do.
FAO Stoke fans; don't be so fucking stupid as not to expect some form of comment against your club, you're not on your board your on another teams board... I doubt any of us would be greeted as 'top4 crusaders' and welcomed with open arms on your board, so bare it in mind before you get outraged that other teams fans dont love you.