Stoke (a) 20/08/2016 - pre-match thread

[Armaan]

Did u lump on the CL game?

I had a side bet of over 4 goals along with my usual 5-1 which was close.

Yeah I had £400 on us. Went big haha.

 

[PJM1891]

 

[SebastianBlue]

I see the countdown on sky ports news has our old badge on the big screen

Can't be bothered with inane details like facts and the current state of things.

Now pass me my jumper so I can open some crystal and see what Clough has to say about how Forest will dominate this season.

 

[colombia-mcfc]

I wonder if they will talk about Aguero as much as they did Ibrahimovic last night

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Damn was enjoying sterling on the right

 

[mosssideblue]

Good Team selection for me. Should be more than enough

 

[kaz7]

 

[Steve68]

Oh, adaptation will definitely be a challenge but he's shown he is up to it. I just thought it was odd that you seemed to be questioning whether Pep could match wits with... Mark Hughes, of all managers.

It is easier to destroy than create and adapting on the fly is harder than sending out a team with a well drilled plan. Hughes isn't an idiot either.

We all saw how easily we got found out after a few games last season by managers a lot worse than him and how our manager couldn't or wouldn't respond effectively.

Seeing how Pep adapts to the Premiership is going to be interesting.

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

No shaqiri

 

[SebastianBlue]

Damn was enjoying sterling on the right

I imagine Sterling and Navas will interchange quite a bit (as he and Nolito did at Bucharest). Should be interesting to see how Navas handles that... And Stoke, for that matter.