Stoke City (h) pre-match thread

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Yep just after an international break too, Mark Hughes will see this as an opportunity to get some credit for making us drop points. He'll ask his team all the the more to go for the brute force approach hoping to test our endurance.

I know Pep probably wont do this but personally I'd field our freshest team to start with maybe even without a recognised forward so we can really wear them down with our passing in midfield by probing their defence making them work(if we get a goal great) then make the changes in the second half to go for the win(Kev, Jesus, Silva from the bench).

There full backs are piss poor, it's the perfect game for 3 at the back with silva and KDB supporting sane and Sterling wide, we could even go sterling up top with Bernardo getting a start.

We've struggled against these inbreds historically by failing to take chances early, that isn't a problem this season and changes the set up of opposing teams as a consequence... score early and we will keep up our excellent scoring statistics

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

In normal circumstances, i would put this down as 5 - 0 in my Super Six. But the International break throws in so many ifs and buts.
So any win will do.

 

[staffsblue]

Joe Allen off injured for Wales so unlikely to feature for Stoke on Saturday.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Is Silva injured? Not playing tonight on not on bench either. I know they have qualified but a lot of the big names are on the bench.

 

[squirtyflower]

Is Silva injured? Not playing tonight on not on bench either. I know they have qualified but a lot of the big names are on the bench.

Suspended

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Suspended

Good lad! Saving his energy for Stoke at home!

 

[squirtyflower]

Good lad! Saving his energy for Stoke at home!

TBH it looked quite deliberate

 

[Andouble]

TBH it looked quite deliberate

I don't think he'd have played tonight anyway if you look at the Spain XI. Wonder if he continued training with the national team or flew back early since he wasn't going to feature?

 

[55yr old teenager]

Th

Yeah, Didsbury blues run 2 double deckers, one from the Fletcher Moss pub in Didsbury

https://www.didsburyblues.com/home-travel-with-didsbury-blues/

I think the Northenden branch runs from the farmers arms but don't know their details.

Thanks very much

 

[Adamb95]

With the state of their defence, our pace via Sane/Sterling should cause more than enough trouble