Stoke post match thread

[Gray]

Stoke got what they wanted and didn't really try for more.

We were frankly poor and turgid until the final ten minutes - why wait that long to get going?

And what is wrong with Kev his passing was awful.

 

[Akiva]

How many of the top six who may have played stoke tonight would have rotated?

Hypothetical bullshit, we have a fixture congestion that requires rotation.

Silva, KDB or Sane put away their chances and you don't whine about rotating tonight. Meanwhile, Pep plays a full strength squad and rotates at Boro and we slip up in the FA Cup and you'll be on here posting the same tired dross.

You're one of the "we've gone backwards under Pep" brigade from day one and have had to bide your fucking time during the good performances lately waiting for a 0-0 draw to get back at it. Well done!

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Tonight you can only blame the manager. He made the ridiculous call to start Navas, he dropped Silva after his best performance of the season and refused to change it out of pure stubborness.

I agree. But what's done is done now. I expect to see a strong side Saturday. I will be disappointed if we are throwing everything at CL again at the cost of everything else.

 

[tommo74]

FA cup or bust, we aint good enough to win champions league

 

[Shirley]

Did Stoke play so defensively last week when they were tonked 4-0 at Spurs? Fuck you Hughes......

Tbf Spurs went for the kill right from the start, Stoke didn't know what him them the first half. Compare that to us first half.

 

[B\connellblue]

It's completely unfounded and we weren't catching Chelsea anyway?

We've been doing really well lately and one goal-less draw is apparently evidence City don't care about the league title. Beggars belief

. We could have put a bit of pressure on them, instead we have put more pressure on ourselves. We have pissed away a lot of points at home this season. Not good enough

 

[Marvin]

Pep's fault, should have played best team!

The best team is't always the same team. We looked very jaded and slow in the 1st half especially

 

[The Pink Panther]

We were lethargic
All credit to Stoke. Their stifling of the game worked

Why didn't Sane get a foot on that last KDB cross?

 

[Cityfan]

It's a week away. We've got a friendly on sat so rest them then.dress it up all you like the genius fucked up. And not for the first time.

Players get rested and rotate, last season we were dead at the end of the season. The only current top six club that has rotated little has been Chelsea because they ain't in Europe. Even Liverpool have had to rotate. Silva cannot play every match and Sterling looked a little jaded last time out . Pep has to rest players.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

We rest key players it usually backfires on us. The lack of depth is astonishing.