Issue in first half was no press allied to being half a yard slower than Stoke to the ball - simple to fix but wasn’t. Second half quicker to ball and pressed and looked better.
Fiorini was awful by and large - didn’t want the ball, hid and when he did get it he didn’t look composed and did little with it. Contrast with Pautino who demanded it and was always available. Thompson was raw, poor early on but stuck at it. Connolly is not a rb. Carey is a liability in his own half but does offer something going forward (but please shoot !).
Stoke got on top for the last 15 but thought they were bang average for much of the game. That said they did score decent goals and could have had more, but we enabled all their chances by our mistakes, lack of closing, nor tracking runs etc.
So, need a rb for next week and swap in Charlie and Dougall for Fiorini and Virtue. As for up front, Fu** nose. Canadian kid looked tricky, Jerry worked his bolux off and Josh different class.,
It’s game 2. No need to panic.