rememberlesshannon
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Lucky enough to have a day in a private box at Stoke, four of us from Blackpool with a pal who's a Stokie.
Can't speak highly enough of the whole Stoke experience, but on to the game.
Much like last week, we only played as a team for 20-25 minutes. The difference today we were 1-0 down when we had our spell, not 1-0 up with something to play hang on to.
Grimshaw and the back four are the best we've got, other than Gabriel who needs to be back ASAP.
Virtue should be nowhere near the team as a holding midfielder, that's either Dougall or Connolly with Stewart injured. Carey is an impact sub, as he can't make an impact as a starter, we've loaned Patino and that's his place.
Yates, it hurts me to say this is a centre forward or nothing and he's not a Championship centre forward, Corbeanou should be starting left.
Bowler, so ridiculously gifted with the last 1% missing. Second half he left three Stoke players for dead in our half, created a great chance for himself which he probably should have scored. As things stand, without him we are fcuked.
We need a striker, goal poacher desperately, or we need to play two up front, Madine plus one.
Bizarre to take Yates off for Lavery when we are two down, don't remember a single thing Lavery did, pale shadow of the lad that started for us last season.
On today's performance i'm worried, only two games in but Stoke won't be in the shake up, although their wide players impressed. We need more quality and unfortunately that comes at a price.
Can't speak highly enough of the whole Stoke experience, but on to the game.
Much like last week, we only played as a team for 20-25 minutes. The difference today we were 1-0 down when we had our spell, not 1-0 up with something to play hang on to.
Grimshaw and the back four are the best we've got, other than Gabriel who needs to be back ASAP.
Virtue should be nowhere near the team as a holding midfielder, that's either Dougall or Connolly with Stewart injured. Carey is an impact sub, as he can't make an impact as a starter, we've loaned Patino and that's his place.
Yates, it hurts me to say this is a centre forward or nothing and he's not a Championship centre forward, Corbeanou should be starting left.
Bowler, so ridiculously gifted with the last 1% missing. Second half he left three Stoke players for dead in our half, created a great chance for himself which he probably should have scored. As things stand, without him we are fcuked.
We need a striker, goal poacher desperately, or we need to play two up front, Madine plus one.
Bizarre to take Yates off for Lavery when we are two down, don't remember a single thing Lavery did, pale shadow of the lad that started for us last season.
On today's performance i'm worried, only two games in but Stoke won't be in the shake up, although their wide players impressed. We need more quality and unfortunately that comes at a price.