Match Day Thread Stoke City v Southampton, Wed 14 December, KO 8:00pm

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If Cuco had delivered that cross that Davis just thumped miles too long, you'd have murdered him on here. Bit too much confirmation bias going on with the lad.
 
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We are so poor going foward it's worrying, struggling to look good against 10 men for 70 minutes is not a good look!
 
Le Tissier's Laces said:
2 things -

1 - Jonathan Walters is the first player I've ever seen to trouble VVD in the air.

2 - we need to get the ball to Boufal near the area as much as humanly possible (like we did in Bally era to Tiss). The boy makes things happen.
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Very much agree with this. Probably our most exciting player.
 
st_brendy said:
Tadic or Jay for Davis, JWP or Romeu at HT please. Can afford to push a little more now, and I'd rather not leave it too late.
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Tricky one. If Romeu hadn't got the yellow I'd say for him. But another yellow is still a ban, so maybe JWP off. Though Romeu off gives us more chance of finishing with 11 on the pitch. Also Oriol, could do with a rest... he'll have one sunday though
 
I thought we played very well until the red card. Since then it isn't a game of football but a hissy fit contest. Hate these games when the fans are crying out for blood, but clearly haven't seen the incident properly. Also, Long didn't elbow him and Martins Indi looks a total prat on replay. Too much emotion at the moment. We need to be patient and should win it. Stoke are awful, with ten or eleven.
 
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I enjoyed the fact that we played some moves at pace and also took opposition players on. Just need to have a few shots in good areas. Long needs to get into the box more.
 
thereisonlyoneno7 said:
Tricky one. If Romeu hadn't got the yellow I'd say for him. But another yellow is still a ban, so maybe JWP off. Though Romeu off gives us more chance of finishing with 11 on the pitch. Also Oriol, could do with a rest... he'll have one sunday though
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He's the one of the three who I'd ideally like to see replaced the least - means that we still have that defensive protection even when pushing forward more.

But I also want to keep 11 men on the pitch. And I think I want that more.
 
It seems we're as creative against 10 men as we are against 11; not very much. :D

I'd sub Long. Solely because he annoys me with his stopping and looking at the referee when the ball was won fairly from him.
 
We didn't really make enough of the man advantage there. All a bit odd with the crowd fired up. Hopefully Stoke tire.

I'd be tempted to get Tadic on at half time (probably for Davis) but might leave it. Clasie or Hojbjerg for Romeu at some point too. Stoke will be looking to even the sides up.
 
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