Match Day Thread Stoke City v Sunderland AFC – Saturday 21st October 2023 - KO 15:00

Which just isn't good enough imo. **** twitter and youtube....just get the thing on the website,where we can all see what's going on. We shouldn't have to rely on journos posts for them.

 

Exactly, we dont matter, we are just the people who support them through thin and thinner

 

I don't think TM/The club want to reveal too much to the general public. Mowbray especially likes to keep his cards close to his chest when it comes to injuries etc

 

They always put it on the website later.
I like to watch it live but seems that they fcuked up big time today. Or maybe Tony wants to keep it secret.

 

we will find out later as he always gives more info to the press

 

Well,maybe I'm overreacting....a couple of weeks off,and I'm looking for news! .

 

So we've been given an apology for the performance of the referee but Neil is still suspended and Jarred Gillett is refereeing Ipswich v Rotherham tomorrow and is then on VAR in the biggest game in the country this weekend. How does that make sense?

 

Lads - its a press conference. Its for the press, not us.

Its up to the press to decide how they want to share that news, depending on how they get their money. SSN show them live to get viewing figures and stories. Written press don't want them shown at all (hence the cameras all going off for second half).

If the club just gave everything away for free, the written press would die. Its dying anyway. But yeh.

 

Be a tight game I think. Burstow to get off the mark with a late winner.

 

It puts to bed any arguments from Boro that the ref didn't favour them. In real terms, **** all difference though!

 

If that was actually live, why the F*ck didn't anyone ask about injuries FFS?

Surely TM can't have asked for no questions about injuries?

What a crock of ****...

 

It's an interview which the club is obliged to do to comply with EFL rules to which the press are invited to ask the questions.
The idea that everyone else should be excluded is ludicrous.

 

That is done in the non-streamed part of the press conference. As posted above, the club is obliged to do a "live" PC

 

Mowbray admits major problem ahead of Stoke City selection decision (sunderlandecho.com)

 

Which basically tells us nowt apart from the fact Huggins is fit

 

From memory I think Stoke have only kept one clean sheet this season and they've just lost their best defender for three months, Ben Wilmot who plays centre back. Ciaran Clark might be drafted in but he hasn't played this season iirc so Burstow would be looking to use his pace I'd imagine ...

... Jobe, Auchiche, etc should be trying a few through the channels early on to frighten Clark and put doubts in his mind imo.

 

Worst case scenario we go:

Patterson
Hume Seelt O'Nien Huggins
Jobe Aouchiche
Roberts Ba Clarke
Burstow​

Best case:

Patterson
Hume Ballard O'Nien Huggins
Jobe Ekwah
Roberts Pritchard Clarke
Burstow​

I think either team wins that game

 

Stoke are hit with a load of injuries including Gooch, this should be our 4th away win with us getting players back.

 

Is Gooch definitely out? That's not a total shock for a couple of reasons

 

He was up here the other day, was the international break like so could be coincidence