We've been creating plenty of chances but Bony has been out of sorts. That goal will have hopefully given his confidence in front of goal a huge boost.
I hope so Valley. I think we'd all like to see Wilf pick up where he left off. He didn't have a great game midweek though.
I hope Bony has recovered enough from his overseas exploits to play tomorrow,because as well as being our top forward,he's also great at defending,especially at set pieces. I assume that Fernadez,at 6'3" our tallest defender,will mark the 6'7" Crouch,together with Lukas at 6'3" dominant in his area,we should be okay,famous last words!
will gladly take a point from this match, what a weekend on tv here Leeds v Rotherham, Ross Cty v Celtic, Man City v Spurs, Sydney v West Sydney and now Indian Super League or whatever it is called
TEAM NEWS Changes to predicted line-ups in bold. .................STOKE CITY .......................Begovic................. Bardsley.....Shawcross....Wilson.....Pieters N'Zonzi.....Ireland.....Diouf......Adam ................Moses........Crouch......... ....................Bony.................. Routledge......Sigurddson...........Dyer .............Ki...........Carroll............. Taylor......Williams......Fernandez.....Rangel ...................Fabianski................ ...............SWANSEA CITY
The bench is loaded with forwards and midfield players. Bartley the only defender. No Jazz - is he hurt, wtf does he have to do. 11 Emnes 18 Gomis 20 Montero 25 Tremmel 27 Bartley 32 Shephard 56 Fulton
What a finale to their match today. Clearly everything is not so Rosie for "Arry at the moment. How much longer does he have ,I wonder?
Watched the QPR Liverpool game. Have to say the home side deserved a point. Hurt to say that, but Liverpool pretty unimpressive.
Looking a little light in the center of midfield for me. Lets hope we keep possession well and not allow ourselves to be bullied and please can we have a ref who actually looks after the team getting kicked.
Bony will be a man on fire from this point on imo,4 goals in the next 2 games. Desperate for a win here, otherwise panic may set in .
Well,we've dropped like the proverbial stone over the weekend. 8th now,from 5th. Let's hope Monk has been able to get through to Laudrup and asked him what he has to do keep the team in the top half of the table.
Rogers was very successful in dealing with Crouch with his tactics in the match against Stoke at the Liberty three years ago. If I remember correctly, Rogers had the defenders back off Crouch, let him win the balls in the air, but swarmed around him and picked up the headers. I wonder if Monk remembers and what he will do today.
