I think Stoke was mooted as Slaters destination in the summer... you'd think he'd want to show what they missed out on...
Got to get Amir or Lundstram on at HT. Id be tempted to push Crooks up top and get 2 mids on to be honest.
As usual midfield is letting us down We can’t string 2 passes together constantly giving the ball away. Passing accuracy I see is 69%.
The ball not being held up front (Destan), really sloppy on the ball (Slater), too easily bypassed (Gyabi). Ndala has offered nothing in an attacking sense but has at least tracked his man.
Did well to get to HT only conceding one, should have had a penalty. Nothing you can do with a goal like that, midfield poor so far. Maybe play Crooks a bit deeper to get more control of the midfield.
Agree with all of that but somehow we're still in the game - we've been here before and all is certainly not lost - some chances, better passing and Stoke are beatable - we just need to stop being so wasteful and tighten up midfield
People on here live to have a go at Vaughan but I am sure he or Brown would do a better job than Ndala
We usually concede really high quality chances today we’ve been on the end of terrible reffing and a screamer. Still well in it with the right changes at the break. Midfield balance letting us down again, needs serious investment moving forward
Forget that mess. A new half with new players and it's game on. Stoke are bang average which isn't saying much for that performance. 1-1 nailed on.