Match Day Thread Stoke ****ty v Hull City

He was adamant that he’d just seen it and it was offside. The interviewer corrected him and said it was actually on side. Oh was it, ok it looked off. The interviewer then said there was a hint of handball, which Robins then seized on. Pathetic.

 

I am still laughing at all those sour faced comments from the inbreds. I like our team having a bit of ****housery it’s long overdue and I give Serj a lot of credit for it. I continue to be impressed with the manager. I like his honesty and his ability to change a game. This season has been so much better than expected.

 

This team's ability to keep pulling results out of games in which we're struggling is incredible. I keep thinking this is a game too far and we're starting to revert to the mean a bit and they keep proving me wrong. The pattern of conceding so many goals game after game suggests that we'll slide down the table but it just doesn't happen. I keep thinking we'll lose confidence at some point and go on a bad run, and it just doesn't happen. Sergei deserves an awful lot of credit.

 

..and now, finally, we have players coming back.
That said, Ajayi is going to be a big miss.

 

He was pushed but foul not given.

 

Annoyingly I missed this as some friends were making us lunch (home-made Kleftiko - best I’ve ever tasted). Can anyone tell me when the full match replay goes on Tigers Plus for 1230 Saturday games?

 

To be fair to him the view from the replay straight after the goal which was in line definitely looked either offside or at best dead level. Then sky chose to use another angle from the dead ball line which appeared to show it as onside. The linesman should have been dead level and it would have been tight. Robins may have only seen the dead level one.

If you watch Serj on the touchline against Ipswich he was going mad when their goal looked offside but following the game it became clear it was legit.

Those interviews straight after a game, especially when you've just been bummed in front of your own fans with minutes to go as well as some push and shove after the game, are not going to throw up his most sensible response. He strikes me as a very capable manager who has been beaten today by a brave manager who decided to roll the dice instead of play for a draw. Unsual tactic away from home at the second place side in the table and it's caught them napping.

 

Serj got back to Cottingham quick!

 

Usually a couple of days after the game TM.

 

Cheers (but what a pain to have to wait).

 

Sky 403 at 7.30.....

 

Love that man! I think he is building something special here