Match Day Thread Stoke v Norwich

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What will the result be?

  • Stoke win

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Draw

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  • Norwich Win

    Votes: 8 80.0%

  • Reading

    Votes: 2 20.0%
  • Total voters
    10
There were no doubt many reasons behind the celebrations for Barnes's goal but I wonder if he'd earlier had some flak for being slow to react when Iversen pushed the ball out in making that top class save from Sainz's goal-bound shot. His team mates celebrating with him had broad grins on their faces <laugh>
 
Robbie BB said:
It was comfortable, but Stoke were major contributors to that. They could well have taken the lead early on, when Hoever showed McCallum a clean pair of heels and got to just short of the by-line more or less unchallenged, to fire a vicious, rising shot at Gunn. Despite the narrow angle, it beat Gunn but glanced off the crossbar and away. Then, soon after we had scored our second, Laurent was presented with a free header at a corner, which he put over the bar when it looked easier to score. The other contributory factor was Ben Pearson's injury, which saw him substituted on 20 mins when the scores were still level. Up to that point, he had been proving highly disruptive and his departure left a huge hole in Stoke's midfield, which we expertly exploited for our first two goals.
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At least you are consistent Robbie....just unfortunately not in a good way.
 
RiverEndRick said:
7.1 on WhoScored.
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"Loose at times on the ball in the first half. Aimless chip freed Hoever to size up McCallum and Ben Gibson ......."
Not me, Paddy Davitt commenting on his match rating for Núñez. He saw what I saw in that first half. Ended up giving Núñez a 7 overall, along with seven others in the starting eleven. No quarrel with that; he was much improved in the second half.
 
Robbie BB said:
"Loose at times on the ball in the first half. Aimless chip freed Hoever to size up McCallum and Ben Gibson ......."
Not me, Paddy Davitt commenting on his match rating for Núñez. He saw what I saw in that first half. Ended up giving Núñez a 7 overall, along with seven others in the starting eleven. No quarrel with that; he was much improved in the second half.
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"Loose at times on the ball in the first half..." is only part of Davitt's rating. The rest is this:

"Aimless chip freed Hoever to size up McCallum and Ben Gibson but his shot slammed a post. The Chilean did thread the ball through for Sargent in the 27th minute, but Sainz’s close range first time shot was saved by Iversen. Then picked out McCallum but the full back miscued his cross. Quick corner routine with Sara saw him produce a first time cross for Barnes, who saw his half-volley blocked at the near post."

Alexander Pope had hard words for those who make partial judgements:

"Causes hindering a true judgement. Pride. Imperfect learning. Judging by parts, and not by the whole.."

Núñez did misplace some passes early on, but he also made some telling passes that could have produced goals and provided a key presence in midfield throughout. His final WhoScored rating was 7.4, hardly that of a player having a poor game.
 
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I was also struck by how Sainz has developed since he arrived. At first, he was very much a solo player looking to score, but now he is much more integrated with the team play. Part of this was his lack of English, but he's been helped a lot by Narcís Pèlach, including a big improvement in his defensive play. The result is a much more complete player who seems to get better with every game and that has contributed to the whole team's improvement.
 
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Golden Eadie 2 said:
Two through balls by Kenny to Sainz led to goals. It doesn't seem fair that Sainz gets the credit for the assists while the main architect of the goals gets nothing. Sainz was very unselfish for Sarges goal, really playing for the team.
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Completely agree (though watching the highlights I notice that he very nearly over hit the pass to Sarge and made it a much harder finish… if we are being really picky!)
 
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