Match Thread Stoke away 10th August 12:30 - Opening day! (7 Viewers)

[Hutch11]

Longton Rugby Club , Stanley Matthews Way
£5 on the day I think

 

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[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

Dovin

MVE
Thomas
Binks
Bidwell

Rudoni
Eccles
Torp

Sakamoto
Simms
EMC

is what I'm expecting. Nice to have a settled back four at the start of a season. Eccles has a chance to show if he can specialise as a 6 or not. PUSB!

That's a very young line up.

 

[mmttww]

That's a very young line up.

 

[Potbellypig]

Longton Rugby Club , Stanley Matthews Way
£5 on the day I think

It took a good hour just getting out of there last season.

 

[Deleted member 9744]

That's a very young line up.

That's our weakness in my view. The 'model zealots' tell us though that experienced leaders don't fit the model.

 

[Hutch11]

It took a good hour just getting out of there last season.

Not if you go left

 

[Perennial Lurker]

That's our weakness in my view. The 'model zealots' tell us though that experienced leaders don't fit the model.

Experienced or old?

 

[David O'Day]

That's our weakness in my view. The 'model zealots' tell us though that experienced leaders don't fit the model.

No, people have said there's no real place in the team for an old CB that isn't rally going to play.

If there was an experienced player than would get in the XI we would look at going for them.

 

[napolimp]

Bit of a weird one, but does anyone know if there's anything to actually see/do in Stoke? Or is it better to just get in/ get out without going into the city?

 

[wingy]

No, people have said there's no real place in the team for an old CB that isn't rally going to play.

If there was an experienced player than would get in the XI we would look at going for them.

And we have one already but he doesn't inspire for some!

 

[tskezz]

Bit of a weird one, but does anyone know if there's anything to actually see/do in Stoke? Or is it better to just get in/ get out without going into the city?

get out as fast as you can

 

[napolimp]

get out as fast as you can

That's what my brain says every time I drive into Coventry.

...kidding, obviously.

 

[edgy]

Bit of a weird one, but does anyone know if there's anything to actually see/do in Stoke? Or is it better to just get in/ get out without going into the city?

Nah, shit hole. In and out job. It's a weird place made up of 5 Bedworth like towns.

 

[Hutch11]

Bit of a weird one, but does anyone know if there's anything to actually see/do in Stoke? Or is it better to just get in/ get out without going into the city?

Whatever you do, stick to the paths

 

[Potbellypig]

Not if you go left

Right is closed after the game.

 

[Potbellypig]

Bit of a weird one, but does anyone know if there's anything to actually see/do in Stoke? Or is it better to just get in/ get out without going into the city?

They've got that big water park thing.

 

[tskezz]

Longton Rugby Club , Stanley Matthews Way
£5 on the day I think

Do many cov fans go here pre-game? Or am i best sticking to that harvester

 

[napolimp]

Whatever you do, stick to the paths

? You've lost me.

 

[SleepyGinger]

Do many cov fans go here pre-game? Or am i best sticking to that harvester

Yeah was a mix of home and away last time I went couple of years ago.

 

[itsabuzzard]

Nah, shit hole. In and out job. It's a weird place made up of 5 Bedworth like towns.

BedworthTourist Board are on the line...

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

2-0 Wright and Torp

 

[ccfcricoh]

1.0 Stoke

 

[stupot07]

Assuming Sheaf isn't fit.

 

[skybluetony176]

Getting excited now. Hoping we start on the front foot this season as we have a fairly settled squad, especially in attack. Predicting 3-1 with goals from Simms, Wright and then MC having come on from the bench for the last 10.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

So hope we start on the front foot

 

[Skybluekyle]

They've got that big water park thing.

No The Wave, though

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Just had a gaff at the Stoke forum.

Let’s put it this way… they’re so depressed about their team and the season hasn’t even started!

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Getting excited now. Hoping we start on the front foot this season as we have a fairly settled squad, especially in attack. Predicting 3-1 with goals from Simms, Wright and then MC having come on from the bench for the last 10.

 

[hamil99]

I've got cov at 50-1 for a 4-0 win, bring on Saturday!!

 

[Bad Boy]

They've got that big water park thing.

Have a bacon cheese and brown sauce oatcake and wander around the Gladstone Pottery Museum and make yourself a flower from clay.

Or....

Stand on the Sideway (pronounced Siddaway) bridge over the D road and wave at the clayheads as they go by.

Or...

Have a stroll up Hanley duck and take a look at Sir Stans statue.

Or...

Go to Trentham Gardens just down the road from the freezer that's the Bet365 stadium and have a look at the gardens and rowing lake. I read somewhere that Steve Redgrave whilst on a day trip with his parents first picked up an oar there. Not sure if that's true.

Or...

Just drive for a few minutes north of SoT and be in some of the most beautiful countryside anywhere in the world.

Lived up there for nearly 30 years and the locals are decent folk but believe me it's every bit as bad as Cov (which pains me to say given I'm Cov born and bred).

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Dovin
MvE
Bidwell
Thomas
Binks
Eccles
Rudoni
Torp
Sakamoto
Simms
Wright

Wilson, Dasilva, Latibeudiere, Sheaf*, Allen, Palmer, BTA, EMC, Tavares

3-1 Cov Simms x 2, Wright


Could see Allen start ahead of Torp and maybe EMC ahead of Wright as he's not had much of pre-season.

 

[pusbccfc]

Just had a gaff at the Stoke forum.

Let’s put it this way… they’re so depressed about their team and the season hasn’t even started!

They are saying Stoke is a nicer city than Coventry.

I've genuinely heard it all now. Coventry City centre is like NYC compared to Hanley.

It must be the worst town centre in the country these days. I'd say 60% is boarded up and closed.

 

[Chris1987]

Bit of a weird one, but does anyone know if there's anything to actually see/do in Stoke? Or is it better to just get in/ get out without going into the city?

Only 2 places worth visiting. Madeley is a nice spot ( about 3 miles beyond Keele University) and nearer to the stadium Trentham Gardens is lovely. Other than that don't bother.

 

[ICHAN]

? You've lost me.

American Werewolf in London

 

[Jamesimus]

Wouldn’t it be amazing to get an out of character opening day big away win. I’m feeding off other people’s confidence, it better not be misplaced.

Couldn’t even tell you what the opening day team will be, we have decent options to rotate it seems.