Match Thread Stoke away 10th August 12:30 - Opening day! (16 Viewers)

[David O'Day]

Because the defence was out of shape

He ran from midfield, a midfielder should of been tracking him

 

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[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Sky Sports + seems decent but the picture is breaking up a bit.

Could be down to WIFI.

My picture was okay.

 

[OldBedrocker]

Yeah, you're right. Based on the 62 mins EMC was on the field in this one, single game, we have to accept for the rest of the season, he can only play from the bench.

What did Wright do when he came on to justify this?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

wasn’t great when he came on though, and was weak for their goal

what we need is another midfielder, we’ve said this since the end of last season, in fact since we lost Gus, and yet we still haven’t solved the problem

Eccles was giving up on chases too easily, made some rash decisions on the ball also. He didn’t do much right in his spell either.

 

[Seaside-Skyblue]

EMC will be one our outstanding performers this season once the team learns to play to his strengths. In my opinion it's fairly clear to see how talented he is and if you've ever followed and seen him play before. Just be patient, he will be a fans favourite soon.

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[nicksar]

Rudoni does look very decent but the team need to avoid trying to put every forward move through him...will get sussed out really quickly by opposing teams.
Midfield needs adding to.Thought Stoke looked pretty good tbh.
As others have mentioned Robins made the changes at the wrong time (unusual tbh),also noticed that Mark Delaney was in the technical area for the period of the game in the 2nd half that we were on top.
Not time to start panicking but I'm sure we're all a bit deflated.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Rudoni does look very decent but the team need to avoid trying to put every forward move through him...will get sussed out really quickly by opposing teams.
Midfield needs adding to.Thought Stoke looked pretty good tbh.
As others have mentioned Robins made the changes at the wrong time (unusual tbh),also noticed that Mark Delaney was in the technical area for the period of the game in the 2nd half that we were on top.
Not time to start panicking but I'm sure we're all a bit deflated.

Stoke looked average.

 

[Evo1883]

What has robins said ?

 

[Para1140]

Back on the coach and disappointed with that awful display.
Midfield non existent first half and second half not much better. No creativity and far to many loose sloppy passes. Torpe was terrible and Alan ran around a lot but created nothing. Emc looked far to out his depth and one shot all game says it all

 

[CV22SBA]

We didn't really lay a glove on them. The first half we were totally overrun. We were a little better in the second half, but the performance overall was poor. Concerns over midfield still not addressed and backline looked suspect. Need to address it in this window. Stoke deserved the win on the balance of play.

Stoke were as bad as us. Two poor teams. First half they were better. Second we were better. Ref told them to stop time wasting 3 times even before they scored.

 

[Johnnythespider]

What has robins said ?

"I miss Adi, he normally tells me what to do"

 

[Evo1883]

Stoke were as bad as us. Two poor teams. First half they were better. Second we were better. Ref told them to stop time wasting 3 times even before they scored.

Think stoke were better than we were .. we looked like everything good we did In the pre season matches went out the window

 

[TomRad85]

Just landed. Absolutely minging result ffs

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[Evo1883]

Just landed. Absolutely minging result ffs

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Performance was as bad

 

[Saddlebrains]

Wish people would shut the fuck up about 'playing in the 10'

Last season we played our best football in a 433 with no 10.

The players we've recruited would best fit a 433

So why he reverted back to 4231 confuses me

 

[Boicey]

MR seems to struggle to motivate the team to start with tempo and passion. It happens most games and it's a big problem.
Generally, we are still looking a very soft side for the Championship. We needed an experienced hard assed midfielder determined to not let teams run through us. We got Torp.
I think Sheaf, Eccles and Rudoni are probably the best we can put out.

 

[CV22SBA]

Think stoke were better than we were .. we looked like everything good we did In the pre season matches went out the window

First half. They were poor second.

 

[oscillatewildly]

Shit performances get you shit results - And deservedly so. Two word review: 'Shit Sandwich'.
Still buzzing for next Friday tho

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Stoke look quicker to every ball so far, and that little bit stronger - hopefully they’ll get tired soon

Good save Ollie by the way

Yeah, so much for our Dr Roberts and the fitness coaches, Stoke fitter than us more organised and bullied us.

 

[OldBedrocker]

Rudoni does look very decent but the team need to avoid trying to put every forward move through him...will get sussed out really quickly by opposing teams.
Midfield needs adding to.Thought Stoke looked pretty good tbh.
As others have mentioned Robins made the changes at the wrong time (unusual tbh),also noticed that Mark Delaney was in the technical area for the period of the game in the 2nd half that we were on top.
Not time to start panicking but I'm sure we're all a bit deflated.

Really I thought Stoke were shit just won the game in midfield

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Ultimately it is only the first game and it is important to remember that and not judge too harshly. However, completely ignoring the result, the performance was way below what I think we were all hoping for. Robins has spoken a lot about the importance of a good start and preparing well for the season, and then when you add onto that the fact that 8/11 of that starting XI were here last season, there really isn’t any excuses for it to be as bad as it was.

Oh well, hopefully we can turn it on against Oxford on Friday night and get the season underway properly, but that 90 minutes certainly felt like a cold bucket of water after such a positive pre-season.

 

[Evo1883]

First half. They were poor second.

They were that poor they had more shots than us 2nd half too and scored .. we had a decent 20 all game , that's it

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

We looked like everything good we did In the pre season matches went out the window

Agreed, most disappointing part of it for me.

 

[skyblueelephant76]

He ran from midfield, a midfielder should of been tracking him

There should have been 2 defenders on the edge of the box instead of one, it would have been far more difficult to make that run in

 

[nicksar]

Stoke looked average.

Indeed but they were set up better than us today for sure

 

[TomRad85]

Performance was as bad

How was Allen? Personally can't believe we've spent all that money assembling this squad to start Jamie Allen.

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[Evo1883]

How was Allen. Personally can't believe we've spent all that money assembling this squad to start Jamie Allen.

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Wasn't great but really it's hard to single him out , we were shite all over really

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Boosh from Bulkington has just text in on CWR.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I will say though that the decision to book Binks after 2 minutes was ridiculous and really didn’t help. Referee was dreadful.

 

[hinckley cov]

Really poor performance, no positives. Felt just like a continuation of the same limp play from the end of last season.

Torp needs to start playing at a higher intensity. No doubt Allen will get the criticism but Torp was as bad as it gets today.

The subs were unnecessary and took any momentum we had.

Torp should have played more central instead of Allen and it was a lot like games last season to many passes backwards, and the most disappointing thing for me was both wings too slow and no penetration.

 

[Evo1883]

I will say though that the decision to book Binks after 2 minutes was ridiculous and really didn’t help. Referee was dreadful.

The officials were just odd .. really inconsistent all game

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Indeed but they were set up better than us today for sure

I can’t really explain our performance, the pre-season games looked cohesive, players looked sharp and confident. Then we turn in a very similar performance to the QPR game.

 

[skyblueelephant76]

The officials were just odd .. really inconsistent all game

Every nudge on them was a freekick but nothing the other way around. How their player wasn't booked before Binks was a joke

 

[OldBedrocker]

Wasn't great but really it's hard to single him out , we were shite all over really

They were all shite but he was worst of the the lot by a long way

 

[OldBedrocker]

I will say though that the decision to book Binks after 2 minutes was ridiculous and really didn’t help. Referee was dreadful.

Particularly after waving play on when they smashed us in a far worse foul 30 seconds earlier