Have we had another batch of tickets or is it just the 1300?
Shocking support if not
Initial 1600 of which we have sold about 1100 I think so far. Really gone down the pan.
Wow that is unbelievable :-\
The tickets have been on sale for a month already, general sale for 20 days. We've managed to sell the initial allocation 5 days before the game.
At most we would sell 100 tickets more this week so can see why the club wouldn't request for more tickets.
the first 15-20 mins in this game will be massive.
If we can start positive it will make Stoke nervous, and the fans will be restless, if they start will they might sense they can win.
I think we will go there to be well set up and organised and to try nick a goal on the break/set piece.
Could the manager sacking curse strike again if we were to win?
Wow that is unbelievable :-\jees we took over 5000 there when Ardiles was manager in div3. we lost but a great day and match.
jees we took over 5000 there when Ardiles was manager in div3. we lost but a great day and match.
I remember in late 90's into the early noughties, given our abysmal record, fixtures at the Britannia were generally end fillers. I think the last time were given the whole end and sold out was 03-04 season. The original game part way through the season was called off before kick off due to high winds. I think we lost the rearranged towards the end of the season after promotion was confirmed 4-1 or something.
The West Ham result was great but as we all know they defended like an under 12s side. Stoke won't be that bad.
You'll be in for a surprise then! In the calendar year Stoke have conceded more goals than Aston Villa. That has finally set the alarm bells ringing.
I think it's just 5 wins since losing the cup semi final in January. The bad form has been there for a long time now so the excuses are running out.
You'll be in for a surprise then! In the calendar year Stoke have conceded more goals than Aston Villa. That has finally set the alarm bells ringing.Pleeeease let us do the double over you guys again ;D
I think it's just 5 wins since losing the cup semi final in January. The bad form has been there for a long time now so the excuses are running out.
Anyone know if its easy to buy tickets at Stoke on the day, near to our end?membership required I think.
Looking at the stat sheets, it seems Stoke was unlucky.
Not sure we can rely on Stoke not being that bad in front of the net this game.
I just hope we can maintain and extend the momentum we started last Saturday and don't take the foot off the gas. We had this mini false dawn a couple of seasons back didn't we, positive, attacking home performances against Swansea (2-0) during the week then West Ham in the cup on the Saturday (4-0) when we really thought we might have turned the corner and then followed it up true Pulis style with a 0-0, no shots, bore draw at Sunderland. I know a draw at Stoke won't necessarily be the end of the world but if that was to be the outcome, please make it a POSITIVE draw with a performance that suggests we actually want to win the game.
They actually seem quite confident that they will get the win on Saturday, probably owing to their record against us, bar the last few meetings. Actually, we have won 2 and drawn 3 of our last six meetings there I think? I'll never forget that dorrans winner though in 2012, that was very special indeed. I think another draw in this one though, stoke will be desperate not to lose and we won't have enough about us to win, 1-1.
We scored 4 last week! Bad defending playeed a part but it wasn't the sole reason we got 4.If we show the same intent to get forward quickly then we can win this. We've not lost to these under Pulis and I expect that to continue this week.Fair points made, but we are away from home this time and I just know that its a big ask for us to exceed our one goal a game quota. I hope you are right though, I really do, im just gutted im not going as we're moving house this weekend. I've had a great record in my last four visits to the sh*te, 2 wins and 2 draws.
I think Pulis will want to win for 2 reasons (apart from the obvious one) firstly it's his 1000th game and secondly it's against Mark Hughes. They seem to have a mutual dislike since Hughes was quite denigrating about Pulis' achievements when he took over.
Pulis said he might change one of two things for Saturday
Only thing I would consider would be Nyom in for Galloway
Im guessing its still too early for Brunt to be back?Evans to LB??
If so Nyom for Galloway makes sense. Cant see who else will be dropped apart from maybe Mcclean for Field (with Chadli moving to the left) to be more defensive away from home.
Im guessing its still too early for Brunt to be back?
If so Nyom for Galloway makes sense. Cant see who else will be dropped apart from maybe Mcclean for Field (with Chadli moving to the left) to be more defensive away from home.
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stoke look awful, they can't win a game at all this season, we all know what will happen already :'(
is this our local derby of the season?
This game comes at a great time, they are broken and we are on the back of a great win.A 4-4 humdinger. ;D
If we go at these we will beat them
COYB
Also no place in the 18 for Saido Berahino. Think he's done lads.
Also no place in the 18 for Saido Berahino. Think he's done lads.
I have heard Galloway is unwell not dropped.Has a virus along with Berahino.
I have heard Galloway is unwell not dropped.
has anyone got a link please I only get ads or ones that want credit cardslinks have been put up mate, have a look at the matchday threads
Not to bad a half can see us taking all 3 points today.
On another day and with a different ref both Chadli and Shawcross could have seen red
has anyone got a link please I only get ads or ones that want credit cardshttp://cricfree.tv/watch/live/stoke-city-vs-west-bromwich-albion-live-streaming
Why wait till we go behind to have a go? If we had played at the start like we ended we could of won this.
Ill be honest I think that was a decent enough game
Not unhappy with that at all
didnt create much but ill put that down to Stoke closing down quickly which they did well and all game
Shaquiri you can see has quality but Nyom seemed to give him all the time in the world and kept seeing him onto his best foot, that said i thought Nyom did well at times.
Morrison made the difference when he came on for us, forward passes and forcing Stoke to defend
Thought we gave them the goal and should have cleared the ball before Allen got his shot off.
I'm happy with that
never a Morrison fan but he made a difference when he came on.
Seems that consistent fouling and diving gets you more than honest play. Wish somebody would put that little push and dive cheat Allen out of his misery. They closed down well but if we had done it the same way as they did we would have finished with half a team on the pitch. Did the assistant in our half ever give anything against them?
I'm really confused how people are so positive? We were bleeding awful! We look like a team who have been told of this concept called "goal scoring" but have never actually seen it ourselves. Absolutely clueless.
You do realise that two teams were playing? The other team actually tries to stop us scoring or making chances. I thought it was a good performance and an excellent equaliser.
Oh, is that how football works? Thanks for explaining that to me, I must have missed that one all these years.
Of the two teams playing today, one team tried to win the game and the other didn't. Go on, try and guess which team was which. You can do it, champ.
Fletcher is okay, no coincidence that Claudio is playing some of his best stuff since Fletcher arrived.
You do realise that two teams were playing? The other team actually tries to stop us scoring or making chances. I thought it was a good performance and an excellent equaliser.
Oh, is that how football works? Thanks for explaining that to me, I must have missed that one all these years.
Of the two teams playing today, one team tried to win the game and the other didn't. Go on, try and guess which team was which. You can do it, champ.
Watch the extended Sky highlighted and make a direct comparison between Joe Allen and Darren Fletcher, sorry mate he's not okay, he's gone at least 18 months too far at this level.
Never hides, takes the ball in difficult situations leader on the pitch, does okay for me.I agree with your view , Fletcher won me over after signing but he is way off the pace at the minute.
Its not Fletcher its not Yacob thats the problem its the pairing,both/either need a more dynamic or forward thinking paler alon side them somebody along the Kouyate lines
Never hides, takes the ball in difficult situations leader on the pitch, does okay for me.I agree he's a battler and was a great signing at the time, last season he was good too. But for me he's consistently been our worst player this season and has struggled. Today for instance when 1-0 down in the 90th minute he blasted a simple pass off Leko's shin in a good position which was very poor.
That was a nice point, undeserved but I'll take it!
The late equaliser made it an enjoyable trip in the end - to have the last laugh against the smug Stokies who thought they had done us.
First half was pretty even with neither side looking a threat apart from the header that Dawson brilliantly saved on the line.
Second half we disappointingly reverted to type and seemed happy to just soak up pressure. Stoke huffed and puffed but showed so little quality up front until just the sheer weight of possession gifted them a simple chance in the box. Annoyingly we then woke up and had a go - their defence is so poor that it was criminal we didn't try and put some serious pressure on them. Our lack of quality was really apparent going forward today though it took a brilliant save from McClean to stop us equalising earlier.
Defensively, we were comfortable but Phillips seems to be playing well within himself and makes some really poor decisions. Nyom did ok and liked to power forward however, like most of our attacking play today, made poor quality decisions in the final quarter.
Good to see Leko get an assist and Morrison added some drive when he came on.
I'd say overall a deserved point - were you there ?
What makes it an undeserved point ? What did Stoke do ?
I'm not overly impressed with Phillips if I'm honest.
Fletcher is okay, no coincidence that Claudio is playing some of his best stuff since Fletcher arrived.
That was a nice point, undeserved but I'll take it!So bloody negative, my 30 year old son and his mate went and both reported that Stoke did very little to trouble us, that we could quite easily have won, but most definately deserved a point.
Yet another massive game for Claudio he is one of the best DM in the prem for his breaking up of the game a little more pass & he would be playing in a top 3 side.
Laughable on the Oatcake Board :really hope they go down! Gives me great joy to get a late equaliser
"We should have won on the balance of play, but we're still woeful in the final 3rd!!!
A 3-0 scoreline wouldn't have flattered us....!!!"
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Where did they have three such chances and where did we not have three good chances ??????
Draw about right against these bitter twisted fools.
I'd have taken a point before and am ultimately happy with getting one. Stoke are not imo going to remain in the league position they are in and have some very dangerous attacking players, add that to our record up there and a point is always a welcome one.
Pulis picked the correct 11, i think Nyom would've started regardless, and again got his substitutions bang on.
A good, solid start to the season. We now need to get at least a point at Sunderland which takes us into a rather nasty run of games.