Match Thread Stoke City v Everton 1/2/17 KO 8pm GMT

[Bluerover]

Two of the founder members of the Football League....if ya know yer history!!!

 

[streeky]

A quick look on the stoke forum's and they are pinning their hopes on a player who has not played at west brom for 6 months or all their afcon players hitching a lift on on private jet the rs have hired to get their 1 decent player home.

 

[Stanley Parker]

This is (something like) the Stoke team that drew 1-1 at home to Manchester United;

33 Grant
8 Johnson 17 Shawcross 15 Martins Indi 3 Pieters
6 Whelan 16 Adam
22 Shaqiri 4 Allen 10 Arnautovic
25 Crouch

Substitutes
2 Bardsley, 5 Muniesa, 14 Afellay, 21 Imbula, 24 Given, 27 Krkic, 45 Ngoy

Stoke have signed Saido Berahino from West Brom, but Bojan Krkic has joined Mainz on loan.

In recent games, Hughes has played a more direct game, bringing in Adam and Crouch. Like us, Stoke didn't have a game at the weekend.

 

[Durham Toffee]

Big game this.

Will define how things go for the rest of the season. Genuinely believe it's that big...

 

[gmb]

Gotta have the 3 points.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

1-1.

 

[kev]

Stoke City 1 Everton 3
Lukaku (obviously) plus 1 each from Ross and the Schneiderman

 

[Caolam]

This is a season defining game, a win away to Stoke and we will have crossed the Rubicon. A draw and we will return to the limbo of not knowing if we can go on the mount a challenge for a Europa Cup spit. A defeat and we are plunged back into the self doubt.

 

[Igrok]

Clean sheet...

 

[Zatara]

This is the game when you all see how lucky we were not to sign Martins-Indi.

Lookman would destroy their full backs with his pace + if the ref doesnt allow holding in the box we could see a Baines pen.

3-1

 

[royvernon39]

I see your Martins-Indi and I raise you a Sissoko.

 

[Nymzee]

2-0 win for the Blues. Same lineup as last two games with Gana back on the bench.

 

[paulbefc]

It'd be nice to distance ourselves from the group of clubs below us and narrow the gap on a couple of the top 6 with a win.

Wouldn't be too disappointed with a draw though. They're doing OK recently and didn't play at the weekend either.

 

[pt15sbb]

For those going....the official away pub is the Terrace Bar. It's on Leek Road right around corner from rail station. Apparently there's a shuttle bus direct from the pub for £3 roundtrip.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Clean sheet...

No way we're keeping four on the run.

Still think we'll win this, though.