Stoke v Everton 1st Jan 2014 @ 15:00

[SimonB]

Stoke have defended brilliantly today it has to be said. We haven't been great but you do have to give them credit.

Yeah, every time one of our lads has fallen over they've taken the ball off em.

 

[ianefc]

**** you martinez for putting naismith on

 

[Walken]

**** off naismth

 

[Steve Wigan]

Can't believe this forum some times. Stoke away in the winter is never easy. Give the lads a break eh? We're still in this FFS

All this talk of 'season over' is a joke.

Have faith

COYB!!

Exactly. The league is not over yet. Glad we're having our glitch now, instead of next April. Every team will have one.

 

[Tubey]

JUST HURRY UP AND TAKE THE FREE KICK FFS

 

[DualityNSNO]

It's fair criticism as it's the last 5 days we've lost these games. We've failed to make a statement on the top 4 if we lose this. That's how challengers fall away.

December hasn't been easy on us and we have players injured or knackered from playing too many games. This wasn't our first choice CB pairing that was used, out of necessity. Stoke are great at home and have started off with defending with 10 behind the ball, as did Sunderland.

And, again, is it really Roberto's fault that Lukaku hasn't been able to trap a ball for about 5 games now? We just don't have anyone better to put on, and we suffer from it. To cry out that we're gonna fail everything and start dropping points and finish 10th is ridiculous.

And luck has really NOT been on our side as of late. If we were a tiny bit luckier the score at HT would be 0:2. There are some games you don't win, this one might be one of them. I want, as much as any other blue out there, to win every game, but realistically - you really can't, especially with an 'unfinished' squad.

 

[dholliday]

STFU - 10 mins left - leading striker - As if Naismith will do anything other than loose the ball and play backward passes

lose

^^

 

[bluestevon]

Can still do this, one goes the second will follow as their hanging on by the skin of their teeth atm

 

[potato]

oh my days

 

[Roztitute]

Wow...

 

[Fuleco]

That was bad.

 

[FTY]

Poor ball

 

[Aidey9]

Stoke have defended well, but if we'd of had that quality to unlock em we'd of got summat out of thise game, and maybe won even, cos weve had plenty of the ball in there half all game!.

 

[Mrk]

What the hell was that...

 

[Clint Planet]

Dreadful from Mirallas.