Stoke Post Match

[Pita]

A nice comfortable win but I sure there going to be a lot more harder games. Just keep building the points total

[Dandy king]

4 hours ago, wardyfox86 said:

Nobody is judging Vestergaard by anything other than his ability at this level. He's vastly experienced and better than the Championship, as is evidenced by his start to this campaign.

 

Whether he will get found out (again) at top level is an irrelevance, as his contract expires at the end of the season.

4 MORE YEARS

[srevell580]

2 hours ago, Mee-9 said:

Some right Chodes in their fanbase.

 

Walking down Welford Road shouting ‘f’ing fox shaggers’ at old geezer and kids. 
 

Absolute scum. 

As me and my 13 year old lad got to about level with F Bar we had 4 or 5 w*nkers singing helicopter songs as they went up the street headed to Welford Road. Surprised they didn't get filled in. 

[Lillehamring]

5 hours ago, Phube said:

I think the cutest part was when the Stoke commentators were thinking that Stoke were a match for us when it was 1-0... 

Guy at the start that said 'yeah, i suppose Stoke are just about the underdog' amd followed it up with 'yeah, possession seems to have even out now' as the stat pops up showing us with 82% 

Edited 7 October 2023 by Lillehamring

[Lonsdalefox]

46 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Was it really 90/10% possession stats for the first 20 mins 

 

Don't think I've ever seen that before. 

 

[Lillehamring]

4 hours ago, StatFox said:

Jannik Vestergaard's game by numbers vs Stoke:

197 touches (!!!!) – Most
180/189 passes completed (!!!!) – Most 
29/33 Final third passes completed – Most
13/17 Long passes completed – Most
2/2 through balls completed – Most
2 chances created
2 interceptions
2 clearances
1 tackle made

A man possessed.

Especially impressive compared to the entire preston team last week who finished on 161/233

[Corky]

Very comfortable. Thought Souttar came in and did well. Winks is a class above and two lovely team goals.

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, fuchsntf said:

God knows how many goals Rebekah would score….

...the likelihood is that they would be own goals, sigh!!!

[StriderHiryu]

Move of the Match

 

 

^ This is Enzo Maresca's brand of football at it's absolute finest!

• Look at how high our centre backs push up. Vestergaard gets to within 25 yards of the opposition goal WITH the ball.
• EIGHT players are involved in this move.
• Ricardo who starts the game as a right back, ends up in a number 10 position to put through an incredible goal.
• Look at the way we shift the Stoke City defensive block around during all phases of this move. We move it to the right, then back, then to the left, then centrally.
  • Look at where the Stoke players start off, and where they end up moving to. This is not possession for possession's sake, this is like a game of Chess where we are moving their pieces around to setup checkmate.
• Look at how pivotal Vestergaard is in this move. He's had the most passes of any player in the Championship. But it's not pointless passing like Puel / Rodgers, look what he's doing with it.
• Ricardo's pass is simply sensational, the run from Iheanacho timed to perfection.
• The finish is superb.
• When the goal is scored, Stoke have NINE outfield players in their own box, plus their keeper and we still score.

 

I think this might be the best team goal we've scored in a long, long time. And that's because this is relatively early in the game against a super deep block and we broke them down systematically because of great coaching. A beautiful goal!

[The_77]

Anyone taking negatives from today or whose first thought after the final whistle is to question whether Vestergaard will be up for it next season in the PL deserves to have an extra week added onto their international break. 

[lnkstern]

4 hours ago, moore_94 said:

WhoScored and Sofascore do them

 

On WhoScored you click on Heatmaps

 

On Sofascore you have to click on the individual players

 

https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1731662/Live/England-Championship-2023-2024-Leicester-Stoke

https://www.sofascore.com/leicester-city-stoke-city/EG#11371538

Thank you so very much @moore_94!  Exactly what I was looking for.

[StriderHiryu]

This would have been a class goal:

 

 

 

[HitchinFox]

15 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Move of the Match

 

 

^ This is Enzo Maresca's brand of football at it's absolute finest!

• Look at how high our centre backs push up. Vestergaard gets to within 25 yards of the opposition goal WITH the ball.
• EIGHT players are involved in this move.
• Ricardo who starts the game as a right back, ends up in a number 10 position to put through an incredible goal.
• Look at the way we shift the Stoke City defensive block around during all phases of this move. We move it to the right, then back, then to the left, then centrally.
  • Look at where the Stoke players start off, and where they end up moving to. This is not possession for possession's sake, this is like a game of Chess where we are moving their pieces around to setup checkmate.
• Look at how pivotal Vestergaard is in this move. He's had the most passes of any player in the Championship. But it's not pointless passing like Puel / Rodgers, look what he's doing with it.
• Ricardo's pass is simply sensational, the run from Iheanacho timed to perfection.
• The finish is superb.
• When the goal is scored, Stoke have NINE outfield players in their own box, plus their keeper and we still score.

 

I think this might be the best team goal we've scored in a long, long time. And that's because this is relatively early in the game against a super deep block and we broke them down systematically because of great coaching. A beautiful goal!

I'm sure the Stoke commentators were saying how it was a lucky deflection and it was only a matter of time before the mighty Stoke would show us who's boss. 

[StriderHiryu]

2 minutes ago, HitchinFox said:

I'm sure the Stoke commentators were saying how it was a lucky deflection and it was only a matter of time before the mighty Stoke would show us who's boss. 

It was hilarious listening to those two

[Lillehamring]

20 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Move of the Match

 

 

^ This is Enzo Maresca's brand of football at it's absolute finest!

• Look at how high our centre backs push up. Vestergaard gets to within 25 yards of the opposition goal WITH the ball.
• EIGHT players are involved in this move.
• Ricardo who starts the game as a right back, ends up in a number 10 position to put through an incredible goal.
• Look at the way we shift the Stoke City defensive block around during all phases of this move. We move it to the right, then back, then to the left, then centrally.
  • Look at where the Stoke players start off, and where they end up moving to. This is not possession for possession's sake, this is like a game of Chess where we are moving their pieces around to setup checkmate.
• Look at how pivotal Vestergaard is in this move. He's had the most passes of any player in the Championship. But it's not pointless passing like Puel / Rodgers, look what he's doing with it.
• Ricardo's pass is simply sensational, the run from Iheanacho timed to perfection.
• The finish is superb.
• When the goal is scored, Stoke have NINE outfield players in their own box, plus their keeper and we still score.

 

I think this might be the best team goal we've scored in a long, long time. And that's because this is relatively early in the game against a super deep block and we broke them down systematically because of great coaching. A beautiful goal!

It's also impressive how easy we make it look - apart from the assist, none of the passes are 'difficult'.  Ricardo ends up in acres of space - in part due to the defended chasing nacho's decoy movement towards the ball

[fuchsntf]

These last few posts, ended my night time reading and viewing for the day….

 

What a pleasant good nights sleep I will have..

[los dedos]

33 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Move of the Match

 

 

^ This is Enzo Maresca's brand of football at it's absolute finest!

• Look at how high our centre backs push up. Vestergaard gets to within 25 yards of the opposition goal WITH the ball.
• EIGHT players are involved in this move.
• Ricardo who starts the game as a right back, ends up in a number 10 position to put through an incredible goal.
• Look at the way we shift the Stoke City defensive block around during all phases of this move. We move it to the right, then back, then to the left, then centrally.
  • Look at where the Stoke players start off, and where they end up moving to. This is not possession for possession's sake, this is like a game of Chess where we are moving their pieces around to setup checkmate.
• Look at how pivotal Vestergaard is in this move. He's had the most passes of any player in the Championship. But it's not pointless passing like Puel / Rodgers, look what he's doing with it.
• Ricardo's pass is simply sensational, the run from Iheanacho timed to perfection.
• The finish is superb.
• When the goal is scored, Stoke have NINE outfield players in their own box, plus their keeper and we still score.

 

I think this might be the best team goal we've scored in a long, long time. And that's because this is relatively early in the game against a super deep block and we broke them down systematically because of great coaching. A beautiful goal!

You can see how this must have mentally worn opposition out .

It's no wonder we can really turn the screw in most games in the last 20 minutes with quality players and fresh legs .

[StriderHiryu]

🐐

 

 

This is a textbook Man City / Guardiola goal. A cutback-from an inside-run from one of the attacking 8's. You see this type of goal scored by Man City, Arsenal, Burnley and now us.

• Compress play in one half of the field.
• Switch the ball out to the opposite winger who is totally free.
• They play the ball into the half-space.
• The 8 attacks the half-space and cuts it back.
• Either the striker, other 8, or other winger will be attacking the box to score.

A great example of a well rehearsed attacking pattern of play. It's also a good showcase of how with system football you can make decision-making easy for players. Fatawu doesn't need to try to be a hero, neither does Ndidi, it's simple one touch football that is very hard to defend against.

 

We will score many goals like this over the next few years.

[enmac]

7 hours ago, Cincinnati Fox said:

Matt Elliot is very depressing 

Taggart, too. Too dour. 

[enmac]

7 hours ago, Sideshow Faes said:

Barely out of second gear. Way too good for them.

Not convinced about yunus on the wing is the only negative.

Looks more of a number 10 to me. 

[AmericanScott]

I've had a great week being back in New York. Blackburn, Preston and Stoke - max points. Couldn't be happier 

[Chrysalis]

11 hours ago, StatFox said:

Jannik Vestergaard's game by numbers vs Stoke:

197 touches (!!!!) – Most
180/189 passes completed (!!!!) – Most 
29/33 Final third passes completed – Most
13/17 Long passes completed – Most
2/2 through balls completed – Most
2 chances created
2 interceptions
2 clearances
1 tackle made

A man possessed.

Yet someone replied saying he was bang average.

[Chrysalis]

11 hours ago, 99 Problems said:

Makes no difference. He’s not quick enough and he’s not good enough as a defender. It’s the championship ffs, of course he looks good 

Whats relevant now is where we are, his performances under Rodgers, were limited and also not relevant.

[glebe_sydneyfox]

Happy for Soutts to get a start.

 

[Dan LCFC]

It just gets more and more ridiculous by the week we're in this league.

 

Get that record. We can absolutely do it.