Stoke (A) 0-5 -- Post-Match Thread

[jonny_wright]

8 minutes ago, Wolfox said:

No…. We were winning and cruising….
 

Just a further opportunity to blood Nelson who’s likely to be starting soon based on current progress 

Leaves Coady out in the cold, at the time I was buzzing but really turned out to be a underwhelming signing 

[StevieH]

Would be great to get promotion ASAP. Give us more time to prepare for the Prem and focus on decent recruitment 

[whoareyaaa]

Just now, jonny_wright said:

Boro at the time were 7th, and we drew with sheff weds, a real smash and grab sucker punch….. but it’s true with all leagues, the teams that can beat 80% of the teams in the division will win the title… hopefully it won’t come down to the Leeds & Southampton games 

Oh yea 1-1 so we have lost to Cov, Leeds and Boro, no chance it will come down to the Leeds and Southampton games.

 

We beat Southampton anyway 4-1, 7 more wins and it will be pretty much wrapped up 

[Steeley8]

Fella’s you absolutely battered us today. By far the best team in the league. Deffo returning to the prem. Belting support too.

[surrifox]

9 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Oh yea 1-1 so we have lost to Cov, Leeds and Boro, no chance it will come down to the Leeds and Southampton games.

 

We beat Southampton anyway 4-1, 7 more wins and it will be pretty much wrapped up 

Then we can concentrate on the main task -winning the FA cup 

[LCFC-92]

What a cracking result that was.

Everyone pulled their weight and we looked like we oozed confidence and quality.

 

I can see me preferring McAteer in this position, and Nelson did not look out of place at all when coming on. Doyle was a bit sloppy again at times, but i put that down to him getting back up to speed.

 

Nice to see Daka on the score sheet again, and for Vardy to come on and then bag two as well.

 

Atmosphere was great - although must be one of the worst home atmospheres around. Even below ours!

[ithuriel]

The highlights video....

 

[PhillippaT]

Typical - the one game I miss had to be the major drubbing we've been waiting for  (Yes, I managed to not look at my phone at all today...  )

[foxfanazer]

7 minutes ago, Steeley8 said:

Fella’s you absolutely battered us today. By far the best team in the league. Deffo returning to the prem. Belting support too.

Cheers pal. We did really turn it on today. All the best for the rest of the season

[Lillehamring]

2 hours ago, ARM1968 said:

That’s what happens when you keep at it and don’t go negative. Very well played by all. Nice cameo by Nelson. Vardy looked much more his old self. Praet with some nice passes. Fatuwa another level. Excellent. 

Or...

That's what happens when you play like this most weeks but finally take your chances?

[Happy Fox]

What an amazing win  I thoroughly enjoyed that, straight back up!

[Lillehamring]

2 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

Fatawu being there makes such a huge difference to the whole team, and I agree that Nelson looks very good indeed.

Has to start hitting the target though

[Lillehamring]

2 hours ago, Shamomoa said:

I do feel sorry for coady tbh because he should be a regular! But I'm sure he's still great to have In the group, massive statement to bring Nelson on today though instead of coady!

It made sense tactically - as bad as stoke were, they were quick and pressing us quite well at times, i think nelson was the obvious choice pace-wise

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, Lillehamring said:

Has to start hitting the target though

Not you finding fault too...

[moseeds]

Stoke were terrible. Looked completely devoid of confidence or organisation even in the first quarter. In danger of going down even with all their signings. Shows the danger of a scatter-gun approach to both team building and manager appointments. Suggests we owe some credit to our execs 😬

 

[Happy Fox]

We were far too good for the Stokies could have had at least another 2 goals.

 

Stoke is really a dull city, I am surprised they had an Audi Dealer.

[ARM1968]

10 minutes ago, Lillehamring said:

Or...

That's what happens when you play like this most weeks but finally take your chances?

Except we haven’t have we. We’ve let games drift. Even Enzo said we’ve taken our foot off the gas in games. Or is he wrong?

[Lillehamring]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

I'd agree, only agruement JJ or Doyle?

JJ is clearly better playing down the right. Doyle still looks rusty but is far better suited than JJ to that position on the left.

[Lillehamring]

1 hour ago, StriderHiryu said:

My analysis can be summarised by a picture of Stoke manager Stephen Schumacher:

 

 

This expression can be roughly translated to "maybe I shouldn't have tried to go man for man, one on one, against a team that has the highest wage budget of any team in Championship history."

 

He's faced us twice this season, once with Plymouth, once with stoke. The aggregate score was 9-0 to Leicester.

 

I actually really like Schumacher and think he's one to watch in the Championship. But in both games he has been massively naive. Stoke's front 6 pressed high, but their defenders sat back. On paper that means they have cover if they lose the ball in the attacking phase, but in reality in mean that there were huge holes in the team between those two groups, which the attacking 8's could exploit all day long. Their press wasn't good enough, and every time we played our way through it, it resulted in a good opportunity.

 

We were good today, but honestly, I think we have been better than that in many games this season. As a coach, if you give players that are far superior to yours time and space on the ball, you're going to get a tonking.

 

I think Schumacher is in the Russel Martin space of managers. If you gave him a good team, he'd probably be super effective. That Stoke team is a shadow of teams they've had in the past, and I don't think his style suits their squad at all. Will they back him to change the squad? Not likely after results like this one...

 

 

 

 

His summing up of the game:

 

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You understand what you're up against when you're playing against Leicester. You can go about it in two ways: sit back and defend and admire them and get beat or you can have a go and get beat.

 

[Lillehamring]

46 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

How come Vesty was subbed at HT? Did he pick up an injury?

Yes - a 'muscle' injury apparently

[FosseSpark]

2 hours ago, Larry_LCFC said:

Stoke are absolutely ****ing useless but a brilliant performance from us. We really do have two gems with Mavididi and Fatawu. Splendid.

Who bought those into the club for less than 1/5th of a Barnes BTW? 

[Bog]

8 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

We were far too good for the Stokies could have had at least another 2 goals.

 

Stoke is really a dull city, I am surprised they had an Audi Dealer.

Denise Coates from Stoke  can afford a few Audis and a team rebuild.  All thanks to her mathematical abilities.

[Lillehamring]

11 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Not you finding fault too...

No, replying to someone's comment - it's called 'discussion'.

 

You'll find that i am in the top 1% of positive fans - i kid you not, ask around.

[Happy Fox]

Just now, Bog said:

Denise Coates from Stoke  can afford a few Audis and a team rebuild.  All thanks to her mathematical abilities.

She’s the only one! It was weird to see the new build houses near the Industrial estate, very weird.

[Lillehamring]

Don't know how many of you watched the post game interviews with Daka and Maresca, but it was interesting to hear the response when the reporter suggest to daka that  it was 'easy', and to maresca that we 'weren't in top gear'.

 

Needless to say, the reporter was firmly put in his place.