Parsley

Viduka coming on.

Little harsh I think. Tight angle with a defender on his back with Van Der Sar recovering.

Better play there!

Awful defending. Was a shame, we were doing well until that.

Still, we can get back into this.

Absolutely ridiculous. No way was that a freekick.

brilliant save from shay

don't think you can blame cacapa for that... was no cover for enrique down the left.

we're hanging in there...need more fire power tho - bring smith off and stick viduka alongside owen in the second half imo

bollocks was that a pen when ronaldo can't even take the free kick in the right place

good tackle by cacapa.

enrique looks solid at least - was good against tevez there

where's zog playing?

was good play until smith got it, rooney should have scored though. big let off.

A player that interests me is Michael Johnson from City - young and great going forward. Unlikely that City'll sell him though as he's a great prospect.

Foreign as I don't think the available British managers are any better than Big Sam and would be a bit of a side-step.

Thought it was a good result in very tough conditions and against a side well up for the game - I can see several other Premiership teams struggling at Stoke at the moment. Faye and Taylor were colossal in the centre of defence and it's a shame to see Faye leaving for the AFC at the beginning of what could be a strong pairing. Was quite impressed with Enrique as well; he looked solid and pacey and linked with Zog nicely at times. I thought we played quite well in the first half, we controlled the game and created a few good chances but almost lost it in the second as Stoke hit their stride. Sorry to say it but Rozehnal is a liability regardless of where he plays. Might be good technically but lacks pace, strength and composure and left us very exposed down our right flank. A clean sheet's a good sign at least and I'm hoping Sam buys well in Jan to get our creative juices flowing again.