Parsley

Its the manner. They're not beating us out of good play, its just us pushing the self destruct button. again, what were you expecting? we held on well till half time, could have been 1-0 up even. thats as big a plus as this defeat is a negative. Agree. Been satisfied so far with our defending for the most part and our possessive play.

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.

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.