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Frustration. It always the same when the other team scores late. If we'd been the ones that had equalised in the last 5 mins there probably wouldn't have been any.

Erm, there was blatant boos. Aye, there was. I think what people were p*ssed off about is the fact that although there were boos, they were pretty muted really, and hardly worthy of mentioning. To be honest there's boo's 95% of the time we get beat, as with most teams (especially when you factor in the frustration of the other team getting a late goal). There was just no need for it to be part any match report/summary. Edit - actually we didn't even get beat here, but you know what I mean - a result that didn't meet hopes/expectations.

Are you sure? The fact you’ve bothered to post in this thread would suggest otherwise. We’re all disappointed/massively p*ssed offf with how things have turned out recently but the fact is you do still care even if you’d rather not.

Man City at home. Rather play them at home than on neutral territory in the semi or final.

Nee Hayden Mullins.

Ah yes, Bournemouth's Feb. Spurs is going to be a right mess given it's FA QF weekend. So no doubt the picks that weekend will be a lot of ifs, buts and maybes.

Guesses on the most ludicrous time to shift Bournemouth away to?

From Conte's quotes likening it to when Christensen went on loan, i think it's unlikely.

He's a list of strikers recently bought by PL teams in and around that price bracket: Iheanacho Ayew Walcott Arnautovic Janssen Tosun Gray Musa That's what ~20M gets you these days and some of them (Walcott) are probably not possible for us due to wages.

But what if we're using the money from any potential sale to fund the purchase of an incoming player? Yes, we shouldn't really be in that position, but let's assume we are. Do we not sell Mitro or someone else to rival for fear of that player improving them, and therefore miss out on the player we want? In an ideal world you sell to a foreign team, but this is a Mike Ashley world.....

Quite possibly, although Dummett was out for a fairly lengthy period at that point.

They did, with 23% and 26% possession respectively. That'll undoubtedly be the way we go, let them have the ball, sit deep and hope to hit them on the break. If we're to have any success playing like that though, we'll have to use what little of the ball we do have a lot better than we did against them at home.

For someone that apparently no-one was in the slightest bit bothered about whether we signed or not, there's seems to be a disproportionate amount of fume about this latest development.

Tbf we haven’t been able to get the ball near the oppositions six yard box very often.

Given the date shift, I would say it’s more than likely.

That De Jong header :fool:

Chelsea have got 5 games before this compared to our 2. The second leg of the League Cup semi against Arsenal is the Wed before. They might well play a 'weakened' team. If this was at home I'd give us a good chance. Unfortunately it's not at home.

Spurs away would be good. Give us a chance to get used to the pitch for the later rounds.

Usually about about two weeks to a week before the game, give or take, although generally they seem to have been a bit earlier most of the time this season. If you're waiting on Man City tickets I'd expect them some time this week probably. Ordered my Man City ticket before Christmas, was just fretting a tad as you never know with our box office. Aye, with away tickets they generally don't send them out until they've sold them all (or least the majority of them). They must have some kind of process to go through to make sure all travel groups are sat together. If it hasn't turned up by the end of the week I'd give them a call.

Usually about about two weeks to a week before the game, give or take, although generally they seem to have been a bit earlier most of the time this season. If you're waiting on Man City tickets I'd expect them some time this week probably.

When it comes to rafa "not trusting" Mitro, it's not simply a case of him being worried he might do something stupid and get sent off. It's more likely than Mitro just doesn't do as instructed in terms of positional play or decisions on the ball. Whether Deeney is a better option in this regard I don't really know (although you'd suspect he probably is), but the fact is the primary reason Mitro doesn't get picked isn't because he's perceived as a red-card risk.

Insignificant compared to legend like Abdoulaye Faye. This bloke also reckoned that that when some manager left them to join us in the 30's, the Stoke players were so angry they smashed up the club offices. I think he might have been James Milner's grandad.

Went today. First time at Stoke. Not the worst in the new generation of identikit, flat-pack stadiums. But still, meh. There was some old guy interviewed in the dugout before the game (presumably the club historian/statistician) running through various stats before being asked about players that had played for both teams - mentions Joselu, Owen blah blah before saying his personal favourite, and "Stoke City legend" was Abdoulaye Faye! That was followed by a montage to all the deceased Stoke fans from the last year, who each had a photo up on the big screen (and there were lots of them) whilst Bridge Over Troubled Water was piped out. Obviously a nice touch for any family present, but christ talk about an atmosphere killer! Then just to make sure they did exactly the same at half time. Anyway, great result.

We beat them 3-0 at home man. Granted they've picked up and we've fell off since then, but whilst they're rightly favourites it's hardly like predicting a win at Man City.