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Stoke City vs Newcastle United pre-match thread (31/10/11 @ 8pm) - Live on Sky


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I think we have every chance of winning to be honest. We just need to get the ball down and play a passing game, be calm. In my opinion teams come unstuck at Stoke because they either try to 'outStoke' Stoke or set up to defend against the constant battering ram. Stoke can only have so many chances for their standard aerial assault if you keep the ball away from them.

 

That said, no Tiote is a massive blow then, as his ball retention is pretty fucking useful. Hopefully by dint of how good we've been, competition for places and improvement of individual performances this year, someone is going to step up.

 

I take back all of the above if Alan Smith plays.

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Wonder if playing Cabaye in a more defensive role with Marveaux attacking in central would work? Note: I realise this won't happen, but if we were to try and win via tactics of ball retention, sweet passing, deft through balls and clever runs, those two in the middle would, for my money, do the job. However, they may get trampled by that herd, like pringles under bison.

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Yay. A post in this thread.

 

I've been on toontastic for the last hour ffs :lol:

 

Really unsure on today. Hopefully a point :thup:

 

Unlucky :laugh:

 

It's beyond s*** on there. Nobody ever posts it's like a JFT96 shrine ???

 

Never again.

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