v Stoke City (H) - Matchday Thread

[Shuff264]

Desperate for a win, need goals to do that

Clean sheet is nice

2nd half not as good as first by a long way

[LincsRam]

Well that was a weird game, at times sublime, other times poor and bar the Richards goal line clearance we never looked like scoring.

We need to sort this out, we cant get up the table without scoring, not convinced its the striker, we are not making enough opportunities, maybe playing 2 defensive midfielders is killing our creative play.

Glad we got a point, could have been much more but hey we didn't lose.

[RadioactiveWaste]

Oh well.

Another tough match on Wednesday vs Swansea.

Still, Jordan Ibe got on the pitch at least, even if it was only a few minutes and he didn't impact the game much.

We really really really need to improve in the final third.

[Mr. P]

Frustrating. And these officials are really bad. 

[Xlor]

7 minutes ago, Andicis said:

How you manage players at this stage of their career is important, the most important time for them. More important than a singular match. It's poor management.

How is taking the worst performer off when we're in a relegation scrap poor management? It's on Whittaker, who has had loads of chances now, not rooney

[Mafiabob]

Meh - some will say no defeat in 4 - some will say 1 win in 7 since Cocu went.....

Have fun Mods 

[Patrick Rams]

9 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

1 more goal for Forest please to lift us out the relegation places.

One more goal for Forest? Err...no thanks!

[Yani P]

At least we are creating chances that is a dramatic step forward from where we were a few games ago

[Carl Sagan]

Glad Jordon Ibe got on for a couple of minutes but way too late. Give someone 20 minutes plus to change the game. Again we can't score for love nor money yet leave our natural born goalscorer Jack Stretton on the bench.

We need to score goals so we need to play goalscorers.

[Andicis]

2 points dropped here. This was a winnable game. We're better under Rooney, but our old issues are still the problem. We desperately need goals.

[May Contain Nuts]

Might have scored if we weren't denied a stonewall penalty (the more you see it the clearer it is)

....but no guarantees.

[QuitYourJibbaJivin]

Where are the goals coming from? 5 unbeaten but that’s now 8 goals in 18 games, unbeaten run won’t last much longer unless we start sticking it in the onion bag.

[Rammed79]

Should have won it was there for the taking. Another clean sheet I suppose 

[66DegreesNorth]

Not good enough lads... This is why we need an experienced manager. Poor subs yet again, the boys on the pitch can only do so much, they need direction from the management. 2 points thrown away today because the guys in charge cannot read the game and make informed decisions to alter the outcome.

[Andicis]

Just now, Xlor said:

How is taking the worst performer off when we're in a relegation scrap poor management? It's on Whittaker, who has had loads of chances now, not rooney

Loads of chances? 5 mins at the end of the game isn't a chance, and he's barely had that recently. Rooney himself, Lawrence and Holmes don't get subbed off after 20 when they're not playing well, yet the young player does..

[Mick Brolly]

[Ramarena]

1 minute ago, Carl Sagan said:

Glad Jordon Ibe got on for a couple of minutes but way too late. Give someone 20 minutes plus to change the game. Again we can't score for love nor money yet leave our natural born goalscorer Jack Stretton on the bench.

We need to score goals so we need to play goalscorers.

How'd he look in his brief cameo Carl? My internet started playing up just before he came on so didn't really see it.

[kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong]

Well Stoke were absolutely dreadful,but we can’t score a goal for toffee.

Better than losing and we don’t play badly,we just have no edge in front of the goal.

[DCFC27]

We need a proper striker. We better have one coming in on Jan 2nd. It will be scandalous if not, we’ve have over 6 months to find one and negotiate a deal. It just needs to happen.

A CB would be helpful too but at the moment we a really hard to beat and score against. We need someone to stick them in the other end now. 

[Phoenix]

We are one of only 3 clubs in the bottom 11 not to lose. Forget Coventry, they're on a roll. I believe they have to rely heavily on Academy players, thanks to SISU. Bullet dodged there.