Credit where it’s due

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Gotta say, I saw that 11 and thought FUCK!!!

But yes! Wilder got it right

Soumare was brilliant.

Second half goals masked something weird about us when we invite pressure. Is it them finally picking up or is it our bad game management? Weird.

Red card saved us I reckon but on first half we deserved the win.

Callum Ohare pure class again.

 

[Gavlar]

A win is a win.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

A win is a win.

It is. But we need consistency. So a win needs analysing.

 

[bakeblade]

Gotta say, I saw that 11 and thought FUCK!!!

But yes! Wilder got it right

Soumare was brilliant.

Second half goals masked something weird about us when we invite pressure. Is it them finally picking up or is it our bad game management? Weird.

Red card saved us I reckon but on first half we deserved the win.

Callum Ohare pure class again.

We're such an inconsistent team. Soumare and Burrows have been poor so far this season, but tonight they were both great. Play them both next game and they'll probably revert back to poor.

 

[PokerBlade]

No real defensive midfield aside from Riedewald. It's no surprise that we fade in games.

 

[Bladesman]

Gotta say, I saw that 11 and thought FUCK!!!

But yes! Wilder got it right

Soumare was brilliant.

Second half goals masked something weird about us when we invite pressure. Is it them finally picking up or is it our bad game management? Weird.

Red card saved us I reckon but on first half we deserved the win.

Callum Ohare pure class again.

Wilder can add to the squad now, we just needed to get through these Christmas matches.

Jairo looks a bit knackered trying to run the midfield on his own without Peck. Blaster is still not 100%. Soumare is just so random and inconsistent. Matos is likely getting bombed out.

So when our current midfield tire that's when things start to get stretched and sloppy.

 

[espoo blade]

Gotta say, I saw that 11 and thought FUCK!!!

But yes! Wilder got it right

Soumare was brilliant.

Second half goals masked something weird about us when we invite pressure. Is it them finally picking up or is it our bad game management? Weird.

Red card saved us I reckon but on first half we deserved the win.

Callum Ohare pure class again.

Sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition for changing things up with 4 changes and going a bit gung-ho, but they had to. It really pushed us back and it's not just "bad game management". We had a chance on the break to kill it but Johansson made a great save from Bamford, and yes, the red card probably saved us. Good win.

 

[ZLB]

A win is a win.

And what’s more it’s a win.

 

[Nedski]

Another great first half followed by an awful second half. We might have scored two goals in the second half but we simply cannot deal with teams that change their tactics/formation. We run out of ideas, sit deep, can't keep the ball.

Our high pressing game works really well but exhausts a bunch of unfit players and we never look comfortable even with a two goal lead.

If we are serious about scraping in to the play offs we can't afford to let teams back in to games when we should be seeing them out easily - this needs to be addressed asap.

 

[Gin&Juice]

God bless that gritty bastard

 

[DifferentClass]

We conceded one, not good enough, Wilder out!

 

[bruce]

Sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition for changing things up with 4 changes and going a bit gung-ho, but they had to. It really pushed us back and it's not just "bad game management". We had a chance on the break to kill it but Johansson made a great save from Bamford, and yes, the red card probably saved us. Good win.

Agree with most of that, but looking at the game as a whole I don't think the red card saved us. We were better than them. We got our just reward.

 

[JT89]

Second half goals masked something weird about us when we invite pressure. Is it them finally picking up or is it our bad game management? Weird.

Other teams have managers with the tactical knowledge to change games, we don’t.

 

[loyalblade95]

Red card saved us I reckon but on first half we deserved the win.

Did it though, or did it just keep Stoke in the game.

If Pearson doesn't bring him down, you'd back Bamford to go through and make it 3-1, which would have been game over.

Instead, Stoke go down to 10 men but stay in the game scoreline wise, rather than having 11 players but potentially being 3-1 down.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

I do wonder if our ‘switch offs ‘ after an hour is a fitness issue as it happens that regular ?
But as said you have to give credit to the lads for a good win tonight after Boxing Days capitulation