Stoke City vs Sheffield United

EFL Championship Matchweek 45 - Friday 25th April 2025 - 20:00 - Bet365 Stadium
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Referee: Jarrad Gillett
Assistants: Adam Nunn and Marc Perry
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[Cappy]

 

[Menage a petit pois]

Statistically inaccurate....again. 2 wins (assuming the 1st of the two is sufficient to overturn the result of game 3)....but yeah ...take the maths out of the equation and win all 5. P.s. you looking forward to pompey taking over piggsboro tomorrow marra?!

 

[Belvedere Blade]

 

[Dan Emery]

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4-3-3?

 

[Houston_Blade]

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Souzary in midfield then, very creative!

 

[Belvedere Blade]

NO Hamer, Rak-Sakyi or Brereton Diaz ?

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

Jeff on the bench.

 

[jt64]

Souza and Robinson starting FFS

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

NO Hamer, Rak-Sakyi or Brereton Diaz ?

be rested

 

[Blademan89]

Souza and Robinson starting FFS

What's wrong with souza?

 

[Davalon]

Maybe just my cautious nature but I'd be seriously thinking of playing Davies instead of Cooper

 

[jt64]

What's wrong with souza?

Needs resting for the playoffs. This game is meaningless

 

[sheff_blade90]

a weird game this is tonight, as we basically got 2 dead rubbers. before the season restarts. on 8th may for a 3 game mini season. so hard to get excited over 3 pts as it means nothing.

i like the line up for what is a dead rubber, its experimental, continuing with 2 uptop & giving big players a rest. even might get to see an appearance from our Peruvian magician

 

[CirenBlade]

be rested

Or maybe they've been carrying injuries? It would explain recent below par performances.

 

[FriethBlade]

Brewster in last chance saloon for me.

 

[Blademan89]

Souza and Robinson starting FFS

Needs resting for the playoffs. This game is meaningless

Think he needs to build match sharpness back up, seems to be lacking fitness and sharpness since returning from injury. Same as half way through season when he got injured.

Could do with him hitting peak fitness and sharpness for the play offs.

Peck has played basically all the games since he came in, and so deserves to have a little rest ahead of play offs, can't rest both.

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

Rested Campbell for the big crunch match at Stoke.

Mental.

 

[HD8 Blades]

Souza and Robinson starting FFS

If he rests players half the fans complain. If he plays players the other half complain.

 

[Addison]

Holding starts but at the expense of Anel. Very predictable. You didn't have to be a mind reader to work out CW was throwing Anel under a bus in his press conference when he said the penalty given away last game out was stupid. No mention after Plymouth of the winner JLT teed up for Argyle or his other countless errors. So the perfect opportunity to have a look again at the successful pairing from the Cardiff game in a dead rubber is not considered.

 

[Blademan89]

Holding starts but at the expense of Anel. Very predictable. You didn't have to be an expert to work out that CW was throwing Anel under a bus in his press conference when he said the penalty given away last game out was stupid. No mention after Plymouth of the winner JLT teed up for Argyle or his other countless errors. So the perfect opportunity to have a look again at the successful pairing from the Cardiff game in a dead rubber is not considered.

Think he won't be risking him, be anel & holding going into play offs.. don't worry lad. And if we do make final you can bet your house on holding playing.

 

[jt64]

Peck has played basically all the games since he came in, and so deserves to have a little rest ahead of play offs, can't rest both.

You absolutely can, and should.

 

[Dkc]

a weird game this is tonight, as we basically got 2 dead rubbers. before the season restarts. on 8th may for a 3 game mini season. so hard to get excited over 3 pts as it means nothing.

i like the line up for what is a dead rubber, its experimental, continuing with 2 uptop & giving big players a rest. even might get to see an appearance from our Peruvian magician

Dead rubber for us, but not for Stoke

 

[Blademan89]

You absolutely can, and should.

Ah right so what other CM are you playing for souza for us to be able to rest both peck and souza?

 

[Cappy]

Go on Jeff lad

 

[Al Seef]

You absolutely can, and should.

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[jt64]

Ah right so what other CM are you playing for souza for us to be able to rest both peck and souza?

Choudhury with Blacker. If Blacker is mysteriously injured, someone else from the U21s. If they have no fit central midfielders, give Michael Tonge a call and bring him out of retirement. If he's not answering, Wilder registers himself as a player. If he can't do that, put a traffic cone there. I don't care. This game only has downsides in that area, we cannot go into the playoffs without both Souza and Peck both available and fully rested.

 

[bakeblade]

be rested

Why does Raksak need a rest?

 

[sheff_blade90]

Dead rubber for us, but not for Stoke

certainly if stoke lose, with luton, Oxford & hull playing derby. really chance they could get dragged into a final day relegation scrap

 

[bakeblade]

Souza and Robinson starting FFS

Souza needs minutes

 

[robbiez666]

be rested

BBD with his 'workrate' clearly deserves garden leave. My entire year's salary to have a rest after being dogshit.