Stoke City vs Sheffield United

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Championship Week 39 - Saturday 2nd April 2022 - 15:00 - Bet365 Stadium
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Referee: David Webb
Assistant Referee: Geoffrey Liddle
Assistant Referee: Nik Barnard
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[Millhousesblade1889]

People blame McBurnie yet this is the service he receives. Sharp does incredibly well to get the goals he does with our build up play. They’re so deep NDiaye would be better than a flat 3. Only my sofa opinion for what it’s worth

 

[Barnette]

just what I was thinking - this team is not good enough to go up

 

[jono_t2000]

Stoke don't have anything to play for fair enough... But if Hecky can't motivate our lads to give one last big push in these final games for a playoff position... Then that's worrying.

 

[Lawrence]

Is this a pre season friendly? Terrible, no urgency! not a patch on the Forest match earlier!

 

[SB_90]

this is game is here for the winning if we can get into a higher gear, as we have great flashes but few & far between

2 wins & a draw would be a fantastic week. but a draw today means having to beat Bournemouth next Saturday. which is a much tougher ask

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

Zzzźźzzźz

 

[SuperBobbyHatton]

That was as dull as a dull meeting a footballer story.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

That was as dull as a dull meeting a footballer story.

My worry is this is a bit of a continuous theme away from home. Millwall awful, Coventry awful, Blackpool poor, today awful so far

 

[SUFCinks]

Need to find about 2 or 3 more gears. Concerned how we are struggling to create chances. Very flat, predictable and slow. Other than MGW very little movement. Ndiaye needs to come on for jebbo just to help create more movement.

 

[blades14]

Norwood has been terrible, take him off. Slows play down too much.

 

[robbiez666]

Scrappy game.

Bit unfair saying Stoke are on the beach. 8 games left and the manager is fighting for his job. Both teams missing important players and yes nothing is really happening for either. We really need to stop giving the ball away. We won't go up. Simple as. A team will really punish us when it really matters. Not sure what to do really. Nothing is sticking upfront. Vaguely tempted with Osulu and Jebbison and go for it. Probably mad given their ages and experience but we need to get more men forward. RND having a better game and MGW causing them lots of problems. They are a really slow team as well.

Kevin Gage is even worse than usual

 

[SuperBobbyHatton]

My worry is this is a bit of a continuous theme away from home. Millwall awful, Coventry awful, Blackpool poor, today awful so far

Looks like it doesn't it, let's hope they pick up in the second half.

 

[Nedski]

We need Hourihane for his set pieces, we can't keep selecting a team with no one able to kick a stationary ball accurately.

 

[bonobo]

We seem to be playing with a flat 3 and MGW roaming. I wonder if maybe going to 2 inside forwards with Berge on the right and MGW on the left, might make a difference ( we always look best with this set up). Norwood is too deep. We are cramped on the right with Berge and MGW on top of each other. Finding more space down the left, but lack quality. The few times MGW has come into the inside left position, where he has more space, he looks more dangerous. We are winning a lot of set pieces, but no quality, if things don't open up, maybe Hourihane after the hour.

 

[Barnette]

It feels like everything has to go through MGW - Jebbo being ignored.

 

[Antonb]

Stoke are there for the taking!

 

[BigBed]

We have been waiting for our strikers to come good for over 2 years .How much longer do we wait? Apart from Billy we have had no one we can rely on to score . Leaving it as it is we will be waiting another 2 years.

We wait until we know if we can get prem strikers or championship strikers, any striker worth signing will be under contract now, so we have no choice do we.

 

[SuperBobbyHatton]

I'm that used to us been in the red and white stripes I keep urging stoke on!

 

[SuperBobbyHatton]

What a bit of defending from Davis that was, brilliant!

 

[Geordie Blade]

I'm that used to us been in the red and white stripes I keep urging stoke on!

I remember cheering Sunderland when they emerged from the tunnel when we played them at the old Roker Park. Got some right looks from the United fans around me.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

We are proper proper bobbins and have been for the past

And that blame goes on Hecky IMO 6/7 games to get the play offs and he cant get a performance out of them

 

[Lawrence]

Stoke have got belief they can beat us, how crap are we! Stoke 3 really good chances in 3 minutes

 

[FatPaul]

When you gonna change your name?

When I get in the plane to Canada!

I'll change it to fatcanadianpaul

 

[Blade58]

Blades goal living a charmed life atm
Come on Blades

 

[Sithblade]

Whats up with McBurnie now ?

Wonder where he is today? Swansea playing Cardiff

 

[Blad]

60 minutes gone and not one single effort on target, abysmal!

 

[Drunk blade]

Stoke looking the better team 2nd half, we've not used jebbisons pace at all, he's playing against a 39 year old centre back whose legs have gone

 

[shrubbery]

Stone wall penalty. Thanks ref you prick.

 

[SUFCinks]

I have to be honest, RND i do not rate. A lot of running but limited quality. I though Ozzy was back from injury?

 

[Lawrence]

Nothing up front!, for god sake change it!