Semi Final Match Thread

[officer_dibble]

So, have we been shit for a year now then?

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Several shades of it, really.

[bobo the clown]

Several shades of it, really.

Nope, mostly just the one shade .... & a very dark brown it has been.

I honestly believe that one match & they way it shattered Coyle's self belief, did for him & hence ourselves. He's been a rabbit in headlights since that day.

[BWFC_Insane]

Several shades of it, really.

Nope, mostly just the one shade .... & a very dark brown it has been.

I honestly believe that one match & they way it shattered Coyle's self belief, did for him & hence ourselves. He's been a rabbit in headlights since that day.

I think rather it highlighted how we had for much of the season been papering over some very large cracks.

Said it at the time, the goals of Elmander and Sturridge last season papered over a lot of our deficiencies elsewhere. To an extent the workrate of Holden did similar.

I actually think our good performance in the first half of last season was ultimately a bad thing. Which sounds odd, but I think before the season started Coyle was looking at the longer term transitioning of the squad. I think when we started to do well in the league and the cup, it became harder to be ruthless about certain players and meant that basically we ended up "losing a season" of progress (IF indeed thats what Coyle can/will deliver) on the plan of rebuilding with younger players.

I think we patched over the leaky defence, paper thin midfield and strike force that was going to lose its two best performers and it was only at the end of the season that it began to become apparent.

In my opinion the 5-0 drubbing at Wembley was merely an indication of how much better Stoke are equipped than us as a top flight club.......

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

In my opinion the 5-0 drubbing at Wembley was merely an indication of how much better Stoke are equipped than us as a top flight club.......

So what did the much less important but still quite eye-opening 5-0 ass-whupping we gave them on Bonfire Night indicate?

[thebish]

In my opinion the 5-0 drubbing at Wembley was merely an indication of how much better Stoke are equipped than us as a top flight club.......

So what did the much less important but still quite eye-opening 5-0 ass-whupping we gave them on Bonfire Night indicate?

how much better equipped we are than them as a top flight club... presumably!

[TANGODANCER]

In my opinion the 5-0 drubbing at Wembley was merely an indication of how much better Stoke are equipped than us as a top flight club.......

Didn't want to start the week with an "absolute bollox" expression but...

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Hmm seems tottenham yesterday then were only a gareth bale tap-in from being 'not equipped for the top flight' too then, using that logic.

[BWFC_Insane]

In my opinion the 5-0 drubbing at Wembley was merely an indication of how much better Stoke are equipped than us as a top flight club.......

So what did the much less important but still quite eye-opening 5-0 ass-whupping we gave them on Bonfire Night indicate?

how much better equipped we are than them as a top flight club... presumably!

Aye but thats taking the quote slightly out of context when removed from the rest of the post.

My point was that the result was the first real symptom rather than the cause....

And leading up to the game on here the general consensus was "we're an established premiership side, doing well in the league and they're just long ball, long throw strugglers".

Can you really argue that Stoke as a club aren't far better equipped for the top flight than we are?

[thebish]

In my opinion the 5-0 drubbing at Wembley was merely an indication of how much better Stoke are equipped than us as a top flight club.......

So what did the much less important but still quite eye-opening 5-0 ass-whupping we gave them on Bonfire Night indicate?

how much better equipped we are than them as a top flight club... presumably!

Aye but thats taking the quote slightly out of context when removed from the rest of the post.

My point was that the result was the first real symptom rather than the cause....

And leading up to the game on here the general consensus was "we're an established premiership side, doing well in the league and they're just long ball, long throw strugglers".

Can you really argue that Stoke as a club aren't far better equipped for the top flight than we are?

you could argue that we've been there a lot longer for a start!

[BWFC_Insane]

In my opinion the 5-0 drubbing at Wembley was merely an indication of how much better Stoke are equipped than us as a top flight club.......

So what did the much less important but still quite eye-opening 5-0 ass-whupping we gave them on Bonfire Night indicate?

how much better equipped we are than them as a top flight club... presumably!

Aye but thats taking the quote slightly out of context when removed from the rest of the post.

My point was that the result was the first real symptom rather than the cause....

And leading up to the game on here the general consensus was "we're an established premiership side, doing well in the league and they're just long ball, long throw strugglers".

Can you really argue that Stoke as a club aren't far better equipped for the top flight than we are?

you could argue that we've been there a lot longer for a start!

Aye but if you were a bookie taking bets, and I asked you "give me the odds on Bolton or Stoke being a premiership club in 2015" who would you honestly hand on heart give the better odds to?

[thebish]

Aye but if you were a bookie taking bets, and I asked you "give me the odds on Bolton or Stoke being a premiership club in 2015" who would you honestly hand on heart give the better odds to?

I doubt I'd give much to choose between the two...

[adamworthy2002]

Ugh we're going down