OttawaSaint

So nice to see Saints powering forward rather that that walk walk backwards sideways of the last 2 years.

Of the crossbar from Hoedt.

If Bertie makes that run, Redders has to find him. Jack Stephens lost finds himself up front. Decent chance for a CB.

Well played Hoj. Hughes getting Hoj playing like we thought he was capable of.

Decent start. Fans in fine voice.

In before MLG or another pedant mentions rugby league...

Cedric and Bertie would be looking to lob one into the box.

The thing is, is that he’s had an audition of sorts and done well. We won’t get that with other managers, we’d have to roll the dice and hope they were a good fit. Puel and MoPe didn’t fit, Poch and Koe did. Might be a better option to not risk it and give him the job. If they do, then they have to let him do it his way, his tactics, his formation, his lineup. Koeman was criticized for going against the club style. Well of course he did, the club style wasn’t working, you’ve got to be able to mix it up and evolve. If they can stay out of the way we should be back in the top half next season.

Listen. Those who are worried. There was lots of talk on here before Tuesday about “hope Hughes and the players know a draw isn’t enough etc.”. Of course they did. They also know what’s at stake today. The only way this goes against us is if City smash in 8. Swansea can’t score and if they do win 7-0 do you think the Premier League would do an investigation on Stoke. Swans have score 27 all season, no way they get enough to turn this around. I expect us to lose 3-0 or 3-1 but I think Stoke will win. If the gap was 5 goals, sure, it’d be a worry but 10 goals, we’re fine!

Of course, they’d have won it with a Paul Dickov and Shaun Goater...

Maybe we could suck thier dicks while we’re at it.

Slightly off topic but when the commentator says “Ayew” in FIFA 18 it sounds like he’s sneezing.

There's more chance of Heisenberg getting laid than Swansea making up that GD gap.

nah it's reallycloseskate

I doubt Stoke and Swansea players read this board.

Might be quite funny if Swansea smash in a few early. This place will be a riot.

No. You ****ed up and were totally wrong so you decided to commit to it, boring us to death with Hoddle, yo-yo strategy and 17th for 6+ years in the hope that one day you might be right.

mocked abused and ridiculed he was... Makes me think of Bob Monkhouse, "they laughed when I said I wanted to become a comedian....well who's laughing now!".

You'd think so eh but Sky and the Prem love all that extra $$$$$$

The joined date and sudden frequency of posts has me saying "hmmmm" as well...

Only took 6 years...

MoPe didn't improve a single player, in fact he just about ruined most of them. There's a great player in there. **** players don't play and score for Italy.

Think we might see both of those improve under Hughes (if he stays). MoPe's tactics often left them exposed and if the instructions given to them was as clueless as those given to the mids then it's no wonder that they got out of position.

Do they? You really think they would put their careers on the line to lay down vs Swansea and get done for what amounts to match fixing? These guys have egos, no way they want to be remembered as the chumps who laid down and lost due to a grudge.