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Doesn't matter whether we're 'a better team' or not. We're not playing better because we're not scoring goals.

68% possession 6 attempts 1 on target. Sums us up. Lot of ball, no balls.

Well, leaving would be a bit much at this stage. Change in attitude (or compass) for those players would be a start. Argh, Redmond! Backwards again, when in a good position to go forwards! Point proven.

That whole episode was caused by redmond getting the ball beyond 2 Stoke players, turning back between them so he couldn't go forwards, then passing back to our defence. Idiot! Get him off and bring on an ATTACKING midfielder. Comm can't remember a Butland save haha. Fool. He made a great save from Long.

Penalty? For that? Really?? Hmm. Come on FF... ... YYAAAASSSSS, good save!

Oh dear.

And commanded his box well there, too. Good good, keep it up. Just need to work it out up front.

Where's Romeu these days? Hardly see him - is he taking it easy? Oh haha, Cedric with the most obvious push since the Blitzkrieg!

Stoke want us to kick the ball out every time one of them falls over. Nice skill from Tadic, then Allen gets dirty... and booked. Oh look, Hughes moaning

Following their manager's example?

Lemina quite far back - need Romeu to be there, with Lemina further up with Davis. Long doing some good work.

Well, there's a good reason for that. Nearly lucky there - good save Butland. Corner Saints. Nap, cleared.

Nice move by Stoke. Bertrand played them on, but made the interception (needed to!).

It nearly ended up in the street!

Co-comm described us as being "easy to defend against". I agree.

VvD shoots from near halfway line - good save FF!

Yeah it was like that for me last week. Ok for me now. Hmm, sorry, can't help further. Stoke have the ball for 15 seconds = straight to our box (and a shot saved!). We have the ball for 2 minutes... erm = not much, really.

Cedric's name being pronounced "Swaresh" by comm. Is that correct? More possession now, but not incisive enough.

http://www.keepsporthonest.net Bizarre! Try this, then choose Saints match? It's working for me. At least you got a goal on that one lol

Long offside. Here we go...

Ok, Stoke on the front foot in first 2 mins. Couple of shots & a corner. VvD defended ok.

http://www.keepsporthonest.net/match/4684/ Working so far, for the warm-up. Probably freeze at kick off.

Would be interesting to work out which 'top team' MLT would have suited best. Hypothetically, would it have been better for him to have gone overseas? Palmer should have gone overseas, too... like Bhutan or somewhere!

Nail. Head.

Thanks, Carlton.