limpid Posted March 13, 2010 Administrator Share Posted March 13, 2010 Your thoughts for posterity. Please also vote for your man of the match. Remember if you are voting immediately after the game that you cannot change your vote, so you may want to take some time to consider your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 useless performance. I thought the carew v reading would have actually bothered to change his spots and kick on this season. Total garbage, wasted opportunity. Certainly don't deserve 4th with that level of incoherence. We'd be a disgrace to England in Europe with performances like that, but then again we did go out to Vienna this season, so nothing new there... Mind numbingly awful football. Stoke not helping though - wish they'd **** off out of existence too. Same old shit, poor passing, poor finishing, no plan B and no use of subs. Sigh. Note to self: must think one good result mustn't make me optimistic we've finally got it going. 2 points dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Listening to the radio it seems James Collins was easily MotM Go Big Red! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Shit game, shit result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BkkVilla Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I am sorry to be negative. But why oh why was that useless T**T Hesky not taken off. He once again offered nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 13, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2010 Learnt nothing from that match we didn't already know - we need a striker. Other than that, I don't think we were bad, Stoke are a horrific side to play against in that mood, we were never going to break them down aside from a **** up or a complete moment of magic. We had some good build up play imo, with no-one ever really on it sadly. Some absolutely atrocious set plays though. And how anyone could watch Stoke week after week without considering the Baretta blowjob is simply outside of my understanding, they're an absolutely awful side. I don't really buy the football as entertainment argument, but they could at least try to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Defensively excellent. But once again let down by our midfield and strikers. It's all well and good playing Heskey for his defensive merits, but a striker is there to score goals. Playing Heskey and Carew is also a mistake; there's just not enough movement between to fashion anything or even get it out to the wing regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Point at Stoke is decent, performance wasn't great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 13, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2010 Wasted opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I think it's 1 point gained. Thought it would be a tough game before hand and didn't dissapoint. Only saw the second half and that was even. The back 4 all looked immense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete165 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Hard to judge. Awful going forwards but Stoke are such a tough team to play against on their own patch. Disappointed in our creativity and lack of spark (and in MON's unwillingness to give someone like Delph a try, when he could do something different), but it showed today how we miss Gabby. Two big men up front who both are ungainly lumps is never going to lead to great football. At least we defended well and though we couldn't win it, didn't lose it. Still in the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Poorest game i've seen in a long time. Absolutely no quality from either side, just lumping balls into the box and hoping for the best, it was pretty horrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davies4England Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I'm saying good result. Stoke have lost once this year, only bettered by us and the Britannia is a fortress. The ref didn't help but I do agree we should have played better. I just find it confusing how some people claim its a shit result where most teams would be happy with a point there. One of the toughest away games this season. Our top four credentials won't be based on results like this it'll be games such as Wolves at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Collins was awesome. We had problems with their throw ins once during the whole match. Won every header. Petrov, Dunne and Warnock were also good. Carew, Heskey, Downing and Milner were disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Learnt nothing from that match we didn't already know - we need a striker. Other than that, I don't think we were bad, Stoke are a horrific side to play against in that mood, we were never going to break them down aside from a **** up or a complete moment of magic. We had some good build up play imo, with no-one ever really on it sadly. Some absolutely atrocious set plays though. And how anyone could watch Stoke week after week without considering the Baretta blowjob is simply outside of my understanding, they're an absolutely awful side. I don't really buy the football as entertainment argument, but they could at least try to play. I agree. So boring and dull to just see some guy launch a long throw in into the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkr Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I am sorry to be negative. But why oh why was that useless T**T Hesky not taken off. He once again offered nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete165 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I am sorry to be negative. But why oh why was that useless T**T Hesky not taken off. He once again offered nothing. it's a game of opinions, but I think you're wrong. Tell me what Carew did and why Heskey is your target here? At least the latter defended our own box well as a crucial extra man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 That was the worse 90 mins of football I've seen in ages .. can't wait until Stoke get relegated no place for that dross in the top flight of English football .. Stanley Matthews must be turning in his grave much more like that and I think I'll stop watching football tbh , no MON vote from me today, nobody was really worthy of one probably 7's for the back line , 5's for the rest and 4 for Heskey and Downing I'm aware now that I'll get replies telling me how well Heskey defended but he is a striker first and fore most and if he actually kept the ball without it bouncing 20 yards of him then Stoke wouldn't have been attacking so much ... he really was shocking today really wanted better from us today , you could argue a draw isn't a bad result up there though ... but i think we really needed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Didn't play great but its a decent not great point. They have only lost to Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and the shit at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Further proof that we are not anywhere near Champions League football. You can slag off Stoke for their brand of 'football', but considering we often rely on winning corners and free kicks to get shots on target ourselves we are hardly in any position to point and complain. And in doing so you'd be no better than Arsene Wenger in his fits when Arsenal haven't been allowed to walk over the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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