MATCHWATCH : Stoke City (h)

[Snowball]

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[higher]

Brown clearly not happy with Smallbone.

[bcubed]

No real obvious let up imo.
We had a corner at 38 minutes
They scored on 40

So just an unfortunate goal.

[Zip]

Hutchinson terrific at the back. Holmes at fault for the goal Struggled to stay with his man and was out jumped for the header.

[Royal_jimmy]

We are losing the midfield battle. Clearly missing Loum

[South Coast Royal]

Commentary bloke is a bit sh*t.

Watching on Sky.
Lady commentator is ok and doesn't seem to feel as though she needs to talk too much.
BTW, having watched Hendrick in all of the earlier games, I thought he was playing better than usual.

Fosu looks very weak, knocked off the ball easily by Yiadom and Ince.
Shane Long showing why at Premier level he is not a good enough finisher (see also the miss at Millwall) however his commitment can never be faulted.

[CountryRoyal]

We’re all just bit lackadaisical.

[Bristol Paul]

We’re all just bit lackadaisical.

All a bit slow, and ponderous. Hendrick can’t pass can he?

[genome]

Pen!

[higher]

Penalty urzzzz

[higher]

2-1 GtFi

[Uke]

GTFI

[Millsy]

how was that a pen??

[genome]

Goal

[Uke]

how was that a pen??

Missed the ball, caught the player

[Millsy]

he didnt touch joao surely.

great pen tho

FORNAH absolute class

[genome]

how was that a pen??

Clipped his left leg slightly, not much contact but it was a very risky challenge

[Millsy]

how was that a pen??

Missed the ball, caught the player

I didn't think he touched Joao, looked like Joao jumped over the challenge but fair enough

[Hound]

Decent bit of play to win the pen and an excellent pen from Joao (not that stupid one step nonsense)

Doing ok, just look short of something. Just not sustainable to not have Meite, ejaria, Sarr and now Loum unavailable.

[Orion1871]

Joao jumps for a header, knocks it down and we eventually get a penalty. Pays to compete with the defenders in the air.