| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread 07:16 - Dec 5 with 26764 views | nix |
Yeah, cos it's tradition, I'm continuing the matchday thread, but with no small measure of trepidation, despite my natural happy clappiness.
I'd feel a bit more confident without our increasing injury list. We're a plastic icebag on Charlie's knee from having to potentially recall a 19 year old from Torquay to join the match day squad as reserve striker. We're going through wingbacks at a careless rate.
And yet this squad (who are so lovely and are so brilliantly the right sort their wives are getting together to raise money for sick children plus our Tiger Cubs, (please donate here and support them if you can https://trustdraw.qpr.co.uk/))just deserve a bit more luck and to continue where they started the weekend fixtures in third. I'm going for a 2-1 win to the Rs, with Willock 🔥 and Chair sharing the spoils. |  | | |  |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 with 2004 views | Toast_R |
Stoke keeper has been bloody good. |  | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 with 2004 views | CamberleyR |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:14 - Dec 5 by qprd |
poor thomas, just cant seem to get a break |
Well the first two words of your post were accurate... |  |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 with 2003 views | EmpireStateRanger |
Credit where credit is due… George Thomas has put in a shift these few minutes |  | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 with 1986 views | R_from_afar |
Thomas has been a magnet for the ball since he came on, he guides a header wide from a corner |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 with 1978 views | qprd |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:14 - Dec 5 by qprd |
poor thomas, just cant seem to get a break |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:16 - Dec 5 with 1969 views | Stainrod |
Not sure why we brought Gray on so late - when you are 1-0 at home there isn’t much to lose - he can’t score last min worldies every match | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:16 - Dec 5 with 1962 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 by EmpireStateRanger |
Credit where credit is due… George Thomas has put in a shift these few minutes |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:18 - Dec 5 with 1809 views | qprd |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 by EmpireStateRanger |
Credit where credit is due… George Thomas has put in a shift these few minutes |
everyone is sitll working their socks off, which is fantastic to see.... but still seems like we're never going to score | | | |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:18 - Dec 5 with 1803 views | distortR |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 by EmpireStateRanger |
Credit where credit is due… George Thomas has put in a shift these few minutes |
he's come on, put the effort in and found space.
Lets support him.
One of those days, too many injuries and too small a squad. | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:18 - Dec 5 with 1788 views | R_from_afar |
5 minutes of added time | |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:18 - Dec 5 with 1783 views | themodfather |
qpr have played well not taken our chances and got hit on the break, twice. decent game. last min plus any added. the penalty was "it" for us, but there you go, it happens. | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:18 - Dec 5 with 1780 views | larsricchi |
Football Manager 16 menace Tom Ince on for Stoke |  | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:19 - Dec 5 with 1758 views | CamberleyR |
Five minutes? Would have expected at least six due to their timewasting. | |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:19 - Dec 5 with 1729 views | qprd |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:18 - Dec 5 by distortR |
he's come on, put the effort in and found space.
Lets support him.
One of those days, too many injuries and too small a squad. |
hes one of those players who desperately needs something to go right for him, and i think he can come good ... similar to dykes last year, he just needs a scruffy goal or an assist to get him going .... think he can be useful (thought hes admittedly been useless in 1.5 seasons) | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:20 - Dec 5 with 1699 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:15 - Dec 5 by EmpireStateRanger |
Credit where credit is due… George Thomas has put in a shift these few minutes |
Unfortunately he underlines the lack of depth in the squad. That being said, he's not in any shape or form culpable today. Poor tactics and selection from the manager given the injury list, and a striker bang off form this season. [Post edited 5 Dec 2021 16:23]
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:20 - Dec 5 with 1692 views | qprd |
think amos has been excellent today BTW | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:21 - Dec 5 with 1657 views | CamberleyR |
Their keeper has been Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks reincarnated. | |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:21 - Dec 5 with 1643 views | Toast_R |
Their goalie has not put a foot wrong has he? [Post edited 5 Dec 2021 16:22]
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:21 - Dec 5 with 1639 views | R_from_afar |
Stoke keeper with two saves in quick succession | |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:22 - Dec 5 with 1593 views | BrianMcCarthy |
22 shots now for Rangers. | |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:23 - Dec 5 with 1522 views | ed_83 |
Assuming nothing insane happens in the last 2 minutes, we’ve been beaten by a better team today. We’ve given possession away for fun, been second to 50/50 challenges, outmatched all over the pitch.It’s been a bit worrying: even with the injuries, Johansen and Austin have consistently been miles below last season’s standard, and we’ve looked sluggish as team. At the same time, this stuff’s going to happen: we’re still a work in progress, we’ve not played terribly, and their keeper’s played superbly. Being in the playoff picture halfway through the season is a decent achievement, we just need to put this one behind us and kick on. | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:24 - Dec 5 with 1492 views | Greenbay |
FT REPORT
No question about it - this was a huge disappointment.
Despite so much possession we created only two clear chances.
That was a full-blooded hit by Charlie - saved by the keeper and sub Thomas at the end of the match - when all had been lost anyway.
Charlie's second half penalty miss really ended any real chance of a comeback.
But let's credit Stoke.
They're defence is one of the best in the league and their two cracking goals in either half were devastatingly impressive.
Without any proper wing-backs (apart from Ozzy) - no injured Adomah, Wallace, Odubajo, McCallum - it does leave the question why didn't Warbs play a flat back four on this occasion.
It looks like Stoke boss Michael O'Neill outfoxed Warbs - soak up the pressure and hit on the breakaway. And that's what happened.
Stoke remember also had big injury problems too.
But let's take an overall view.
21 games played and we are fifth - in the play-off position don't forget.
I suppose our hopes were teasingly raised that just maybe an automatic promotion spot was on following a run of 4 wins and 2 draws in our recent 6 matches.
But not to be it seems
Yes disappointing but 5th place at the start of December - I'll settle for that. | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:24 - Dec 5 with 1489 views | Boston |
Oh bollocks. | |
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| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:25 - Dec 5 with 1450 views | Toast_R |
Ah well, one of those days. Stoke's defence was too good for our team today. Think Adomah and Wallace missing was a big problem. | | | |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:25 - Dec 5 with 1448 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Rag, tag and bobtail, the Stoke City Matchday Thread on 16:20 - Dec 5 by qprd |
think amos has been excellent today BTW |
No one has been excellent today. | | | |
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