Hello,
I know I'm new but I better disclose something I'm sure you'll find troubling (especially if you're an Arsenal fan
)... yes, I am a Stoke City FC fan 
Guessing I'm probably the first on here seeing as I couldn't find a thread about them!
I'm a season ticket holder in the mighty Boothen End and go to as many away games as possible... which unfortunately was zero last year but that was the first season I wasn't able to make any.
Anyway, we've had a change of manager, which was met with 50/50 responses. Some feel Pulis was treated badly in the way he was let go. Others feel it was necessary if the club was ever going to move on. Sparky is now boss and while I was very unhappy about that originally, there's no point in giving him stick before he's had chance to prove himself so he's on probation so to speak.
This weekend, we had our first home pre-season friendly against Serie A team Genoa. I wouldn't usually go to the pre-season friendlies as they're usually against Newcastle Town or Stafford Rangers and are a bit mickey mouse, but with Genoa being rather better than that, I decided I wanted to be there to see this new era of carpet ball. Yes people, you will be amazed. It was like watching a totally different team. No hoof ball at all. Not a single one. All game. There were probably more passes in the game against Genoa than the whole of last season haha. I have to be honest, we looked rather good doing it to. We're not quite Barcelona, but unlike West Brom who played 1 touch passing football without ever making a chance, we actually did look like we could score... bringing me onto the next issue: We desperately need a new striker, because we did make a couple of chances and didn't take them. Walters had a glorious opportunity but instead of finishing it with a coolness of a good striker, he smashed it as hard as he could straight at the keeper (Who probably didn't know what hit him) like a poor Championship player lacking the composure required to make it in the Prem.
Ultimately, Genoa was just a friendly and not a true representation of how it's going to be. The Brit only had a few thousand in (two stands were closed) so the atmosphere that often carries us over the line wasn't there. The game finished 0-0 which was probably a fair result, if perhaps we shaded it a little... We did have all the possession, something I've never said for Stoke
but I wouldn't say we dominated quite as much as Sky Sports suggested in their report. The players all looked a bit tired after 75 minutes as well, so I think this week it's going to be extra sessions round the pitch.
So, let's all talk about Stoke City
the oldest football club in the Premiership and the second oldest in professional football
Vis Unita Fortior!
I know I'm new but I better disclose something I'm sure you'll find troubling (especially if you're an Arsenal fan
)... yes, I am a Stoke City FC fan Guessing I'm probably the first on here seeing as I couldn't find a thread about them!I'm a season ticket holder in the mighty Boothen End and go to as many away games as possible... which unfortunately was zero last year but that was the first season I wasn't able to make any.
Anyway, we've had a change of manager, which was met with 50/50 responses. Some feel Pulis was treated badly in the way he was let go. Others feel it was necessary if the club was ever going to move on. Sparky is now boss and while I was very unhappy about that originally, there's no point in giving him stick before he's had chance to prove himself so he's on probation so to speak.
This weekend, we had our first home pre-season friendly against Serie A team Genoa. I wouldn't usually go to the pre-season friendlies as they're usually against Newcastle Town or Stafford Rangers and are a bit mickey mouse, but with Genoa being rather better than that, I decided I wanted to be there to see this new era of carpet ball. Yes people, you will be amazed. It was like watching a totally different team. No hoof ball at all. Not a single one. All game. There were probably more passes in the game against Genoa than the whole of last season haha. I have to be honest, we looked rather good doing it to. We're not quite Barcelona, but unlike West Brom who played 1 touch passing football without ever making a chance, we actually did look like we could score... bringing me onto the next issue: We desperately need a new striker, because we did make a couple of chances and didn't take them. Walters had a glorious opportunity but instead of finishing it with a coolness of a good striker, he smashed it as hard as he could straight at the keeper (Who probably didn't know what hit him) like a poor Championship player lacking the composure required to make it in the Prem.
Ultimately, Genoa was just a friendly and not a true representation of how it's going to be. The Brit only had a few thousand in (two stands were closed) so the atmosphere that often carries us over the line wasn't there. The game finished 0-0 which was probably a fair result, if perhaps we shaded it a little... We did have all the possession, something I've never said for Stoke
but I wouldn't say we dominated quite as much as Sky Sports suggested in their report. The players all looked a bit tired after 75 minutes as well, so I think this week it's going to be extra sessions round the pitch.So, let's all talk about Stoke City
the oldest football club in the Premiership and the second oldest in professional football Vis Unita Fortior!
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