Match Day Stoke v Swansea, Monday 31st October 20:00

[SALTIRE]

Match chat.

 

[claret50]

Stoke 1-0 up after 2 minutes. - Bony.

 

[TractorBoys]

1-1, lively start this, very watchable. Stoke win from here nets me £75.

 

[TractorBoys]

Cracking game this, Stoke look dangerous every time they go forward.

 

[claret50]

Stoke win from here nets me £75.

75 quids worth of result there mate.

 

[Benji]

Stoke starting to wake up, and Joe Allen looking like the best midfielder in the league. Swans unlucky not to get a penalty towards the end though.

 

[Bilo]

Joe Allen looking like the best midfielder in the league.

This is what I take away from the game as well. He's looking twice the player he ever was for us or Swansea. Playing in that weird nr 10 role seems to suit him perfectly. It's a very free role it seems but he still comes deep fairly regularly to be a part of the build up. The assist for the third was amazing though, talk about presence of mind.

Stoke seem like they're turning things around anyway. Swansea not so much. A bottom three in may consisting of Hull, Sunderland and Swansea looks likely.

 

[TractorBoys]

Stoke starting to wake up, and Joe Allen looking like the best midfielder in the league. Swans unlucky not to get a penalty towards the end though.

When the free kick was given? Was nowhere near a penalty, at least half a yard outside.

 

[JimJams]

What?

 

[TractorBoys]

Fixed, wrong quote!

 

[Benji]

When the free kick was given? Was nowhere near a penalty, at least half a yard outside.

Well it was a wrestling match from the edge of the area until the inside. The foul 'started outside the area' but I'm not sure that's even an official rule. Is the referee playing advantage? Why does he bring it back for the free kick if the last foul is in the penalty area?

 

[TractorBoys]

Well it was a wrestling match from the edge of the area until the inside. The foul 'started outside the area' but I'm not sure that's even an official rule. Is the referee playing advantage? Why does he bring it back for the free kick if the last foul is in the penalty area?

Even as they fall 3 out of 4 of their feet are outside the area! Would have been a shocking decision not to overrule it.