Guest The Horse Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 I thought Stoke were actually a bloody good side. Yes, we gifted them a perfect start but for large periods of the game, we couldn't get the ball off them and it would've been game over if they got the third at any point. In midfield and up front, they were miles ahead of us. However, we have something they don't appear to have at the moment and that's mental strength. As soon as our players realised that they were defensively weak and could be got at, the tide turned. Stoke's defence seemed panicked at our every attack. Think once they sort out the defence or manager even, they'll bomb on. Don't think we'll play against a better side this season than we faced in that first 30 mins. TL:DR Thought Stoke were good but we showed real character to pull it back. Proud of the Owls tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsheff Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Ginger lad in middle of park, Wood? cracking player, ran the game for most parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) I thought their midfield was outstanding, although we didn't half help them by refusing to close down properly for most of the game - certainly the first half hour. Reach and Joao in particular needed to get far tighter; their little ginger ballplayer (Woods?) was good, but he wouldn't have been half as good if he'd not had 15 seconds to pick every single pass he wanted. Up front I actually thought they were kind of awful - their movement was VERY impressive but for the positions they got into, and the number of times they utterly gave our entire back four the slip without any of them even realising they were marking thin air until a good few seconds later, they barely hit the target after the first two goals. They could've and should've had four easily. And so should we. A draw was fair. Stoke do look very weak mentally too, you're absolutely right. They'd pretty much caved and were parking the bus and timewasting from the minute Bazza's free kick went in, bar the odd half-hearted foray up our end with no real goal threat. Edited September 15, 2018 by Mr. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmJimmers Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Their midfield is one of the best in the division if you look who they have. Woods, Etebo, Allen, Ince, Fletcher, Imbula, Clucas, Bojan, Afellay. Hard game against a team we always struggle to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 I thought first 20 we were in for a really horrendous day. They looked very good. Woods in top draw, was for Brentford and wish we paid the money to get him when we were linked a couple of years ago. But clearly quite mentally weak. Their heads dropped the moment we equalised. But they came out well start of the second and if it wasn't for Thorniley they would have got 3 points today. Fair play to Wednesday for hanging on and we finished the stronger. Don't rate Rowett as a manager. If they got someone else in, they'll be up there in my view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls-Fan Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Diouf is an awful player and lucky for us still getting in their team somehow. Otherwise I personally feel they will be top 6 this season Their fixtures so far this season have been tough, besides the result against Wigan. No doubt once they get a run of more winnable games they will be up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Decent team, but don't forget most were prem players last season, no 38 Woods was very good, Tom Ince was cack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Thought it was going to be a cricket score after their second. They are a very athletic team going forward. If they sort their defence out they will be up there come the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) Thought 2-2 flattered Wednesday. Both our goals were put of the blue. Surprised we were not out under more pressure after game went to 2-2. Think Bannans goal knocked the stuffing out of Stoke a bit. Edited September 15, 2018 by matthefish2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbupperthongowl Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Greengrass said: Decent team, but don't forget most were prem players last season, no 38 Woods was very good, Tom Ince was cack. Once is an ineffective show pony, has been at every club. If he is a £10m player what is bannnan worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 They were a bloody big side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlinator Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Stoke bossed us till we scored it could have been embarrassing. Men against boys stuff..Luckily games change and it did, we got our points.... Just.!! Onwards and upwards good team spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 17 minutes ago, nbupperthongowl said: Once is an ineffective show pony, has been at every club. If he is a £10m player what is bannnan worth? Billions mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls2k Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 They came out of the traps like a house on fire but you could see our equaliser coming a mile off, they lack a killer instinct which is all too common amongst relegated teams. Had we performed to our decent level we'd have won today. All I hear about Ince and Allen is how much quality they possess but their set pieces today were bordering on embarrassing. It was like watching Wednesday in the Chris Turner era! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 They were a big, powerful side. They kept banging it in to a striker who knocked it down to Ince in the first half. It was obvious but it was easy for them. They could have beat us by six if they could finish better. Even more if they could look across the line. They should be comfortably top 4 with that squad but won't be because they have Rowett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meadows Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 1 hour ago, bigsheff said: Little lad in middle of park, Bannan? cracking player, ran the game for most parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Dobson Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Tremendously pleasing to gain a point today. The lads showed plenty of guts & character. Stoke could have had 5 or 6 but we stuck at it. Really happy with that result against a team who have spent millions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 When I see our starting line up I can’t help but think that with a few back from injury and suspension we’d measure up a lot closer to teams like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 With a more dynamic manager, I think Stoke would take some stopping. Got loads of quality in midfield and up top. The Defence looks a bit ropey though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm an Essex Owl Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 They have on paper the strongest squad in the division. Pace power and decent play-makers. Shame they have an utter *** as a manager. Why they didn't just sit one of their players on Bannan in the second half I have no idea - would have cut off our entire attacking outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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