1. Will Carrick finally see sense and drop Glover?

I don't think he will as that would be an admission of screwing up in both his selection of Glover and his handling of Dieng especially if the rumours are true and he has been naughty stepped.

2. How quickly will Dieng concede from us playing it out from the back if so?

I think the problem is collective with the personnel unable to make the tactic work so as someone might say it's inevitable but I'll go for the 17th minute.

3. Have you ever had an oatcake?

Never, at least not knowingly.

4. What's your favourite thing to come from Stoke?

Dinner plates

Score: 2-0 to Stoke

Team:

Glover

Ayling, VDB, McNair, Thomas

Barlaser, O'Brien

Forss, Azaz, McGree

Greenwood

(nb. not the team of formation I would choose but the one I expect to see)

Edited February 29, 20241 yr by Redcar Rioja

1-2 Clarke and McGree to score

Latte Lath up top and scoring in our 2-1 win.

@Erimus74 you will be able to confirm but pur record at Stoke in recent seasons is pretty sh*t is it not?

I recall 1 win there in recent times and that was Warnock’s first game during the peak of the pandemic?

8 hours ago, TLF10 said:

@Erimus74 you will be able to confirm but pur record at Stoke in recent seasons is pretty sh*t is it not?

I recall 1 win there in recent times and that was Warnock’s first game during the peak of the pandemic?

Yea pretty poor, Our last two wins at their place 27th June 202 we won 2-0. 1st Feb 1998 we won 1-0

Last 3 games at Stoke, 2 draws & a defeat

17/1/1976 - We played at Port Vales ground due to storm damage at Stoke City's Victoria Ground, lost 1-0

58 minutes ago, Erimus74 said:

Yea pretty poor, Our last two wins at their place 27th June 202 we won 2-0. 1st Feb 1998 we won 1-0

Last 3 games at Stoke, 2 draws & a defeat

17/1/1976 - We played at Port Vales ground due to storm damage at Stoke City's Victoria Ground, lost 1-0

Our record there is pretty bad - one of our last 2 wins there was nearly 1822 years ago. 🤣

Stoke are in trouble their fans must be looking forward to Boro turning up.

However a sneaky feeling that we could win this but also a sneaky feeling we could either lose or draw!

That's the bases loaded up I guess lol!

We’re far better away from home. I expect we’ll play 3 at the back and try to counter, which is how we’ve gotten our better results this season. 
 

1 - 0 Boro, Finn Azaz. 

59 minutes ago, Kaluzny said:

We’re far better away from home. I expect we’ll play 3 at the back and try to counter, which is how we’ve gotten our better results this season. 
 

1 - 0 Boro, Finn Azaz. 

As far I'm aware we've only set up that way against Leicester and Chelsea, so doubt he'll do it v Stoke. 

Interestingly Carrick said the Plymouth defeat was 'on him' though, so I expect we'll see something different in terms of personell.

To be honest he could just play our usual formation with players in their best positions and that would be an instant improvement. 

Can't see ud winning this. It's certainly going to be an ugly game and defensively we'll probably selfimplode again and gift them an easy goal or two. Mildly excited to see who Carrick plays out of position again.

1 hour ago, Kaluzny said:

We’re far better away from home. I expect we’ll play 3 at the back and try to counter, which is how we’ve gotten our better results this season. 
 

1 - 0 Boro, Finn Azaz. 

I think we are TBH, our confidence is shot at home

The only significance of this game is it could push Boro into the relegation mix. I don't think Boro will go down TBH. Boro 's season is now a damp squib.

I keep wondering to myself “how bad is Hoppe?” We will play absolutely anybody upfront instead of him.

2 hours ago, Kaluzny said:

We’re far better away from home. I expect we’ll play 3 at the back and try to counter, which is how we’ve gotten our better results this season. 
 

1 - 0 Boro, Finn Azaz. 

I don't know whether the stats have changed under Carrick's tenure previous seasons our wins come with less possession than our opponent. I.e a counter attacking style. We don't win 'generally' with the ball. 

21 minutes ago, GrimsbyBoro said:

I keep wondering to myself “how bad is Hoppe?” We will play absolutely anybody upfront instead of him.

From his few cameo appearances, I would say pretty bad.