Stoke v Swansea

[jackaway]

Stoke v Swansea Sat 15 Feb 15:00
We move on after that pathetic home defeat to a mediocre Sheffield team, to our next match, away to struggling Stoke this afternoon.
As fans we can only look on in anger at our situation, knowing we are helpless to do anything about it.
The shocking run of form has been allowed to continue with no end in sight:
6 defeats in 8 matches, 4 goals scored, 18 goals conceded.
The promised players to boost the squad in the January transfer window never happened. The chairman wasting precious window time signing a player for next season. We ended up getting two loan players, both short of game time and failed to get our long term targets. We continue to concede goals for fun and cannot score goals ourselves, a recipe for disaster.
During the transfer window we didn’t win a match and the team was crying out for reinforcements that never materialised.
Stoke have a new head-coach, ex-Coventry boss Mark Robins. His eight games in charge have produced two wins, four draws, two defeats, scoring five, conceding seven goals.
Stoke have signed ex-Swans striker Ali Al-Hamadi on loan from Ipswich after 11 goal loan striker Tom Cannon returned to his parent club Leicester and was then sold on to Sheff Utd for 10million.
Al-Hamadi turned down a new contract at Swansea in 2021 after failing to secure a first team place and went on to find success elsewhere. He scored on his debut for Stoke in a 2-1 victory at Hull.
They also signed left-back Josh Wilson-Esbrand on loan from Man City and recalled loan players Nathan Lowe and Lewis Baker.
Both sides are desperate for a win today, which one will come out on top?

[Estoban]

Todays teams:
Darling, who refuses to sign a new contract, is dropped after the blunder that cost us the game against Wednesday.

Swans: Lawrence Vigouroux, Ben Cabango (c), Kyle Naughton, Hannes Delcroix, Ronald, Goncalo Franco, Lewis O?Brien, Josh Tymon, Jisung Eom, Ollie Cooper, Liam Cullen
Subs: Jon McLaughlin, Josh Key, Jay Fulton, Harry Darling, Zan Vipotnik, Josh Ginnelly, Florian Bianchini, Cyrus Christie, Myles Peart-Harris

Stoke: Victor Johansson (c), Ben Pearson, Michael Rose, Wouter Burger, Ali Al-Hamadi, Bae Junho, Lewis Koumas, Jordan Thompson, Junior Tchamadeau, Andrew Moran, Ashley Phillips.
Subs: Jack Bonham, Andre Vidigal, Lewis Baker, Tatsuki Seko, Ben Gibson, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Nathan Lowe, Emre Tezgel, Million Manhoef.

[Estoban]

Darling, Fulton, Peart-Harris and Vipotnik benched.
Replaced by Naughton, Franco, Cooper and Cullen.

[jackaway]

Lost 3-1 to the lowest scoring team in the Championship

[Estoban]

Highlights

https://www.skysports.com/stoke-city

[Estoban]

Luke Williams reaction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taE8s15-XdM

[Iolo]

Extended highlights link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzg47zaIIOE

[Iolo]

Well boys what a s… show that was.
The final straw, non scorers Stoke scoring from the halfway line.
Our only hope to stop the slide is for Williams to walk.
If he’s still here the fans forum on Tuesday will be explosive.

[Estoban]

Agree, Coleman has backed himself into a corner and has no choice now but to sack Williams.
The longer he leaves it the harder it will be for the new man to turn things around.
He should have gone weeks ago but for Coleman’s stubbornness.
Any other experienced club chairman would have dismissed Williams after the Cardiff result.
Worrying times with a rank amateur in control of our club and it’s future status as a Championship club.