Stoke v Swansea

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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?