***Official Match Thread: Stoke v City***

[freshie]

THAT WAS ALL DOWN TO NASRI AND SILVA..MILNER HAD AN OPEN NET.

Give him some credit. It was a great header

IT WAS A STRAIGHT FORWARD HEADER......

Was it fuck

Ill give credit to Milner for being in the right place at the right time, excellent from him..but the header was straight forward, noone near him.

I can live with that ;)

[mr_nool]

The flag went up as he was in an offside position at the point the ball was crossed, but the minute hart spills it, his previously offside position becomes irrelevant. Hart was under no pressure when he went for that ball, and therefore the player wasn't active. He only became active because hart fucked it up, and that has nothing to do with the position crouch was occupying. Goal for me, all day long. I'd have been fucked off if we had that chalked off anyway.

And yes, you could stand someone on the goalkeeper all game, and if someone shoots from the half way line and the keeper spills it without any pressure from the player in the box, the player is then onside.

Sorry mate, but you're wrong about this. If would have been different if it indeed was a cross, someone else - not in offside position and Crouch also no longer in offside position - made an attempt on goal, Hart saves and then Crouch bangs in the rebound.

But you are always offside if you score from a rebound if you're stood in offside when the shot is made.

[Tokyo Blue]

THAT WAS ALL DOWN TO NASRI AND SILVA..MILNER HAD AN OPEN NET.

Not quite. But that passing was sexy

It was down to them ..pass...one 2..pass ..one 2...cross...only the goal keeper to beat..excellent flow of build up play.

Lovely build-up play indeed, but of no use if there is no-one in the box to put the ball in the net.

[DoomMerchant]

Zabaleta needs replaced by Sagna. He's getting beaten all the time

True. Our fullbacks are shite

sadly, in this modern game, we could use a fresh set of fullbacks who can attack and defend pretty well.

i hope some of these kids from the academy are worth a shit because we won't be winning the CL with Pablo or Clichy. I can fucking promise you that.

cheers

[carl_feedthegoat]

THAT WAS ALL DOWN TO NASRI AND SILVA..MILNER HAD AN OPEN NET.

Not quite. But that passing was sexy

It was down to them ..pass...one 2..pass ..one 2...cross...only the goal keeper to beat..excellent flow of build up play.

Lovely build-up play indeed, but of no use if there is no-one in the box to put the ball in the net.

Too true , and Jimmy was in the right place at the right time....we still need another though as we are fuckign shite at the back.

[iwasthere2012]

That'snot a free.

[Dameerto]

diving piece of shit.

[iwasthere2012]

We nerd to score another.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Pen to us!

[iwasthere2012]

Peno.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES.

[london blue 2]

Yes silva yes sergio

[Dameerto]

Fuck you Cameron, you deserved that.

[iwasthere2012]

Kun is back.....and so is Silva.

[freshie]

Pen! At last

[mr_nool]

YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Silva magic!

[stevefromdonny]

GET INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN KUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[ruralblue]

Good lad for not giving up.

Brilliant!

[DoomMerchant]

fuck yeah....chelsea is still level, right?

Back to 5 pts if so, and right back in it with a baker's dozen to go. Come on City and come on Timmy Howard you fucker.

cheers

[Dameerto]

Tenacious D.