v Stoke City (h) - 4/10/25, k/o 12:30pm

[joey_big_nose]

Chaddy has got his perspective, he is if nothing else consistent, everyone knows where he stands.

What is the purpose of these never ending (5+ years?) circular conversations.

[TheKitGuy]

Weather not looking up to much this weekend, i think it will go ahead due to the fact it's a 1230 KO and not 1500 had it been at 1500 i'd bet we would've been looking at the 2nd abandonment in as many weeks. 

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Bit gutted Matt Jansen and Faz didn't get their Caps on a Saturday 😪 deserved a full(ish) ground for that occasion 

[Mattyblue]

Indeed JBN, in reality he is saying what he wants to happen, not what will actually happen. If he enjoys ‘predicting’ 46 wins out of 46, good luck to him, it obviously isn’t based on anything in particularly, so leave him to it.

[chaddyrovers]

11 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

To be fair, you often seem to skirt around and avoid where possible any threads in the immediate aftermath of big breaking negative stories, and then seem reluctant to criticise.

if I think Criticism is warrant I will post it, No I won't be on always on here during the week due to work commitments, family commitments, that's life in the coming months. I will do it cos YOU or OTHERS tell me do so. 

11 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

You mention patience but its safe to say that not all of the signings we made will be good. Are there any that you are happy to suggest you dont like the look of? Or is it just a case of the one or two that look good, you see as positives and the rest just require more patience?

Its far too early to judge many of the signings as many of them haven't played much. Alebiosu has been best so far as he has played the most, McLoughlin look decent enough for what we want. Miller has done alright so far, the rest we haven't much off yet. Lets the play some more games and understand how they adapt to the UK and Championship football 

10 hours ago, lraC said:

The club are taking full advantage of people with this mindset. I don’t think there are many who have not yet seen the light and there will be even less, when we go down again.

Its my choice to continue to be STH and to buy shirts, away tickets, etc My choice. 

1 hour ago, joey_big_nose said:

Chaddy has got his perspective, he is if nothing else consistent, everyone knows where he stands.

What is the purpose of these never ending (5+ years?) circular conversations.

exactly Joey 

20 minutes ago, ... said:

Bit gutted Matt Jansen and Faz didn't get their Caps on a Saturday 😪 deserved a full(ish) ground for that occasion 

Jansen would be working for Stockport County on Saturday

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12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

if I think Criticism is warrant I will post it, No I won't be on always on here during the week due to work commitments, family commitments, that's life in the coming months. I will do it cos YOU or OTHERS tell me do so. 

Its far too early to judge many of the signings as many of them haven't played much. Alebiosu has been best so far as he has played the most, McLoughlin look decent enough for what we want. Miller has done alright so far, the rest we haven't much off yet. Lets the play some more games and understand how they adapt to the UK and Championship football 

Its my choice to continue to be STH and to buy shirts, away tickets, etc My choice. 

exactly Joey 

Jansen would be working for Stockport County on Saturday

Pretty sure he would of been able to attend

[RevidgeBlue]

13 hours ago, G Somerset Rover said:

You’ll see the light one day Chaddy but it will be far, far too late.

Chaddy did have a rare moment of enlightenment at the end of last season and (quite rightly) wanted VI gone after the five successive defeats.

Taking a critical stance obviously doesn't sit well with him though and he quickly changed his mind back again as soon as we won a few in what at the time appeared to be dead rubbers.

Now things actually matter again, we predictably can't buy a result and are back to square one with chaddy now fairly isolated in his support of VI and doubling down by becoming ever more strident in shooting down any criticism of the fella.

[DE.]

2 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Chaddy has got his perspective, he is if nothing else consistent, everyone knows where he stands.

What is the purpose of these never ending (5+ years?) circular conversations.

In fairness it is quite funny when things get so bad even Chaddy starts to turn (eg. Ismael's first few games), everyone falls over themselves to praise and congratulate him, only to then react with shock and dismay when after a win he returns right back to his default position. 

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Does anyone know whos in charge of the drum in the Blackburn end? 

I know some of the kids have go and love they are involved but doesnt half kill the vibe sometimes 😐 *awaits being pounced on 😆🙏

[sharpysharps86]

Stoke looking strong and well drilled under Mark Robins this season, exactly as you'd expect really from his kind of team. Rovers will need to put in a similar performance to Ipswich and the first 89 mins or so against Birmingham.

After the last two performances I am struggling to find any positives that point towards a home win. Think it will be another 1-2 defeat. Ohashi with the Rovers goal.

[PotterLog]

18 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

if ever we needed the weather to stop us getting beat it`s this saturday😁,stoke are playing with a great tempo and are bang in form,two facets we definately ar`nt possesing

 

Ow at Rovers, to add a bit of nuance to this “bang in form” comment… it's true we’ve had a good start and we’re high in the table but in terms of results we’re actually not really in good form. We’ve won one game in the last six, scoring two goals.

It’s a bit of a paradox because we are playing with tempo and creating chances.. we battered Middlesbrough at their place in the second half the other day. We’re just nervy and profligate in front of goal.

I’m a default pessimist (impossible not to be after our last eight seasons) but hopeful that this will be the game we put the chances away and come away with the result.

[lraC]

20 minutes ago, PotterLog said:

 

Ow at Rovers, to add a bit of nuance to this “bang in form” comment… it's true we’ve had a good start and we’re high in the table but in terms of results we’re actually not really in good form. We’ve won one game in the last six, scoring two goals.

It’s a bit of a paradox because we are playing with tempo and creating chances.. we battered Middlesbrough at their place in the second half the other day. We’re just nervy and profligate in front of goal.

I’m a default pessimist (impossible not to be after our last eight seasons) but hopeful that this will be the game we put the chances away and come away with the result.

I noticed the bookmakers have you at 2/1 which seems very generous, considering our woes.

Nice to see you on here again BTW hope we give you a game.

Are you going?

[PotterLog]

10 minutes ago, lraC said:

I noticed the bookmakers have you at 2/1 which seems very generous, considering our woes.

Nice to see you on here again BTW hope we give you a game.

Are you going?

I live overseas mate so only manage a game or two a season on trips back. I'll be up with the larks to watch the stream as per

[G Somerset Rover]

5 minutes ago, PotterLog said:

I live overseas mate so only manage a game or two a season on trips back. I'll be up with the larks to watch the stream as per

Sam Gallagher managed to string two games together as of yet?!

[lraC]

7 minutes ago, PotterLog said:

I live overseas mate so only manage a game or two a season on trips back. I'll be up with the larks to watch the stream as per

Ditto, although, I am in Europe, so no problem getting up with the lards, fortunately. 

[PotterLog]

6 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Sam Gallagher managed to string two games together as of yet?!

Not sure he’s managed two training sessions yet

[davulsukur]

Historically, do we not tend to lose this fixture but win the away game? Could be wrong on that.

[ruggles1995]

everything points to a stoke win. But the championship has its way of producing the unexpected... here's praying. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Have Stoke sold out their allocation PotterLog?

Home Ends will be 30 Seats per person availability!

[G Somerset Rover]

1 hour ago, PotterLog said:

Not sure he’s managed two training sessions yet

Good to see things have improved on the fitness front since he left us 🙈

[PotterLog]

1 hour ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Have Stoke sold out their allocation PotterLog?

Home Ends will be 30 Seats per person availability!

According to our board there’s only a few tickets left out of….? 3.5k?

[Tomphil2]

I'm sure they'll give more the bottom tier holds 5k.