Mowbray said the other week he wants to be playing him higher up the pitch due to his crossing ability. And no I’m not joking.

If you think any game is a shoe in for us you’re either deluded or pulling a Mercer I’m afraid!

Raya keeps us in it while we’re doing the grand sum of diddly squat from an attacking sense - despite being. 1 down. Infuriating. Only silver lining could be a Raya MOTM which should shut up any nonsense from Mowbray.

Every time. Mr fist pump cannot be sacrificed.

No attacking subs then Tony? You are getting a bit clueless really aren’t you.

Don’t forget captain marvel. He’ll be our social media manager tonight too telling us all how hard they tried and how we’ll beat Derby. What a man.

Williams on ahead of Rodwell. He’s just trying to pee us off now surely.

Sharpe just said we’ve scored in 5 first half’s at home out of 20. TWENTY!!!

We’re just so flipping shite it’s unbelievable. Where are all these promised reactions? 1 win in 11 will be scandalous. Just fecking sort it out Mowbray or go.

Penalty missed. Jesus Christ we are awful. Another Mulgrew injury. Such ‘rotten luck’ no doubt TM will lament.

I bet he’ll come on to consolidate things around the 60th. I predicted 1-0. These buggers don’t concede. Over to you masterful Tony.

If Mowbray thinks Smallwood and Evans is the answer to our slump then he’s more deluded than I thought he was. Fed up of him to be honest.

Probably only scored first half at home 4-5 times I’d wager? It’s hust painfully poor and inexcusable.

Be interesting to see if anything under Kean or Coyle was as bad: certainly has to be right up there. Many, many managers have been sacked for much less. I just don’t know how people can continue to defend him if we lose today (although as I’ve pointed out I know they will). We’re going to absolutely sink into League One next season unless something huge changes.

I know he has and I’m not defending his performances. But he’s only been dropped because of this barney. It’s embarrassing.

No. Championship wise at least, it was 2016 last time I believe. We’re shite and Mowbray needs to go.

‘Give him the window FFS’ ...’What do we expect against a team like Stoke?’ ...’We’re not going down FFS’. You’ll see it all later.

Their first goal for 5 games. Laugh or you’ll cry.

Need shot of Dack IMO. Not playing because you’ve had a barney with your missus is quite frankly ridiculous.

Some good or potentially bad news - Dack and his missus have split up. Again. Maybe he’ll put a fecking shift in today.

He always bangs on about us being close in every match yet we’ve been spanked off the park numerous times this season. I just take everything he says with a truck load of salt these days TBH.

I’m not one to back TM but it’s going to be bloody hard to make this game entertaining as Stoke don’t score and don’t concede. 1-0 to someone today - he’s got to make bloody sure it’s to us.

Can we score? Can Stoke score? Can we even defend? So much needs answering - it promises to be a fascinating(?!) battle.

One thing’s for sure - it’s not going to be one for the purists. It’ll either be a drab 0-0 (Stoke’s 5th on the trot) or they’ll scrape it 1-0. As a couple others are pointing out, it’d be great to see a few of the youngsters let off their leashes, with the likes of Williams banished until being sold in the summer.

Yep bang on. The argument is flawed for a number of reasons: relying on the ever injury prone Mulgrew & Rodwell (Lenihan’s had his fair share of injuries considering his age too), letting the only guy bar Leninan who likes a header go, not bringing in a replacement. That’s all just rotten luck is it? I too just don’t think he has the network or nous to bring in what’s required over the summer.