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we will keep the ball for so long they will get dizzy. then we will score 3.

why would we want to play carra at the bk for

they got a few new faces will take time to gel. also lets not forget despite crouchys height he isnt the best in the air, was a bit of a strange signing i thought seeing as they already have jones and signed jerome. Stoke are a team I like but hate playing against.

2 massively tough away games but come end of october when we also have some tough games we will get a general idea how we will do this seaosn i feel

Stoke will be a tough game but I think we have a good balance of pace and height so we should be able to break them down with pace in their defence and hold them up when they go forward. We also have enough height to defend their set pieces. Hopefully they won't have any time on the ball with the likes of Suarez, Kuyt, Bellamy, Lucas snapping at their heals when they have it, which won't be very often!

Would like to see a 4-3-3. Pace and dribbling upfront.

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Skrtel Agger Coates Enrique
Henderson Lucas Adam
Bellamy Suarez Downing.

If it's 0-0 or 1-0 around the 70th bring on Carroll to boss them about a bit. Otherwise give one of Suarez or Bellamy a break for Kuyt.

i wud play kuyt upfront, alongside carroll, let their defenders go toe to toe with our strikers and after 60min, i wud take off carroll, kuyt and put on saurez, bellamy, like to see stoke's defenders run after these to pocket rockets for the next 30min.

we will beat stoke, i think about 3 nil.

I agree that we wil win 3-0 but we need to score one early to get them on the back foot. Suarez, Bellamy and Adam.

1 nil to us at halftime, bellamy, saurez on second half, cuzz stoke will come at us, and we hit them on the counter attack with skill n pace, ie downing, bellamy, saurez, adam, hendo

2-0 but I agree, always a tough this game

Travelling to Stoke is best done outside winter. Everyone has to play them there, and frankly this is the best time for us to do so. They may try to rely on Crouch up front and he'd only have been there a week or so, so they could lack communication. That said, it's going to be a long day chasing high balls, and their pitch is narrow so Downing will not be as effective.

That said I would definitely plan to keep the ball on the deck and run circles around them. Playing Carroll by himself will be a waste as all we're doing to trying to take them on at their strengths, so it's gotta be a compact 4-4-2. With Suarez and Carroll up front they won't be able to focus on defending either in the air or on the ground - they'll have to do both and Huth just isn't good enough for that.

It will be a tough game, and they could sneak a goal because we're not that great at the back against route 1 ball now that Kyrgiakos is gone. But I would expect us to outscore them if we keep the tempo up. Stoke traditionally only play 60 minutes worth of football per game, so we'll have to make our possession count, run them ragged, and put the game outside their reach with 10-15 mins left.