Final Score Bees 2 - 1 Stoke (Janelt, Toney)

[Houghton Bee]

Getting a bit fed up of our commentators banging on every game with the 'can the opposition sustain this', like we're some unrelenting attacking force, when pretty much every game they do when teams set up this way against us.

 

[taxi driver]

Stoke making us look ordinary thus far....

 

[Artixbee]

Poor Sorensen is no left back

 

[TorbayBee]

Oh dear this is awful. We are being given a lesson in tactics. Michael O Neill does one on TF every time

 

[Holysmit]

It's going to be a long old day. Ref is not helping matters either.

Same one as Swansea. They will get away with it all day. Effectively 6 at the back. This will be tough.

 

[BedfontRed]

Stoke very comfortable at the moment. They love this sort of game Gits

 

[Nada Bee]

Thompson booked for Stoke

 

[mhead bee]

If we are going to lump balls forwards you can’t have Fosu and bryan just standing there watching the defender head it away. Far too easy.

No challenge.

 

[sussexb]

Our passing is not good enough.

 

[Bangor Bee]

It's been poor, but what does anyone expect after that demoralising goal? That is very hard to recover from, especially against a team like Stoke. I'm just hopping mad with Raya -- there are no excuses for that.

 

[rodders]

Got a feeling of foreboding!!

 

[big neil]

Getting a bit fed up of our commentators banging on every game with the 'can the opposition sustain this', like we're some unrelenting attacking force, when pretty much every game they do when teams set up this way against us.

Yeah, Barnsley & Coventry managed to keep it up quite comfortably, the I follow commentary is always rubbish.

 

[vcmazz]

This is exactly the type of game Stoke wanted... this could be a very long afternoon.

Or a short one. Depends on how much sleep you've had and your tolerance levels.

 

[Bridge Bee]

25mins of nothing

 

[taxi driver]

Got a feeling of foreboding!!

Don't have....we will come good

 

[Beat Poet]

This first half's got a bit of "you don't wanna go up Brentford" written all over it.

 

[shouldbee]

ZERO service for Toney. What are Meubo and Ghoddos doing ??

 

[FJBee]

We’re just a very average side at the moment, with a troubling tendency of gifting stupid goals. Difficult to see who’s going to step up and drive the team forward today.

 

[taxi driver]

We don't seem to be able to match Stoke's intensity

 

[Glane247]

We look awful, so bad at the back, every ball seems to put our players under pressure.

 

[lanzabee]

Come on Bees, dig deeper

 

[Oceanbee]

This would already have been a tough enough match, without gifting them.

With their high press, we are going to be caught out again with these short passes between the back 4 plus always putting Janelt under pressure.

 

[beetee]

Get Jensen on now... As i thought midfield not working

 

[djheavens]

Mbeumo and Ghoddos passengers

 

[Bridge Bee]

Mads Bech has had a filthy first half.

 

[mhead bee]

Stoke have us in their pocket, couldn’t have gone better. Normally they kill the game and try to grab one form a set piece. Giving them the goal after 20 seconds now it’s just a walk in the park,

I was happy with the starting 11 but now we have the wrong 11 out there to cope with this. I just hope we don’t let another in before the 65th minute and it’s not too late when we make the changes.

 

[Andy_Mc_is_God]

This would already have been a tough enough match, without gifting them.

With their high press, we are going to be caught out again with these short passes between the back 4 plus always putting Janelt under pressure.

Please get Janelt some help FFS !!!!!

 

[Eieieio]

We're tactically pretty poor. No plan b. Teams seem to have us worked out now. Fingers crossed we grow into this.

 

[seanrs]

How was that not a foul on Mads Bach?

 

[twickersbee]

We are not looking threatening at all

 

[shouldbee]

Canos and Jensen on second half

 

[jbee]

We are slowest to every ball and they are gaining confidence all the time. It's been this way since Barnsley in truth.

 

[Easter 1959]

Get to half time without conceeding; and change it; Sergi pace and energy a must

 

[Delbee]

I know its easy to say but we got to stop this long ball out from Rays it’s easy for Stoke

 

[Houghton Bee]

2nd stoke booking

 

[Shamrock_Bee]

I thought during the week Michael O'Neill would have too much knowledge for Thomas. I wish it wasn't the case but O'Neill not for the first time has got his tactics spot on. We simply don't do tactics, we have a lovely style of football which is pleasing on the eye but there isn't in depth analysis. O'Neill has dropped Fletcher, targeted Janelt, overloaded the midfield and added some cyanism. They're well drilled as we have just come along for a kickabout. We don't need to do anything over the top, but we do need to add a tactically aware coach to what we already have to bring us to the next level.

 

[upnorthbee]

Wow that counter was horrific, Stoke got 19 men behind the ball as soon as Toney touched it, how are we going to score here?

 

[Nada Bee]

Davies booked for Stoke

Stoke look very comfortable

 

[Gazza Bee]

Mads Bech has had a filthy first half.

What? Tell me any mistakes he has made so far - bizarre post

 

[walterbee]

We’ve only seen their goalkeeper twice on back passes. Not sure we have been in their penalty area yet.

 

[Silly Hat]

Yeah, Barnsley & Coventry managed to keep it up quite comfortably, the I follow commentary is always rubbish.

Can anyone explain what “playing the percentages” means in plain English please? Every time that commentator says that I want to smash the TV in.

 

[Houghton Bee]

Wow that counter was horrific, Stoke got 19 men behind the ball as soon as Toney touched it, how are we going to score here?

We've got a ton of analysts, coaches, scouts etc we need to work out a different system to use against pressing 5-3-2s instead of being totally wedded to the current one.

 

[Nada Bee]

Bees corner

 

[HerefordB]

Beginning to look a tad like they are going to bottle it again.

 

[bee good]

We're not working hard enough or quick enough.. Giving stoke too much time to set up the ramparts

 

[Banana]

Fantastic corner, just over.

 

[Nada Bee]

Bees corner

Reid free header from 12 yards. Over the bar.

 

[Friji]

Reid golden chance with a free header from the corner - should've at least hit the target

 

[djheavens]

Get Norgaard on for Ghoddos and Canos for Mbeumo ...

 

[Easter 1959]

Better the last five or so