MATCH THREAD: " STOKE CITY v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

1-1, El Ghazi

Looked offside at first look

Wow. Don’t believe it!
We’ve equalised in a game!!

Where’s the flying piggies?

Never offside 1-1

A goal
Is a goal


GOAL! Stoke 1 Cardiff 1 - Anwar El Ghazi

Cardiff are level. A major suspicion of offside.

Willock gets to the by-line and crosses, Seko heads up and it's hooked in by Ralls, deflected by Gibson for El Ghazi to tap in at the back post.

Put the lottery on lads we scored

We’ll take that!

See luck evens out over matches

Now we take it to them

So much better with 3 men RUNNING around upfront. We have been the better team SO FAR!

I must admit I'm really enjoying willock taking the ball on and having ago, the shot was poor but it's the effort

We can go for it now

El Ghazi playing well

Stoke fans still fuming

So Huge ironic cheers when the linesman flags for an offside.

I must admit I'm really enjoying willock taking the ball on and having ago, the shot was poor but it's the effort

But player far better position on the right and tbh that's the problem we don't use the right pass... if he passed it we was in around back of defence .... at moment we are not shiiite as been portrayed by some

No one creating anything

I don’t want to speak too early, but the players seem a lot more positive so far today.

Potential turning point?

I must admit I'm really enjoying willock taking the ball on and having ago, the shot was poor but it's the effort

In football to be fair there is always options, but if he don't back himself whats the point.

If he spent the game doing it I would be happy though


But player far better position on the right and tbh that's the problem we don't use the right pass... if he passed it we was in around back of defence .... at moment we are not shiiite as been portrayed by some

Wow we actually come back from behind in a game .Fair play brilliant all to play for again now

Stoke carry a bit of a threat on the break but they're sitting too deep for home fans' liking. There are a few groans that Stoke aren't dominating in the visitors' half

Ng will have trouble getting back in the team the way rino is playing

Awful mistake by Rinomhota, lucky it's not 2-1 to Stoke

Shit I jinxed him he lost the ball in the box and they almost scored ffs rino

We are so pathetic once again always giving the ball away at the back

H-T 1-1

HT 1-1

Why are we taking risks just before halftime, another of our attack breaks down with a poor decision made

We are so pathetic once again always giving the ball away at the back

Better first half performance. You have to give them that.

That was sooo much better upfront. Willock and El Ghazi making good runs so we have an out ball. ( As I said in another post you can’t play Robinson and Colwill together, its much too slow.).
Big BUT… this is City so lets see if they can keep it going in the 2nd half.

Apologies, late to the party, as I’m sat in an airport and several hours behind UK time…

Sounds like the Bluebirds have done okay with this revamped XI so far and going in level at half-time after conceding first is a positive…

Fingers crossed for the second half and we have (relative) quality on the bench today, if Omer Riza needs to change the tactics or simply refresh those who started…

HALF-TIME SCORE: STOKE CITY 1 - 1 CARDIFF CITY (45+3 mins)
Bluebird scorer: Anwar El Ghazi, 32 mins

Lewis Koumas does expertly to ride tackles from 35 yards out to get to the by-line and he's bemused when his cross is deflected out and Cardiff are awarded a goal-kick by ref Josh Smith.

We also have quality on the bench if we want to go for this and step it up

Apparently Stoke have had more in Cardiff half than they have against any other team this season, Commentator said