Have to agree with the general points made that this squad did the best they could against what surely will be a top 2 team. We’re very good but just not in the top two in what is a very good quality league this season. I could see this side going up through the playoffs if they didn’t play for Read...

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CountryRoyal God these officials are clueless.

Think the ref has been pretty good personally.

One or two things wrong here and there, usually on tricky ones, otherwise no howlers, not letting lots go.

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Brain Traysers Personally quite enjoying the Stoke BBC comms team. Intrigued by what the "Two Carolines" wrote in to earn a mid match shout-out

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God this accent on the home commentary is so grating. Yeh, just switched it in having had no commentary at all Not sure which way I'll go I’m the same. Very begrudgingly continuing with the Stoke commentary as I hate watching football on TV with no commentary, it’s like a friendly. As for the game ...

Countless fouls by Bournemouth could have been given as yellow cards. There was a foul by Laurent that went our way but otherwise he did us no favours Didn’t think there were that many potential yellows that weren’t given. The 3:1 victory is testament to that. Had Bournemouth been cynical and dirty...

Eh? How? We’ve hardly been given the West Germany treatment. (Play absolutely dirty and then dive like cnuts and get the decisions. Dirty fcuking cnuts) Not massively in our favour, some soft challenges on Richards were given as fouls, and a foul on brooks in a dangerous position was given our way....

The officials have helped too. Eh? How? We’ve hardly been given the West Germany treatment. (Play absolutely dirty and then dive like cnuts and get the decisions. Dirty fcuking cnuts) Not massively in our favour, some soft challenges on Richards were given as fouls, and a foul on brooks in a danger...

We’ve been excellent. Every player.

The officials have helped too.

Why do refs put up with so much shit from players?

The abuse directed at the lino and ref following the penalty decision was terrible, and probably part of a plan to delay the penalty to put pressure on Joao.

Ref far too late to get cards out. Whenever we broke or were just better Preston just fouled us, but by the time the ref caught on to this there was only five minutes left. He’d have not even given the pen if not for the lino. There’s a reason we’ve seen a lot of red cards against us because that’s ...

I’m surprised the Sky commentary can carry on with their speech with their tongue so far up PNE’s arse.

I’m out

CBA to read the beginning of the thread.

Who was the Norwich player who didn’t take the knee?

leon What we are doing is niggling away at them in midfield to slow them down. I like that a lot.

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I had my doubts about Laurent.

I was wrong.

He’s excellent.

Why do we struggle so much when they opposition play high up the pitch when we’re passing it around defence?

It’s a tactic that’s often used against us but there’s no obvious response used against it. Surely the high play must leave a lot of space somewhere for us to play and get in to?

Enjoy it. This is as good as it gets.

Go up and we won’t get this easy a defence to take a part.

Stay down and we lose the squad.

This is why I favour VAR. for all it’s faults it would have corrected some of the shambolic decisions we have seen in the past two games. And how points could we have lost because someone's toenail was offside? Or because someone sneezed on someone else 5 minutes before a goal. Fukk that We didn't ...

Other results still went our way tonight, so could have been much worse.

Still signs we’ll be there or there abouts. Top of the league still anyone’s, no one looking consistent

Laurent at fault for me.