Stoke is cold.It's always cold, August, November or May
they have filled in two corners but the away fans sit by one of the open corners and the wind whips in and it remains an altogether perfunctory experience visiting the land that time forgot
Stoke sat back for 30 minutes,didn't want to be hit on the break
We then scored and in the minutes that followed should have put the game away. One outstanding uBtland save and a poor miss from a header meant we spurned the opportunity then defended poorly for an equaliser
second half we went ahead again
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and created more and should once again have been out of sight
then Peter Crouch came on. None of us needed telling what was going to happen. I think he is an excellent player, great feet for such a tall man and unmarkable at corners. Especially so when two defenders mix up and give him a free header at the near post
we needed two excellent saves from Schmeichel to hold the point in the end, but really it felt like two dropped against a workmanlike opponent who weren't in the same ballpark as us threat and quality wise
still 4 points out of 6 for Puel, and now six games unbeaten all competitions
next up Man C and Spurs at home
We look absolutely lethal with Mahrez and Gray in the team (and for the last 30 had Ihenacho and Vardy as a pair, and it looked very promising), look like we could score at any time on the counter.
Whether our back seven will hold up to give us a shot at beateing the top six this season is far more open to question