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WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 01-01-2016
![[Image: West_Brom_v_Stoke_City.jpg]](http://s28.postimg.org/i9i0p7uzx/West_Brom_v_Stoke_City.jpg)
Brown Ideye becomes the first Albion player to score a winner against Stoke at the Hawthorns since Scott Dobie; 14th March 2015
This year the powers-that-be have, thankfully, spared us the usual misery of spending New Year's Day with a sore head watching Albion shuffle to a meek defeat. The bad news is that the spectacle may just be postponed for twenty-four hours, as in-form Stoke visit us intent on revenge for the double we inflicted on them in 2015, and with a particular bone to pick about the uneven yet close-run contest in August. For Albion, with the teams below us facing tough fixtures this weekend and a couple of tricky ones on the horizon for us, three points in this one would be a fantastic way of restoring - ideally - our nine point cushion against relegation. But of course, when have three points at home against Stoke ever come easily?
A draw, even though we've seen a few too many of them recently, would probably be an acceptable return. Another defeat, though, would invite a lot more pressure through the coming weeks, and perhaps heap a level of importance on the Villa derby later this month that we could do without. It'd be nice to see the same kind of energy, attacking intent and spirit we saw against Newcastle at the start of the week - maybe to start 2016 as we mean to continue? - but caution may end up being the watchword again against a fast, mobile Stoke team. We'll see.
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - betterthanbaird - 01-01-2016
Is Sessegnon crying in that picture?
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 01-01-2016
Sess looks like I did when I woke up this morning.
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - Tibby Baggie - 01-01-2016
Stoke haven't beaten a Pulis side since he left them so let's hope the hoodoo continues!
I'm usually more of an optimist but having seen recent performances from both sides, the betting man would be putting his money on a Stoke win here.
Really hope I'm wrong though.
COYB!
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - Stairs - 01-01-2016
I am going to hide in the cinema - Star Wars. Hoping for a pleasant surprise from both movie and results when I leave the movie house.
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - aries22 - 02-01-2016
(01-01-2016, 20:30)Tibby Baggie Wrote: Stoke haven't beaten a Pulis side since he left them so let's hope the hoodoo continues!
I'm usually more of an optimist but having seen recent performances from both sides, the betting man would be putting his money on a Stoke win here.
Got to agree with this!
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - valpayne - 02-01-2016
Oh Dam and blast it seems my songwriting partner has cottoned on by booking another rehearsal from 4-6 thus sparing me from the pain of yet another saturday afternoon tea towel chewing episode with Jeff Stelling and co for company. I have a bad feeling about this i'm afraid
We used to fear stoke bullying us for a 1 or 2 goal reverse at the hands of a certain manager ahem!. Now they actually have some creativity especially up front and we have become the dogged aggressors hoping to grind a result out through faith, hope, luck and steel (say this in a sean connery accent and it will make sense ;-) All in all I'm glad I'm going to a place that has no phone signal this arvo amen! hear endeth the lesson
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - BaggieMan - 02-01-2016
Heavy, if you read this, check your e-mail ASAP.
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - Tibby Baggie - 02-01-2016
#WBA team v @stokecity Myhill; Yacob, Evans, Morrison, Gardner, Brunt, Lambert, McAuley, Fletcher, Dawson, Sessegnon
Lindegaard; Chester, Pocognoli, Gamboa, Berahino, McManaman, Roberts.
RE: WBA vs Stoke - Match Thread - Beefy 1965 - 02-01-2016
Saido set to start Pulis said
Mcmanaman Cant play because McClean has been doing well so Gardner Plays
Lambert Plays so Vic lasted One game then
OMG
Surely this means the end for Saido
Sky Sports Football @SkyFootball 3m3 minutes ago
#WBA XI to play #SCFC: Myhill; Yacob, Evans, Morrison, Gardner, Brunt, Lambert, McAuley, Fletcher, Dawson, Sessegnon. #SkyFootball