The View from the Opposition - Stoke at the Hawthorns
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Back after going on strike last week, in solidarity with the Albion players.

This is all from the Oatcake and is far from a ray of joy. However, I do have to question all those claiming yesterday was the worst match ever. Any recent visit from Millwall has been far worse. There was also a 0-0 against Forest on a freezing cold Friday night post our most recent relegation and then there was the 0-0 against Luton which proved to be Bruce's final match. 
Anyway. On with the thread

***Pre Match***
We need a good response and this is the perfect game to do this, we can definitely help them on theor way towards division 1

The away end at Fratton Park were singing “Eric Ramsey your football is shit” already 

West Brom 1-0 Stoke.
Save yourself a couple of hours.
- not a chance, we will be right up for this and cant wait to stick it to them. 0-2

Baggies struggling, finding wins hard….what could possibly go wrong with the Stoke City charity bus? Get yer money on it.

Looks like the away fans gave it them big time today. Get an early lead and it gets toxic quick.

West Brom in abject form, lost 5 out of last 6.
A morale boosting 3-1 home win is the sadly inevitable outcome.

Will the Charity bus turn up & give WBA the 3pts?
- [Stoke fan inserts image of Playdays bus]

El Crapico

West Brom are in free-fall at the mo....
You can just see how this one is going to go!!!

2-0 Win for Stoke, Im in the boxes for this one and then off too a ridiculously posh Indian in Brum all paid for. [Dishoom]
- Hate to break it to you, whilst Dishoom is very good, it does not fall into ridiculously posh ?
Go for breakfast and have a bacon naan. Or just hit Opheem if posh is your thing.

Baggies going to be in the bottom three after tonight. Got the potential to be a cracking day (or a miserable one)

Dishoom great but is ££, Asha's good but ££££ for what it is

Huge game.
West Brom in the bottom 3 after Blackburn’s win last night.
If they get a win Sat, they’d only be 7 points behind us.
We need to win.


They will see this as a time to get a result aginst us, looking at our recent form. We need to score early & keep the pressure on. Then their fans will turn. Less square balls across the back, & more forward passes.

ust go for the chuffing jugular!
Don't feel a bit sorry for them & give it as a bit of payback for the win they pilfered at our place

Talking about the Stoke/Albion games over the years with my son the other day. Discussed how we were in the same league a lot of years and our gates were always similar when we were there abouts in the same position. West Brom slightly the bigger club we agreed as they had a better history more trophies etc. he then asked me if West Brom had ever been in the third tier. Oh yes I said. We were first and second one year and when we played at there place there was just under 30,000 for a third tier game. There was 7 points between us. Lose and they would be 4 behind us. Win and we would go 10 points clear. We won ? What a day that was celebrating with a following of 7,000 Stokies !

We always beat west brom. 1-0 Stoke coymp.

Being in Worcester their is quite a few Baggie fans & at least half a dozen I know are so sure that..
a) We will score in the first 20 mins
b) they offer nothing from set pieces
c) the "new" manager is on a par with the Wilfred Nancy reign at Celtic
On fool even suggested that Stoke could really do a number on them with regards its being at least 3/4 goal away win

I think it's fair to say Albion are in a doom spiral,fans,players everyone

Sounds like they're pretty close to rock bottom.
If we take the lead, it could really kick off
[Inserts Lepko article]

It [Ramsay] was a total batshit appointment. Living through the Pelach months, I could see this coming a mile off.
- Especially after already coming off a failed first time manager experiment, hiring another bloke with unknown credentials at this level was a huge gamble & risk to take. They'd have probably been better getting someone like Mowbray back to steady the ship for them for abit.
- They did that last season & it failed
- They weren't amazing under him last season but Corboran was always going to be a tough act to follow, but they also weren't free falling towards relegation with Mowbray there like they are now

Unfortunately I can see them getting a fluke early goal and then hanging on in the face of continual Stoke pressure missing multiple chances in the process.

We'll stuff them 5-0.
Their manager will get sacked.
The EFL will discover they've been diddling ffb and deduct them 25 points.
Please God.

Nervous about this one
They are in shocking form and you know what that usually means

If we can't take advantage of West Brom's poor form tomorrow then we don't deserve to be anywhere near the top six!!!

From the outside looking in, their tin pot club is falling apart, in free fall, fans turning on whoever their manager is, turning on the players, their DoF resigning and their star player has hurt his pubis. They're absolutely nailed on to turn us over tomorrow


my Baggies mate reckons mikey Johnston has been dreadful. Hope he plays. He reckons we should win at a canter and there is talk of a pitch invasion, can't see that but would love it if we smashed them
- “West Brom fans are on the pitch as Isaac Price adds a sixth for the home side”

What's with the extra minute ko times today? Is it memoriam of Kier Starmers career?

Decided to park at the Mercure hotel only to find all the players there
Two points
1 they’re very confident
2 Ash Phillips is absolutely massive

Bit worried about this one.
They’re in shit form but they do have some useful players.

Away win today, all day long ... the Baggies are going backwards with a manager who seems to be turning in Scott Parkeresque circles,

Please beat the team with a boiler for a mascot Stoke, for the love of god…

That's a kit clash, to my eyes 
- How in earth is Blue and White stripes with white shorts and blue socks a colour clash with Red and White stripes, Black shorts and white socks?
- Are you watching? Unnecessarily close

Always liked Isaac Price for them
Some decent players there
- Yep, had a look at their starting 11 expecting a bunch of aging has beens. Some decent players in there.

West Brom's macron shirt much classier than our scribble.

COME ON STOKE! THESE ARE WANK!!

Wallace always seems to play well v us

***First Half***
They're pressing, which plays into our hands.

I like that they're pressing. Bring it on.

The Baggies co-com is erm 'enthusiastic'
[Poster has an avatar of Chemical Ali saying Dwight Gayle is a goal machine]

They're really battling. Can't keep that up all game, so keep calm lads

Early days but west brom are playing well.. like I say..early days.

10 mins in and both teams look absolutely shite

Wake me up when this is over.
Two awful teams.

Weird. Foul on us, plays advantage for West Brom for some reason, then books their man, probably correctly.

Two fouls off them quite tasty. Has he booked Mowatt for that?

Back to 'making shit teams look good' is it? Great.

too easy in midfield, they are walking through us

The Baggies co-commentator I'm listening to. Fuck me.
- Like a poor man's Ian Holloway
- He might be the most biased commentator I've ever heard, I hope we score first so he can STFU. If they score first I will have to mute
- It’s Andy Johnson. I’ve had some low points watching us on tv in the past ten years, but listening to this imbecile’s mad ravings is the absolute pits. I would love to just put the tv on mute but then I’d be forced to watch the screen to know whether there’s been a goal.

Cannot believe West Brom 3rd from bottom..running the game.

I’ve seen some shite in my time, but this is right up there.
From both teams. Not just Stoke.

Dike falling over off the pitch is the most entertaining thing that has happened so far

I can't see anything positive so far. Some no mark waltzed through for that shot.

Watching this is like having your eye poked by a shity stick

How's he not booked there - 2 reckless challenges in 2 seconds.

We look like we are scared of the physicality and challenges that they are storming into.

Another team getting away with some dodgy challenges. 3rd game in a row now.

Thank fuck they are rubbish. I actually can't believe how bad we are

I’d like to see both sets of fans just get up and walk out.
Absolutely scandalous standard of football.

Excellent save from Simkin.
Again though they are walking through our midfield. Very loose

They've disappointed me in how unrubbish they've been

Why couldn’t we have signed their number 18?
He looks half decent.

We are so fucking passive, the ball is allowed to drop in midfield with no pressure from us. The other way round they are all over us.

Fucking hell, their winger just dislocated his shoulder pushing Lawal. Even more delicate than our players!

***Half Time***
Dark blue seats make the ground look less empty.

Not even getting close to them.

Norwich and Portsmouth put 5 and 3 past these, and they’re also wank. Our attacking set up just doesn’t work at the moment.

Jesus Christ that half of football was up there with some of the worst I’ve seen (from both teams)

The only reason we aren't losing is down to the ineptitude of the opposition.

That was dreadful. This has got 1-0 written all over it.
Late goal for them and we’ll be sunk as we’ve never looked less like scoring.

Fairly even, they've come closer to goal but we've had the 'better' chances (if that makes sense). Both teams not great, which is a shame

***Second Half***
How the fuck isn't that a free kick?

No free kick on Rak Sakyi there??

Dirty baggie bastard.

It’s ok West Brom are a good side..???

Baggies are 100% going down but luckily they lowered their game to our level.

You just know these are going to score soon!!!

This is a clown show of a game, pearsons pathetic clearance into Wallace spannering a shot out the ground

Two bloody awful teams
Both sets of supporters wondering why they cant beat a team as crap as this!

With these tackles,we could have a few more on the treatment table.

What a crap ref definitely corner for wba

How isn’t that a corner to them and what the fuck was Simkin doing letting it go out like that?

How has the ref missed that corner?
- That genuinely might be the worst decision ever made

This season is fizzling out into an unwashed flaccid cock.
- An unwashed, flaccid, STD ridden, Cock

1-0 defeat incoming?
- Maja will score for them

It's there for the taking, and they look like they are going to take it.

Are they playing with more players than us?......because there are massive gaps in our play

WBA commentary are taking the piss and say Seko their best player he's passed to them more than anyone else,,,,,unfortunately they are correct

I’ve only been half watching as been out with the in laws, but every time I look up WBA have the ball.
Guessing we’ve been rotten?

You’d think they are the team outside the playoffs and we’re the side in the drop zone here!

They would be more devastated than us if they lose this

If we get anything out of this game, it would be because they are so crap.

Refs another fucking dipshit.

Not sure how that's a foul.

they are winning everything in midfield.

They just did, the ref got it wrong.

There is a real dearth in quality on show today.

One moment of brilliance will win this but I can’t see where it’s coming from for either side.

And our keeper goes down how embarrassing

West Brom summariser an absolute f- tard
'I can't believe it's 0-0'
Really? If ever a game should be 0-0 is this
- He's been like that all game. Seems to think they've been amazing when it's been two shite teams, anyone decent would have been out of sight by now.
- You'd think they were creating chance after chance. We've been awful but both sides don't deserve nil

Rugby's started!

If they did Championship games on match of the day this match would be on after the credits.

Injuries have fucked us up the sherrifs badge good and proper

A late goal here would be an injustice cos no one deserves to win this

Mike Johnstone has found our player more times than any of our actual players

They look better than us, a point will be more than we deserve today

***Post Match***

A point is a good outcome from that. Shocking game of football.

happy with a point

Two disgustingly shit teams.

We get a point for that? I feel dirty.
- Baggies fans think they’ve won the cup, clean sheet and a point. Every other team will beat them. That’s 2 points dropped for us, poor result and a wasted opportunity to catch up to 6th place.

Neither side deserved to win it
Both were beyond awful
Normally a point and clean sheet away is ok enough but not playing like that and against a team like them.

Normally a point away from home isn’t too bad but that was so poor today.
West Brom are absolutely woeful and they’re probably thinking the same about us.

If there was any justice both teams would be docked 5 points for serving up that crock of shit .

The EFL should be investigated for misrepresenting that as a "football" match.
Both teams should be flogged.

Looking at the two sides on paper it should be a good game. They have good team
Making a simple pass seemed a major task for both .
The idiot West Brom co commentator and the boiler getting soaked were the most memorable things

At least we didn't lose, which wouldn't have been surprising given Albion's terrible run.

The Premier League getting what it wants, a shite Championship full of first time loans, helping their teams long term plus FFP keeping that big 5 or 6 ship shape.
We’re all trying to run through treacle.

Just back!
The highlight was when the bloke dressed as a boiler came in the box...Shout out for their crowd I thought they really got behind them considering their position.

For a team that have struggled so much of late I must say their fans were excellent today and very noisy.
Fuck the Albion

Two poor teams, out of sorts, low on form and confidence collide. Result? The most awful shitcake of match you'll ever witness and nobody (again) comes out with heaps of praise.
Just one hand needed to count the total shots on target. Hmm.

Our patterns of play in the last few games seem to get nowhere. I get missing junior but apart from Mubama we are roughly the same side?

Have teams sussed us? Stop any passing into cf or bae and we are forced wide and handled as wingers are going backwards. Is it a tactical ploy by our opponents that have picked up on it?...Albion on a dire run more than matched us and could easily have won.

An insipid example of modern football, players who now have heads filled with data and tactics and lost what the spirit of the game is about.
Both teams were awful and more afraid of losing than winning.
I can remember battles with Albion in the days of Stein and Bob Taylor that started at a level below thst garbage which were some great games full of Incidents and goals.

They lost 5-0 at home to Norwich, have been shipping goals for fun and look likely to go down.
For us to put that type of performance in, anything over a 1 is just not justified.

Is that the first time in ages there have been booes [from Stoke fans] in an away game at final whistle?
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The EFL should be investigated for misrepresenting that as a "football" match.
Both teams should be flogged.

Arf

It was a bad un faw shaw
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#3
A fair summary of what was a terrible game. Take the point, though.
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How far we've fallen when we're being patronised by Stoke fans FFS.
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Good read that.
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Stoke moaning about the physicality of the game....who would have thought it!

Surprisingly little mention of their players going down for innocuous challenges at every given moment, unless that's their comments about the ref giving them nothing.
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Dishoom, posh… Arf!
In the form of his life.
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One of the fairest assessments posted by oppo fans, I’m with the stokie who said

“West Brom are absolutely woeful and they’re probably thinking the same about us”. All true.
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I do enjoy how pretty much every installment features opposition fans having their piss boiled by AJ.
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(02-09-2026, 10:37 AM)Swanage Baggie Wrote: Stoke moaning about the physicality of the game....who would have thought it!

Surprisingly little mention of their players going down for innocuous challenges at every given moment, unless that's their comments about the ref giving them nothing.

Their number 18 was embarrassing. Puff of wind and he fell over.
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