I like to have a trawl round some of the other clubs message boards on a Sunday morning (yes, yes, Sad !), these comments caught my eye and made me chuckle on the Stoke v QPR match thread:
Great ball in by Powell...
Powell's set pieces look good.
Collins & Powell look great. Enjoying this so far.
A couple of stand out players so far in Powell and Collins
It's Powell vs QPR at the moment.
Good effort by Powell. If only he didnt hate Stoke, he might have put a bit extra curve on it.
Powell is a shining light in what is a fucking awful midfield.
Seem to run out of ideas and apart from Powell we seem to be playing it far too safe.
and then on 68 minutes ...
Gregory for Powell?
Jones takes Powell off who's been decent
We took Powell off?
You couldnt make this shit up.
gregory for powell? wtf?
Welcome the our world Stoke fans, you better get used to it. You've bought a gem, who will consistently be the best player on the pitch for 70 minutes every game he manages to start.