pebble
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I can see why he kept Grabban on, because you'd expect him to put those chances away. The one on one was the golden chance to win the game, but he hesitated.Someone else will have to tell me because I wasnt there, but was it really a game where just having another striker about would have made more difference than having a tricky winger?
Radio kept saying that the Stoke defence were 'well positioned'. That doesn't sound to me like a scenario where just adding another striker would put the shits up them. It's easy to talk about having another striker 'im the box' as others have done, but would Ansarifard be able to actually get into the box or recieve the ball if he does?
I agree that perhaps there is an element of safety first, of making sure you preserve what you have before really going for it. That depends on your preference. I hate losing, so I'll pay the price of winning slightly less to lose hardly any. This time last year we had about 8 wins and 8 defeats, and that pissed me off much more than having 9 draws. But I appreciate others prefer it differently
Maybe Ansarifard for Cash for the last 5 minutes would have worked. We were knocking on the door in the last 15 minutes, but Crouch still almost won it for them in stoppage time so 0-0 wasn't such a bad result. First time we've failed to score at home this season.