Dembele has a serious knee injury

[Terry Tibbs]

....according to someone on the OFAL, who saw it on SKY.

Of all players, he should have been rested tonight.

Skilfull, full of flair....he was always going to be kicked around by those b*st*rds.

Mark Hughes, dig your boots out of the garage son; you're needed.

[Brede Butter Pudding]

I'm not exaggerating Tel, but if this is true we're fuc*ed. Without Dembele we have no flair, pace and little creation. We are in big big trouble, this could be another star player out for months. The sooner Kamara's back the better.

[SmithyFFC]

If hes out for any serious amount of time (2,3,4 months) our seasons over, simple as.

[horse1031]

well... its not over but it is going to be tougher.  We will have Gera that can come in and Andy Johnson is going to back in a few weeks.  We still have our defense, which really isnt much if schwarzer doesnt get his head out of his arse.

[FatFreddysCat]

And to make it worse i almost broke my ankle tonight when it got caught in a curtain !!!!. But dont panic everyone i think the Cat is alright, but the Compression top lasted about ten minutes, i was sweating like a peodophile in a playground.

[White Noise]

Gera and Dempsey it is then with David Elm to surprise everyone at the club and in his family with a string of match winning performances.

[Terry Tibbs]

Yep. One would think so, Mr Pudding.

That's why I said the other night he HAD to be kept out of harm's way tonight.  Couldn't Hughsie have taken the chance to look at Elm, EJ....or anyone else tonight?

Let's hope it's an early panic from Sky (how can anyone know how bad it is til a scan's been done?)

This is where the transfer window really hurts clubs like ours, Brede.  We can't afford to keep back-up players in the stockroom on £30k a week, so any bad luck with injuries is bad, bad news for clubs like ours.

May I say now that a top half finish will be an amazing feat from Sparky.

Get well soon, DemPele.

I'm not exaggerating Tel, but if this is true we're fuc*ed. Without Dembele we have no flair, pace and little creation. We are in big big trouble, this could be another star player out for months. The sooner Kamara's back the better.

[BigDaddyAt]

well... its not over but it is going to be tougher.  We will have Gera that can come in and Andy Johnson is going to back in a few weeks.  We still have our defense, which really isnt much if schwarzer doesnt get his head out of his arse.

it would explain the useless flailing at the crosses that he performed tonight wouldn't it?  Let's hope Hughes can get this crowd back in order, they're going to need to work some magic now.

[White Noise]

[Terry Tibbs]

Sorry Fred, but you're expendable.  Though since you got the compression pants, you're not expandable.  :dft012:

And to make it worse i almost broke my ankle tonight when it got caught in a curtain !!!!. But dont panic everyone i think the Cat is alright, but the Compression top lasted about ten minutes, i was sweating like a peodophile in a playground.

[horse1031]

that pic makes me sad and angry at the same time. :002:

[BigDaddyAt]

that pic makes me sad and angry at the same time.

Not a pretty picture indeed.  Here's to the miracles of modern medicine...  :002:

[ImperialWhite]

Why no mention of the incident in the press? (at least the articles I've read so far) I know we're not sure what it is yet, but he was off on a stretcher, difficult to ignore.

[SmithyFFC]

Why no mention of the incident in the press? (at least the articles I've read so far) I know we're not sure what it is yet, but he was off on a stretcher, difficult to ignore.

If it was reported in the press everytime Stoke caused a player a serious injury they'd never actually talk about the match.

[John McKay]

just returned from the game (yep i live in stoke) dembele was in a splint when taken off
93rd minute tackle by wilkinson
i dont understand why refs allow this thugby to be allowed
remember they did us before europa final
its the pulis way and its a disgrace to the game

[Terry Tibbs]

Welcome to the board, John.

Sorry your first post had to be on such a bad night....but good on you for going (it was never going to be pretty tonight).

just returned from the game (yep i live in stoke) dembele was in a splint when taken off
93rd minute tackle by wilkinson
i dont understand why refs allow this thugby to be allowed
remember they did us before europa final
its the pulis way and its a disgrace to the game

[Brede Butter Pudding]

Dembele broken tibia

[Oakeshott]

Pulis: the man is pus and should be squeezed out of football.

[FatFreddysCat]

just returned from the game (yep i live in stoke) dembele was in a splint when taken off
93rd minute tackle by wilkinson
i dont understand why refs allow this thugby to be allowed
remember they did us before europa final
its the pulis way and its a disgrace to the game

Was it a one off bad tackle or were they at it all night?  :014:

[John McKay]

cannot argue with the result, we never got out of first gear
schwarze at fault for both goals
delap comes on and first throw into box, jones scores

we were crying out for route one stuff, stoke are so slow at the back we needed ej on earlier and long balls up to him
we never got round the back of them, and it was all shirt pulling by shawcross, sh1t that guy is a disgrace

sorry but tony pulis will not be happy until he drags the premier league down to his level of thug football

man of the match     stokes tuncy who cant get into the stoke first eleven (way to much class for pulis)