Watering our half of the pitch at half time (Stoke & Wolves)! Is it fair?

[LoftusRoadLad]

Stoke won't need the towels at LR -- there's not enough of a run-up for Delap's long throws.

someone should chuck some itchy powder down their shorts..imagine em all scratching their bums

[swanleyhoop]

someone should chuck some itchy powder down their shorts..imagine em all scratching their bums

Oh yuk!!!

[conners]

Stoke won't need the towels at LR -- there's not enough of a run-up for Delap's long throws.

We should widen the pitch by another foot both sides

[Ellerslie]

Wait tell they come to Loftus Road....they will never get the ball for any throw ins...no rule against fans chucking it down the line is there ?

No, but the FA could restrict us from selling the front few rows of seats if they feel that the proximity of the crowd is having an adverse affect on the game.

[swanleyhoop]

No, but the FA could restrict us from selling the front few rows of seats if they feel that the proximity of the crowd is having an adverse affect on the game.

I don't think they can insist on pre-sold season ticket seats being moved, though? Can they?

[Kimimar0]

If you want to do something to the pitch then you do it to the whole pitch, this is very dodgy to me and should not be allowed. If you want to somehow contrive to make conditions better for your own team that is fine but not in this way.

[MattyRangers]

Fark em. Yes its very unsporting but hey, its a mans game and things like that will always happen. Just need to get on with it and give em some tricks of our own back (I like the wet towel idea mentioned!).

They gave us all their tricks, in their own backyard, and we still strolled outta town with all 3 points.... Your move Stoke.

[Ellerslie]

I don't think they can insist on pre-sold season ticket seats being moved, though? Can they?

I don't know for sure but I don't want to find out the hard way either. There's always next season too.

[Ginger Ninja]

We should widen the pitch by another foot both sides

why? surely the aim is to stop things like delap using the long throw effectively?

[Ginger Ninja]

We should widen the pitch by another foot both sides

:drunk:
yeah. look im tired, ignore my last post

[LoftusRoadLad]

:drunk:
yeah. look im tired, ignore my last post

[PedalR]

Stoke's antics over several years leave a nasty taste... but, given our record there it don't seem to help them much.
I remember a game several years ago when they used that multi-ball system; ball boys swiftly getting a ball back to a Stoke player but literally running away when it was our ball - at one point there was an hilarious stand-off between Gino Padula and a ballboy: ball went out for a throw to us and nestled at feet of a ball boy, Gino stood on touch line about 10 feet away waiting for ball to be chucked to him. Ball boy (clearly under orders not to retrieve balls for away team) just stood there! This went on for several seconds until the ref gave Gino a rollicking and made him walk over to ball boy to get the ball???? We won the game of course.
Today, when Stoke whine about not getting decisions from refs they need to sit back and consider if they've bought it on themselves with their incessant "gamesmanship" over several years.