Nikola Zigic's on the whistle ratings (10 replies)

Allsop- Brilliant save, had very little else to do. No issues there.

Cochrane- Roasted, wasteful on the ball first half. Better second half. Can do what he want due to no competition.

Klarer- Looks uncomfortable on the left, ball playing slowed down due to wrong side. Very strong defensively.

Neumann- Wasteful on the ball. Patchy defensively.

Laird- Excellent.

Paik- Ok, didn't do much wrong, didn't create anything at all.

Iwata- Ok. Ran around a bit. Some good tackles. Can also do what he wants as he's got no competition.

Doyle- Poor. Lightweight performance. Not sure what he was supposed to do? He's demonstrably good so I'd say it's our fault not his.

Gray- Blunt.

Roberts- Tried but seemed to run into blind alleys. Will be better.

Stansfield- The only one who plays like he's had his breakfast. The rest of the attacking players could learn something.

Bright - Bright. Showed drive. Refreshing.

Ducksch- WTF? Looks to be on another planet and not in a good way. When do we expect him to be up to speed?

Kyogo- Nice movement but little else.

Leonard- What was the point?

Overall:
- Stoke didn't have a shot on target after the goal I think

- If you looked up Toothless in the dictionary you'd see this Blues side

- As I've said all summer, we lacked physical, imposing options to use in away games like this. We inexplicably ignored my advice.

- Kone scored again today but we apparently knew better

- Early days but the signs suggest we are a soft touch away from home.

- Keen to see what he does to change things because I can't see anything obvious.

- Fantastic support as always

- Let's see Davies earn his money