Stoke City FC…every step along the way…

[...] as good an indicator you’ll get of the evolution we have gone through under the guidance of Mark Hughes. Overall, I’ve been pretty happy with how things have gone and the new players have been [...]

[...] that disappointment typically strikes and things definitely went tits-up on the day, with Mark Hughes’ team simply not delivering. The appetites were well and truly whet as kick-off approached with [...]

[...] benefactor) is outdone by a “small team” from the Potteries. I’m not sure if Mark Hughes will offer a retort to the slight by the Manchester City manager. In all honesty, he’ [...]

[...] back and we’re creating chances galore at the opposite end of the pitch. I have no doubt that Mark Hughes has a clear idea of the route he is taking us down and he has all the attributes required to [...]

[...] shift on the pitch, and the fans more than matched them in the stands. The supporters put Stoke City well and truly back on the map and the Spanish media reflected that the following day with [...]

[...] a true leader in recent years and perhaps doesn’t get the credit he deserves from outside our Stoke City bubble. There is certainly more to his repertoire than the long punt up field too, which has [...]

[...] a test, and we’ve got a big one coming up in 2015. There are some exciting times ahead!” Stoke City cult hero! [...]

[...] , and he doesn’t appear to get the credit he deserves. I’ve even seen one such Stoke City “fan” suggest that we’ll be “in trouble” should the Irishman start more than 10 [...]

[...] Vital 3 points After suffering back-to-back defeats at The Britannia Stadium this was a critical, if not emphatic, victory on home soil. If we’d have lost 3 games on the [...]

[...] season is back. With just hours remaining, here’s a look ahead to our opener at The Britannia Stadium against Paul Lambert’s side, with a little help from Villa fans Jayson Cooper ( [...]

[...] After weeks of anticipation and expectancy, the Premier League opener at The Britannia Stadium was all a bit “after the lord mayor’s show”, culminating in a 1-0 victory for Paul Lambert’s [...]

[...] , and definitely the highlight. I remember talking to Phil Rawlins in the tunnel at The Britannia Stadium after we had lost the first leg and saying that even though had lost, we weren’t out of it [...]

[...] you’ve paid him, you know he’s earned it.” The Scouser would be become a stalwart of the starting XI immediately on arrival, missing only 2 league games of a possible 114 over a 3 year period, [...]

[...] truly whet as kick-off approached with the announcement that both Bojan and Diouf were in the starting XI. We took out seats in The Boothen End full of eagerness to see our new recruits in action, [...]

[...] repeatedly told is great going forward, but if you occupy any of the back 4 slots in a Starting XI then you have to be capable of carrying out the fundamentals, and Johnson simply isn’t. [...]

[...] special about flying on a plane dedicated solely to Stoke fans. The wheels had barely left terra firma as Delilah began to echo around the big tin bird; [...]

[...] the uncertainty and build for the future. Carlos Sanchez – future Villa star? Me: The Stoke fans are positively buzzing on the back of a brilliant campaign last time out. It’s [...]

[...] ? I recently had the pleasure of reading your fantastic open letter addressed to our captain, Ryan Shawcross. Firstly, can I take the opportunity to congratulate you on the elegance and grace in which [...]

[...] it cost us at the opposite end. And so it came to bear; just before the interval, Ryan Shawcross uncharacteristically lost his man, allowing Steven Caulker to get a free header on [...]

[...] was another good day at the office for the backline; the star of the show being the imperious Ryan Shawcross. Our captain and leader was commanding throughout and gave a display nothing short of [...]

[...] at how we fare in their absence gives you an understanding of their importance to the team. Asmir Begovic was omnipresent during the 2012/13 campaign but went onto miss 6 matches during 2013/14. The [...]

[...] were disappointing in on the day. We had a warning in the first half when Marc Wilson and Asmir Begovic got into a melee when neither took responsibility of a seemingly futile ball into our box. The [...]

[...] this Season, yet his performances have continued where they left off from the previous campaign, and he doesn’t appear to get the credit he deserves. I’ve even seen one such Stoke [...]

[...] at a ground that oversaw 17 home wins and only 1 defeat over the 19 games of the previous campaign. Leicester City themselves have just recorded an outstanding 5-3 victory over Louis [...]

[...] of stopping the mini-rot that was hampering us at what became almost a fortress over the previous campaign. It was a far from faultless display and the same problems are still evident for all to see. [...]