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Stoke manager Mark Robins:
“It was important because the five [defeats] out of six games everybody keeps reminding us about. We have not won since Charlton here and we have had three tough away games we’ve lost and the Hull game here which was a reverse we shouldn’t have suffered.
“We made hard work of it because I thought we were the better team from start to finish and we
After recovering from their dismal start to the season the Blades are starting to show the kind of form and performances that saw them finish third in the Championship last season.
They took the lead at Bramall Lane when McGuinness thundered home a powerful header unchallenged from Gus Hamer’s corner kick.
If Stoke boss Mark Robins was unhappy with his side’s marking for the first goal he would have been
“We are still so much better than what these last three results, and the stats behind it, have shown.
“It’s just we’ve been here before and I think some Stoke fans are triggered from past seasons.”
BBC Radio Stoke’s Lucas Yeomans is joined by content creator Ben Rowley to talk about Stoke City’s last-gasp defeat against Hull – a third loss in four league games.
At half-time, it looked like Stoke were cruising to a second successive win. By full-time they were coming to terms with a third defeat in four games.
Such are the highs and lows of this rollercoaster Championship season in which nobody bar Coventry can seem to put a decisive run of wins together.
Mark Robins was as emotional as we’ve seen him post-match. He said his team deserved to lose
This was only Stoke’s ninth visit to Oxford for a league fixture, but they had lost six and drawn two before heading to the Kassam Stadium on a rain-swept night.
Oxford should have been ahead inside the first minute as Brian de Keersmaecker recycled the ball from a cleared corner and plonked his cross onto the head of the unmarked Greg Leigh at the far post, the defender mistiming his
The Potters made just one change to their starting line-up as Tchamadeu returned at right-back in place of Maksym Talovierov, and it proved to be an inspired decision.
The Cameroon defender got past Neto Borges and fired in a powerful low cross that Manchester City loanee Mubama fired in from six yards.
The Robins responded well to going behind as they forced a number of corner kicks. George Tanner’s decent
“Room to improve going forward certainly but defence? I think we have a really solid foundation with the plethora of options we have and, of course, [Viktor] Johansson in goal, who is magnificent.
“What a headache the manager has now, particularly when his unavailable options [in central defence] come back to him.”
Lucas Yeomans and Ben Rowley discuss Stoke City’s outstanding defensive performances this season, who has impressed and whether
There had been the sense Wrexham had been steadily finding their feet in the Championship going into the international window.
Without a defeat in four, there had been growing signs of the summer rebuild starting to take shape as a side.
Conversely, after an eye-catching start, Stoke had slipped a little, dropping points, dropping down the table – and only scoring twice in their four games without success.
It was
Three games in a row have found three different ways to frustrate Stoke City.
First was dominance unrewarded against Norwich, next came a brilliant finish that couldn’t quite get over the line at Middlesbrough and then there was a controlled start at Blackburn that unravelled after a beautifully-taken goal had given Stoke a lead.
As Mark Robins rightly reiterated after the game, the Championship is relentless and this may have
Before kick-off all seven of Norwich’s points so far this season had come away from home, and they left the bet365 Stadium having had to work hard to keep that unbeaten record on their travels going.
From the off they were under pressure, and Harry Darling had to be alert to snuff out an early sight of goal for Million Manhoef.
The visitors found it difficult to contain Manhoef early