With Darren Fletcher being touted to take the armband from Ryan Shawcross, David Cowlishaw argues against Ryan being replaced as skipper. I love Ryan Shawcross. What red and white blooded Stoke fan doesn't? He's been with us for nearly ten years, helped us win promotion, established himself as a top class Premier League defender, become … Continue reading Ryan Shawcross: O Captain! My Captain!
There's plenty of life in Stoke's American Hero yet, and Jason Martin looks at Geoff's future for the Potters... Of all the players I’d expected to be writing about as “One To Watch” for the coming season, I never expected it to be this one. We’ve invested £31m in the midfield over the last two years, … Continue reading 2017/18 One to Watch: Geoff Cameron
It's nearly been a decade since Stoke City won promotion to the Premier League, and throughout our time in the "promised land", we've seen many faces come and go to the Britannia/Bet365 Stadium. 85 players have donned the red and white for the Potters in our most recent spell in the top flight...85! So, for … Continue reading QUIZ: Stoke City Premier League Players
The idea that football is about results in pervasive throughout football. It's a phrase that you hear every day in the football world. For people in the game; managers, players, chairmen who rely on every point scrapped and gained it's true. Results are the lifeblood of a club's survival, of players' and manager's careers. If … Continue reading Football Is About More Than Just Results
"But you're 12th!" squawks Robbie Savage, with the forced incredulity of a child trying to deny they'd raided the biscuit tin with a full mouth of McVities. This the age of the entitled, deluded fan. With every aspect of football hyped up to the max by a frenzied media, it's only right that the football … Continue reading Savage, Stoke and a season of inertia
Liverpool at home was likely the last game I will get to this season. I confess I have not been to a great deal of matches this term - student funds have meant it’s been nigh on impossible to afford to go. However, when I have been, I have of course loved it. A loss … Continue reading Confessions of a Southern Stokie
The Wizards of Drivel Podcast 