Asmir Begovic is having his best season to date at Stoke City and after over two years of jostling for position with Thomas Sørensen, the Bosnian has now firmly established himself as the number 1 choice in the Potteries. Begovic started just 22 Premier League games last season but has already took to the field in [...]

Wilson Palacios arrived at Stoke City on the 31st August 2011 and has started only nine Premier League games in just over 15 months. The £6 million pound man brought with him expectation, excitement and above all hope that the central midfield area may finally have found an enforcer worthy of the world’s best league. [...]

Stoke City have spent over £20 million on these two forwards alone in the past few years and you could be forgiven for asking the question, why? Kenwyne Jones was Stoke’s top goalscorer at the end of his first full season at the club and appeared to pick up from where he left off at [...]

Stoke and Sunderland played out a chilling 0-0 draw in an utterly uninspiring encounter at the Britannia Stadium. The draw was both sides sixth in the Premier League this season and was, in hindsight somewhat predictable. The Potters certainly had the better of the chances, however a fine display from Black Cat’s keeper Simon Mignolet [...]

The Stoke City captain’s recent call up to the England squad under Roy Hodgson begs an obvious question: is Ryan Shawcross good enough for international football? If many Stoke fans are correct in arguing that Shawcross should have been a part of the squad a long time ago, then why has his second call-up been [...]

As usual the transfer deadline day was an eventful one for the Potters, securing the signatures of Charlie Adam and Steven Nzonzi for the initial total of around £8 million. Given that they had already agreed deals for three other CM’s (by trade) earlier on in the window it seems that Tony Pulis is intent [...]

Stoke held a toothless Arsenal to a 0-0 draw as both sides failed to inspire at the Britannia Stadium. On the face of it a draw may be seen as a good result for the Potters, but scratch the surface and there is most definitely an undercurrent of discontent. The main sticking point would be the [...]

Stoke failed to hold on to a 1-0 lead after three questionable substitutions allowed Premier League new-boys Reading a route back into the game. The Potters took a first half lead in the 34th minute through debutant Michael Kightly and went on to control the game going into the latter stages. However a devastating change [...]

Stoke fans would be unanimous in the thinking that last season was the worst that Matthew Etherington has had in a Stoke shirt. Add in Jermaine Pennant’s lack of game time due to “off the field” issues and the shocking decline in both quality of play and attacking flair has been clear for all to [...]