With the transfer window about to slam shut, the new 25-man squad directive threatens to spark a flurry of last minute deals. Few clubs were expecting to be busier than Stoke City, with the Britannia Stadium set to be a hive of activity as Tony Pulis seeks as many as five new faces ahead of Tuesday’s 6pm deadline. Amid all the wheeling and dealing, one player who looks likely to leave the Potteries is Liam Lawrence, offered to Ports...More

Brad Friedel Luke Young - Christopher Samba - Steve Gohouri - Ashley ColeGoalkeeper - Brad Friedel (Aston Villa): The 39-year-old American goalkeeper produced a string of impressive saves in the second-half to shut out Everton and help Villa capture the three points. Defenders - Luke Young (Aston Villa): Young could be pushing for a regular place in the starting line up as he broke forward from right-back to coolly slot home...More

This weekend sees the third round of Premier League fixtures taking place and it certainly has a lot to live up to. Blackpool have already tasted the ups and downs of the Premier League, crashing back to earth last Saturday with a 6-0 defeat at Arsenal. There is no doubt Chelsea have set the benchmark with back-to-back 6-0 victories, but manager Carlo Ancelotti knows tougher tasks lie ahead. Manchester United let the lead slip on tw...More

Anyone who witnessed Stoke City’s narrow defeat to Tottenham last Saturday could not have failed to notice the impact of Tuncay when he was introduced from the bench around the hour mark. The Turk injected hitherto unseen invention into the Potters’ display, creating chances out of thin air for himself and others and all but single-handedly turning a team that was running out of ideas into one that was unlucky not to claim at least ...More

Tuesday night provides winless Stoke City with the chance to exorcise their early-season demons, as the second round of the league cup brings long-time bogey team Shrewsbury Town to the Britannia Stadium. Humiliation at the hands of lower league opposition has become a depressingly familiar sight for Potters fans during the last two decades, and Tony Pulis traditionally has not attached great value to the competition that saw the clu...More

The visit of Tottenham heralds the start of Stoke City’s home campaign this weekend, and while the Britannia Stadium will no doubt be a cauldron of noise, the team’s performance in last Saturday’s curtain-raising defeat to Wolves has left much cause for concern. In spite of a promising start when record signing Kenwyne Jones smashed the crossbar after three minutes, the ex-Sunderland striker’s departure through injury ten minutes in lef...More