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BBC News
02-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Stoke job 'not impossible'
Managing Stoke City is not an impossible job and the club has the infrastructure to succeed, according to head coach Mark Potters need to win at fellow-strugglers Derby County (12:30 BST) on Saturday to be assured of Championship football for next season but a failure to take three points would still require wins for Hull City, Luton Town and Preston North End to send them down."The challenge is there and significant - it's been branded an impossible job but it isn't," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke."Around the club things are good and are moving forward."We've got a decent infrastructure but our supporters aren't interested in that, they're just interested in getting the result we need."Robins became Stoke's fourth permanent boss in 13 months when he was appointed on New Year's Day and is staying calm ahead of the trip to Pride Park."I understand the seriousness of it but if you've done everything you can in terms of preparation you can't do any more - we've all been diligent so we'll mosey up to Derby and look forward to it," he added."It's a game of football, it's what we do - this is important and we'll give everything we possibly can and as long as we do that we'll be fine."
BBC News
14-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Stoke need points now or pressure will grow
Stoke City must not let their battle against relegation go into the final few weeks of the season, says head coach Mark Potters have won only one of Robins' eight league games in charge and are just three points clear of the relegation zone with 15 matches of the season remaining."There's a clear identity starting to form (in our play) but it's certainly not there yet - we've got to get there and we will at some point but it's about the here and now," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke."We've got to pick up points, so the pressure grows every time you don't and games start to diminish, the pressure comes on and games start to become must-win."Stoke host Swansea City, two places and five points above them in the Championship table, on Saturday with just one win from their previous eight league games at the bet365 Stadium."The players need to understand it's better now to start picking up points rather than having to do it with the last three, four or five games to go," added Robins.
