First of all, tell us about Stoke’s season so far - what have you made of the Premier League matches against Middlesbrough, City and Everton?
Martin: "They drew the first game at Boro 1-1 and they would have settled for that beforehand against a newly-promoted team on a roll. Not least after losing 1-0 at the break and having their woodwork rattled a couple of times, but due credit for recovering and levelling through a brilliant Xherdan Shaqiri free-kick (more of the same more regularly please wee fella). They were hammered 4-1 at home by Manchester City in what will now be known as tug-gate after all the furore surrounding referee Mike Dean’s interpretation of the new rules at set-pieces.
The inside track on Stoke...
