Wilmot: Potters need to toughen up to avoid Bramall Lane repeat

BEN Wilmot admits Stoke City cannot afford to be as “soft” as they were at Sheffield United when they look to bounce back at Ipswich Town tomorrow night.

- Andy Turner

RECOVERY MISSION: Ben Wilmot says Stoke City must quickly get Saturday's result out of their system.

The Potters were thumped 4-0 at Bramall Lane at the weekend, trailing 3-0 at the break in a game in which the centre-half claimed Mark Robins' men allowed the Blades to “bully” them, particularly from set-pieces.

Stoke now face a difficult trip to Portman Road against an improving Town side buoyed by Saturday's 3-0 victory over league leaders Coventry City.

Giving his reaction to Stoke's latest defeat - the club’s fourth in their last five games - defender Wilmot told BBC Stoke: