City should have made their point

It might not have been a dream result but I wanted Stoke City to realise the situation they are in and see out Wednesday night at Charlton for a draw.

- By Mike Pejic

For the results they've had recently, for the problems they've had scoring, for the injury list, our record in London and whatever else, cherish a point.

I don't mean play for it from the start but make sure that, particularly with 10 minutes left, you have players in positions to get the job done. Put three midfielders in front of your back four, for instance.

Block them off completely, don't let them have another shot. We had two-thirds of possession but they had triple the shots.

That says to me that we needed to be careful and think about what we were doing in those closing stages.

We're away from home and against motormouth Nathan Jones, who was desperate to do his best against Stoke. Shut him up. Come back with a point and move on.