It’s fair to say it has been a bleak season so far for Stoke City, with the club bottom of the Championship table having losing four league matches out of five.
Just a week ago, manager Nathan Jones, who left Luton Town last season from the Potters, was warned by EFL on Quest pundit Dean Ashton that he could get the sack by the end of October unless he starts picking up some points.
They ended up losing 3-0 at home to Leeds United in the next game after the former Crewe, Norwich and West Ham player’s comments.
The Stoke boss has since said: “I have conversations with the owners and I’m not going to walk away from this. We are nowhere near that. We have changed so much around here and we’re a woulda, shoulda, coulda team at the moment.
“We shouldn’t be in the crisis we’re in, or the difficult spell we’re in, because we should have beaten other teams have six or seven points on the board. Yes, we lost to Leeds three but a lot of teams will lose to Leeds three. I’m not saying that is acceptable but this wouldn’t have been as scrutinised as it is.
“Because we’re in the form we are, the position we are and the size of club we are, we are underachieving and I know that. That won’t continue forever. One way or another, that won’t continue.
“It is a big challenge, it really is. First and foremost you have to win football games because you can’t be where we are. We have to start changing that.
“We have had to change a lot about the dynamic and the environment and we’ve made massive strides with that and that has to change – because something will change.”
According to journalist Alan Nixon, Stoke City are continuing to back him with the club set to bring in a new director of football who is an ally of the former Luton boss.
After finding out about what Nathan Jones had to say along with the fact he probably won’t be leaving as soon as everyone thinks, fans took to give their reaction – see what they wrote on the next page.
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