Stoke City 0-1 Derby County

Nathan Ellington broke Stoke hearts as we went out of the Carling Cup to a last minute penalty. We had a Richard Cresswell goal disallowed earlier on but it was another case of Stoke not taking their chances as Fuller missed another sitter. Should have known we would have problems with Rob Styles referring…

Just hope this doesn’t affect the players when we take on Newcastle away on Saturday. Ex-Stoke loanee Shola Ameobi is rated 50-50 to appear who has been playing well this season but Stoke fans will recall he was pants for us last season during his brief loan spell. Mark Viduka is back for them as well so he won’t be intimidated by our defenders.