MICHAEL O’NEILL’S MESSAGE TO STOKE UNDERACHIEVERS: ‘SHOW YOU DESERVE TO BE PREMIER PLAYERS’

By John Wragg

GOOD EFFORT: Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill and captain Steven Davis, who missed a penalty, after last weekend’s 0-0 draw against Holland and, inset, assistant Billy McKinlay
PICTURE: PA Images

STOKE have tried a Scotsman, an Englishman and a Welshman. Now it’s an Irishman. A joke? Not in the Potteries it’s not.
The club are on the cusp of dropping into League One four years after being the ninth best team in the Premier League.
It’s a long way to fall and Michael O’Neill is the fourth manager Stok...

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