Championship

Mark Robins – Potters taught a useful lesson after loss to West Brom

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The LeaguePaper Team
31 August 2025

Beaten boss Mark Robins believes the Baggies taught his side a lesson as Stoke dropped from top spot to third place, with West Brom leapfrogging them in the league table.
The defeat ended the Potters’ perfect start to the Championship season.
And Robins felt that was down to the way his opponents were prepared to ‘work their socks off ’.
“I think the difference was the fact that they, in possession and out of possession, dropped deeper,” Robins admitted.
“They came after us initially, but they got back in.
“They worked their socks off, so they deserve an awful lot of credit as well, while w...

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