Chris Dunlavy

Mark Robins so confident he can lift Stoke City…

MARK Robins has dismissed suggestions managing Stoke City is an impossible job.

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 January 2025

CHAMPIONSHIP
By Chris Dunlavy

WINNER: Mark Robins was a big success at Coventry

MARK Robins has dismissed suggestions managing Stoke City is an impossible job.
The 55-year-old was appointed on New Year’s Day on a threeand-a-half year deal and is the Potters’ seventh different manager since they were relegated from the Premier League in 2018.
Despite significant investment from owner John Coates, Stoke have never finished above 14th in that period.
The Potters began the weekend just four points above the Championship relegation zone following the dismissal of Narcis Pelach.
Robins, though,...

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