GARY Rowett warned that lifting Stoke from the doldrums would not be easy after a decade in the top flight.
That he was right will come as cold comfort after his miserable eight-month reign was terminated on Monday morning. Rowett was let down by his big names still smarting from the drop.
Benik Afobe and Joe Allen have failed to do for Stoke what the likes of Dwight Gayle and Matt Phillips have done for West Brom.
In Nathan Jones, however, the Potters have appointed the perfect man to light a rocket under this slumbering giant.
The former Luton boss is puritanical in his zea...