Stoke City fans primed to explode in huge final home match as...

Stoke City fans primed to explode in huge final home match as Mark Robins needs big push

Earlier this season, Mike Pejic made a wise statement regarding Stoke City’s home-field experience.

“Stoke fans are aware of their desires and what they hope to see,” he stated. They will notify you if you are able to

give it to them, and they will also notify you if you are unable to do so. However, those in the home stands are the

ones that want you to succeed the most. They want to help you, encourage you, and see you through to the end. They

will give you ten times back if you offer them anything to support.

Earlier this season, Mike Pejic made a wise statement regarding Stoke City’s home-field experience.

“Stoke fans are aware of their desires and what they hope to see,” he stated. They will notify you if you are able to

give it to them, and they will also notify you if you are unable to do so. However, those in the home stands are the

ones that want you to succeed the most. They want to help you, encourage you, and see you through to the end. They

will give you ten times back if you offer them anything to support.

Stoke supporters can boost their team when it’s performing well and take advantage of an opponent’s vulnerability,

regardless of architectural accolades for architecture at the Emirates or cinema-style seats at Tottenham. Heaven

forbid a snivelling full-back or a goalie who appears to be crying. They will be pursued by the noise.

If they don’t pass muster, they can also be violent with their own people. Even though they will be applauded to the

hilt if they get their reaction right, people who jog when they should be sprinting, run sideways when they could go

forward, or are lily-livered in their defending will not get away with it.

Both extremes have already been experienced by Mark Robins. Following a 3-1 loss to Middlesbrough, the home

crowd went wild, but they raised the roof for important victories over Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn, and QPR.

Addressing Stoke’s performance at the bet365 Stadium, where they had lost 33 of 75 league games between October

2021 and Boxing Day 2024—including a 10-game losing streak from November to February of the previous season—

has been a major focus of his tenure. It makes sense why patience had been waning.

Since taking over for Ryan Shawcross in a thrilling victory over Sunderland on December 29, they have won five,

drawn four, and preserved six clean sheets in the previous ten games. Under Robins, they have triumphed in three of

the last four games.

Stoke must be a different animal when they return to the Potteries for another challenging matchup against a team at

the other end of the table after the chastening, almost terrifying, Easter Monday journey to Leeds United. They are

aware of what is required and what is required. In turn, Stoke supporters will understand that their players require

all the assistance possible.

Robins recently stated: “I can’t express how content I am with (the support from Stoke supporters), since I requested

it and they dutifully provided it. As you can see, the players are contributing as well, and the positive energy they

share with one another is beginning to spread. The mood is very different, and you can sense it as well as observe

how the players and spectators react.

One more game at home, one final effort. The feelings are already brewing and will eventually blow up during the

evening. The players will have to decide just how.