January
FA Cup 3rd Round
Stoke v Derby
A much more difficult game than I would of liked here as its only a poor challenge in the box that stops a reply here.
Stoke v Crystal Palace
This is a result that shows how far we've come since the start of the season as this time we get the win over Palace and even better we get off to an early start as well.
Sheffield United v Stoke
What a game for the fans with plenty of goals both teams took the lead throughout the game but a final minute of added time goal was enough for Matondo make a darting run in off the wing before a well placed finish to win the game.
Stoke v Tottenham
What a difference that a sub can make sometimes at half time as Matondo came off the bench and caused the Spurs defence all sorts of problems as they just couldn't hand him as he set up Campbell for 2 goals along with getting one himself.
Everton v Stoke
We are brought back down to earth in this game as Everton dominated us here and should really have won by more than a goal.
FA Cup 4th Round
Stoke v Swansea
We made some changes here to try and give some other players a run out and they didn't disappoint as we march onto the 5th round of the FA Cup
Stoke v Chelsea
The usual result against Chelsea as they beat us yet again, maybe next season we'll get a result against them
Transfers
We have now managed to clear out all the players from the start of the save that I just wasn't happy with along with the odd player that was signed in the summer which just hasn't worked out
We were also given a bit more money from the board to spend as well so we were able to bring in two players who will really help us going forward.
First in is yet another midfielder as we needed the cover after losing Gilmour but it also means we don't need to replace him in the summer
Lewis Cook
Cook joins from Bournemouth for £10m and should be a staple in our midfield now for years to come.
We also needed to get another defender in to try and shore up our defence as it the part of the squad I'm least happiest with at the moment.
Felix Uduokhai
Uduokhai joins from Augsburg for £10m as well and will be straight into the first team and hopefully be there for years to come now.
We have also made a couple of signings on pre-contract deals but they won't be joining until the summer
League
We've moved into the top half of the table now but the gap between us and 7 is starting to grow but I'm happy with where we are as a club for just being promoted.
February
Back to a nice short month and we should have a chance of at least 1 win against Burnley