Hughes has attempted to invigorate his new Stoke side with free flowing passing moves instead of consistent

long balls has had a mixed response on the pitch. A good consistency in the back 5 (defenders and goalkeeper) has provided Stoke with some positives this season. ennant ensured ! points was taken from "pton ark# and Adam and Shawcross turned around their home fixture to $rystal alace. %he only victories so far this season for Stoke in the remier &eague have come from set pieces and the new Hughes style has only been able to secure points from the old ulis method of set piece situations. ennant has been the biggest influence in league and cup matches as he has been involved in ' matches for Stoke and not featured in ( matches# the games the pacey winger has played in have resulted in a 5)* win success compared to a )* win success without him.