There’s a lot to love about this Stoke City team — and today reminded me exactly why this club gets under your skin.
Week by week, you can feel something growing. Confidence. Togetherness. A bit of swagger we haven’t seen in a long time.
And when we went behind today… the old fear never came.
Instead, something else did.
Belief.
For years, conceding first felt like a punch we couldn’t recover from. But this team didn’t shrink. Their goal lit a fire. You could feel it in the players, in the crowd, in that quiet voice inside your chest saying, we’re not done.
And those two goals… honestly, they were moments that make you fall in love with football all over again.
Last season we were desperate for anyone who could finish. Now we’ve got threats everywhere — lads who can change a game, and genuine quality waiting on the bench.
It’s early days, yeah. But there’s something real here. Something worth believing in. Something worth holding onto.
Days like today remind me why this club means so much.
Why it’s more than a team.
Why it’s part of who we are.
I love football, man.
And I love @stokecity
🔴⚪️ Up the Potters.