Stoke City Boss Alex Neil:

Stoke City Bodd Alex Neil was still encouraged as his resurgent side kept a third consecutive clean sheet of their own.



“A point was probably a fair result but obviously we wanted to win it,” said Neil.

“We played extremely well in the past three games and all our chances today came in the first half.

“We had two or three really good chances to score but unfortunately didn’t take any.

“If we take a chance then it becomes a different game, but then in the second half we played ourselves into trouble when we were trying to play.

“We were wasteful with the ball more than what we’ve been, and that’s the biggest thing I’ll take from the game.

“I put five different players on the pitch to try and influence the game and give us the impetus in the match, but they’re not an easy team to play against.

Honest assessment there from the opposing manager which makes a refreshing change.

I'm more than happy with Bulut at the helm but I've wanted Alex Neil to be our manager ever since Warnock left. He was available at one point when we were managerless too. He was the only manager to tear Warnock a new one during the season we went up.