Stoke need to keep feet on the ground - Robins

Stoke City manager Mark Robins insists "nobody is getting carried away" as they aim to maintain their 100% start to the Championship season against unbeaten West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Robins made 10 changes as the Potters lost 3-0 at home to League One side Bradford City in the EFL Cup on Tuesday.

They will be looking to bounce back against West Brom and make it four wins out of four heading into the international break.

"The level of focus is there and it is really important," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke. "It is really key to maintain that good start that we have had, and that is all it is - nobody is getting carried away.

"We just need to maintain that concentration and really focus on us and make sure we carry out the plan. It will be near enough a full house, which is fantastic at this stage, and those expectation levels go up alongside it.

"It is really important that we keep our feet on the ground and understand what it takes to win football matches or put in performances that warrant winning matches, against a really good West Brom side that is under new management and that has fundamentally changed, because they have brought in a lot of really talented boys, albeit they may lose two over the next 24 hours or so."

Stoke and Middlesbrough are the only Championship sides to win all three of their opening games, and are only separated by goal difference.

Following their cup defeat Robins has called on the fans to "maintain their support".

"The support have to maintain, so when things don't go as well as we hoped, just stick together and get us through that and help us over those periods because it will happen in a season.

"It is difficult; it is not going to be 46 games where everyone is going to roll over and we will win them all. We know it is going to be tough, but also we can't put barriers there for ourselves."

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