Robins pleased with 'really good shift'

New Stoke City boss Mark Robins said he was pleased with the effort his side produced despite being held to a 0-0 draw by Championship bottom club Plymouth on Saturday.

The Potters dominated possession against managerless Argyle- with 65% of the ball- but out of 18 shots on goal, only hit the target three times.

"There's a lot that we can work on clearly but when you're coming into a third game in a week, whoever you're playing against, it is really difficult," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke.

The draw stretched the Potters' unbeaten run to three games following victory over Sunderland and a hard-fought draw at high-flying Burnley in Ryan Shawcross' short tenure as interim boss, and Robins is keen to focus on the positives.

"They've tried to execute everything we've asked them to do so, for the first game, it was a reasonable point in the end," he added.

"There were some really decent performances in there for a start.

"I'd like us to move the ball quicker, but for a starting position - off the back of the physical demands of the week- it was a really good shift, so I have no complaints."