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Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill has admitted they missed out on a number of players they wanted to bring in, but feels he improved the squad during the transfer window.

He said they went into January with targets in mind, but, "we didn't manage to get those players for one reason or another".

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Three players signed with the club and five left and O'Neill added: "The most important thing was also to streamline the group that we had and sometimes you can just trade players for the sake of trading players and ultimately the group doesn't end up any stronger."

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Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill says the transfer deadline can prove a distraction for players when it coincides with match day.

The club is away to Derby County in the Championship this evening just hours before the 23:00 cut-off to sign new players.

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O'Neill said: "It's difficult for the players not to get caught up in the transfer window and how agents operate."

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Stoke City midfielder Sam Clucas thinks other teams will start to see them as one to be feared.

They've won three of their five games in January and that includes victories over promotion-chasing West Brom and Swansea City.

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Tomorrow, Stoke travel to Derby County and Clucas said: "They're going to look at us and think 'they're in great form' and they're going to be worried about us."

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Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill's praised midfielder Joe Allen as being key to the team's recent turnaround in form.

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The Potters beat Swansea 2-0 on Saturday, their seventh league win under new boss O'Neill.

The result moved Stoke up two places in the Championship, seven points above the relegation zone.

Sam Clucas and James McClean score as Stoke City ease their relegation worries while Swansea miss a chance to rise into the play-off zone.