Summary

  • Pulis's 1,000th game as a manager

  1. 'Stoke are fair game for critics at the moment'published at 14:39 British Summer Time 24 September 2016

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    Mark HughesImage source, PA

    Just one point and at the foot of the Premier League, it's been a start to the season that Mark Hughes will want to forget in a hurry. Can he turn things around today?

    "Unfortunately at the moment we are a little bit fair game for some who feel they can get easy headlines," says Hughes.

    "It is all very predictable - player unrest, problems in the dressing room. They all come up in these situations. It's totally untrue."

  2. Happy 1000th match...published at 14:36 British Summer Time 24 September 2016

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    ...to Mr Tony Pulis.

    The 58-year-old started out in management in August 1992 with Bournemouth, on a plastic pitch at Preston when Snap! were at number one in the hit parade with 'Rhythm is a dancer'. 

    Since then he has had spells in charge of Gillingham, Bristol City, Portsmouth, Stoke (x2), Plymouth, Crystal Palace and now the Baggies. 

    When asked how much things have changed, the Welshman said: "Players live a different life now. 

    "In a world where they get everything, they've become film stars."

    Pulis also admitted that seeing in the milestone at Stoke "could not have been scripted better".  

    We doff our baseball caps to you, TP. 

    Tony PulisImage source, Getty Images
  3. Team newspublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 24 September 2016

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    Stoke make four changes to the side that lost at Crystal Palace last Sunday, with goalkeeper Lee Grant, on loan from Derby, making his Premier League debut. 

    Stoke: Grant; Johnson, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters; Cameron, Allen, Whelan; Arnautovic, Bony, Shaqiri.

    Subs: Given; Bardsley, Adam, Diouf, Imbula, Crouch, Bojan.

    StokeImage source, BBC Sport

    West Brom show just one change to the side that beat West Brom, with full back Allan Nyom in for Brendan Galloway, who manager Tony Pulis says has gone down with a virus that has affected the Baggies camp, along with Saido Berahino.

    West Brom: Foster; Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom; Phillips, Fletcher (c), Yacob, McClean; Chadli; Rondon

    Subs: Myhill; Morrison, Gardner, Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Leko, Field

    West BromImage source, BBC Sport
  4. Postpublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 24 September 2016

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    Hello, good afternoon and welcome! Putting the David Frost reference to one side, let's look at the team news without any further ado.