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Tony Pulis calls for fans’ help
TONY PULIS has issued a call to arms ahead of tomorrow’s trip to QPR in an attempt to arrest Stoke’s alarming dip in form.
Pulis’s side are just three points above the bottom three after winning one of their last 14 games.
Stoke have 34 points and Pulis believes 40 will be enough, saying: “We have five games, five throws of the dice to get the six points we need.
“We need everybody around, it is a call to arms for everybody in Stoke-on-Trent. This is when we need to stick together and the majority of supporters understand we need their help.”
Fans have made clear their displeasure at the Potters’ nosedive, with booing during matches.
Pulis has also come under fire but said: “There might be a small portion of supporters that have done that but it is not the majority. We have been having a difficult run and minorities get a lot of publicity in this country.
“The majority of supporters have been brilliant. They understand we are in a battle and they are right behind the team.”
This is when we need to stick together and the majority of supporters understand we need their help
There is little doubt where Stoke’s major weakness lies, having scored just 28 goals all season, the lowest in the league.
Of those only nine have come away from home and Pulis’s men have found the net just twice in their last seven games.
Pulis said: “We have needed to score more goals. Even when we were doing well we needed to score more goals.
“But the players have trained really well and look really bright.
“We have to keep them bright and positive. When you get in a run like this a lot of negativity surrounds football. It is important to keep them away from that.”