<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: I-Stoke, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaTony Pulis, yaba iqembu wonke umuntu ayelizonda futhi wonke umuntu ayekuzonda ukudlala kulo. Kodwa uma kukhona okubi kakhulu kunokuzondwa, kungukunganakwa futhi yilapho sikhona khona noMark Hughes Stoke side manje. Nakuba isimo somzimba weqembu uPulis awakha saletha izihloko ezivuthayo, ukuphawula okubucayi nezibalo ezilahlayo Ngangingukaputeni weqembu lakhe ku-Championship kusuka ngo-2004 kuya ku-2007 intuthuko eyenziwe nguHughes iye yabukelwa phansi. Izinkanyezi zeStoke uMame Diouf, uJon Walters kanye noSteven Nzonzi bagubha ngesikhathi iPotters inqobe i-Everton ngo 2-0 ku-Barclays Premier League ngoLwesithathu okuyiwona owabaphakamisa baba endaweni yesishiyagalombili etafuleni. I-Stoke iqoqe amaphuzu angu-23 kumaphuzu angu-33 okungenzeka abe khona kusukela ngoSuku Lwebhokisi. I-Liverpool ne-Arsenal kuphela eye yathola okuningi, ngakho kungani kungekho ukunakwa okwengeziwe kulokho okufezile? Lapho iStoke ishaya i-Everton kuleli sonto ukuze ikhuphukele endaweni yesishiyagalombili ku-Barclays Premier League, imiphumela ayizange ibe mayelana nokuthi iStoke yenza kahle kangakanani kodwa kunalokho mayelana noRoberto Martinez no-Everton ababhekene nobunzima. I-Stoke yiqembu elingaphezulu kukaGarry Monks Swanseas osanda kuba ngumpetha ngemuva kokunqotshwa kwabo yiManchester Uniteds West Ham, Newcastle kanye nabanye abayishumi abaphansi. ISouthampton iye yadlula okulindelwe yiwo wonke umuntu kule sizini futhi ithola ukubuyekezwa kwamasonto onke njengendaba yothando yesizwe; abangathathi hlangothi bafuna ukuba benze kahle, ukuze baphazamise ukuhleleka okuvamile kwabane abaphambili. Kodwa yini eyenza iStoke City Football Club, ephakeme ngendlela okungenzeka ukuthi ayisoze yafisa ukuba yiyo, ukuba ithole ukunakwa okuncane kangaka kwabezindaba noma ukubhala okuhle? IStock, njengedolobha, itholakala phakathi kwamadolobha amakhulu futhi athakazelisa kakhulu aseManchester naseBirmingham, kodwa inokuningi engakunikeza. UMichael Duberry waseStoke ulandelela umgadli weWigan uNathan Ellington ngesikhathi somdlalo weChampionship eBritannia Stadium ngoNovemba 2004, okwakuyisikhathi sokuqala somvikeli kule kilabhu. Umgadli weCrystal Palace u-Andy Johnson uzama ukuthatha isinyathelo sokugwema njengoba uDuberry egxumela ngaphesheya ukuze enze i-tackle ngesikhathi i-Stoke ichithwa ngo-3-1 ekhaya ngu...  <response>: I-Stoke City yayizondwa yiwo wonke umuntu owayephethwe nguTony Pulis. Kodwa naphezu kokuthuthuka kwesitayela ngaphansi kukaMark Hughes baye banganakwa. I-Liverpool ne-Arsenal kuphela eziqoqe amaphuzu amaningi kusukela nge-Boxing Day. AbakwaPotters bafanelwe udumo olwengeziwe ngokuthuthukisa imiphumela nesitayela sokudlala. CHOFOZA LAPHA ukuze uthole zonke izindaba zakamuva zaseStoke City. 