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‘Stop the catastrophic errors’
- Updated: January 2, 2017
Stoke’s season will improve as long as they cut out their “catastrophic errors” in defence, according to boss Mark Hughes.
The Potters host Watford on Tuesday night still in the bottom half of the table after a 4-2 loss to Chelsea, when they conceded four for the fifth time this season, and the eighth time in 2016.
Hughes has injected flair and creativity since taking charge in 2013 from Tony Pulis, but the solidity that became the hallmark of the previous regime has been lost and, at the Premier League’s halfway point, only the bottom three and the Hornets possess a poorer goal difference.
It is therefore no surprise that Hughes is craving a better balance for his 14th-placed team as one of his new year’s resolutions.
“In key moments in games, defensively, we have to be a lot sounder than we are at the moment,” Hughes said.
“We’re giving goals up too readily. We’ll address …
