As the countdown to Stoke’s first visit to Coventry City starts, “Fuming” Mark Robins admits

“Fuming” After losing at home to an unproductive Middlesbrough team,

Mark Robins acknowledges that his Stoke City team is now battling for enough points to remain in the

Championship.

The Potters are only five points above the relegation zone with 12 games remaining,

including Robins’ highly anticipated first return to the CBS Arena on Saturday.

The former Coventry City manager was incensed after his team lost too many duels in

Tuesday night’s 3-1 loss at the bet365 Stadium to Michael Carrick’s Boro,

who had lost their last five games.”There is an absence of that, I’m afraid,”

the legendary Sky Blues manager admitted to our sister title The Sentinel,

“but the time will come later for talking about that. We have 12 games left and we

have to pick up enough points to stay in the division and we’ve got to win some tackles.

We’ve got to win some tackles.” The legendary Sky Blues manager knows there are many

things to fix in the long run at his new club, but right now, the only focus is

winning enough tackles to give themselves a chance of winning games and staying in the Championship.