Crystal Palace’s James McArthur, center left, celebrates scoring his side’s third goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Stoke City at Selhurst Park, London, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016.
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The only blemish for Pardew’s side was a late consolation goal for Austria global Marko Arnautovic.
“He was very angry”, the captain, Ryan Shawcross, said. “We’ve had a couple of poor performances which we’re not happy about, but the dressing room has good talent”. When you lost in the manner we did you can’t say anything.
They also learnt earlier this week that Pape Souare’s injuries, following a auto crash, could rule him out for much of the season.
“I think last weekend the fourth official was very quick, I had stepped out of the box by six inches and he dragged me back in and told me off”.
He added: “We’ve been ninth in the last three years, and we spoke about being better than that”. It’s very hard – it affects your life at home.
“Scott Dann’s equaliser against Bournemouth has certainly got us on our way after playing so well in the second half of that match”. We’ve played five games. You have hard periods and you come through it. Let’s get some wins on the board, aim for the magic 40 points and go from there.
‘Pape is going to be out for a few months but everyone is just thankful he is still with us. “You can soon go out and win five in a row, too”.
The Football Association have handed a fine of £8,000 to Stoke City manager, Mark Hughes, after he accepted a charge for misconduct.
Stoke also suffered a slow start last season but recovered to finish in the top half of the table.
Stoke will attempt to return to winning ways when they welcome Hull City to Britannia in the third round of the League Cup on Wednesday night.
“He’s our manager and he’s got our support”, Stoke chairman Peter Coates, said.
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“He’s our manager and he’s got our support”.
