Admittedly he’s made mistakes, I’m sure John would hold his hands up to that, but there’s no doubt he wants the best for Stoke City, the fans and the area and he’s got the financial ability to do it. He’s learning but doing ok for me.
Exciting manager, backroom changes, some real quality players signed, ground and facilities development, more engagement with supporters… it it wasn’t for the crazy situation with FFP we would be much better on the pitch than we are. Admittedly that situation was largely created by bad managerial appointments and poor spending in the market on dud players with no resale value but you’d have to agree that changes have been made to try and stop that happening. I think the evidence is there to see every match day.
I’m genuinely excited by the future of the club and I’ll stick with John and the family all day long. Not sure realistically who else would even be interested in buying Stoke City. If there was anyone they wouldn’t be as passionate as the Coates family have been. They care about Stoke City and the area and that counts for a lot in my book.