Bates turns pathetic

“The boardroom was freezing,” he said. Followed by the pathetic remark - “I thought it must be an igloo to make their people from Iceland feel at home.”

“Stoke reduced their pitch by ten feet at each side and they trained on the pitch every day last week, I understand, probably to muck up the pitch surface. Under the circumstances, our guys did very well. They got on with it and put in a very professional performance, which was enough to get us into the next round.”

Our verdict - Bates throwing his toys out of his pram because he wasn't treated like he is at Chelsea.