"We are also playing with players who aren't 100 per cent fit and others who are coming out of contract. That's a problem because they don't know if their future lies at Stoke City or somewhere else."
"We are gifting goals and must now get back to basics," he continued. "We are making it too easy for teams.
"It wasn't one of Simmo's (Steve Simonsen) better games in goal, but he will look at those goals and move on."