Hi Michael i am a stoke fan,been impressed with your performances so far and think you should start regulary, one question in your opinion who do you think is the most influencial player in terms of encouragement in the stoke team? cheers GS

Alright GS, thanks for your e-mail. I hope I´m starting regularly in the future too! In answer to your question, if I compare Stoke to Sheffield United we aren’t the most vocal of teams. I don’t know if perhaps that’s because there are so many different languages spoken in the team, but it is a bit quieter. I don’t say that as a bad thing though because everyone knows what their role in the team is and they always go out and do their jobs well. Griff (Andy Griffin) is the team captain and he talks a lot, he is very good at encouraging the lads. Thomas Sorensen, though, is probably the best - if he´s not happy he´ll voice his opinions and he´ll always gee the lads up by chipping in with things in the changing rooms. I´d have to go with him, it´s good to have a vocal keeper and he does his job very well. Take care, Michael.

12 Feb 2009 11:48