THE sight of Stoke’s squad being confronted by angry fans at a train station after Saturday’s 5-1 loss to Tottenham “could possibly be a good thing,” boss Mark Hughes said yesterday.

Potters supporters vented their fury at players on the platform having shared a train back from London, where Spurs inflicted their latest thrashing on Stoke to leave them three points above the bottom three.

Stoke have won just three of the last 15 games and Hughes’s team was made aware of the growing frustration among fans when they were greeted with chants of “You’re not fit to wear the shirt” upon their return to the city.