The depleted Manager calls for a “siege mentality” Stoke City will have a difficult Championship test.

News on injuries as Stoke City prepares to face Championship leaders Leicester

As injury-riddled Stoke City travels to Leicester, Alex Neil is considering his fit and available players who would welcome the chance to assume leadership.

For one of the toughest games of the season at pacesetters Leicester, who have won nine of their first ten games, Stoke could be missing 10 players, including some crucial guys. The injury list should be cleared up dramatically during the course of the ensuing two-week international break, but the manager believes that Saturday is an opportunity for others to prove their mettle.

When important players are absent, he added, “I’ve told some of the guys that the way I looked at that as a player when I played was that it put more duty on me to do exceptionally well. I believe that should feel like that. ‘Oh no, they’re missing,’ or ‘We can’t do this, can’t do that,’ shouldn’t apply. ‘I need to step up even more so, even if I’m performing well, I need to do better because if I can split the burden and he can split the load and he can

“I’ve told some of the boys that the way I looked at that as a player when I played was that it put more burden on me to do incredibly well,” he continued, “because key players aren’t there. That ought to feel like that, in my opinion. ‘Oh no, they’re missing’ or ‘We can’t do this, can’t do that’ shouldn’t be used.Even if I’m doing well, I need to push it up even more because if we can share the load and he can, we can both do more.

joined Lynden Gooch, Michael Rose, Enda Stevens, Lewis Baker, Andre Vidigal, Ryan Mmaee, Tyrese Campbell, and Emre Tezgel on the sidelines following the midweek loss to Southampton.

Although it would have been easier if it hadn’t happened, the nearly unprecedented extent of injuries has helped bring the changing room together. Half of that group has been away for at least a month, which has been a struggle for a squad that was mostly rebuilt over the summer.

“I think that people naturally have to come together in times of adversity,” Neil stated

The practically unparalleled severity of injuries has helped the changing room come together, even though it would have been simpler if it hadn’t happened. A squad that was largely rebuilt over the summer has struggled with the absence of half of that group, who have been gone for at least a month.

“I think that people naturally have to come together in times of adversity,” Neil said