Robins tells his Stoke players they let fans downpublished at 22:46 GMT
Robins: ‘We've let the supporters down’
Stoke manager Mark Robins accused his players of letting down their 3,000 travelling fans in their 3-1 loss to Preston at Deepdale.
Preston were on a miserable run and Robins felt "they were there for the taking" when Stoke took the lead after four minutes through Sorba Thomas.
But Stoke failed to press home their advantage, allowing Preston to come back and win for the first time in eight Championship games.
Robins told BBC Radio Stoke: "We let the supporters down and we had 3,000 supporters here tonight, we've really let them down. That's miles away from where I expect the performance to be.
"We didn't start particularly well, you know, inexplicable. We certainly didn't win enough duels in the first half.
"But we got the first breakaway and we score from it, and they're on the back foot. They've been on the back foot for some weeks now and they looked like that. They were there for the taking and whatever happened in this game, the pitch, whatever, I have no clue.
"There were too many players with off days and I think we've let everybody down. We've not competed well enough in the game and that's inexplicable to me. It's just unacceptable. That isn't a performance that's associated with our team."

































