Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakaae ana te tumuaki o Stoke, a Peter Coates, kāore ia i whakaaro ka eke te kaiwhakahaere a Mark Hughes ki te ahunga whakamua i a ia i roto i te wā poto. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o mua o Wales i riro mai i a Tony Pulis mo te waa 2013/14 i muri i te whakatau a nga Potters e hiahia ana ratou ki te whakarereke i te huarahi. I arahi a Hughes i te karapu ki te tuaiwa, ko ta raatau mutunga teitei mai i te whakatairanga ki te Pirimia Pirimia i te 2008, me o raatau tohu nui rawa atu 50. I arahina e Mark Hughes a Stoke ki te taumata teitei rawa atu o te Pirimia Pirimia i te tau kua hipa. I tēnei wā kei te 10 a Stoke me ngā piro 42. I tēnei wā kei te 10 a Stoke ki te 42 ngā tohu, ā, e waru ngā tukinga e toe ana, ka pai ake ngā tohu o te tau kua hipa, ā, kua whakawhiwhia a Hughes ki tētahi kirimana hou hei kawe ia ki te tau 2019. E whakaae ana a Coates i tatari rātau ki tētahi hekenga wā poto i roto i te mahi whai muri i tō rātau whakatau ki te huri i te kaiwhakahaere engari kāore i puta. 'Ki te mahi koe i tētahi huringa ka whakaaro koe ka whakahokia koe ki te tīmatanga nā te mea kua whakamahia e te iwi ki te mahi i raro i tētahi huarahi rerekē,' te tumuaki i ki stokecityfc.com. 'Ki taku whakaaro i miharo ia (Hughes) ki te tira i riro i a ia. 'He tino pai tana mahi, ā, kua whakaaetia e ngā kaitākaro ki a ia me te momo tākaro hou, he tino ahuareka, he whakaongaonga, he whakatenatena hoki. E miharo ana te tumuaki o Stoke, a Peter Coates ki te ahunga whakamua i whakatutukihia e Stoke i roto i ngā tau e rua kua hipa. Ko te tumuaki o Stoke ko Coates (matau) e mātakitaki ana mai i ngā tūru. 'Kua roa au e whakaaro ana ko te whakaingoatanga nui i tetahi karapu whutupaoro ko te kaiwhakahaere whutupaoro, mena ka tika koe, ka whai waahi tonu koe. 'He tino pai te mahi a Mark, ā, e tino harikoa ana mātou ki ngā mea kua tutuki i a ia i tana wā, ā, e tino harikoa ana mātou e hiahia ana ia ki te haere tonu. 'Kei te hiahia tonu mātou kia pai ake, ā, e hiahia ana a Mark kia eke ake ki runga ake i te tēpu, ā, e hiahia ana mātou ki te tautoko i a ia ki te mahi i tērā. 'He mea nui ki a ia te whakaaro ka taea e ia te whakatutuki i te ahunga whakamua i konei, a he pai ki te whakarongo ki a ia e kii ana, he tino tangata ia e maia ana ki nga mea ka taea e ia, kaore hoki e taea. 'Kei te tupato tonu ahau ki te whutupaoro nā te mea ka taea e ngā mea...
Ko Mark Hughes te kaiārahi o Tony Pulis i te tīmatanga o te tau 2013-14. Kua hurihia e Hughes te kāhua tākaro o te karapu i roto i tana wā poto hei rangatira. I mutu a Stoke i te tau kua hipa me te nui rawa o a raatau tohu i te Pirimia Pirimia.