Four of the back five started in the hapless Boxing Day defeat in The Potteries last season .
It said much about how jittery they were Stoke did not even muster a shot on target in the first 45 .
Four of the back five started in the hapless Boxing Day defeat in The Potteries last season and it said much about how jittery they were Stoke did not even muster a shot on target in the first 45 .