Stoke City manager Mark Robins asserts that the team is making progress despite a fading Championship promotion push and a poor record of three wins in their last 16 matches. He believes that people are not recognizing the improvements since he took over in January last year.
Mark Robins is approaching the end of his first full season as Stoke boss [Getty Images]
Stoke City manager Mark Robins claims "people don't want to hear" about the club's progress because their Championship promotion push has faded.
The Potters, who only avoided relegation on the final day of last season, have won just three of their past 16 league matches.
Robins, who took over in January last year, insists his side have improved.
He told BBC Radio Stoke: "You know why we are where we are. We've come from being a game away from relegation last season to this.
"It seems like people don't want to hear that, but that is part of the timeline of trying to build success.
"You can't do that overnight. We've said that straight all the way through. We need to be together and we need to see it through.
"And if everybody takes stock and looks at actually what is happening, what's happened and what needs to happen moving forward, you can see that there's a progression there."
Stoke enjoyed an encouraging start to the season but are currently 16th in the table.
"The disappointment comes from the emotion of the fact that we started off so well," Robins admitted.
"We lost a load of players through a period. We haven't had them for a long time and it's impacted what we've been able to do.
"But like I said, I could come and sulk because I could see that this was a time where we could kick on and go and really achieve something.
"It hasn't happened. I'm disappointed, but what do I do? I roll my sleeves up and we go again."
Mark Robins has won three of his last 16 league matches since taking over as Stoke City manager in January last year.
People believe Stoke City is not progressing because their Championship promotion push has faded and they have struggled with only three wins in their last 16 matches.
Stoke City only avoided relegation on the final day of last season, indicating a challenging year for the team under Mark Robins.
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