Crouch and Stoke vow to bounce back next season

Peter Crouch is confident that Stoke City will return stronger than ever next season.

Stoke bade farewell to their home fans for this campaign with a disappointing 4-1 loss to Arsenal on Saturday.

The Potters have struggled at the back-end of the Premier League season – they have only won one of their last ten.

Crouch was on target for Stoke on Saturday in their defeat to the Gunners however, and is confident that Mark Hughes’ team will come good.

“I don’t think we’ve been at it towards the end of the season and it’s been very frustrating, certainly to watch and be a part of,” he said.

“It’s a shame we didn’t finish as well as we would have liked in front of our own fans but we’ll go again next season.

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“We will regroup, look at a few things and be a lot stronger next year.

“I thought we were going to get back into the game but with us throwing men forward you know that Arsenal can pick you off and that’s what happened in the end.

“We threw two up top and caution to the wind and tried to get back into it. We almost did it and so it’s frustrating to concede those late goals.”