The Sentinel commented Martin Smith: Stoke City's one achievement this season was...

Put it in the books… our 2016/17 campaign is over and Stoke City have safely negotiated their ninth consecutive season of Premier League football. It's worth stewing on that statistic for a while because in the midst of all of the criticism of our team - and much justified - it's well worth viewing a poor campaign through that particular lens.A decade ago, the prospect of one season of top flight football seemed a distant dream. But here we are, an established Premier League outfit who...