Stoke City No2 Mark Bowen says they haven't dropped plans of finishing in the top six this season.

Stoke are without a win from their first four league games and next visit Arsenal.

Bu Bowen says: "There's a real feeling within the squad that we are not a bad side, that we are a decent side once we get up and running with our first win I'm sure we will show that.

"As a management team we have been in the game long enough to know when we have and have not got a good squad."