Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is delighted with the way his players have embraced his rotation policy for their Europa League run this season.

Potters have lost only two of their 15 games in all competitions this term.

And Pulis says: "Everybody, as a professional footballer, wants to play - if you have signed a professional contract, you want to play football.

"The big thing that we have tried to stress on the management side is that with us being in so many competitions and with so many games coming around, everybody is going to play a part and play games.

"Robert Huth got all our player of the year awards last year and hasn't been regular this year.

"But Huthy has got his head down and worked hard, and he hasn't been a problem.

"It's the same with Rory Delap, who has also been in and out - he would have wanted to play every game.

"But if you watch us train and see the attitude around the place it is fantastic, and that is what I want."