Stoke City chairman Peter Coates won't tolerate any slackers in the final months of the season.

Coates has reminded Tony Pulis's players that their season is not over following their FA Cup exit at Liverpool.

He said: "It is vital for us to have a good end to the season and pick up as many points as we can. If we finish in the top half the financial aspects would be attractive and important to us in terms of our running of the club.

"And we should not under estimate the achievement of finishing in the top 10 if we can especially after such a long season and with such a large workload of fixtures."