Stoke City matchwinner Peter Crouch hopes to force his way into manager Mark Hughes' starting XI.

Crouch came off the bench to nod home Stoke's winner against Hull City on Saturday.

"When you're on the bench it's frustrating as you want to be out there.

"I try to make an impact when I come on - and the biggest impact is to score a goal.

"But the attitude we have is that if we're not playing, we're not going to moan and sulk and start throwing boots around. When given the opportunity we are just going to try to do as well as we can.

"Hopefully Charlie (Adam, the Stoke midfielder who also came off the bench on Saturday and set up Crouch's goal) and I have given the manager (Mark Hughes) something to think about."