{"id":287258,"date":"2011-03-02T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/rory-delap-stoke-cannot-afford-to-lose-points-from-winning-positions\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T20:11:00","slug":"rory-delap-stoke-cannot-afford-to-lose-points-from-winning-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/rory-delap-stoke-cannot-afford-to-lose-points-from-winning-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory Delap: Stoke cannot afford to lose points from winning positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ian Murphy<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Mar 2011 20:11:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.6573529412\">\n<div readability=\"18.1805555556\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Rory Delap - Ryan Shawcros - Jonathan Walters, Stoke City v West Bromwich \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c65d17cb125146_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL : Rory Delap &#8211; Ryan Shawcros &#8211; Jonathan Walters, Stoke City v West Bromwich <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"31.1368846932\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/717\/stoke-city\">Stoke City<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/2088\/rory-delap\">Rory Delap<\/a> says his team cannot afford to drop points from winning positions after Monday night&#8217;s 1-1 draw with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/112\/west-bromwich\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Delap, who is more noted for his assists rather than his goals, gave the Potters the lead in the Premier League clash &#8211; only for Carlos Vela to come off the bench and nick a point for the Baggies with just three minutes left.<\/p>\n<p>It was only the second time this season that Stoke have failed to secure three points from a winning position and Delap does not want it to become a habit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last 20 minutes [against West Brom] wasn&#8217;t good enough,&#8221; Delap told <em>BBC Radio Stoke<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we&#8217;re going to progress this year, whether we go for the second goal or not, we need to see games out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Potters now face West Ham United twice in just eight days &#8211; travelling to Upton Park for a Premier League clash this weekend before hosting an FA Cup quarter-final between the two teams the following weekend.<\/p>\n<p>And Delap is confident that his side can forget about their slip-up at the end of the West Brom game and perform like they have done for the majority of the season when they travel down to London this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re a very good side and they&#8217;re proving that,&#8221; the  34-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to do what we did for the first 60 minutes  (against West Brom). &#8220;If we do that, we&#8217;ll get a result down there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/><\/em><br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c65d17cb125146_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/02\/2376391\/rory-delap-stoke-cannot-afford-to-lose-points-from-winning\" title=\"Rory Delap: Stoke cannot afford to lose points from winning positions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rory Delap: Stoke cannot afford to lose points from winning positions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ian Murphy 2 Mar 2011 20:11:00 EPL : Rory Delap &#8211; Ryan Shawcros &#8211; Jonathan Walters, Stoke City v West Bromwich Related Links Teams Players Stoke City midfielder Rory Delap says his team cannot afford to drop points from winning positions after Monday night&#8217;s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion . Delap, who is more noted for his assists rather than his goals, gave the Potters the lead in the Premier League clash &#8211; only for Carlos Vela to come off the bench and nick a point for the Baggies with just three minutes left. It was only the second time this season that Stoke have failed to secure three points from a winning position and Delap does not want it to become a habit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rory Delap: Stoke cannot afford to lose points from winning positions - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/rory-delap-stoke-cannot-afford-to-lose-points-from-winning-positions\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rory Delap: Stoke cannot afford to lose points from winning positions - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ian Murphy 2 Mar 2011 20:11:00 EPL : Rory Delap - Ryan Shawcros - Jonathan Walters, Stoke City v West Bromwich Related Links Teams Players Stoke City midfielder Rory Delap says his team cannot afford to drop points from winning positions after Monday night&#039;s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion . 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