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title: "Opposition Danger Men: Stoke City"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
section: "Reports/Previews"
published: "2016-08-26T15:50:33Z"
modified: "2016-08-26T15:50:33Z"
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# Opposition Danger Men: Stoke City

Everton and Stoke have experienced very different starts to the new season. The Toffees currently sit in fifth place with four points from their first two games, whilst Stoke’s one point sees them occupy 17th place in the league table.

Everton’s latest result saw them come from behind to beat West Brom 2-1, with Koeman’s pragmatic approach proving vitally important in securing the three points. Stoke on the other hand, fell to a convincing loss to Manchester City, who sailed to a 4-1 victory.

Stoke continued to field new signing Joe Allen, who occupied the centre of the park throughout the fixture. Everton meanwhile, introduced Yannick Bolasie and Ashely Williams to the fold, with the former particularly impressing in his short cameo.

Both clubs remain highly active in the transfer market, and as the deadline quickly approach’s both managers will be desperate to secure last minute deals.

So here we look at the three Stoke players who could prove to be the biggest thorns in Everton’s proverbial side, and the one player who will be of most value to Ronald Koeman’s side if Everton are to emerge from the dust with all three points secure.

Let us know down below who you think Everton’s most important player will be.