Stoke Citys direct, style of play, is a welcomed throwback to when English football was a complete contrast to the tika-taka, po se sion based technical style of football we see now in the Premier League.Through the powerful medium of the media, Stokes style of play, is far from being praised, but is castigated and heavily criticised by sections of football, but above all else its very effective and also has kept the working cla s club; Stoke City, in the Premier League for four seasons now. Stoke are unique team, who typify the old fashioned English game, its great to see that a team like Stoke are keeping the traditional style of English football alive in the top flight which is why Stoke City as club and team, deserve more praise than criticism they received Stanley Johnson Jersey in sections of the media throughout their succe sful stay in the top flight of the Premier League.As much as Pulis and his team are being criticised for their style, they surely doing something right and deserve praise for offering an original style to the game which is rarity to see. Sir Alex Ferguson labelled Stoke City, as the green giants, before their game against United, because of their players were the tallest in Europe and the aerial threat they cause. Its just another dig at Stoke City, which Pulis says countle s times, is used as a incentive by the players to work harder and upset the odds.There appears to be a growing clamour, particularly amongst sections of the media and football for Stoke to suddenly change style, to become more progre sive and evolve the football to more pa sing and po se sion style game. But Caron Butler Jersey I ask the question, why should, the club should change their roots, if it has served them so well for a long time now and they avoid relegation every season and finish in safe middle table? Tony Pulis, is not going to suddenly, change his style, to a variation of Spanish tiki-taka football. In football, you dont fix something which isnt broken in football.These critics have however on many occasions been silenced, particularly when Stoke City reached the FA Cup final in 2011 and proved to the watching world of football they can mix their direct approach to the game with pa sing and offensive style. I think, this season Stoke City will prove those critics of their style wrong further; with their marquee signings; Charlie Adam, Steven NZonzi and Michael Owen, they will evolve their style of play further and will mix up their effective direct football with more po se sion and offensive style of play.As much as the media slate the style of play, Stoke are the best team in the league, at making use of their own strengths and it paid of for them with four succe sful seasons in the top flight and now they rightly earn a reputation which often said by pundits, that Stoke can stand their own against any of the elite top 4. Some marquee signings have arrived and been attracted by Pulis style and philosophy of football such as; Peter Crouch, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate, Charlie Adam and now Michael Owen has joined too.Stoke have evolved this season and will further evolve as the season progre ses, this is partly due to new signings; Steven NZonzi and Charlie Adam offering the offensive and technical players they need to play more pa sing style. It was notable against Man City Isiah Thomas Jersey and Arsenal at the Brit that the new summer signings had added the much needed options in midfield. Have Stoke shown any signs of evolution of their footballing identity since their dbut season? More pertinently, should Stoke change anything about their approach to the game?What, is so effective about Stoke City, as a club is how physical they are, they never lie down to any of the top 4 teams who last season couldnt muster a win at the Britannia Stadium. This makes, Stoke, certainly a competitive, following on from the draw with Manchester City in March 2012, Pulis commented on the competitive nature of the Premier League, No club and this is why it will be exciting right until the end goes Detroit Pistons Jersey anywhere, or should go anywhere, to any ground and do sometimes what Barcelona and Real Madrid do to teams in Spain. And that is just play a game and just walk through it.Lets make no bones about it Stoke City are an effective and direct football team who play to their strengths. Stoke dont have a Xavi, Iniesta or Fabregas who can fling pa ses neatly around the pitch playing the pa sing game until the opponent is worn out. However the effective and direct style of football gets Stoke their results. There are no worries about Stoke getting sucked into a relegation battle, they can push for top 10 finish this season if they mix the right amount of style and tactics. Praise has to go to Tony Pulis and his management team who seem to have turned Stoke City Ish Smith Jersey into one of the most organised and hardest teams to break down in the Premier League and without doubt he has succe sfully used his limited resources, compared to other clubs, to great effect.The style imposed by Pulis has brought them this far, as many Stoke fans will tell you to make the next step in the clubs history, this evolution of the teams style been shown in parts against Man City, Arsenal and Swansea this season so far. The foundations are in place and Stoke just need to progre s to the next step by evolving their style of play further which with the signings of Charlie Adam and Steven NZonzi they have done and its something I expect Pulis and his management to develop throughout this season. Pulis himself recognises this and said in many post match interviews after the game against the bigger teams, that he brought more technical players this season such as Charlie Adam and NZonzi because they can hold the ball for longer and offer the team the ability to calve teams open and create more chances. Stoke will evolve this season and with this will make that other step forward in the clubs history and move into the top 10 in the Premier League this season.