Caretaker Ryan Shawcross is handing over the keys to Mark Robins after overseeing a hard-fought draw at Burnley. Here are the talking points from a wet and wild Turf Moor.

Ryan Shawcross makes an instant impact

Ryan Shawcross has done an excellent job in under a week as caretaker boss. He’s come in, spelled out what Stoke City means, absolutely nailed it and taken four points from two promotion-chasing teams. He inherited a group that had looked horribly short of confidence on Boxing Day but left Turf Moor walking tall, taking deserved applause from an appreciative away end.

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He said: “I'm sure there will be an uplift with the new manager coming in too. I'm sure they'll be buzzing on Saturday, which is what you want. If you get fans engaged and they enjoy it more, they'll help you and what's the point of having fans if you're not getting them to help you? If you're sitting there passively in a defensive block, it's very difficult to get (the crowd going) and fans get a bit bored. I want action-packed football, I want to see us trying to score. I'd rather risk a point and lose by going for it.”

Getting the best out of Junior Tchamadeu

There are a few players you could single out from the Shawcross games, such as Ashley Phillips and Ben Wilmot in the middle of defence or Viktor Johansson as captain.

But let’s just take a minute for Junior Tchamadeu, who has had some tough moments over the last few months but was prepared to really get stuck in this week, in a large part thanks to simple messaging from the coach.

Shawcross said: “I think you need to put demands on people and expectations. With Junior it was athleticism, sprints up and down and being aggressive. I watched a few clips from the Leeds game when he was passive in his defending so I asked him to gain the winger. I think he's better when he's on the front foot going into it, not as good when he's overthinking things. It was a simple message: go and get in their face, be aggressive, use your physicality. That's what he's done.”

Two clean sheets in a row

Shawcross was first to admit that Stoke might have lost both of these games but instead they got their reward by being positive. Two clean sheets in a row for the first time this season.

"I love clean sheets,” he said. “When you've got a clean sheet it gives you a massive chance to be in the game. Viktor wasn't worked as much today, which was pleasing, the two centre-halves were top notch and Goochy, I told him afterwards, was a lot better than he was on Sunday. Today he looked like a top left-back. Junior added to a top performance on Sunday.

"The back four were tremendous. It's a lot to ask them to go again but their attitude, application and understanding of what I wanted, how I wanted it - knowing that we would be exposed at times - was top notch."

Two better second halves in a row

A nod to Shawcross for being able to make the most of half-time team talks. Stoke stepped up a gear against Sunderland and again against Burnley when they came back out.

Shawcross said: “We've got two brilliant analysts and Liam Lawrence up in the stands feeding stuff back. You always have a game plan but sometimes you can veer off it slightly and in the first half we were too passive. I wanted a bit more aggression in the press - and then in the transitions we didn't quite have the quality. I showed the lads the advantage of being first to the ball. We had a lovely TV screen in the middle of the changing room so I could show them clips so they understand what I wanted. I wanted more from Junho, more from Koumas, in possession. We saw that in the second half."

First minute chant highlights daft decision from FA

That must be a first, or at least very rare. Two chants about the referee within the first 10 seconds of the match, when he had only blown for kick-off. “Gavin Ward, it’s all about you,” was the more polite one.

It was a surprise that the FA decided to give a Stoke game to Gavin Ward, whose horror show in charge at QPR in November added to a long list of grievances about how he has handled the Potters over the last few years.

It was a daft assignment and put unnecessary extra pressure on an official who many would suggest was already struggling.

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