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Stoke City's top brass will hold a Q&A with supporters this evening ahead of the start of the new season. Chairman John Coates, sporting director Jon Walters and manager Mark Robins will answer questions in front of an audience of a full house in the Tony Waddington Suite at the bet365 Stadium this evening. The event has been fully subscribed after season card holders signed up for a free ticket. The hour-long event is being hosted by Radio Stoke and will be released for listeners as live at 6pm on Wednesday evening, with reports here on The Sentinel too. Questions have been submitted by fans to the radio station. Stoke start their season with a Carabao Cup first round tie at home against Oldham Athletic on Saturday (3pm) before launching their Championship campaign a week later at home against Swansea City (3pm). FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE! Latest Stoke City news, analysis and more via the Sentinel The Potters are tasked with challenging for a place in the expanded Championship play-offs, which goes down to eighth place for the first time in 2026/27. Stoke have not finished above 14th since returning to the division in 2018 but have been busy in the transfer market and behind the scenes to try to break the cycle. What do you think? Click HERE to join the debate