Alan Pardew: "It leaves us in the position where we're in the bottom three and we have to fight.
"I have to fight and the team have to fight and that's what we'll continue to do until we can turn it around.
"I think (himself and owner Mike Ashley) we'll have some serious conversations before Saturday because he doesn't want to lose and nor do I.
"I think it's important I show to the team that I'm here to lead the team.
"I've never really been in this situation before. It's a bit unique, but I'm a professional football manager, that's what I do and that's what I'll continue to do.
"It's a tough place to come stoke on any given day, but today was tough for us.
"Slight margins in the game (were to blame) but unfortunately it was another defeat for us and we can't keep getting beaten so we're going to have to address that.
"That's been our problem probably for most of the season really (the final third letting them down).
"We've got to find a little bit more quality there. Our delivery, our method a little bit let us down in that area.
"We're going to need to make a couple of changes I think to the starting 11 to give ourselves a bit more thrust.
"We just need something in that final area, someone to create the moment. We've had a few chances tonight. Unfortunately tonight we weren't able to get that.
"Cisse obviously was not quite match fit. He got the two goals for us last weekend, but it probably showed (in the) second half tonight that he's not quite there but he'll be a big player for us.
"Stoke defend really well, they get their midfield in tight to the back four and make it very difficult for you but we just didn't come up with the answer tonight."