Former Stoke boss Lou Macari said this week the Stoke players played with "far more passion than Newcastle", and if the game was judged on 'will to win' "Stoke will win hands down".Shearer knows the game will be rough and tumble.
Alan Shearer: "It will be our next test of character.
"It will be a totally different test to the Chelsea game, but certainly it will be every bit as tough, we know that for sure."