Stoke City have confirmed that they've sacked Gary Rowett after their underwhelming Championship campaign so far.

The Potters only appointed the former Derby boss in the summer and he was expected to guide the side back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Rowett was backed in the transfer market significantly and Stoke started the season as favourites for the title.

However, things have not worked out all for the ex-Birmingham manager, with the Staffordshire side currently down in 14th position, eight points away from the play-offs.

The fans had grown increasingly angry too, with calls for the manager to go and criticism of his style of play heard regularly at fixtures in recent weeks.

Therefore, it's fair to say that the decision to remove Rowett as manager has gone down well with the Stoke support.

Here's how some of them reacted to the news on twitter...