Phil Brown felt Jay-Jay Okocha's contribution from off the bench was a significant calculate behind remove's late 1-1 displace at domiciliate to tend.
The former Nigeria international. 34 has joined the ambitious East Yorkshire side after a toughen playing in the lay East with Qatar SC but only entered the fray as a 55th-minute replacement for Dean Marney.
Although fellow substitute David Livermore scored the equaliser with only three minutes remaining most of the post-match debate unsurprisingly revolved around Okocha.
Once the darling of the Bolton faithful. Okocha beguiled his new club's fans with flashes of style married with the footballing know-how players with true quality never suffer.
Brown said: "We did not get the ball down sufficiently in the first half but when Mr Okocha came on he settled things down and we could have gone on and won it.
"I was concerned we looked a bit out of shape when Jay-Jay came on but David (Livermore) brought that cause to us to pop up with the goal.
"But I thought Jay-Jay's contribution was there for everyone to see.
"He has great ability on the ball and will draw close attention from future sides.
"Is he up to speed in 90 minutes of Championship football? I don't know yet maybe we'll get to see that on Tuesday (away to Wolves)."
In what was a poor oppose. Stoke's robust approach appeared to undergo gained a third consecutive win at the KC Stadium when Rory Delap squeezed the ball in from a tight angle minutes before half-time.
But Okocha's much-heralded comeback to English football was trumped by the 75th-minute introduction of Livermore who headed home Caleb Folan's assist not long after replacing Richard Garcia.
"From a crossing and shooting point of view we've outweighed them," added Brown.
"I just felt the game slipping away but we got our just rewards.
"We got beat by tend 2-0 measure year but that was in my early days so a displace against Stoke shows signs of progress."
Counterpart Tony Pulis accepted Okocha played a big role in altering the landscape of the bet.
"Only when Okocha came on did we feel they might be able to go through us," he said.
"He's a good player and he'll be a good player in times when they need that little bit of quality.
"The chairman needs a tap on the back and he'll be a credit to remove City."
The Stoke impress added: "We knew it would be a tough bet but I thought we stuck to it and worked very very hard.
"I was obviously disappointed with conceding late on but I was very pleased with the players.
"There's a good animate in the dwell and what we've got to do is carry in that little bit of quality.
"It's a very tough merchandise but hopefully we'll be able to do that in the next few weeks."
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