Stoke fan and season ticket holder here. I was interested in what barca fans were saying about Bojan given his rich vein of form.
I can tell you that out first two home games of the season we lost and a large amount of stoke fans didn't believe that bojan was capable to fit in our team. Bojan started both those games and was poor. After that he did not play for a good few games while the coaches worked on bojan himself and how he can fit into our system. It turns out that we actually changed things to accomodate him and built our attack around bojan playing behind the striker.
He has started the last 5 games and has been the stand out player in every game . Our average players are playing better and everything goes through him. What interests and excites me more than his creativity and his ability to dictate play is his desire to put the pressure on, chase lost causes and tackle. He has made a few notable tackles in the opponents half that have created opportunities. He does not mind getting stuck in which Rudd gullit noticed and commented on after watching stoke as a tv pundit. Gullit had said that he never did anything of he sort when playing for Ajax and he would know.
5 games doesn't make a great season but the signs are that he can be a the difference for stoke. We do expect now that teams will be wary of his threat and will do more to stop him play. It will be interesting to see how he responds to that. He certainly has the ability to stifle any such plans.