Stoke City boss Mark Hughes expects Peter Crouch to be ribbed over his wife's TV show He said: "Will I be banning him from watching? I wouldn't think so, but I'm sure he understands the priority of a Sunday game. I've not had the conversation with him. Once it starts, I'm sure we'll hear some training ground banter. Hughes has also used Crouch sparingly since succeeding Tony Pulis and admitted the 32-year-old's chances of ending his international exile are remote. "I think Pete would love to still be involved on the international scene, but maybe that's not going to happen any more," he said. . Matthew Etherington could miss the game with whiplash, after being involved in a car accident yesterday morning. Etherington was travelling to Stoke's training ground in a taxi when another car crashed into the back of the vehicle, leaving the winger with severe pain in his neck.