Paul Lambert believes Wolves could have scored more in win at Stoke

Paul Lambert believes his Wolves side could have won by an even bigger margin as they beat Stoke 2-0 in the FA Cup.

Wolves recorded their first win in the competition for six years as goals either side of the break from Helder Costa and Matt Doherty gave them a deserved success.

It was the most notable result of Lambert's tenure after he took charge two months ago and he feels he is now starting to make his mark.

"I thought we were great, I really did, right from the off. The whole performance from start to finish was terrific," Lambert said.

"We could have been two or three up before we even scored. We look like a team that's full of confidence at the minute.

"You need time to put your own stamp on things, you're never going to do it within three or four weeks. You won't even do it within three or four months.

"You need about a full season to get your point across properly but there is an accumulation of things now happening at the club.

"We've been working hard on certain things and there's a lot of confidence in the group, a lot of good play and a lot of young players coming through and involved.

"It's a lot better place now than when I came in, that's for sure but we need to keep going. Wolves is a big club with a big fan base and I think they can recognise now what can happen.

"We have a good young side who are still growing and who will take another few years to it their full potential, some of them, but the future is very good."

Wolves looked far sharper than their Premier League hosts from the outset and Stoke manager Mark Hughes replaced both Bojan and Giannelli Imbula at the break.

In the former's case, there is the possibility that could have been his last appearance for the club given he has been linked with a January departure.

Hughes said: "You can read into Bojan and Imbula, they weren't making an impact and we needed to change things. That's the top and bottom of it.

"We lost the game on the first half. The strength of the team we put out should have been capable of getting a result.

"You need luck and their keeper made several saves but ultimately we weren't good enough on the day and we have to give them credit.

"We wanted a cup run, sadly that's not the case and that's disappointing. We need to pick ourselves up and get our act together next week now."