Mark Elliott
BBC Radio Stoke's Stoke City commentator
Stoke City dominated the first half against Leicester City, threatened to fall apart in the second, and left the pitch simultaneously relieved and frustrated to have taken a point.
Parallels can be drawn between this game and the season as a whole.
A run which yielded 27 points from their first 14 games now looks like a start that will keep them out of trouble, rather than the platform for a promotion push that players, club and fans all hoped it would be.
A total of just 17 points from 19 games since then has left everyone involved searching for answers.
Over the past few weeks Stoke have been active in the transfer window, made a major change to the coaching staff, and experimented with personnel and formation, but wins continue to elude them.
None of the January signings have made the instant impact the club would have hoped for, although injuries have played a part in that.
The injury crisis Stoke have been dealing with for months has clearly played a huge part in a winless run which now stands at eight games in all competitions, but the players that are fit - even the ones forced to play out of position to cover for the absent players - must feel like they have the quality to have won matches during that run.
The changes, signings and experimentation may yield results over time, but patience is a precious commodity when a team is averaging less than a point per game.