rjw63 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Sacked in other words http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/tony-pulis-leaves-stoke-city-1902582 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Cliched line coming up. Be careful what you wish for Stoke fans, look at Charlton Athletic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Be interesting to see who get's that job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Eck's dream job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 spent as much money as MON and this never got mentioned in media. he did well for them but only way is down for Stoke unless go for similar type manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 21, 2013 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2013 Ideas above their station them potties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 An incredible stat here, but not surprising. Of Stoke's 190 Premier League games since promotion in 2008, they have had >50% possession in only 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 An incredible stat here, but not surprising. Of Stoke's 190 Premier League games since promotion in 2008, they have had >50% possession in only 13. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Be interesting to see who get's that job! Clive Woodward is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Silly move, they will plummet now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Gasp Didn't expect that tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Benitez next manager ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) Is Wenger now the only manager in the Premier League to be at his current club for more than 3 years? Edited May 21, 2013 by packoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Is Wenger is now the only manager in the Premier League to be at his current club for more than 3 years? Quite sad isn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Silly move, they will plummet now. They were plummeting with him though, drastically. It was always a situation that was going to happen due to Pulis refusing to move the team forward and build for the future. What they've been left with is a load of ageing players on pretty big wages, no sell on fees. The one trick and saving grace of long throw ins no longer gets them an extra 6-7 points a season and it's the sort of team that revolves around high team spirit and high work rate, but when that goes, they are left with nothing and I think it's starting to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 21, 2013 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2013 For Stoke and Pulis, see Charlton Athletic and Curbishley or see Blackburn Rovers and Allardyce.Teams with ideas above their station getting bored with the safety of midtable mediocrity are not a new thing and neither is being careful what you wish for.Stoke have one of the most tailored and specific styles of play in the Premier League. It's all their players know. If they bring in a manager incompatible with that style for next season (and it'll be hard not to) then I can see them struggling big time.Given how they play, I'd actually say Mick McCarthy would be a good replacement for Pulis. I'm certainly not a fan of his but I think he'd be a decent fit for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 They have been as you said since being promoted. I can't see the differences between this season and last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Is Wenger is now the only manager in the Premier League to be at his current club for more than 3 years? So who is the second longest running manager? Martinez? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 The thing is though BOF is that Stoke have had money to spend, lots of money and the way they play is generally the way a team with a lower budget would play to forge a hard working/'no messing/no superstars style approach. Pulis has wasted a fortune, he's refusing to take the team to a next level and move them forward, he has had the luxury to do this but his stubborn personality stopped it. I think it's fairly reasonable to be critical of Pulis' era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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