Tony Pulis’ Record

[deano]

I'm not convinced we need a short term fix.

 

I would hope whoever we recruit is because DC thinks they are the right person for the job period, not just for one season.

 

The last thing we need is appointing a manager in view of changing again within months. 

 

You can make a case for Pulis, I'll get on board if it is him, although I would hope we appoint someone with a more modern approach.

[@owlstalk]

Just now, deano said:

You can make a case for Pulis, I'll get on board if it is him

 

I reckon 85%+ of fans wouldn’t 

[deano]

Just now, @owlstalk said:

 

I reckon 85%+ of fans wouldn’t 

I'm not trying to make a case for Pulis as already stated but people got behind Megson when we was winning. 

 

 

[Lump On]

39 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

 

 

Is he's good why does he keep getting sacked?

Why did Mourinho get sacked by Chelsea/ManUtd 

 

ALL MANAGERS GET SACKED

[Watto]

53 minutes ago, Holmowl said:

Stoke - 3 full seasons in Championship. 12th, 8th, 2nd. Kept them comfortably in Prem for 5 seasons. 
 

Palace - saved them from Prem relegation and got Prem Manager of Season

 

West Brom - kept them in Prem for two seasons.

 

Boro - towards top of Championship but no promotion.

 

Stoke - Championship 138 games, 1.54 ppg.

 

Stoke Prem - 190 games, 1.18 ppg

 

Palace Prem - 26 games, 1.46 ppg

 

WBA Prem - 106 games, 1.17 ppg

 

Boro Championship - 68 games, 1.68 ppg

 

Championship goals record:-

 

Pulis Average GF56 GA45

Owls 19/20 GF58 GA66

Owls 18/19 GF60 GA62

Owls 17/18 GF58 GA60

Owls 16/17 GF60 GA45

Owls 15/16 GF66 GA45

 

Good research .....looks ok on paper .....still dint want it though 

[Lump On]

All the fans don't rate Pulis but everyone in the game does.... 

 

He's achieved more than any other Wednesday manager we have had and its has simple as that, Pulis is in the Steve Bruce category for me.

[Holmowl]

15 minutes ago, 0114 said:

1.6 ppg at Boro is very good.
 

Easy to forget he got them 5th in 17/18. Then Gibson sells their 3 best players from that season in Ben Gibson, Patrick Bamford and Adama Traore. Only Gibson is replaced, with Aden Flint incidentally. 
 

The following he does quite well finishing 7th considering. 

He got Boro into a play-off spot all that second season but they tanked last 5 games. Not surprisingly the fans couldnt cope and he got sacked.

[Watto]

1 minute ago, Lump On said:

All the fans don't rate Pulis but everyone in the game does.... 

 

He's achieved more than any other Wednesday manager we have had and its has simple as that, Pulis is in the Steve Bruce category for me.

Without the personality 

[gurujuan]

13 minutes ago, yeadonowl said:

we dont have the squad to play that style of football and it would need multiple transfer windows to get to that stage

 

its all about the here and now, we need to do everything that is possible to remain in this division. 

 

if it means employing someone like Pulis for dour 1-0 wins then we are going to have to suck it up

 

This is what happens when the chairman dithers and does't act in the summer and lets the incumbent manager bring in a whole load of inadequate players

Not so in my opinion, one window would be sufficient to produce a balanced mid table championship side. Two signings could see us achieve that. A mobile centre forward,  a left back, and a switch of formations. Any half decent manager could get this side in the top half after one window
 

Westwood, Wildsmith or Sawson take your pick

 

Palmer

Iorfa

Borner

New left back

 

Brown

Luongo

Bannan

 

Harris

New number 9

Reach

[sheriwozgod]

If its Pulis then expect a flat back 4 with Flint and Lees  centrally..............and  Iorfa and Van Aken as full backs !!!

[gurujuan]

4 minutes ago, sheriwozgod said:

If its Pulis then expect a flat back 4 with Flint and Lees  centrally..............and  Iorfa and Van Aken as full backs !!!

Dunkley anchoring the midfield

[Holmowl]

2 minutes ago, gurujuan said:

Not so in my opinion, one window would be sufficient to produce a balanced mid table championship side. Two signings could see us achieve that. A mobile centre forward,  a left back, and a switch of formations. Any half decent manager could get this side in the top half after one window
 

Westwood, Wildsmith or Sawson take your pick

 

Palmer

Iorfa

Borner

New left back

 

Brown

Luongo

Bannan

 

Harris

New number 9

Reach

Your team includes two imaginary players, and a midfield three which has two players who hardly play.

 

It has a RB who blows warm and very cold. 

 

And there’s anywhere between 12 and 18 games before we can buy/loan new blood.

 

We need good strong experienced management now.

[sheriwozgod]

Just now, gurujuan said:

Dunkley anchoring the midfield

 

Yeah.....................alongside Paterson.

[Chris Apolon]

Pulis wouldn't be my first choice for a long term project - short term goal fine, but not to build something

 

However, compare his achievements against what his goals were for the majority of his career. I'm not talking about trophies, more what the expectations were for the clubs he joined.

 

How many managers have we had in the last 20 years that have either performed better in this league or league above before joining us or gone on to better things since?

 

Rest of the season, I'd be okay with it. I think we need a long term approach so like I said not my first choice, I'd also be quite interested to see if there is any appetite for Pulis and an assistant (Campbell, Neville) to be groomed for longer term approach and to get experience in the championship

[Suzuki_San]

I take solace in the fact that DC recently said that he told Bruce he "didn't like his style".  Surely then, he wouldn't go for Pulis. 

 

Right?

 

 

 

Guys?

[Lucas Joao's Tooth]

TP Wouldn't be my first choice however we could do a lot worse than TP, sick of this ridiculous trend "possession football" or "dinosaur manager" the aim of football is simple it's to win, We played possession football under CC and we couldn't break teams down in the 2nd season only having a handful of shots per game, now that's boring football. Unless your a elite club forget about this fantasy of possession and playing out from the back nonsense possession doesn't win football matches, goals do, how we get them i don't care.

TP would instantly make us harder to beat, scrap the 3-5-2 nonsense and get a back 4, with our players we will be comfortable with that, Borner, Flint & Lees all suit it much better.

I also think you'd start to see a settled strikeforce getting minutes under there belt, everyone is so fast to write them off but the formation we were playing absolutely killed them.

[Quist]

57 minutes ago, pazowl55 said:

I think we are looking beyond stopping us now. Monk would have kept us up. Chansiri wants a playoff push.

I actually think ou are correct.

[Holmowl]

5 minutes ago, Lucas Joao's Tooth said:

TP Wouldn't be my first choice however we could do a lot worse than TP, sick of this ridiculous trend "possession football" or "dinosaur manager" the aim of football is simple it's to win, We played possession football under CC and we couldn't break teams down in the 2nd season only having a handful of shots per game, now that's boring football. Unless your a elite club forget about this fantasy of possession and playing out from the back nonsense possession doesn't win football matches, goals do, how we get them i don't care.

TP would instantly make us harder to beat, scrap the 3-5-2 nonsense and get a back 4, with our players we will be comfortable with that, Borner, Flint & Lees all suit it much better.

I also think you'd start to see a settled strikeforce getting minutes under there belt, everyone is so fast to write them off but the formation we were playing absolutely killed them.

Agree mostly.

 

But I suspect any manager including Pulis will have little choice other than play 352ish until the window.

 

We don’t have a LB in the club and we have 127 CBs.

 

And let’s be honest, if it is Pulis, those 3 big CBS are going to form a very important part of our strategy. Personally I’d be quite excited to see Bannan and Brown stood over free-kicks with a Pulis-organised Iorfa, Lees and Borner waiting to attack the cross.

[gurujuan]

7 minutes ago, Lucas Joao's Tooth said:

TP Wouldn't be my first choice however we could do a lot worse than TP, sick of this ridiculous trend "possession football" or "dinosaur manager" the aim of football is simple it's to win, We played possession football under CC and we couldn't break teams down in the 2nd season only having a handful of shots per game, now that's boring football. Unless your a elite club forget about this fantasy of possession and playing out from the back nonsense possession doesn't win football matches, goals do, how we get them i don't care.

TP would instantly make us harder to beat, scrap the 3-5-2 nonsense and get a back 4, with our players we will be comfortable with that, Borner, Flint & Lees all suit it much better.

I also think you'd start to see a settled strikeforce getting minutes under there belt, everyone is so fast to write them off but the formation we were playing absolutely killed them.

You be missing the point a bit, it wasn’t that we couldn’t break teams down in season 2 under Carlos, it was more about teams not being able to break us down Under Carlos though, it wasn’t booting it anywhere, it was controlled football. Controlling the games, allowed us to win plenty of games with the minimum of shots We finished higher than we did in season 1

[Holmowl]

41 minutes ago, matthefish2002 said:

 

Like I said I would have took Tony Pulis of 10 years ago but think he is past it now.

I know 2017 feels like 10 years ago mate, but it’s only 3.