WalthamOwl Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, megsonstheman said: This 100%. Very dodgy deals. Greedy horrible man, will take wednesday for every penny (not be the first!) Exactly this. Just read about how his time ended at Palace. Disgraceful. Chansiri really is a fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOwlsofDodworth Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 My views change like the wind. I think until end of the season is OK. Stop up. That's it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Be fine...until the fans come back I simply hate his brand of football, Wilkinsons side played more football than they were given credit for, sure some of it was long ball, but with a purpose, the team were fitter than most any other.... This squad...can you see them covering the ground such as Sterland did?...I can't...so whats Pulis gonna give us? WBA fans preferred relegation to him! 'Boro fans hated it I'm certainly not looking forward to the bloody thing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Solid appointment. Can't stand his style but I'm sick of losing footballer matches, Think of him as the plumber that comes in after a flood. Once he's sorted the problem, stopped the leak and tidied up we can get the decorators in. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls66 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Chansiri = Captain Clueless 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just now, RUMBELOWS91 said: Solid appointment. Can't stand his style but I'm sick of losing footballer matches, Think of him as the plumber that comes in after a flood. Once he's sorted the problem, stopped the leak and tidied up we can get the decorators in. You are basically describing a tampon? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imre Varadi's Conker Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, Hitcat said: Tony Pulis: the man that time and football forgot The announcement was so popular that in the immediate aftermath Middlesbrough’s website crashed. There were jubilant responses on Twitter. Fans made clear their relief at the news most felt had been a long time coming. Tony Pulis had been sacked. After a season of turgid, dismal football at the Riverside, a season in which Middlesbrough missed out on the playoffs having been ensconced in the top six for most of the year, there were very few dissenting voices. This, for most, was a welcome update. Boro’s supporters, by the end, had grown tired of Pulis and his insistence on playing the most functional, one-dimensional football imaginable. It was not that his team missed out on the playoffs; it was the manner in which they did so. They got close: one point behind sixth-placed Derby after winning their final two games of the season. But they fell short, and that, ultimately, was inexcusable. Even if they had reached the playoffs, it would not likely have changed the opinions of most Middlesbrough fans. The issue, for Pulis, is that his methods are increasingly outdated. Fans are no longer content to pay to watch 90 minutes of unadventurous, ugly football, regardless of the end result. Middlesbrough’s fans, by the end of this season, approached matchdays with a feeling closer to dread than anticipation. That is because they knew what would, without fail, be served up by Pulis’ team. Boro scored just 49 goals in 46 league games, fewer than all but four teams in the Championship, and two of those were relegated. That they finished seventh was due to a typically solid and well-organised defence: they let in just 41 goals, the joint-best record in the division. Pulis has argued that coming so close to the playoffs was a success, given he sold close to £50million worth of players last summer – the likes of Adama Traoré, Patrick Bamford and Ben Gibson all left – in order to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations. For that, he deserves credit, though Middlesbrough are hardly poverty-stricken. “Two years ago we invested heavily in the squad in terms of transfer fees and salaries in an attempt to regain our Premier League status,” chairman Steve Gibson said in a club statement. “This happened before Tony’s arrival. “Over the past 18 months Tony has been proactive, not only in the ambition to win football matches and promotion to the Premier League, but also in addressing our financial position in order to comply and respect the Championship Fair Play criteria. “He has ensured that the club is stable and strong for the future. He leaves us in excellent condition.” On the surface, then, it appears Pulis has done a respectable job. This season was hardly disastrous; it did not set the club back several years and they will again be amongst the favourites to challenge at the top of the Championship next season. As always, though, with Pulis, it all comes back to his dogmatism, to his refusal to even consider the possibility of playing more expansive football. The club’s fans, for the most part, were fed up with it, and wanted him gone. It did not help that Middlesbrough were often poor at home. They won just ten of their 23 games at the Riverside, losing seven and drawing six. They scored just 23 goals and often played unnecessarily defensively for a promotion-challenging team on their own turf. It was much different away from home, though. Over the course of the season, Boro created an average of just 1.1 big chances per 90 minutes, some way off the division’s pacesetters. They completed an average of 344.13 passes per game, which ranks 19th in the Championship. None of this is surprising, of course, but it highlights the dearth of entertainment at Middlesbrough over the course of the campaign. Inevitably, such a style of play does not endear a manager to the fans, particularly in the modern game, where most supporters feel entitled to a certain level of entertainment (Marcelo Bielsa and Daniel Farke have certainly provided that at Leeds United and Norwich City this season). There are others, too, who have suffered similar fates because of their refusal to conform to modernity. Chris Hughton was dismissed by Brighton largely due to his side’s consistently dour performances in the Premier League. Sam Allardyce and Mark Hughes are out of fashion, too, since their most recent and forgettable tenures in the top flight. It seems clubs are growing increasingly weary of Pulis and his ilk. The former Stoke and West Brom manager is undoubtedly effective in the right circumstances. But, after a while, he prompts a feeling of existentialism from fans: Why are we watching this unapologetically drab football? Would success even make it all worthwhile? The answer to the latter, for Middlesbrough, proved to be no. Pulis is gone, and he must now consider his next step wisely. If he does not change his approach, he may find himself faced again and again with an alienated group of fans and a dissatisfied chairman. YIPPPEEE, CAN'T WAIT! It's a bit like removing a butter knife from a child who's trying to stab himself and replacing it with a Stanley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruscol85 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 What do people want really? we were going nowhere but down with Monk its a short term deal until the season ends with a much greater chance of staying up Re-assess then, simples 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevtheowl Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Getting out of division is priority ! Not the style of football, Tony Pulis will do well for us. He has my backing !! UTO 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Neg Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Let's all thank COVID for saving us from damaged necks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrysgame Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 minute ago, the monk said: 5 -10 years ....really! Agree, it can all change very quickly in football. Look at dem blades, looking at Europe won minute, spend 80m and now looking at relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full fathom five Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 38 minutes ago, TodwickOwl said: Complete and utter shambles We make the right decision getting rid of Monk Completely ballsed it up by hiring this dinosaur Well done Chansiri - what a way to get the fans onboard. A joke. We really are the most regressive, backward thinking, no strategy, no plan, no clue mother f#cking club in the country. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, hertsowl said: For the love of God......Please don't!!!!! Pulis will be bad enough without dragging another dinosaur into the fold. We'll have to rename Hillsborough Jurassic Park. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just now, owls66 said: Chansiri = Captain Clueless I dont want pulis 1 bit .but chansiri knows we cant afford to go down .and if u look at the records of managerd we linked with pulis will give us best chance of staying up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Neg Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 The manager merry go round continues, jobs for the boys. Oh for a progressive appointment 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 minute ago, owls66 said: Chansiri = Captain Clueless If this appointment goes through, I agree. I generally try to be supportive of him but this is an astonishingly bad decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Monk to Pulis. fizz me. What a club. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 So...has it been confirmed that Pullis is in as manager ? Where ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dexter Morgan said: What’s wrong with Pulis am I missing something? An eye for football? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gob_Bluth Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 What players do we have that typifies a normal Pulis player? 6ft lump of a target man? Nope Tough tackling central midfielder? Nope Blood and guts defenders? Nope We don't have the players to play attacking football apparently, but all of a sudden we have the players for Pulisball, give your heads a wobble lads 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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