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Tony Pulis

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Tony Pulis

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  • Born


  • Birth place


    Pillgwenlly, Wales

  • Nationality


    Wales

  • Gender


    Male

  • Position


    Defender

  • Height


    5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Tony Pulis

Soccer

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Anthony Richard Pulis (born 16 January 1958) is a Welsh football manager and former footballer who was most recently the manager of Sheffield Wednesday. Pulis obtained his FA coaching badge at age 19, followed by his UEFA 'A' licence aged 21 – making him one of the youngest professional players ever to have obtained the qualification. His son, Anthony, was a professional footballer and played at Stoke. Pulis had a 17-year career as a defender where he played for Bristol Rovers, Newport County, Bournemouth and Gillingham. He also had a short spell in Hong Kong with Happy Valley. Pulis took his first steps into management at Bournemouth, where he was a player/coach and then Harry Redknapp's assistant. He then took control when Redknapp left the club. He then went on to Gillingham before leaving in 1999 after a dispute with chairman Paul Scally. Pulis then had unsuccessful spells at Bristol City and Portsmouth before being appointed manager of Stoke City in 2002. He guided Stoke through a tough 2002–03 season avoiding relegation to the Second Division on the final day of the season. He spent two more seasons with Stoke before being sacked by Stoke's Icelandic board for "failing to exploit the foreign market". He spent the 2005–06 season at Plymouth Argyle before returning to Stoke along with Peter Coates. After narrowly missing out on a play-off spot in the 2006–07 season he guided Stoke to the Premier League in the 2007–08 season by finishing runners-up in the Championship. With Stoke amongst the favourites for relegation upon their return to the top flight after a 23-year absence, Stoke went on to comfortably survive and finished in 12th position. Pulis made history during the 2010–11 season as he guided Stoke to their first FA Cup Final after beating Bolton Wanderers 5–0 in the semi-final. The Potters, however, lost the final 1–0 to Manchester City, but had the consolation of qualifying for European football. In the UEFA Europa League, Stoke lost 2–0 on aggregate in the round of 32 to Spanish giants Valencia. The 2012–13 season saw Stoke make little progress and Pulis left the club by mutual consent on 21 May 2013. Pulis returned to management on 23 November 2013 joining Crystal Palace on a two-and-a-half-year contract. He guided Palace away from relegation, to their highest Premier League finish of 11th in 2013–14, which earned him the Premier League Manager of the Season award. He left the club, however, shortly before the start of the subsequent season. He joined West Bromwich Albion in January 2015, a post he held until November 2017. Pulis achieved a top half finish with West Brom in the 2016–17 season, finishing 10th, but the club made a poor start to the following season, culminating in his sacking. On Boxing Day 2017, Pulis was appointed manager of Middlesbrough, a post he held until May 2019. On 13 November 2020, Pulis returned to management when he was named manager of Sheffield Wednesday, however on 28 December he was sacked after only 10 games in charge.

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fatzooma

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Feels a shame to watch it all to pass judgement and comment but after watching 2 minutes I admire the man and true my believe he’s what’s needed.

touch of the Jack Charltons in terms of his working class roots.

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Bearwood Owl1

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I really enjoyed that. I'm genuinely buzzing that he's taken over. A solid, working class, experienced manager. He'll get the fans and the team. Good luck Tony Pulis. 

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Ellis Rimmer

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Just now, Bearwood Owl1 said:

I really enjoyed that. I'm genuinely buzzing that he's taken over. A solid, working class, experienced manager. He'll get the fans and the team. Good luck Tony Pulis. 

Me too, but then I watched the Kitson interview. Stick where you are lol 

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Incognito Owl

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Someone said on another thread with this video that the bloke at 14:50 on the left is a young chansiri.:Chansiri:lol  

"The trouble with "lessons from history" is that we usually read them best after falling flat on our chins."   

 

"Girls are simply wonderful. Just to stand on a corner and watch them go past is delightful. They don't walk. At least not what we do when we walk. I don't know how to describe it, but it's much more complex and utterly delightful. They don't move just their feet; everything moves and in different directions . . . and all of it graceful."  Starship Troopers, Amen!        

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2 hours ago, Bearwood Owl1 said:

I really enjoyed that. I'm genuinely buzzing that he's taken over. A solid, working class, experienced manager. He'll get the fans and the team. Good luck Tony Pulis. 

A solid working class manAgee who wheedled 2 million from Palace to buy and took 1,000s of pounds from Gillingham in commission for flogging players. He’s a touch avaricious to be a genuine working class hero. 

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2 hours ago, Bearwood Owl1 said:

I really enjoyed that. I'm genuinely buzzing that he's taken over. A solid, working class, experienced manager. He'll get the fans and the team. Good luck Tony Pulis. 

I don’t see what his class status has to do with anything?

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7 minutes ago, rickygoo said:

A solid working class manAgee who wheedled 2 million from Palace to buy and took 1,000s of pounds from Gillingham in commission for flogging players. He’s a touch avaricious to be a genuine working class hero. 

Love a phone! 

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Incognito Owl

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2 hours ago, Eggy Bread said:

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now. It could be blessing in disuise. He has expereince and maybe he can bring some grit and determination back.

Go the T1000.  Get to the CHOPPER!!  or the prem....1448711211_T.Pullis(terminator).jpg.b7284bb301496616a63546243f48af5e.jpg

lolLove the photo, TP1000.

"The trouble with "lessons from history" is that we usually read them best after falling flat on our chins."   

 

"Girls are simply wonderful. Just to stand on a corner and watch them go past is delightful. They don't walk. At least not what we do when we walk. I don't know how to describe it, but it's much more complex and utterly delightful. They don't move just their feet; everything moves and in different directions . . . and all of it graceful."  Starship Troopers, Amen!        

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13 minutes ago, The Hoppy Hopper said:

Really enjoyed that. He seems to be a very intelligent man with excellent communication skills. Hopefully he will be able to use those skills to get the best out our players.

It was a decent watch wasn't it mate. Really hope he's more of a success than many are expecting and hope we give him enough time to turn things around.

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