old_eastender Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Well he may have been only just superseded by SOD as the worst City manager of all time, but you cannot argue with what he achieved at Stoke and has now achieved in comfortably keeping palarse up... credit where it's due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Does it make me bitter if I hate the fact he's doing well? Can't deny he's done a fantastic job but **** me I hate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBibs Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Taken a team that looked doomed when he took over to a comfortable mid table position. A brilliant achievement - I Can only think of one other manager who has achieved similar this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepUpLino Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Taken a team that looked doomed when he took over to a comfortable mid table position. A brilliant achievement - I Can only think of one other manager who has achieved similar this season! Only difference is we have players who should be comfortably mid table.. do palace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Didn't Palace have 7 points when he took over? They now have 40. Incredible job whether you love him or hate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Never enjoyed TP's football while he was here....but given the correct backing and structure, it's obvious the man can do a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 His achievement in saving Crystal Palace in such a short period of time is only matched by his audacious attempt to almost destroy our club in a similar timeframe. The only reason I can bear to see him have some success is because it makes it less likely we will have the opportunity to offer him a job ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Doesn't he hold the record for the most 0-0 draws in a season at City? Bet the blue few wish they could have him now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 He was hated here because he said it would take four years to sort things out and get promoted to the Championship. He was wrong, it took longer! When he left we were comfortably mid-table, people just didn't like the emphasis being on not conceding goals rather than scoring. Afterwards under Tinman we played more entertaining football but look how it all ended (at Swansea, near the foot of the table). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spudski Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 He was hated here because he said it would take four years to sort things out and get promoted to the Championship. He was wrong, it took longer! When he left we were comfortably mid-table, people just didn't like the emphasis being on not conceding goals rather than scoring. Afterwards under Tinman we played more entertaining football but look how it all ended (at Swansea, near the foot of the table). It was despairing to watch under Pulis...in much the same way as SoD and Coppell were despised by many fans. All saw how bad the set up was here...and realised it would take many years to create a Club that had a strong foundation and could play League football without continually yo yoing between mid divisions. Plus as someone else has said... fans don't like being told the truth about their Club by an 'outsider' in much the same way as SoD and Coppell did ( cue EMB ) Take away GJ's fantastic run...like many smaller teams do achieve occasionally ( think Bournemouth now )...take away that...and we've always been a Club that struggles to maintain any stability. I look at teams like Stoke, Blackburn and Middlesbrough...and think there is no reason why we couldn't be like them in this modern day and age. This is why I feel this Club needs a massive transition period to get that foundation in place...unfortunately I think it will never happen, as the mindset seems to run deep here...in short term fix's. We panic... Fans, Board and owner all seem happy to keep going the way we have been and are just relying on a big slice of luck to get us their...pretty much like GJ had. To 'get their'... we need all the right infrastructure in place to stop us coming back down. If we can eventually sort that out...then maybe we could eventually achieve some sort of prolonged status in the Championship. It's crazy when you think about the potential support and amount of money ploughed into this Club, that we still find ourselves in mid table, in League 1 ( Division 3 ) , after all these years of being run as a Professional Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdliketoRogerMoore Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Taken a team that looked doomed when he took over to a comfortable mid table position. A brilliant achievement - I Can only think of one other manager who has achieved similar this season!nigel cough do I win a prize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Doesn't he hold the record for the most 0-0 draws in a season at City? Bet the blue few wish they could have him now! Wouldn't have thought so, he wasn't here long enough. I'd bet on that particular record being held by Russell Osman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Taken a team that looked doomed when he took over to a comfortable mid table position. A brilliant achievement - I Can only think of one other manager who has achieved similar this season! Darrell Clarke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 nigel cough do I win a prize No, because theyr'e not mid table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Well he may have been only just superseded by SOD as the worst City manager of all time, but you cannot argue with what he achieved at Stoke and has now achieved in comfortably keeping palarse up... credit where it's due. Pulis was worse than SOD in my eyes. Pulis took a team that was playing decent football in the Championship (but eventually ran out of games), and dismantled it by flogging Akinbiyi and letting Anderson go, to create a bland boring side. SOD was taking a rubbish relegated team and was trying to put the pieces in place to play football the right way, however results were awful, I'd grant you that. That Pulis season, I would have preferred to have stuck with Benny - he was just starting to turn things around, but we ran of out time as I said above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebristolred Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Let's not forget the amount of old, crocked **** he bought for us too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finbarr_in_z Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Whether he was good or bad, whenever he appeared on TV I always used ot shout "Evil $perm of Satan". My missus, who has no interest in football, now shouts it before I do, bless her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodbarmyarmy Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 "Triffic" .... you can take the boy out of Newport but you can't take Newport out of the boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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harvey54 Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Respect due. don't like the bloke, hated Stoke under his tenure but he should be Manager of the Season for what he's done at Palarse. Turd polisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Pulis was worse than SOD in my eyes. Pulis took a team that was playing decent football in the Championship (but eventually ran out of games), and dismantled it by flogging Akinbiyi and letting Anderson go, to create a bland boring side. SOD was taking a rubbish relegated team and was trying to put the pieces in place to play football the right way, however results were awful, I'd grant you that. That Pulis season, I would have preferred to have stuck with Benny - he was just starting to turn things around, but we ran of out time as I said above. Totally agreed. He signed a load of old, injury prone journeymen on big wages which hampered us for years afterwards. Pulis is the only manager we've had where I've seriously considered packing in going to watch. Credit where it's due though, he has done a tremendous job at Palace. That squad should have no logical right to survive in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Totally agreed. He signed a load of old, injury prone journeymen on big wages which hampered us for years afterwards. Pulis is the only manager we've had where I've seriously considered packing in going to watch. Credit where it's due though, he has done a tremendous job at Palace. That squad should have no logical right to survive in the PL. Under SOD, I DID pack up going to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 It was despairing to watch under Pulis...in much the same way as SoD and Coppell were despised by many fans. All saw how bad the set up was here...and realised it would take many years to create a Club that had a strong foundation and could play League football without continually yo yoing between mid divisions. Plus as someone else has said... fans don't like being told the truth about their Club by an 'outsider' in much the same way as SoD and Coppell did ( cue EMB ) Take away GJ's fantastic run...like many smaller teams do achieve occasionally ( think Bournemouth now )...take away that...and we've always been a Club that struggles to maintain any stability. I look at teams like Stoke, Blackburn and Middlesbrough...and think there is no reason why we couldn't be like them in this modern day and age. This is why I feel this Club needs a massive transition period to get that foundation in place...unfortunately I think it will never happen, as the mindset seems to run deep here...in short term fix's. We panic... Fans, Board and owner all seem happy to keep going the way we have been and are just relying on a big slice of luck to get us their...pretty much like GJ had. To 'get their'... we need all the right infrastructure in place to stop us coming back down. If we can eventually sort that out...then maybe we could eventually achieve some sort of prolonged status in the Championship. It's crazy when you think about the potential support and amount of money ploughed into this Club, that we still find ourselves in mid table, in League 1 ( Division 3 ) , after all these years of being run as a Professional Club. Blackburn and Middlesboro...its amazing what you can do with parachute payments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 It goes to show how bad some of our supporters opinions are when you see the likes of Pulis, Millen and others go onto work at a higher level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davros Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Well he may have been only just superseded by SOD as the worst City manager of all time, but you cannot argue with what he achieved at Stoke and has now achieved in comfortably keeping palarse up... credit where it's due. No hes the spawn of satan! I loath it every time one of his teams wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Blackburn and Middlesboro...its amazing what you can do with parachute payments Middlesboro were battling with us for a few years in League 1...they went forward...we didn't. Blackburn have always had a good set up, especially for such a small town. It's only since their new owner has come in that it's gone downhill. And it wasn't that long ago that Stoke were playing us in the LDV final... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tins Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 It goes to show how bad some of our supporters opinions are when you see the likes of Pulis, Millen and others go onto work at a higher level. Well not really. Different time, different situation. And no point did any of those 3 look Prem quality, be it managing or playing. If you can give me at least 5 situations each when they did then I'd agree with you. Bolasie scored 1 important goal for us, that was it. Millen and Pulis's record speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Pulis was worse than SOD in my eyes. Pulis took a team that was playing decent football in the Championship (but eventually ran out of games), and dismantled it by flogging Akinbiyi and letting Anderson go, to create a bland boring side. SOD was taking a rubbish relegated team and was trying to put the pieces in place to play football the right way, however results were awful, I'd grant you that. That Pulis season, I would have preferred to have stuck with Benny - he was just starting to turn things around, but we ran of out time as I said above. He was also the one who sold Jim Brennan and as part of the deal brought in John Burns from Forest. He explained that Burns would be the new Roy Keane. This was announced to a shocked crowd at one of the old AGMs when they were held at what was St George's School. Bloke was a ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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