[Salopbaggie]

I suppose Tibby, living where I do in 'Stokeland' I saw all this coming way back to when Pulis was appointed and I was the only one on this site who voiced the anti-Pulis warnings and all I got was flack for having the temerity to air my views.

Hey, ho Tibby, it's only a game and sometimes I really wish I didn't hold the loyalty and affection that I do for my club, but love them I do and to see them like this really hurts.

Baggieman I think we were grateful for the insight from Stokeland but I think you were a way from being "the only one" on the site who voiced warnings, look back at some of the threads from last January, "Pullis going to Cardiff" is a good example.  Comments like "Does anyone genuinely want TP?" "I wouldn't want Tony Pulis anywhere near the Albion" "might as well bring Stevie Clarke back before even considering Tony" " Albion fans how could you contemplate Pulis as manager. We are better than that surely!" to relate a few.

Granted others were saying "get in quick JP before we miss him". 

Eitherway keep up the campaign, its growing by the day  

[Squirrel Regis]

Baggieman,
Even O J Simpsons lawyer couldn't defend that today !

[Worldclassalbion]

Rondon ran his knackers off today for the cause. He's a good striker and can't be blamed for anything imo.

Sadly West Bromwich Albion in the last few seasons is where Strikers come to die.

Baggieman as a side note TP was required last season in a lot of fans opinions (including my own) and he did a job. I don't think anyone wanted him long term but that's what was agreed between him and the Board.

As for now I've tried to trust him but as I've stated on other threads I can't go anymore although I'm a season ticket holder because I can't watch that rubbish every week. Even if we were in top half I couldn't watch it.

I listened today and turned it off on 50 minutes. I don't love him or hate him but I think he needs to go now, it's not Anti football as you call it, its just shite.

[brokenmanrepaired]

Baggieman,
Even O J Simpsons lawyer couldn't defend that today !

The football may be dire but the quality of the contributions to this thread have been wonderful and had me chuckling all afternoon.

The gallows humour, punching cats, pitchforks and torches, cat splat games, fatwas from the RSPCA ......you couldnt get better entertainment anywhere.

[tidy]

Pulis out

Pearson in

Thats all...

[Salopbaggie]

Assuming none wants Steve McClaren then

[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

...I was the only one on this site who voiced the anti-Pulis warnings and all I got was flack for having the temerity to air my views.

That, I'm afraid, simply isn't the case.



But the big picture here and now is that due to another summer of iffy recruitment (and yes, most of that is on Pulis's head), whoever's put in charge of this team will still be playing exactly the same style of football, just like Clarke did, Downing & Kiely did, Mel eventually did, Irvine did, and Pulis is doing.  We're not going to transform into a balanced team overnight just by bringing in a new boss.  We've already tried it four times in the last two years.  It doesn't work.

[Worldclassalbion]

Ska'd I know what you're saying but we just need a manager/coach who wants to play attacking football as this is absolute dross, and one who plays players in their respective correct positions.

De Boer's looking to get into the premier league isn't he

Pearson is a good shout as when Robbo was sacked didn't we win 4 and draw 1 under his leadership before Mowbray was given the Job?

[BaggieMan]

Whilst no means an Irvine fan, we are worse off now under Pulis than we were after 8 games last season and the football is even worse, and that's not easy to do. JP, get rid now and save our club from the real threat of relegation and the derision it is suffering from the likes of Savage and Ian Wright. 

Nigel Pearson would be a good shout especially when you look at what he achieved at Lesta and the team that sits 4th in the league is basically his.

Ska'd, there may have been one or two others who were concerned over Pulis' appointment but perhaps not as voracious as The Baggie Man !!!

[Slick_Footwork]

Whilst no means an Irvine fan, we are worse off now under Pulis than we were after 8 games last season and the football is even worse, and that's not easy to do. JP, get rid now and save our club from the real threat of relegation and the derision it is suffering from the likes of Savage and Ian Wright. 

Nigel Pearson would be a good shout especially when you look at what he achieved at Lesta and the team that sits 4th in the league is basically his.

Ska'd, there may have been one or two others who were concerned over Pulis' appointment but perhaps not as voracious as The Baggie Man !!!

You need to realise that the majority of people who were pro Pulis, were pro Pulis because we needed a manager with experience at handling the dog fight, getting the best out of garbage squad and keeping us up. Pulis did a damn good job of that. He got us winning at home again and made us hard to beat.

However, that doesn't mean every person who was pro Pulis back then, a year ago, wanted him to be in charge of us forever. Football evolves and expectations change. In an ideal world, if you had a Chairman with an understanding of the game and a set of stones on him, Pulis would've been pulled in as a short term to keep us up and then ditched when we had £30m to spend (Based on the fact he failed at Stoke when they started spending big).

Unfortunately very few Chairmen have that understanding and the balls to ditch someone on the back of 'success'. In the rare occasion when it does happen (Southampton ditching Adkins for Pochettino), the chairman is usually slagged off for it.

Ultimately, the blame has to go with Peace and board for a succession of poor recruitment decisions. If we'd employed someone with a decent track record last summer, instead of Irvine, who was out of his depth in the lower league - we probably would never have been in this mess.