30-12-2014, 16:09
Like many of you, I'm very concerned by the sudden hero-worship of Tony Pulis.
I know we're in a difficult situation which needs a steady hand at the tiller. I know beggars can't be choosers. But make no mistake; this would be yet more short-termism from the club, and while Pulis might stagger along for a while on the merits of a bit of fast counter-attacking, grinding out results and (let's be honest) simply not being Alan Irvine, I don't see him delivering the kind of attacking, possession football most fans want to see in the long run. Six, twelve or eighteen months down the line, presuming we're still in the league, we're once again going to be demanding decent football from a bunch of mismatched players signed to play a totally different style.
Once again, it seems there's no road map behind the scenes; we're just spinning a signpost and merrily skipping down whichever highway it points us.
I know we're in a difficult situation which needs a steady hand at the tiller. I know beggars can't be choosers. But make no mistake; this would be yet more short-termism from the club, and while Pulis might stagger along for a while on the merits of a bit of fast counter-attacking, grinding out results and (let's be honest) simply not being Alan Irvine, I don't see him delivering the kind of attacking, possession football most fans want to see in the long run. Six, twelve or eighteen months down the line, presuming we're still in the league, we're once again going to be demanding decent football from a bunch of mismatched players signed to play a totally different style.
Once again, it seems there's no road map behind the scenes; we're just spinning a signpost and merrily skipping down whichever highway it points us.
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