[drewks]

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It's been mentioned several times about the brand of football TP got Palace out of trouble with last year, but there are people who just won't take it in - they're so stuck with the 'Stoke Pulis' that they can't see, or admit, the fact that PALACE PLAYED LOVELY FOOTBALL UNDER HIM LAST YEAR!!!!

I particularly remember the "lovely football" they played against us in the FA Cup at our place.  As cynical and ugly a performance as you could ever hope to see.  And yes, you could argue that they beat us, so Pulis gets the plaudits for doing whatever it takes to win... but then, what happened in the next round?  They tried to do exactly the same against Championship Wigan, and got turned over.  There are shades of grey in this argument.  Tony Pulis isn't necessarily the antichrist of football, but nor is he the messiah.

I completely accept that they were a fast, expansive team at times, but from my point of view, the people loudly insisting that Palace were a wonderful side to watch last year won't see or admit that in many matches, they were simply grinding out results however they came.  And yes, in the short-term, we could probably do with a bit of that, but what about next year?  And the year after?

I'm not for one minute thinking he's 'the messiah' Ska'd, what I'm saying is that he took a team that had absolutely no chance of staying up and got them to finish 11th by playing lovely football. Each person's definition of this will alter and I also accept that Palace didn't become Arsenal under TP; what I AM saying is that he didn't play Stoke's brand of 'hoofball' which would've been expected, and, for him, safer. I could do with us playing Palace's brand of 'lovely football' - we've not seen much of that from us for years.
And as for grinding out results.......when necessary, yes please!

Hey - we all see things differently; from my point of view TP (the present Manager of the Year) is one hell of a coup for us - time, of course, will tell.