[valpayne]

A WBA mate said it was the Pulis of Stoke rather than of Crystal Palace, he was less than impressed with the quality sort of made Joe Royle`s Everton look like Total Football

Early days yet, get them playing as a team, raise confidence in the squad and the dressing room, a succesful transfer window and continue the winning steak might yet see a more flowing side, good win anyway and pleased for Anichebe.

Early days indeed and I think we probably will see more of a Stoke Pulis for now Until TP stops the rot and as he said himself gets a better balanced team. He has recognised this and is attempting to get players in to address it. This is why I'm glad he's on board he's proactive not reactive which we were seeing with Clarke and Irvine. Hopefully once confidence is back and the team is balanced with the right players we will see slicker football but I think for now we have to take the wins and draws as a bonus and hope it gets a bit prettier to watch in time. That said we were playing a championship side and they were probably getting stuck in which makes it hard to play the free flowing stuff and sometimes you need to match those kind of teams with a grittier less attractive performance. Time will tell but for now as mentioned before 3 wins 2 draws 0 loses and into the final 16 first time in 5 years with all the big teams out this could be exciting