26-08-2015, 12:17
Under Irvine, some of the performances (Newcastle at home for example) were the most spineless I've ever seen from a Baggies side.
In my opinion, we were playing dull football and heading for inevitable relegation so he had to go. Given our poor squad and the fact we were in the doldrums, we just needed someone to keep us up any way we could. Given his experience, Pulis was the right man for the job and proved it by guiding us to 14th with just a couple of signings.
Pulis is a master at getting the best out of poor players. The problem is, when he's given money, the style doesn't really change much. Personally my feelings towards him started to change when we bought McLean because I hate that type of 'winger'. Just a kick and rush merchant who can't play.
Ideally Pulis would've been pulled in to keep us up and then in the summer, then we'd have hired a more exciting coach to spend the cash. Unfortunately that wasn't the case but the ultimate blame has to go with JP and the board for hiring Irvine instead of someone decent last summer...
In my opinion, we were playing dull football and heading for inevitable relegation so he had to go. Given our poor squad and the fact we were in the doldrums, we just needed someone to keep us up any way we could. Given his experience, Pulis was the right man for the job and proved it by guiding us to 14th with just a couple of signings.
Pulis is a master at getting the best out of poor players. The problem is, when he's given money, the style doesn't really change much. Personally my feelings towards him started to change when we bought McLean because I hate that type of 'winger'. Just a kick and rush merchant who can't play.
Ideally Pulis would've been pulled in to keep us up and then in the summer, then we'd have hired a more exciting coach to spend the cash. Unfortunately that wasn't the case but the ultimate blame has to go with JP and the board for hiring Irvine instead of someone decent last summer...