Pulis admits Sunderland snub as ex-Stoke boss eyes Championship Tony Pulis would be happy to drop down to the Championship as he seeks a return to management. The Welshman was sacked by Stoke at the end of last season despite securing a sixth successive campaign in the top flight for a club he took to an FA Cup final and led into Europe. Pulis was linked with the Sunderland vacancy but Gus Poyet is the hot favourite to take over from Paolo Di Canio. Anywhere will do: Tony Pulis would be happy to drop down to the Championship as he seeks a return to management And Pulis likes the idea of trying to build up another club in a similar way to the job he did over seven years in his second spell at Stoke. He told talkSPORT: 'I think Sunderland’s a great club and whoever gets the job, it’s a great job. I’m not so sure that would have suited me. 'I want to get back in and I want to get working again, but it’s got to be the right club. That’s very important for me. It doesn’t have to be a Premier League club. If it’s the right Championship club then I’ll do that. 'It’s been nice to build things. Everybody talks about what happened on the pitch at Stoke, and rightly so, but nobody talks about the improvement off the pitch as well. Favourite: Gus Poyet is ready to take over at Sunderland, but Pulis said it wouldn't have been the right club for him Banned: Stoke players have been told to stop talking about the former manager 'To build their own training ground, the millions that have been spent on the Britannia, they’ve got category A academy status - because of them staying in the Premier League there’s been enormous amounts of money that they’ve been able to invest in the football club. 'And the football club now is a completely different club to the one I started at.' Pulis found himself under pressure from a section of fans last season for the style of football Stoke played and new boss Mark Hughes has earned praise for the changes he has made. Criticism of Pulis from some Potters players, meanwhile, has prompted chairman Peter Coates to ban them talking about their former boss to the media. Pulis admitted he emphasised the Potters’ reputation for direct, physical play to intimidate opponents. And he knows that being so strongly associated with a particular style could be a negative now he is looking for another job. Comparing his reputation to that of Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers, Pulis said: “Psychologically, maybe to my detriment at times, I would actually build that up. And our record at the Britannia was absolutely fantastic. Played up to it: Pulis admitted he overdid the physical side of Stoke's play to intimidate opponents 'I think the biggest thing in sport and in building teams is actually looking at the team you’ve got, and then you can evolve the team as it goes along. 'A lot of people talk about how well Brendan did at Swansea, but he inherited a footballing team. Brendan had come from Reading and not been successful, he’d gone to Watford and not been successful, where he tried to implement things that didn’t work. 'We had to stay in the Premier League, so which is the best way of staying in the Premier League - you play to the strengths of the players"
Yes it was very hard to imagine him in a sunderland cap and tracky, spouting dross on motd, bullet dodged
Most managers including Mourinho and Di mateo have no bottle for this job, because they have to start from scratch, the next manager WILL be dedicated and will have hell of a hard job and he knows it, but the rewards would be brilliant, keep going in the league cup and finish 17th and I will be happy. But the way these managers are picked we might wind up with Maraddona !.
"He told talkSPORT: 'I think Sunderlandâs a great club and whoever gets the job, itâs a great job. Iâm not so sure that would have suited me."" Your not wrong Tony. The 'F' in SAFC stands for Football.
If he didn't think it suited him why did the daft knacker apply? He might as well have just gone full blown dickead and said "Didn't want it anyway" So pleased we knocked him back.
I can see the reasoning behind why we could have turned to the 'special talents' of Senior Pulis and from a survival point if view, I still don't think it would have been the disaster some here do. That said, Zola and Poyet were high up on my list and I think Poyet will be a progressive and exciting appointment.
"That said, Zola and Poyet were high up on my list and I think Poyet will be a progressive and exciting appointment." After Ball and DiMatteo who you were also championing !!!!!
I have always thought that Pulis should be made to listen too the old Brian Clough quote "If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, he'd have put grass up there" until he finally realised that his teams don't play football. At least Poyet understands football.
Sorry but this sentence isn't an "admission" that he turned it down - it doesn't even say he was offered it to turn it down or "Snub" us. Perhaps the headline makes more of a comment than is actually meant
I swear - when i heard stories about Pulis my dick shrunk to the size of a Cashew nut. I would have been been depressed forever if it had happened. Can you imagine ? Thank **** !!
