Pulis blaming the Arsenal players for today's loss. The guy is a total joke and an embarrassment to the club. 5 seasons on and he is still playing the same boring predictable stupid tactic of holding out for a point in the hope we snatch a winner. How many times do you actually hear Pulis admit he got it wrong? Answer in short is never!!! it's always someone else to blame. Tony Clueless!! Arsenal were there for the taking today and he bottled it once more! He cannot leave the Brit quick enough for me now. He is a con man and a coward. I say give him to the end of the season then get shut! http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11701/8466002/ Tony Pulis criticised the behaviour of Arsenal's players and accused them of influencing the referee after Stoke City succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the Emirates Stadium. Lukas Podolski scored the only goal of the game with a deflected free-kick, but it came shrouded in controversy. The linesman initially flagged for offside against Theo Walcott, but after Arsenal's players ran over to protest, referee Chris Foy overruled him and awarded the goal. It was the correct decision given that Walcott was inactive, but Stoke boss Pulis was nevertheless irate. He said: "The disappointing thing for me was the number of Arsenal players that surrounded the linesman. I thought that was something you couldn't do. "If he has given the right decision, he has given the right decision. You take it on the chin and get on with it. Pulis felt Stoke deserved a point "I haven't got a clue what offside is now. When the linesman gives it offside, the way that Arsenal players surround the linesman, and the referee then goes over, I thought if there were more than five players, you're not supposed to do that. The referee has reacted after that." Stoke worked tirelessly throughout the game, but adopted a defensive approach and showed little attacking intent. Pulis was delighted with his players' commitment and defended his tactics, adding: "We are disappointed. I thought we deserved to get something out of the game. We worked really hard. The lads put a real shift in. "We have done what we have come to do: frustrated Arsenal. If you compare the two clubs in terms of resources, it's not a level playing field, so you really have to dig in. "They [Arsenal] didn't have that many clear-cut chances, but we didn't do enough in the final third." Stoke are now without a win in six Premier League games and are still 10 points from the 40-point marker that historically symbolises safety. Confident But with the majority of their remaining fixtures being against mid-table or bottom-half teams, Pulis is confident Stoke can get back to winning ways soon. He said: "Every manager is under pressure to keep their clubs in the Premier League and we are no different. "We have got most of the big clubs out of the way now so we need to pick points up. "It's difficult. You know you will have bad runs and good runs. You have got to make sure the players believe in themselves. "I know why we have struggled of late. We have rectified it today."
Waddo,love the title. We must have been texting on here at the same time,see my comments on `same old same old ` thread!!
Me too, I suppose, in one way, I`m in a win win situation ,but I would be absolutely gutted if we went down, I`d sooner not win the £400 !
I think with the half decent start to the season we should just about be ok points wise. I can't see us finishing in the top half now to be honest. I suppose all we can now look forward to us premiership safety and the 60 million pound reward that will bring. I reckon we don't have many more seasons of Pulis anyway and i think in around 2 years time he will be moved upstairs, which is fine by me so long as he is not lining the teams or tactics up!
Before the game I saw Shea warming up with the rest of the squad. I don't feel that the substitution of bringing on Owen was justified, he lost a chance because of his lack of pace. I was dissapointed with out performance today, we played very sloppily, and we didn't make the most of out chances, we just defended. The only good players on the pitch were N'Zonzi and Begovic.
Stoke's away league record in the last 12 months: Played 21 Won 1 Drew 8 Lost 12 Goals For 11 Goals Against 30. Needs no further explanation.
Just seen this thread Waddo, I was reading the Arsenal board. Only just seen MOTD I taped it and WTF is clueliss on about, WE deserved didley squat and got exactly that. He needs to start being more honest or just GO! I opt for the 2nd choice and sharpish. Under the patio ... love it.
