Pulis gone

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At Stoke: he got them up, kept them up, reached FA Cup final, and was far away from the club when it eventually got relegated. However, Hughes did something Pulis never did by getting them a top 10 finish, in fact he did it multiple times.

At Palace: he played perhaps the most attractive football of any of his sides and kept them up with a squad which is far poorer in individual talent than subsequent managers have enjoyed without moving them on from what Pulis did in the short-term. However, it was a short stay at that club.

At West Brom: they were heading for relegation during his last few months there however how much could he have done when senior players entered the front pages for "playing GTA" in real life. Oh and one of the pundits said West Brom were playing like they did under Pulis this year when they reached the play-offs so they haven't been able to get success and better football than under Pulis despite being several years on.

I would argue that Boro has been his only failure out of any of these four clubs.

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At West Brom: they were heading for relegation during his last few months there however how much could he have done when senior players entered the front pages for "playing GTA" in real life.

Not a lot. Pardew was manager at that point.

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Not a lot. Pardew was manager at that point.

It was the same season though, wasn't it?

Brighton got to the semi-final of the cup and survived in the league, Newport progressed in the cup and have got through to the play-offs, Bristol City (a couple of years ago) progressed in two cups and ran out of steam in the league, Wigan got to the final and were relegated going back further in time. If you have a smaller or weaker squad then cups become a distraction but there is no excuse for not going for it otherwise - we know from personal experience how exciting the latter rounds are.